Kumari Kandam

[Anita]

The hollow scent of a vast antediluvian civilization, now frozen and buried, smothered by a thick sheet of ice and trapped deep beneath the ocean. Thick incense, clay, stone, and hothouse blooms with a spike of frost, a hint of decay, and heavy, dolorous aquatic notes.

 

Very floral, but with sweetness. not sugar, but not honey either. I really can't tell what it is. No incense yet, and I have been waiting a while. It is what I wanted to smell most in this, but alas, no. It's very strange and I can't tell yet if I like it.

 

I waited a while and now it's gone a bit.. bug spray-ish, maybe?

 

I wanted to like it but it doesn't like me. Off to the swap/frimp pile.

[LizziesLuck]

Wet: much more aquatic than I had hoped, but it's a really cold aquatic - almost like the Lab's snow note. Or maybe that's the "frost" rather than the aquatic coming through. I actually really like it so far.

 

 

Dry: This is the same snow or frost note that's in Mat Night, a favourite of mine. I'm not really getting any of the other notes, but I'm kind of ok with that, this is so beautiful as it is. I'm glad that there's something in the GC with that beloved bright slushy icy snow note in it! I was not expecting it at all. I may need a bottle of this at some point, it's fantastic.

[Casablanca]

Bottle: Snow. Floral incense and heavy currents of water. A perfume tradeship at sea has hit a storm.

Wet: Incense and a ponderous floral aquatic. These waters have a salty ocean tang. There's a sense of gray clay also, a little like play-doh. The florals are familiar but blendy, and my brain isn't putting names to any.

Dry: The florals fade and mainly there's a salty aquatic incense. Lasted about a half-day.

Interesting but not the magic for me. It's a relief not to want a full bottle of everything!

[sarandipitee]

ok, so here's that snow note from Yellow Snowballs and Mat night (2 blends I desperately wanted to love, but aquatics). The clay and stone is tempering the crazy ice/aquatics on my skin (which is great because my head doesn't like them) but in the end it's not enough. Off to the frimp pile.

Edited May 11, 2016 by sarandipitee

[freyasfae]

I immediately wrote down "BPAL SNOW NOTE" when I first got a whiff of this on my skin. It took awhile, but eventually it settled and it became more incensy and sweet, which I do not enjoy so much. And it has a lot of throw!

[roseus]

It's starts off with a cold note (apparently snow but I have limited experience with these notes) but it is not minty or mentholated. There is clay, and humid florals. I also get a hint of sweet incense and ocean water. It's not super ozone-y or salty. The aquatic aspect is very subtle and beautiful.

[TheresaRedSkull]

According to my sense of smell and body chemistry, this starts off as soapy incense (which I like, in this case) and ends on a base note very similar to Xiuhtecuhtl. No one else had gotten the latter? Everyone else says snow and aquatic, but theoretically Xiuhtecuhtl is tropical.

[freyasfae]

I thought it was some weird body chemistry on me, but it looks like other reviewers also get fruity from this scent. I can smell some of the other elements in the back (spicy incense, ocean salt, a touch of decay), but it is mainly fruity florals on me. Someone else described it as "fruity...snow" which seems apt. The fruitiness dies down a bit as it dries, but it is still very fruity on me, and I don't really like fruity. Off to a better home for this one.