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Blackened lavender thickened with Cretian labdanum, orris absolute, tonka bean, and Lapsang Souchong.

 

SLEEP JEAN-RENÉ CARRIÈRE

 

Eugène Carrière

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There's no spooky note in the blackened lavender -- no heavy smoke or vetiver. The labdanum lurks behind it, and it definitely feels different, like it's deeper, and less sweet, than some of the cola-like varieties that have appeared in a lot of the Lab's lavender blends as of late. The Lapsang Souchong note lends a welcome tannic quality to the scent and also isn't a smokebomb. Orris can be a tricky note for me, but I'm not getting a ton of it in this one (the same cannot be said for Je Suis Toujours la Grande Isis). And I can't pinpoint the tonka, although I wouldn't be surprised if it were doing its thing in the background -- it's just not a main player on me.

 

Of the two lavender paintings of the month from the March Double Lunacy, I prefer this one... but I don't think I need more than my decant.

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This scent confused my brain completely. First whiff I thought, "why does this smell like those dryer beads that seem to be so popular right now"? There is something almost tart and candy-like in the lavender open, followed by tea (surprisingly not smokey), and then in a weird disappearing act it almost ceases to smell like anything at all after about an hour. I kept shoving my arm in my face to no avail trying to get something back, but, alas, no. 

 

Will give this two week's rest and see if that improves my detection of the notes, and the longevity. 

 

 

 

 

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