Today's fragrance experience was based on grabbing a sample vial based on color alone. This one looks pretty in the vial, a deep ambery color that looks like it should smell amazing.
The fragrance notes for Slowdive from Luckyscent are: neroli, orange flower, tobacco blossom, tuberose, honey, dried fruit, resin.
When I opened the vial, the honey and dried fruit tried to dominate the orange flower, and I thought it could be an interesting combination.
At first application on both his and my skin: Oh, no, this smells like a urinal cake. We both looked at each other and decided that we wouldn't scrub it off, since it does have some potential, but this next half hour may be a little rough on both of us. To be fair, the orange blossom does come forward more, but the dried fruit and honey edge is almost too sweet. There is nothing light or lilting about this at all, and it comes across as something being used to mask other smells.
The longer it sits, it does smooth out, become a bit more mellow. The tobacco flower is coming more forward on me, while the honey is going a bit powdery on him. We both wrinkled our noses and went, "Ehhh."
It does fade down, but the honey becomes even more powdery on me (it seems like it hit a certain point on his skin and decided to hole), the orange blossom fades quite a bit, and the resins lightly slide under it all.
Over all, not a win. For either of us. But I suspect with the right body chemistry, this could be really good. It's just not ours.
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