Dream
Extrait, Bortnikoff (2023)

Bortnikoff's Dream is not a pleasant dream to me. Dream is fruity and sweet with a green hue and syrupy resins that at times smells like a birthday cake. It opens for me with vanilla and champaca and pistachio or lentisque and is alternately green and balsamic and sweetly candy or cake like. Sometimes smelling of the aforementioned birthday cake and other times like Bubble Yum bubblegum. A nicely tart blackcurrent becomes a factor in the heart and washes away any remaining greenness. The champaca becomes a bigger player here too and an incense vibe can be detected. The base is a powdery sandalwood and sweet vanilla and benzoin. Not my favorite ending. Ultimately I'd call this a gourmand and I really "don't do" gourmands if I can help it. This smells like the aftermath of a 5 year old's birthday party - a sticky, sweet mess.Scrub a dub-dub.