Details:
Sherlock
Nevermore Body Company
Notes:
Our new scent "Sherlock" is far from elementary"! With the rich floral aromas of an English garden experience the scents of damask rose, geranium, patchouli, sweet lavender all combined in a sweet blend of orange honey and smokey vanilla.
This morning I received a package of perfumes and samples from Su, including a bunch that I had been itching to check out from companies like Nevermore and Darling Clandestine, so I've pushed all my scheduled reviews aside to slot this one in, as it's the first one I went for. In the vial I smell pipe tobacco, even though there's no specific mention of it in the notes. It made me think of my grandpa, who has been dead for 30 years. I wasn't terribly close to him - my mother is one of 15 children and there were A LOT of grandchildren, so he didn't have an awful lot to do with us individually, more collectively handing out lollies while we jostled each other aside to get to them, or yelling at us to stop climbing his jacaranda tree. But he smoked a pipe and always smelled of pipe tobacco. It was a nice little wander down memory lane opening that vial.
Once applied, it's obvious that the pipe tobacco smell is patchouli and something else, but not that awful hippie patchouli that makes some of us patchouli-haters. It's warm and comforting and smoky. There's a note of orange as well, not citrus, but that kind of orange you sometimes get in Christmas scents - I don't know what that is, being in a country that is hot at Christmas. Is that candied orange peel or something? When it dries down, the vanilla and floral come out, but it's still quite masculine. Manly vanilla and floral, if that makes sense. It's really lovely. I am really starting to appreciate some masculine scents more now that I'm branching out. They don't all smell like Lynx or CK One! I can't speak honestly about the longevity because I had a shower after about 4 hours and then reapplied it. It was still going strong at the 4 hour mark though, and I'd say sillage is medium. Not a head kicker, but not close either. You'd probably smell me wafting past you in this.
Rating:
4/5 Lovely!
Day 21!
I know what you mean by Lynx and CK One, argh! I think florals are very sexy on a man and tobbaco is such a classic. Strange about Sherlock, because I all got was rose on a orangey vanilla base. It is nice to see you got something more interesting on your skin :)
ReplyDeleteIt's so weird how perfume oil can be so different on people, but I guess that's good because there's something for everyone!
DeleteSounds interesting but I don´t know if I would like it... Florals and citrus, hate those... but on the other hand, a vanilla and patchouli base, which sounds lovely!
ReplyDeleteIt's not really citrusy, and the floral definitely isn't girly. The orange is hard to describe... it seems Christmassy or something.
DeleteAnd I am a Sherlock Holmes fan, had an obsessive period in my teens! ;)
ReplyDeleteHa, the only one I ever read was The Hound of the Baskervilles.
DeleteI don't mind the British TV show, though. :-)
This sounds perfect for my boyfriend, he loves Sherlock!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to smell it on a man! Unfortunately, the nearest man to me (my best friend) hates fragrances as most of them give him headaches. We used to be a couple, so you can imagine how much that annoyed a perfume junkie like me, lol!
DeleteThis sounds lovely! I've been wanting to try Nevermore for awhile now, it seems like a neat little indie shop! It's funny that you mention the pipe tobacco smell reminding you of your grandfather. That's exactly the reason I bought my boyfriend Library by Solstice Scents- the tobacco and leathery scents in Library reminded him of exactly how his grandfather smelled. His grandfather smoked tobacco out of a pipe, too. It is fun to have memories through certain scents! :)
ReplyDeleteI love those scent memories that make me think of particular people!
DeleteI've been wanting to try Nevermore for a while too but they don't seem to sell samples anymore (or at least they haven't had any listed for a while), and I'm wary of risking full bottles on scents that I may or may not like. :-/