Brand: Alkemia
Scent Description: Our special Ghost Fire blend of ambres blanc infused white sugar with sexy swirls of jasmine aldehydes, and night flowering nardo.
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Brand: Alkemia
Scent Description: Our special Ghost Fire blend of ambres blanc infused white sugar with sexy swirls of jasmine aldehydes, and night flowering nardo.
This is a scent that manages to balance amber and white florals as the stars of the show without being “too much.” It’s nice. Unfortunately it took a teeny bit of a “nail polish remover” turn on my skin.
Noticeably honeyed-floral from the the outset, unlike the gourmand opening of Ghost Fire. There’s little to identify the floral as jasmine, though, as it reads generically fruity with a bit of a sharper edge and is largely lacking in indole. The drydown is nearly identical to that of Ghost Fire’s, skipping over the foody phase straight into musky, flowery, and aquatic; maybe a smidge more sweet-sour, and with marginally better projection.
This is a beautiful, universally appealing fragrance. This has a sweet, delicious base, with the top and middle being a firm whiff of a salty-ish, floral. It’s not a heavy floral–as someone with an aversion to ‘heavy white florals’, this is still refreshing and pleasant. I would categorize this as a ‘cool light sweet’, almost like a breath of wind over a lush flower garden at the edge of a sea. But on a wind in the early morning.
This smelled salty on me. Sweet, salty and odd. My loved ones said I smelled somewhat sweaty. I had to scrub it.
Oddly coconutty jasmine and white amber with sugar crystals. It’s pretty simple (to me) and very sweet. It’s lovely, though.
Though this has more of a mainstream feel to it than a lot of indie scents. It is absolutely gorgeous. I often wore it on nights out. Brilliant throw and lasting. After sweating all makeup off in the club and onto my pillow the perfume stayed strong until I showered. It’s a gorgeous sugared floral that I think everyone should at least try a sample of.