Victorian Picnic

Brand: Solstice Scents

Scent Description: Victorian Picnic is a bright floral gourmand blend featuring pound cake with loquat-lemon glaze, bold orange blossoms, delicate wisteria flowers, spongy ladyfingers, a faint trace of jasmine’s first blooms, a small splash of Reisling wine and a touch of azalea leaf. Opens very strong with a bold orange infused pound cake and plentiful orange blossoms.  Allow the perfume to settle for a few minutes as the heady opening smooths out gives way to uplifting orange blossoms and puffs or wisteria on the breeze. The floral aspects are prominent for the first half hour of wear time with the pound cake and sweet ladyfingers just behind. A light top note citrus medley of loquat and lemon weaves in between the floral notes. The jasmine is very faint and is subtly detectable once the orange blossom and wisteria begin to recede. The rich brown exterior of the dense pound cake is readily detectable on the dry down. Victorian Picnic is in the vein of Blossom Jam Tea Cakes but with very different floral notes and a modified cake accord. The azalea leaf is an accent note to temper the very sweet aspects of the blend; it is not detectable as a green or leafy note in the blend. A splash of nectar and light fruit forward Reisling wine accompanies the cake on the dry down.

1 thought on “Victorian Picnic”

  1. Very similar to Victorian Tea Room with the exception of a long lasting white cake note at the base (which is delicious and similar to the one in Snowmint Mallow) and a crisp white wine opening. Very fruity and floral in the way a good tea is instead of a straight fruit-floral scent. It’s almost musky with some herbal elements wrapped around that lovely citrusy cake. I have Blossom Jam Tea Cakes and find it less similar than Victorian Tea Room.

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