Relax by Davidoff + Swaps
Apr. 29th, 2017 08:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lunabee34I absolutely love this perfume. My dear, dear executrix sent it to me, and I put off trying it because I was afraid from the way the bottle looked that it would smell like a generic old man cologne. OMG, I was so wrong. So so wrong.
Description: Top notes are mint, lavender, tarragon, bergamot and lemon; middle notes are bay leaf, patchouli, jasmine, vetiver, heliotrope, anise, cedar and geranium; base notes are leather, tonka bean, amber, benzoin, oakmoss and vanilla.
This is what Luca Turin led me to believe Hermessence Vetiver Tonka would smell like. Lies, lies. Hermessence Vetiver Tonka was such a disappointment for me. Relax is a beautiful, powerful vetiver that's nicely rounded out by the tonka which gives it a creamy, vanilla underpinning (with none of the candy, sugar, dessert bullshit in Hermessence Vetiver Tonka).
I don't get any of the other notes outside of vetiver, patchouli, and tonka (and the patchouli is very minimal). It reminds me a bit of my beloved Chanel Sycomore, but it's more masculine than Sycomore IMHO. I've worn this constantly since testing it and am so happy thatexecutrix sent me a partial big bottle! Whoooo!
Swaps
Anybody interested in swapping for any of these, let me know. Any perfume fine to swap; doesn't have to be BPAL.
Armani Code
2 Alien by Thierry Mugler samples
2-3 ml sample Guerlain Angelique Noire
Eau de Cologne Crepe de Chine F. Millot full bottle
BPAL
Fire for the Step-Mother's Daughters
Sin
Olokun
Tamora
New Orleans
Incipient Madness
Florence
Good
Arcana
Dee
Lexamin de Minuit
executrix sent it to me, and I put off trying it because I was afraid from the way the bottle looked that it would smell like a generic old man cologne. OMG, I was so wrong. So so wrong.Description: Top notes are mint, lavender, tarragon, bergamot and lemon; middle notes are bay leaf, patchouli, jasmine, vetiver, heliotrope, anise, cedar and geranium; base notes are leather, tonka bean, amber, benzoin, oakmoss and vanilla.
This is what Luca Turin led me to believe Hermessence Vetiver Tonka would smell like. Lies, lies. Hermessence Vetiver Tonka was such a disappointment for me. Relax is a beautiful, powerful vetiver that's nicely rounded out by the tonka which gives it a creamy, vanilla underpinning (with none of the candy, sugar, dessert bullshit in Hermessence Vetiver Tonka).
I don't get any of the other notes outside of vetiver, patchouli, and tonka (and the patchouli is very minimal). It reminds me a bit of my beloved Chanel Sycomore, but it's more masculine than Sycomore IMHO. I've worn this constantly since testing it and am so happy that
executrix sent me a partial big bottle! Whoooo!Swaps
Anybody interested in swapping for any of these, let me know. Any perfume fine to swap; doesn't have to be BPAL.
Armani Code
2 Alien by Thierry Mugler samples
2-3 ml sample Guerlain Angelique Noire
Eau de Cologne Crepe de Chine F. Millot full bottle
BPAL
Fire for the Step-Mother's Daughters
Sin
Olokun
Tamora
New Orleans
Incipient Madness
Florence
Good
Arcana
Dee
Lexamin de Minuit
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Date: 2017-05-14 05:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-05-14 02:22 pm (UTC)I just accidentally threw away the receipt from the post office with the tracking info, and I got worried that it would get lost and be unfindable because I'd done that. LOL
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Date: 2017-05-16 01:05 pm (UTC)I hope we both find some things we like!
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Date: 2017-05-20 03:03 am (UTC)