Brand: Arcana
Scent Description: A pure woman, faithfully presented. Rustic violets, fresh cream, amber, vanilla bean, and soft, milky musk.
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Brand: Arcana
Scent Description: A pure woman, faithfully presented. Rustic violets, fresh cream, amber, vanilla bean, and soft, milky musk.
Tess is so beautiful and may be my favorite Arcana perfume. I also love Violet Mallow, which I find to be haunting, luminous, powdery and ethereal (Tess would be a perfect compliment to the VM EDP. ) To me, Tess is warmer and more human. The violets are just enough to add a fresh, outdoorsy, English innocence. The cream and vanilla musk notes become so delicious on my skin after the violets fade away, kind of like the sweet scent of a baby’s head, melted ice cream, and the warmth of clean skin. Like it’s namesake, Tess is innocent, sexy, warm and kind.
My boyfriend loves when I wear it.
I’ve worn this a few times and it’s really hit or miss. Positive: this violet note is awesome, and I love it with the musky vanilla. Negative (for me): all but one time I’ve worn this, it turns into a warm freshly baked bread smell. I guess it’s the milky musk and/ or cream notes. It’s not a bad smell but I have found I don’t really like *smelling like* fresh bread. Not really a fan, glad all I paid for was a decant. I noticed other commenters compared this to Solstice Scents Violet Mallow, which is one of my favorite perfumes. Personally I don’t find them very similar, but everyone’s chemistry is different.
I absolutely love this! To me, it’s very different from Solstice Scents’ Violet Mallow. Violet Mallow is a very gourmand violet with marshmallow, and Tess is a more floral/powdery violet with cream. Great longevity, peaceful and calming. Can’t wait to get a full size.
90% violets, 10% cream on me. I like it, but hope the vanilla will come out more with aging. As of now it’s almost a violet one note.
Almost a clone of Solstice Scents Violet Mallow. I wasn’t a fan but this was a very subjective reaction.
The previous review is correct. This is very similar to Solstice Scents Violet Mallow.
All powdery violets to me
as much as i wanted this to work on me, the cream note smelled awful. it overpowers everything else and smells like spoiled milk.
I had the same reaction to this. Something about the violets and cream made it smell rather spoiled to me. A bit plasticky as well. Wasn’t a fan.
Cream scent smelled like spoiled milk to me – the “milky” musk only amped that sensation. A scrubber for me.