White Musk
Ava Luxe

There is nothing bad about this scent. Fragrance notes here list white musk and white amber. Honesty in perfumery.

It's a fair white musk, I suppose. It begins slowly and ends without distinction. I don't find any brightness, no floral overtones, no powdery underpinning, no hint of spice, no....anything.

It's a two note thing from beginning to end. Nothing to look forward to. Nothing to expect. Nothing to tweak interest. But also nothing to distract. Nothing to regret.

It's soft skin scent. The simplest trace of warmth.

Worn overnight the musk fades out and there is an even softer, delicate scenting of the skin. This will be the white amber accord. It is only discernible with my nose pressed to my skin. I find it difficult to describe: faint, slightly sour, clear, slightly sweet, slightly woody.

I have ambroxan crystals from earlier attempts to educate my nose. I go looking for it and it's a miracle that I find it. Or not--it's still sitting on my perfume table where it has sat for, oh, a decade. I sniff Vanitrope crystals (propenyl guaethol) and sniff Ambroxan crystals.

It's the Vanitrope smell than triggered me to go hunting for these crystals. If you told me the white amber accord was 40% Ambroxan and 60% Vanitrope I'd still say something about a more clear resinous note. I'd be looking for 20,60,20.

That's enough analysis for me. I would never choose this as fragrance but I can see it's place. This is for a woman who wears tonal neutrals to an office environment. She has responsibilities, runs her own team, maintains professional attitudes. This is subtle nod to femininity.