Gorseland

I like sweet, but indolic is not my thing at all, so this hits just the right sweet green spot. It’s wild… not like dark and animalic, but like driving with the windows down through foreign uncultivated, native vegetation. It smells like a place… one growing with yellow flowers, aromatic herbs and grasses and fruit trees. Bright, fresh, sweet and richly complex, but somehow also airy and grounded in a herbal green backbone that keeps the whole package from being cloying. It’s a bit busy, but I think that makes it totally cool. Could not recommend more highly if you like unusual sweet green fragrances.

I am not a “CognoScenti” but I’ve spent YEARS trying to find my “signature scent” so I know a bit about perfume. This round, I wanted to try something new and different, and this definitely was…different. The second I opened the sample, a little spilled onto my fingers and I immediately wanted a hot shower. It was overwhelmingly soured or wilted herbal and very unpleasant. Not sure what I expected but if you like primitive, this might be a good option!