Tempted Muse
April Aromatics (2015)

Nectar of the Gods really fits this well...profile and bodywise the quality of the natural ingredients and the intense richness and thickness of this fragrance gives me the same nose feel and effect of smelling an attar...scentwise , this is a syrupy fruity/flowery cocktail...underneath it all , acting as an anchor/foundation is one of the nicest sandalwood notes I've ever smelled...i love the house and there's a few bottles i will add to my wardrobe, but this isn't one of them...nothing wrong with it per se...it is a terrific smelling fragrance...i have a very open mind and prefer to think of fragrances as being genderless, but this is a little too yin for me...

Citrus and anise, a gorgeous dyad combing slightly acidic fruitiness with a well executed anise combine to very nice set of top notes. Then there is a phase when it is close to my skin, but the intensity and projection is resurrected soon. After a while a potpourri of lovely, natural floral chords herald the arrival of the drydown: mainly ylang ylang and frangipani on me, there is a white tuberose in the backgound. A white floral phase so to speak. All this is well balanced, never cloying and never too sweet - these heart notes won't give you olfactory hyperglycaemia.

The base is pretty much a continuation of then middle notes plus and added vanilla that is fitting in very well: again, pleasant and unclogging sweetness, and the vanilla is quite typical and convincing and pleasantly un-synthetic. The weak spot is a somewhat generic woodsy note, but otherwise the base is a good finish to this fragrant journey.

I get moderate sillage, excellent projection and eight hours of longevity on my skin.

This products is lovingly blended in a very convincing manner, and the quality of the natural ingredients is beyond doubt. Great in spring, smooth and satisfying. 3.75/5.