My remedy to the never-ending summers in Hong Kong is Patchouli. Although aroma-therapeutically😂 vetiver is a better-known cooling agent, I’d rather reserve its bitterness for winter months. Unless it was combined with iris, I also like the powdery earthy airiness for hot humid days. In my collection, I find some of the fragrances containing patchouli bring a lingering sweetness in my throat, or to be precise, the post-nasal cavity. It ‘tastes’ like liquorice, 生津止渴 (ummmm. How do you put it in English? Ease my thirst??), and I am crazy about it. My speculation on the association with patchouli was supported by smelling the essential oils from Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Maybe it was Patchoulol, Norpatchoulenol or Nortetracyclopatchulol(according to the naturals notebook, they are the components with highest olfactory impact). Please enlighten me, if you are familiar with these chemicals.🙏 Do you have those perfumes? And do you find that postnasal sweetness too? Or do you think it w
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Oud For Love by The Different Company, Probably the softest Extrait de Parfum in my collection. Projection~1m with faint sillage, longevity around 4 hours, or is it me being anosmic? It reminds me of.... Ensure nutrition powder(?) You know, milky smooth vanilla-ish baby formula, in floral version. (Also a less 滯 version of MFK Oud) P.s. Many Ouds on the market were paired with Saffron, and in most cases the burlap sack smell (麻包袋味) of saffron being so strong that it drys my eyes😖 does that happen to you too?
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Osang by Mendittorosa In terms of ‘Holy Blood’, it was said that it smell somehow metallic. Probably because I smelld to much blood, I don’t find it bloodily metallic, not even close. If you do relate it to blood, trust me, it is a whiff of holy elegant blood. My first impression of it was: Fab洗衣粉味m記糖漿, in a good way.
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So this time, finally the first publish on this blog for soooo long since I made up this blog. I want to do a review to remind myself before my memory gone bad along with the scent. Nope, not talking about a good girl this time. But a bad bad bad boy: Much ado about the duke by Penhaligon’s, he is a son in law of a lord. He comes in a purple suit, with symbol of a hound. Much ado about the duke is such a sweaty dusty rose of purple. Such a busy sexy hound. What I get: cumin, pepper and woody rose. Strength: EDP Longevity: 4-6 Projection: Little to weak Pretty enough though.