Fragrance Blog - 85-89 Rating

This is potent stuff. She has been doing the all-natural game longer than a lot of folks. This is slightly boozy with sharp greenery, like a forest floor. From the get-go, it is a huge green blast that holds…

I don’t think the list of notes does this perfume justice. Spiced fruits and resins are apparent from the bottle, but on skin, this thing does wonders. There is cinnamon in here. My nose has a problem with this…

This is different from Part One, but a true continuation of Rising Mysore. Off the top, Rising Mysore 2 is a much quieter perfume than the original. I would even go as far to say this is a Japanese-Indian…

Rasa’s 2020 batch is a bit different from the 2019 version. There are batch variations because Rachel tinctures ingredients herself. She’s taken wine-making skills and brought them in, to put fruit into perfumery. She uses the concept of terroir…

Memories of Karate Kid. This was one of the first movies I saw in a theatre. Christi Meshell from House of Matriarch. I have covered her many times. I almost skipped this one because so many of her fragrances…

Holy moly! This thing is coming at you like a first round from Mike Tyson. It is swinging and connecting. This is one of the boldest openings I have smelled. This is like the new signature drink of a…

This reminds me, I must find my South American chocolate laced with saffron. Powdery tobacco and leather also present with more aromatics of labdanum and some sweet incense. Incense becomes more prominent with buttery tones of santal, and dried…

A super sharp green note opens Vetiver Nocturne Absolu. It’s not the sharp grass I would expect from vetiver but more toward a vegetal, wet grass. Like a Ruh Khus, Indian vetiver.Wearing this again and again reveals that this…

Squid is an ode to ambergris, floating chunks that are “relics of the battle” between whale and squid, a scent that “ripples with mystery,” just like the ocean, with a juice color to match: a gorgeous blue. It opens…