All perfume samples are authentic fragrances that Surrender to Chance, Topeka, KS, has rebottled into smaller sample and decant sizes, repackaged and distributed. Surrender to Chance has no affiliation, connection or association with the manufacturers or brand owners of the perfumes.
Fragrantica: "A quasi-gourmand I don't hate. I'm not big on sweet scents, but I am finding that the sweetness of the maple is tempered somewhat by the smoke and the spiciness of the resin and juniper. It's still sweet, but not in a candy, food kind of way. It is indeed rather evocative of an attic or an old wooden steamer trunk dried and sweetened over time with the patina of many lifetimes. There's a bit of a potpourri sensibility about it too, especially in the opening, but it's not too floral-heavy. It's got the almost rotted-rose sweetness without the floral facet. Feels like faded velvet, dust, dry air, dried plants, and old, old vanilla oil seeped into maple wood. An interesting scent, a little more nuanced than I have generally experienced Sorce scents to be. The thoughtfulness of it was a bit of a pleasant surprise. 7/10."
Fragrantica: "This perfume smells post apocalyptic in the best way, like it’s been sat in an abandoned house for twenty years as the world falls to shit outside. A light in the attic quite literally smells like being boarded up in an old falling apart building during a fall rain storm with a small candle burning at the centre of the room for some sort of light. It’s a resinous faded vanilla-maple smell, semi dusty and vintage possibly from the suede with a noticeable smoky hit at the beginning. Not as sweet as some may think, not as pungent albeit super unique. Like sniffing a very old candle almost, really cool to me and reminds me of my favourite game the last of us!"
Fragrantica: "My nose is confused. There are things that I love about this fragrance. It's mysterious, it's smoky, it's airy. That burnt, smoky vanilla scent is so interesting and lovely. I can pick up a tiny bit of the maple, too, which is fun. But the suede... the suede is just so present. I have a hard time getting past it. It smells like a new purse, in a bitter way. That smoky vanilla side is so addictive, though. I love the smoky vanilla aspect. Which one wins? I don't know, and my nose doesn't either."
