Wardrobe is a very creamy and smooth sandalwood-forward fragrance. It also contains warm notes of cedar, cypress and hinoki woods paired with fantasy fabric accords of cashmere, fur and velvet. A hint of dry woody-spice adds further warmth. This is a very cozy and smooth woods blend, not to be missed by lovers of sandalwood or blonde woods. The cashmere, fur and velvet offer the impression of clean winter-wardrobe staples but do not smell like fresh laundry or laundry detergent. There are many natural and synthetic components in this formula, including traces of rosewood and rose geranium that cannot be readily detected but that add a lot toward the body of this scent and a delicate and very mild lemony dimension. The blend of woods is multi-faceted, sometimes smelling dry, warm, slightly sweet or resinous, sun-baked or a little dusty. The fur inside of the wardrobe is faux. There are no animal ingredients in this perfume, only synthetic interpretations. Wardrobe contains many rare and precious natural materials as well as sustainably harvested sandalwood oil.
Created by Angela St. John as part of a collection of fragrances based on the fictional town of Foxcroft, Maine. Wardrobe is an eau de parfum, edp.
SOLSTICE SCENTS WARDROBE REVIEWS
Reddit: Wardrobe is very woody to me. I don’t get any fabric notes. It leans more toward cedar with some softer woods thrown in for good measure. I adore it but then again, I apparently love smelling like wood! But this is a fancy wood!
Reddit: Wet on my skin: an old sweater and dry wood spice - I certainly hope this changes up really quickly, because right now this is more so an old ladies closet or a weird thrift store, rather than a luxurious fantasy wardrobe. Drydown: the creamy wood is drowning out the old lady sweater and pumping up the dry wood spices. The sweater, once a scratchy wool, is now a luxurious cashmere, soft and kind of green from the hinoki interior of the wardrobe. Cedar and sandalwood are also present, cedar being the most intense of all - which is not my favorite. After 30 minutes: the sandalwood is peeking through some of the the Cedar and the fabrics are becoming more pronounced, like rummaging your way through a closet and lingering on each article. First comes the cashmere sweater smelling slightly of hinoki, then a thick vintage velvet coat, embroidery on the lapels, and finally a faux fur long coat that is both fluffy and crushing in weight - needing the most sturdy hanger in the entirety of the wardrobe. The fur smells vaguely like wood spice from the amount of time it's spent in the wardrobe, but not in a way that would bother you or that would overpower a light spritzing of parfum. Fades out to wood scented, snuggly fabrics and lasts extremely closely on my skin for 6 hours. My rating: Winter; Antique Beige; the scene in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe where Lucy tries to bring her siblings to Narnia for the first time, but ends up with them all just being stuck in a wardrobe filled with coats and sweaters, soft and comfortable - but ultimately disappointing; 3/5 - I hadn't been entirely sure that I'd like this one when I ordered it, so I wasn't surprised that this one ultimately ended up not being my favorite. I much prefer the wood blends in White Fox, I don't think wood dominant fragrances are my preference if they aren't very smoky. I can see this being lovely as a layering fragrance because of how soft it is, and it could also be quite nice as something to mist on a blanket, but I don't think I'd reach for this over any of the others in this grouping. The snuggly quality of Wardrobe is definitely it's selling point, but I'd rather snuggle with White Fox if I had to choose.
