Details:
Snowdrift
Firebird Bath & Body
Notes:
Snowdrift is a wintery blend of peppermint, vanilla and evergreens.
For the second day in a row, my childhood memories come into play. My whole life I have suffered from motion sickness, and in particular I would often get car sick as a kid. One of the strongest smells of my childhood was a pine-scented air freshener in my parents' car - it contributed greatly to the nausea I felt every time I had to sit in that back seat. That smell is what this perfume makes me think of.
In the vial Snowdrift is a minty pine; when first applied the mint retreats and I mostly get pine with a bit of a resin note lurking about.
The dry down is more resin-ish, but the pine is still there, the two mingling in a queasy soup that makes me feel like I've just done a road trip around the Great Ocean Road. I'm a fan of Firebird generally, but this one is definitely not for me. I had to scrub it off after about an hour as I could no longer stand it. I tried using a liquid soap, a body scrub, and even a nail brush. On me, this perfume was the very definition of a scrubber. Even then I was catching whiffs of it for hours after when I moved my arms - it did not want to leave me!
Rating:
1/5 Yuk. Sorry, Firebird - I'm sure there would be many people who would like this on, but it has too much of an unpleasant connotation for me.
Day 5!
Well, as i only have plesant memories connected to pine, I think I could like this one...
ReplyDeleteIf you like pine it's definitely worth trying. I suspect I'm probably in the minority.
DeleteI really like this - probably because I really like all the notes in it. Good for winter.
ReplyDeleteI knew I'd be one of the few who didn't like it, I can certainly see why others would. I like the 'cold' part a lot, just the pine killed it for me.
DeleteI don't like pine perfumes either because it reminds me of cleaning liquids :o
ReplyDeleteI find that with most lemon. Pine just makes me feel queasy.
DeleteToo bad, it sounded pretty.
ReplyDeleteI do think it's just me. I know other people who love it. It just brings up bad memories for me, lol.
DeleteI'm with you! Didn't like this one - I didn't get queasy from the scent (lucky for me I have never come across a bottled version of the inside of my father's Peugeot 504, in which I vomited dutifully on every long drive for 10 years) - Snowdrift is too strong, too weird, too 'something' that doesn't sit right with me. I didn't even put it on my wrist when I got it!
ReplyDeleteHaha, I'm glad that at least I'm not the only one with many childhood car sick memories. ;-)
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