Who Would Not Tremble Too? 2021

[Seajewel]

A spirit-touched courtship: sweet orange blossom, white honey, jasmine tea, white sandalwood, green apple, and lily of the valley.

[Soupy Twist]

Alas, this is only jasmine stamen on my skin, which is the sour, stanky note. There was so much promise in that description. I haz a sad. ?

[ShadowEtienne]

This is lovely on my skin! The most forward notes are a pretty evenly balanced set of the floral and tea. The lily of the valley, is a gentle and fresh, the orange blossoms are sweet and lightly citrusy, and the jasmine tea is freshly brewed, it's aroma wafting through the garden where these flowers grow. The honey and apple both behave on my skin, which they do not always do, bringing a crisp juiciness of a just sliced apple, definitely green, but not all skin or too tart, and the soft sweetness of a lightly floral honey. The sandalwood is barely there, just adding a touch of grounding woodiness that helps keep the scent from getting too sweet.

 

These flowers and tea notes tend to be winning notes on my skin, and I adore both lily of the valley and jasmine, so this definitely works for me, and I'm very excited for the decant that I managed to get a hold of!

[kinneret_rising]

From the store description:

 

The new discovery of “Table Moving,” by means of an unseen power from the human hand, has only been introduced into England within the last few weeks; but it would be difficult to dingle out any scientific subject which has with such rapidity, taken so extensive a hold of the popular mind. If we travel by railway carriage, steamboat, or omnibus, this is the universal topic of conversation. From the aristocratic saloons of Belgravia to the “Parlours” of Whitechapel – the Green Park to the Cat and Mutton Fields, “table moving” is all the rage. From the Royal Institution, where the secretary pokes his head through a forest of electrical apparatus, to inform the audience that the facts are established, down to the humblest Mechanics’ Institute, all are full of it, and the tables, to quote the words of the old song – “are all a moving, move, move, moving,” – Every evening party must of course have its experiments; accordingly, gentlemen come provided with very elegant chapeaux for the occasion, and many an innocent flirtation occurs consequent on the proper arrangement of the little fingers of some of the fair operators. As “sweet eighteen,” with her blue eyes and golden locks, gracefully links her little finger with Charles’s, in a retired corner, what wonder if the hat should tremble? And Charles, being of course fond of poetry (his very name is a guarantee for that), cannot resist softly breathing into Lucy’s ear, that exquisite line from Waller, on his fair one’s harp –

 

“Touched by that hand – who would not tremble too?”

 

And after a little more conversation of a strictly scientific character, they feel quite satisfied with the success of the experiment. Mamma, who has been watching the progress of the magnetic influence at a distance, “has no patience with such nonsense, and wonders young men and young women cannot find something better to do.” She forgets that there was a magnetic influence at work about twenty years since, and what little trifles served as conductors then.

– Table Moving, its causes and phenomena: with directions how to experiment

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I was charmed by the story that came with this scent, of romance blooming in the presence of supposedly scientific spiritualist experiments. I tried the oil on a testing strip first, and wet, I smelled cool, airy white florals and green apple with a bit of honey. After leaving the strip to dry overnight, I found it eight hours later still going strong, but with the orange blossom forward.
 

On a skin test, for me the orange blossom came forward immediately. This scent has significant throw, and I am smelling it strongly even when my hand is a good 2 feet away from my nose. It’s surprisingly intense and I like it a lot, maybe enough to look for more than this decant.