thank you again for the amazing rec! it’s definitely one of my favorites.

i got a 9ml from scent split and am really excited to see how it smells in cooler weather. i love a boozy frag but acknowledge that i don’t want to smell like booze in certain environments.

i suppose I should have tagged this #perfumesky !

dandelion butter by clue perfumerie. the green spice of crushed grass and greasy yellow dandelion stains on your jeans and fingers. after a few hours, vaguely creamy yellow florals, but that’s the extent of the butter for me.

shells by régime des fleurs. salty, slightly pruned fruits and driftwood. a summer on the north fork. i’m going to be hunting for a bottle of this for the rest of my days.

van py rhum by lorenzo pazzaglia. regrettable for my wallet. opens as a five finger pour of shockingly expensive vanilla rum with a patchouli garnish. dries down to divine caramelized oud and sticky black bourbon vanilla bean paste. a vanilla’s vanilla.

where the wild things grows ii by sorce. little green strawberries muddled in melon soda. fizzy, fresh, and sweet.

witchery by sorce. tripping into a mostly-scavenged blackberry patch. trenchantly green with a blackberry juice flirtation. a little too screechy green stem for my tastes.

blanche bete by liquides imaginaires. to my hipster chagrin I liked this. cool vanilla milk, slightly starchy from mallow and tonka. lactic but not creamy— almost a touch soapy? rich older woman cruising in a hotel lobby.

carnival of souls by marissa zappas. the hiss of a whipped cream canister and an extinguished incense match. a pvc and porcelain doll you swore just moved by itself. underwhelming.

bapteme de feu by serge lutens. candied orange peels, osmanthus, and metallic clove. dries down to a lovely metallic skin funk. a christmas market in an industrial district directed by robert eggers.

(the clean-up is impending)

it is such a crappy feeling! happy to be back enjoying my senses for the most part.

i haven’t done a SOTD in a long time! i’ve been struggling a lot with migraines and mental health things. i’m glad to get back to my patient array of perfume samples.