doomsday_disco Report post Posted January 3 Vanilla cream engulfed in dark, lush mosses, balsamic woods, and deep green incense tar. Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OxfordComma Report post Posted January 25 Oooh yessss. This is what I was hoping to get from The Storm, but rainy/watery notes tend to go off the rails on me. But this! ♡♡♡ Luxe mossy foresty goodness under a veil of vanilla cream. It smells clean and fresh without being too grassy-green or cologne. The incense tar is dark green backdrop that lurks around the edges, matching the vibe of the art perfectly. I smell like a dryad fresh from a day of pampering at the magical forest spa and I am deeply in love with this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
citharadraconis Report post Posted March 2 (edited) Objectively speaking, this *is* absolutely lovely, as OxfordComma says--especially in the wet stage with that rich vanilla cream and jungly greenness. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be reaching for it much, because especially on the drydown it's reminding me strongly of Umlaut (the Mütter Museum perfume). I assume it's the balsamic woods and vanilla combination. Through no fault of its own, then, it ends up giving me creepy Victorian corpse museum vibes by association. Perhaps it's the curator's creepy Victorian greenhouse out back. Anyway, if you like this, you might also like Ü, and vice versa! Edited March 2 by citharadraconis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doomsday_disco Report post Posted March 7 I got this to see how it compared to The Storm with its vanilla and mosses. Well, this is nothing like The Storm, which I prefer as far as vanilla and mosses go, but someone looking for a deep, mossy incense blend touched with balsamic woods should appreciate this one. I was really hoping for lots of vanilla cream to go along with those notes, but it was not a main player on me (although sometimes I find the scent just needs a little age for the vanilla to peek out). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feyofthefellwood Report post Posted March 15 For the first couple hours of wear, I amp the incense and basalmic notes in this one, which completely overpower the vanilla. However, when it dries down it becomes a lovely dark, creamy vanilla with dark green moss that I really enjoy. I like wearing it to sleep and smelling the pretty dry-down in the morning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roseus Report post Posted March 20 This is much fresher and brighter in the imp than I had anticipated. On the skin I get the darker green mossy and woody notes I expected, shot through with just a bit of brightness like sun-dappled woods. As it settles I get the gorgeous creamy vanilla and incense rounding everything out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cali Report post Posted May 27 Oh so pretty (I'm yapping today but i have so many pretty new treasures so bear with me) - A delicious soft vanilla (indeed creamy, but not the cream that goes "off" on my skin chemistry), the softest of soft mosses (indeed sitting by a soft babbling stream, but not dipping into aquatic), and the balsamic and tar deepen this while never taking this to a nighttime-type of dark, but indeed the woods, with spots of sun beaming through the thick greens of the trees. I think the balsamic is a bit "tangy" and weirdish on my skin, but not weird enough to make me not like this; this is beautiful and i'm definately keeping this around to see what happens with this beauty! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regretroulette Report post Posted September 24 I was feeling pretty neutral on this one originally, I got it on impulse based on the aura of the description alone... Let it more or less sit in my cabinet. The longer I let it sit, the more I'm liking it as I come back to it. The moss scent in this is definitely more of a dried moss, and less lush and humid. I used to kidnap moss patches from my backyard as a child and the note in this, definitely smells like when those would get all dried out when unwittingly neglected. The incense and vanilla notes seem to have melded more and more over time, and it smells creamier and creamier as time goes on. Amazing. It's at a point now where I'd love to wear it more often, but hesitate to do so because it's limited edition!!! Currently, my favorite way to wear this actually is not alone, but as a layer to more conventional fruity-floral dept store perfumes, to give them some more depth. Those dept store perfumes are mostly gifts, and I don't usually know what to do with them, but paired with something like this they evolve into something more decadent and ethereal that I really love. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
