Monday, January 12, 2015
Luxuria - Arcana Soaps
First sniff:
Vanilla musk. It reminds me a bit of Ava Luxe Love's True Bluish Light.
First applied:
Still vanilla musk, lovely and smooth but with a light watery element - not sure what that note is but it's familiar. I don't love it there but it does do a nice job of making the vanilla musk a little cooler and more summery. There's a resin note too, making this perfume weirdly dark and light at the same time.
After 30 minutes:
The resin has receded and the vanilla musk has warmed up now, really reminding me a lot of LTBL. The watery note is still there but barely - what the heck is that?
After 3 hours:
It hasn't changed much from the 30 minute mark, just faded some. I can't smell the resin at all really anymore, and the watery note comes and goes but only barely. I'm undecided about whether I need a full bottle of this but I do really like it.
Longevity:
About 6 hours or so.
Actual notes/description:
Lust. Wild, carnal musk with blond tobacco, vanilla, dark resins and sugared peach.
Peach! That's what the watery note was! That's weird, because normally I really hate peach. I did not hate it here.
Availability:
Arcana Soaps
Limited Edition - The Hieronymous Bosch Collection 2014
Note: As of this writing, still available at Arcana's eBay store (link above - email directly for international shipping) and The Soap Box Co. Not sure how long it is sticking around for, as Arcana limiteds vary from blink-and-they're-gone to still kicking several years later.
Full size, sample size only available from The Soap Box Co as of this writing.
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