Threnody v3

[Dark Alice]

This is a strange one. This smells very clean...almost like white amber...but it has a dark bitter note to it that I can't place that wafts in and out. Clean white florals airy almost. Very nice to wear on daysfor when I want to feel "pretty".

[zankoku_zen]

Thanks to a generous forumite for a sniffie of this. You know who you are, and I love you!

 

Threnody v3 has a very clean, amber smell. Touch of white florals, I would guess orris and maybe tuberose. There's almost something powdery on the drydown, which may be the type of amber being used.

Edited April 1, 2011 by zankoku_zen

[cfrancesca]

Threnody v3 smells like clean, powdery, pretty sophisticated floral on me. As soon as I smelled this, it invoked images of actresses from the 1930's. I get some beautiful fresh jasmine (not the usual kind that sadly smells like to cat pee on my skin) and maybe other well-blended florals, which thankfully never get too sharp or heady on me. I'm also getting something slightly bitter in the beginning but that fades away quickly. As it dries, it gets very powdery, it could be white amber, but I've never had it become this powdery on me. It makes me wonder if powder is an actual note in here, because it's really one of the most powdery bpal's I've ever tried (if not the most), veering into into Johnson's Baby Powder territory. There's also something almost vanillic that emerges from the powder as it dries, which sadly develops a slight plastic tinge with time. Threnody v3 actually reminds me of a lot of the Chanel No. 5 in the dry-down (which also smells very powdery to me). I really love this.

[Blood onmy hands]

I would guess that there's amber and some sort of sharp white floral in this (smells sharp and chemical-y on me, the way that tuberose and iris often do). Sharp white floral perfume and baby powdery amber. It starts off way too sharp, but after about fifteen minutes it has quickly faded into a light, clean baby powder smell on me.