A Pause in One's Studies

[Jenjin]

Luminous amber, white tea, sweet heliotrope, golden lotus petals,
toasted almond blossom cream, and a smear of ink.

Edited February 27 by Jenjin

[theredkilt]

 

On 2/27/2025 at 3:17 AM, Jenjin said:

Luminous amber, white tea, sweet heliotrope, golden lotus petals,
toasted almond blossom cream, and a smear of ink.

 

 

The whole effect I get from this scent is luminous, glossy and polished. It's an amber white tea blend camouflaged in layers and layers of other notes, like lotus, heliotrope and ink. It feels shiny and glowing from within, and the ink is always lurking somewhere in the background. 

 

Later on, the ink highjacks the party and becomes like an industrial thin smokestack, but after some time it recedes letting the amber white tea peek through.

Edited April 26 by theredkilt

[doomsday_disco]

This goes on with the amber, heliotrope, almond blossom, and ink being the dominant notes, although the white tea is briefly there when freshly applied and then quickly retreats to the background. I'm not familiar with golden lotus, but nothing is jumping out at me as being similar to the bubblegum-like sweetness of pink lotus or the wonderful, airy blue lotus from Blossoming Vulva. The almond blossom adds a sweet creaminess to the scent and helps tames the heliotrope, which is somewhat sharp and perfume-y in this blend, but didn't turn go powdery on me for once. The ink note is on point and most noticeable during the wet phase of the scent and about an hour afterwards, but then it becomes mostly about the heliotrope and almond blossom cream, resting on a bed of amber.

 

I like this and am pleasantly surprised the heliotrope didn't ruin this for me, so I plan to keep the decant. But I don't think I need more of this since I feel like almond blossom cream has popped up a lot lately, and there's a scent combo with an ink note that I really love and probably should have gotten a back-up bottle of (Neglected Calligrahy).

[Little Bird]

The ink in this smells more chemical and sharp than usual, and it's weird mixed with the powdery amber, cream, and powdery, sweet florals.  Something about the whole thing comes off as unpleasantly sour (the citrusy white tea and ink?) and slightly soapy on my skin.  I love scents like Pomegranate Ink, but I'm not loving inky florals with soap and powder.  As it dries down, there's a little smokiness to the ink that starts to remind me of incense, but I still dislike the powdery and soapy tones.