Milkmaid is flushed, but demure. It features notes of fresh milk, clean linens, pale musk and pink sweet pea blossom. It is an eau de parfum, edp.
Haus of Gloi is owned by two vegans devoted to the lifestyle and their perfumes are highly concentrated fragrance blends of only the best absolutes, essences, essential oils and fragrance oils.
Reddit: So today is my second day of wearing HoG's Milkmaid. I put it on for the first time after my shower last night and really liked the way it settled into my skin. In the bottle it's pretty full on and I don't necessarily like it but its reaction on my skin is a different story. On drydown at about 8:30am: Smelling my wrist, it's pretty incensy. Very musk and milky. About 5 minutes later: On second thought, it's now sweet pea and musk with a bit of milk every now and then. I'm not getting the clean linens but that's probably because my nose is very inexperienced. I think I like it. About 10 minutes later: Now I'm getting the clean linens. I'm laying in bed and it's making me even more comfy. As though sleep itself is perfumed. Makes me want to snuggle up to my pillows even more than usual. I think I could definitely wear this to bed. I reapplied at about 2pm. It hadn't worn off but I wanted more. Now at 9:20pm: I am really loving this perfume. I think I'm a little hesitant to commit because it's not a scent I would normally wear. I don't know if it's the scent I'm enjoying or the way it makes me feel. It's a warm and fuzzy feeling. It's happy and snuggly and it makes me want to get under the blankets and hug my pillows. Now I don't mean that it makes me sleepy. It doesn't. Its just a warm, safe, comfortable feeling. Like a security blanket. I love this perfume.
Reddit: Literally the most expensive smelling quiet luxury scent I've found.
Indie Know: Although my sample vial is from last year's spring collection, it smells exactly the same as it did then, and I'm rather fond of Milkmaid. It was one of the very first scents from Haus of Gloi I ordered. And why would I ever pass on it? That description sounds like the sort of thing I'd want to smell like on a nice spring day! At some point in time I received a single note sample vial from Haus of Gloi for "sweet cream" - I wasn't a huge fan of it, but suddenly so many other scents from them made so much more sense (scents? har har). On initial application Milkmaid is heavy with the sweet cream note. It's actually almost sour on my skin. Luckily, it smooths itself out within about 10 minutes and morphs into something far softer and powdery. I know Milkmaid is supposed to be all fresh-youthful-innocent, but frankly I find Milkmaid to be Odette's slightly sultrier older sister. They both have a similar creaminess, but Odette is an airier, greener clean scent and Milkmaid has a milky sweetness. Duration: Milkmaid is a nice, long-lasting scent. All last spring I used it as my "nighttime" fragrance, dabbing a bit on after my nightly shower. I'd still smell some on my pillow and wrists when I woke up the next morning! Score: 4.5/5 I'm very fond of Milkmaid. When I spilled my first sample vial, AG was kind enough to swap with me and send a second! But I'm not quite fond enough to spring for a full size. It's soft and feminine, but just a bit too hazy and heavy for me to consider wearing all the time. I also wish it didn't start out so sour - I know for some people that sourness doesn't really taper off either so be wary if you struggle with milky scents!
