Thursday, 14 January 2016

Autoportrait by Olfactive Studio


Having taken a peek at the individual aromas in this perfume, we were looking forward to the first spray and sniff.  A promise of bergamot, elemi, musk, benzoin, vetiver, oakmoss, cedar and incense had already won our hearts and the expectations were high.

Oh dear - we are loathed to admit it, but how wrong we were.

A spritz and a hint of smoke - so far so good...but the smoke is gone in a flash and we are left with a definite aroma of elemi.  Don't get me wrong, we all like elemi, but we were hoping for something a little more meaty and robust.

It is very fresh - I could say it is almost citrus, but not quite and almost woody, but not quite.  I'm not sure what it is actually apart from elemi.

So fresh and elemi-ish, but sadly I find it a bit boring.....




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