apricoty

The intoxicating sweetness of the apricoty osmanthus and plums I haven't encountered angel's trumpet or midnight candy, but they are said to have a very sweet smell as well, is evocative of desperate desire to bloom, to breathe, to live, which I always imagine is palpable on those last sultry August nights.

Archive 2008-02-01 Marina Geigert 2008

The intoxicating sweetness of the apricoty osmanthus and plums I haven't encountered angel's trumpet or midnight candy, but they are said to have a very sweet smell as well, is evocative of desperate desire to bloom, to breathe, to live, which I always imagine is palpable on those last sultry August nights.

Perfume Review: Ineke Evening Edged in Gold Marina Geigert 2008

The Midnight Candy base is a lot less floral that I expected it to be and smells very candy-like indeed, and has a dusky, smooth ripe-plum-like texture which goes very well with the more complex, apricoty-osmanthus base Ineke used both osamnthus absolute and an osmanthus base for Evening Edged in Gold - I have to say I personally prefer the absolute as it is.

Ineke's Garden Ayala Sender 2008

The Midnight Candy base is a lot less floral that I expected it to be and smells very candy-like indeed, and has a dusky, smooth ripe-plum-like texture which goes very well with the more complex, apricoty-osmanthus base Ineke used both osamnthus absolute and an osmanthus base for Evening Edged in Gold - I have to say I personally prefer the absolute as it is.

Archive 2008-08-01 Ayala Sender 2008

It’s quite surprising how a floral with such a definite character osmanthus absolute is one of the richest and most compelling floral absolutes I ever smelled – apricoty, leathery and absolutely divine can easily be buried in other notes – especially when they are all so fleeting, light and transparent in nature.

Archive 2006-06-01 Ayala Sender 2006