Citrine

4 thoughts on “Citrine”

1. I got this hoping for a Clinique Happy-esque scent but there’s no orange here, or tuberose for that matter. This is all sharp neroli and orange blossom, clean and a floral like a fancy soap bar. Stronger than you’d think, so it makes a good long lasting summer scent.

2. I love this one so much, it opens with a strong green tinged orange but quickly dissolved into pure natural smelling tuberose. It’s fantastic, strong and long lasting, I can still smell this after a shower. Highly recommend to white floral lovers

3. Opens with a hint of orange and an intensely green aspect from the neroli that quickly gives way to something creamier. Hexennacht’s flower notes are never very literal, so this reads as syrupy-sweet bouquet without any of the white florals jumping out in particular; maybe more neroli in the beginning, fresher tones from orange blossom as it dries, and tuberose in the buttery projection, but it isn’t obvious. The drydown is heavy on the amber and reads musky, despite not listing it as a note.

4. I stepped a little too far out of comfort zone with this one. Even with the ridiculously tiny trickle of orange, this is a straight-up, old school white floral. I’m shocked that people keep saying they smell so much orange. Like seriously, as I sit here sniffing it, I wonder how I convinced myself to get this one. I guess I figured there would be a fruity-floral vibe. Maybe some amber darkness to round it out and away from flowers. There isn’t. The orange is like a breath of dry powdered flavoring being added to a drink and then it’s completely gone. Like a LaCroix. I get nothing I can interpret as amber. It’s just flowers. I’m so incredibly bored. I just don’t do standard florals. I can try to objectively say it’s a nice-smelling floral, sort of creamy (in a way I’d rather it not be) now that’s it’s been on for a while. It’s a little bit like… tulips and literal heavy cream. Not whipped. It’s not sweet in any way. Yeah, even as much as that description is resonating with me in its accuracy, I’m overwhelmed by my apathy with it. It’s 100% not me. I’ll either gift it or destash it. Oh well. I tried.