Details:
Field of Reeds
Possets Perfume
Notes:
Relief and relaxation, paradise Egyptian style. Sweet sandalwood and two ambers, a touch of wood for reeds, and a kiss of golden musk, black pepper married with a drop of labdanum and this conjures the eternal happy golden light in which the elect must have bathed every day. A smooth and resinous sweet blend but with enough of the spice kick of a modern perfume to escape being downright primitive.
I was expecting this to smell more 'green' so I was a bit surprised to find it was nothing like that at all. In the vial it's musk, with what I thought was some kind of incense, though now I think that might be the pepper. The woody notes are quite sweet, and keep it on the feminine side of unisex. The amber comes out in the dry down but is not too overpowering - it makes it deeper and warmer. Sillage is quite high at first but it settles after half an hour or so. Lasting power is very good - I could still smell it just before I had a shower 7 or 8 hours later so who knows how long it would have gone on for. I liked this, but I didn't love it and I don't feel the need to buy a full size. It was just a nice perfume, nothing amazing.
Rating:
3/5
Day 197!
This sounds like a nice blend, though not terribly unique. I am on an eternal hunt for scents that push the envelope. I had a dream that I was in a tea room that had tea flavors like Haunted House- and I totally went online to try to see if that actually existed, haha. I think that's what's so charming about perfumes like Manor by SS; I love the originality and imagery it evokes.
ReplyDeleteAnd did you find a real life Haunted House tea? ;-)
DeleteSadly no- I think I need to start my own tea business after I move to the butt crack of nowhere and grow my own fruits, veggies, and herbs for tea. Rachel's Radical Teas, haha.
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