Parthenope

[angelicruin]

Honeysuckle, orris, moss, musk, benzoin, oakmoss, and star jasmine.

Inside the imp, mostly honeysuckle.

On my skin, honeysuckle and moss to start. Jasmine is faint on my skin.

Dries down to powdery honeysuckle and musk.

[NoinHime]

Smelled alot like Thalassa on first sniff, but sweeter.

 

Now that it has dried it pretty much turned to just Jasmine on me. It's a very lovely jasmine that's not too strong or sharp; it has just a little tensy bit of swetsness (maybe from the honeysuckle).

 

I like jasmine but I was hoping for more than just that from it.

[Venneh]

In the decant, I get honeysuckle, and what I'm pretty sure is the mosses. On my skin, it's really sweet floral, with something else lurking underneath. We'll see what this does. Ends up drying down to a really powdery floral, not for me.

Edited January 19, 2010 by Venneh

[pandorasmuse]

This has a couple of things that are iffy on me, but a couple of things that are awesome. The oil is very orange, which I didn't expect.

 

In the decant: Mossy and mysterious. Lightly floral. Unexpectedly light, considering there’s jasmine in it!

 

Wet: Whoooo! Moss and musk.

 

Drydown: More and more moss.

 

Later: This smells a little too manly on me. I’m glad I got to try it, but I think I'll pass.

[Evilynn]

In the imp: Honeysuckle and mosses

Wet on the skin: A blast of honeysuckle and oakmoss

Drydown: The honeysuckle chills a little, and oakmoss, moss and benzoin come forward.

 

I find similarities with Voyeurs Among the Cherry Blossoms (for some reason), and somethin reminds me a little of The Unicorn. If The Unicorn had travelled to a swamp.

 

I quite like oakmoss, and I'm hanging onto my imp, although I'm not sure I'll get a bottle. We'll see how often I reach for it.

[aquazoo]

Anybody remember Jergens lotion? That's what I get. I could pick out various notes, but for me it's an old comfort scent.

 

[sarielswish]

In the imp, it's very sharp, almost bitter. Not at all what I was expecting. Must be the benzoin and oakmoss. Color, green-brown.

 

Wet on my skin, there's the honeysuckle and a bit of the jasmine. Hopefully, the orris doesn't turn this into soap on me.

 

10-15 minute drydown - Ugh. This is Worm Moon, without all of the good parts.

 

30 minute drydown - Hi, Old Lady Powder/Perfume/Soap. On me, this smells almost dead on like Evening in Paris - you know, the one in the big blue glass bottle that sat on grandma's dresser.

[SophieCedar]

When first applied it's incredibly sharp, green, and acrid. The honeysuckle and star jasmine clash when 1st warmed, but quickly let go of each other. It becomes a very harmonious scent. Oakmoss & musk come out with soft powdery orris behind it. This makes it more palatable and meaty. The impression is very soft green. Not very aquatic, but soft green and earthy with flashes of emerald green, aqua, and yellow.

 

The throw is very low: that's my only complaint. But then again, I can't ask the ingredients to do something chemically impossible on human skin.. That would only happen if they were synthetic (none of us want that anyways!)

[Gin]

This is surprisingly soft on me. Usually I get oakmoss like whoa, but in Parthenope, it's quiet. Soft honeysuckle, powdery orris and musk. It may be the power of suggestion, but this feels watery to me, even though none of the notes strike me as watery notes.

[grrrlennyl]

Parthenope

 

On: Very pretty and hard to describe. I think I'm mostly getting orris and moss with some sweet floral notes.

Half an hour in: So amazingly pretty. It's hard for me to pick out the notes in this still, but I think I'm getting a lot of star jasmine, which is gorgeous.

5.5 hours in: Sweet star jasmine and other really pretty sweet flowers.

Overall: This is just such a different sort of floral. So lovely.

[fisharescary]

In the imp, I get

powdery floral- on skin,

super baby wipes.

[Lady_Fire]

This smelled like the sweet, putrid scent of something dead on my skin. It was really unpleasant. I kept thinking there was a rotting, dead animal nearby. I think it was the jasmine. After about 2 hours it settled down into an unoffensive floral, mostly honeysuckle. But the opening makes this a never again for me.

[Mjanefh]

Parthenope reminds me of a softer and more feminine Highwayman. It's probably the jasmine. I really like this and am more likely to grab it when I need something floral but won't trigger a migraine. Sometimes these kinds of florals go slightly sour with my chemistry. Not so here.

After a few hours, I get honey and musk. Nice!

[LizziesLuck]

ETA: This is the 2017 version

 

Wet: I thought this might be a honeysuckle scent, but it's an orris scent, so far. Usually orris is horrid on me, but so far this is actually quite nice. Powdery and sweet, but nice. The musk is fantastic.

 

 

Dry: This is really nice. It dries down to somewhat of a skin scent on me - pale orris and musk are dominant. I'm quite excited that the orris works here, as that rarely happens. I am not sure I would ever reach for it, but it's a very pleasant scent, and I am really glad I tried it. I won't avoid orris quite so much any more - it's been raised from death note status to just iffy.

Edited October 16, 2017 by LizziesLuck

[achildoftime]

This is for the 2017 version.

 

I was looking for honeysuckle, but I mostly got jasmine. It's actually more of a mossy jasmine than anything. It's a bit green and damp, but also a bit heady. The sweetness of the honeysuckle peeks out a little bit when it dries, but it's not as strong as I was hoping. This feels like a heady floral aquatic without being an aquatic. I'm pretty sure the flowers and moss are just mixing do make it smell a bit dewy. Nice, but not what I'm looking for.

[Cali]

Honeysuckle and jasmine on me. Strangely getting flashbacks to the swimming pool place I often went to as a kid?

[tinyvulture]

I will buy anything with star jasmine listed among the notes! Unfortunately, this one didn't work out. The orris is far more noticeable than the jasmine or the honeysuckle. I was hoping for the jasmine to be front and center. Orris is sweet, so dry, so powdery. Not really getting any other notes out of it, so I will swap.