Fantasy Forest
The opening was heavy on the bitter/sour Cassis notes, then after fully drying down, it’s VERY mossy – definitely reminiscent of a fictional, forest-y scent. Something in this formula does perform very powdery (maybe the sandalwood) but when paired with the oakmoss it just reinforces the forest vibes. I’d say the first few hours had me picturing a dark forest from a fantasy novel where the trees block out most of the sun and lichen just hangs down from the branches. It’s not a realistic forest scent but it evokes that picture. About half a day in, I started getting more and more jasmine notes, but I’m not sure if they work well with the powdery leaning moss and sandalwood. The white floral brings the smell closer to ‘scented cat litter’ rather than anything earthy or woody. I never got any hint of ylang-ylang which is unfortunate because I think the brighter citrus would have made the jasmine addition more palpable. Projection isn’t insane but it’s also not faint, and you can easily get a full 8-10 hours of wear out of this perfume without needing to re-spray.