Moss Maiden
Alkemia Apothecary and Perfumery

Alkemia Apothecary and Perfumery reminds me a little of BPAL, with their big line-up of fragrance oil blends. Fragrance oils are inexpensive, fun and short-lived. That's just their nature. My review's based on that.

From the site:
“The wild seduction of a full moon night in a northern forest. A delicately feral blend of luxuriant mosses, crushed wet ferns, earthy calamus root, piquant cedar tips, galbanum, balsam pine, lichen, disturbed autumnal leaves, and aromatic incense woods.”

Moss Maiden is a gentle green fragrance, with a sweet personality. It's more nymph-like. The green is dewy, not like galbanum, which is present but doesn't come out much until the drydown. And the moss doesn't smell like oakmoss, but something more damp. I don't really smell earth, humus or leaves. This is pure green plant nectar.

I really loved it, it appeals to my Piscean side, but it doesn't have a long life-span. After 1-1/2 hours it's character changes, and the dewy green notes dissipate to a more harsh, galbanumic greenness. This part lasts for another hour or more. I might have liked it better if it just disappeared. Some may not mind it though. It strikes me as a drydown that may play out differently on different skin. For myself I would want to reapply the fragrance after an hour or so.
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There's another related fragrance oil blend from Alkemia that's not yet listed on Basenotes - DRYAD. I'm going to put it here:

“A playful woodlands frolic of Balsam poplar, Larch, Kukicha twig tea, Pondorosa bark, Australian sandalwood, Wet moss, Violet leaf, Lily of the Valley, and Vanilla grass. “

The opening of ‘Dryad' is woodlands in summer, dancing zephyrs, lightness and sweetness of spirit. I really detect the warm but dry note of the balsam, which to me is about sunshine. The piquant note of violet leaf is very noticeable too, and adds a wistfulness. Vanilla grass makes it all kind of comfy, warm and appealing.
It's longevity is longer than Moss Maiden in total, but after the first hour it is weaker, mostly a skin scent, and many of the notes that made it what it is dissipated. The drydown's not real similar to the first hour. Again, I would reapply after an hour or so.

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These fragrances are healing, I think, while going through trying times. Their light natures are kind of heart-centric. They represent the balm of nature, one sunny, the other green.