Honey Blossom
Aftelier (2011)

I waited to try this one because I sniffed the sample spray bottle without opening it and smelled (believe it or not) dead fish! So that was frightening and I set it aside.

But then I finally tried it on my skin and I LOVE IT.

To me it smells warm, alive, sensual, mysterious, subtle, personal, with a hint of mysterious sweetness. It's giving me a very good emotional reaction.

I still smell the thing that I thought smelled like fish, but... on my skin that doesn't smell like fish at all. That's the part that makes it smell alive and mysterious. Very interesting.

100% natural ingredients...this is very high quality. I hope to treat myself to a full bottle soon.

Honey Blossom is a pristine liaison of buoyant lime/linden blossom, mimosa and orange blossom, all swirling around a translucent yet distinct honey theme – nomen est omen.

The airy sweetness of lime/linden nectar is delicately lined with mimosa and orange blossom, adding dulcet warmth, but I cannot tell where the former ends and the latter starts. This light-hearted ménage à trois is bedded on a balsamic whiff of benzoin paired with ambergris' sweetish marine radiance.

Overall Honey Blossom is never sugary but always delightful, like early summer in a bottle. Alas, as it is not bolstered up with synthetics, sillage and tenacity are not enough for my liking, though not bad for a natural perfume.