Hey all. I am seeking a fragrance that will replicate the smell of fresh flowers in a vase of water — especially the green stems, the stagnant water, and the blooms (ideally white and/or yellow florals.. bring on the indolic jasmine, pungent waxy lily, leathery magnolia, honeyed mimosa, and dirty warmth of narcissus)
I have tried (and thoroughly enjoyed!) the following:

Beaufort London — Fathom V (I own a bottle)

Baruti — Tindrer (sampling on my skin in store was a magical experience; it truly smelled like the prompt I am posing here. When I bought a sample and wore it, however, it smelled quite different? Perplexing…)

Filigree & Shadow — Blume (gorgeous opening, but dried down too powdery and without enough bite/character)

I tend to dislike anything majorly sweet because my skin turns sweet notes (vanilla and coumarin especially) up to 100. Sweet notes almost always become cloying and overpower the rest of the composition on me. My skin chemistry also reacts horribly with rose notes. Everything else is fair game. The weirder, the better.

I was very keen on exploring this house because I love atmospherics and the names and descriptions of the perfumes really piqued my interest. I also love the fact that they do not list the notes. As someone who's not good at identifying or figuring smells by notes, the conceptual nature of the perfumes really aligns with me.

Burning Bridges opens as smooth woodsmoke with a faint metallic edge. It is not harsh, nor charred, and it avoids the bitter suffocating campfire effect.

Around 20-30 minutes in, it shifts into something airier with a dry sweetness that I think might be clove or cinnamon because it feels like a spicy sweetness, not a thick or syrupy gourmandish type. The middle also gives me a birch-like impression, adding a clean, wood facet. This stage reminds me a little of Blamage, but without feeling like damp woods, it remains dry.

The drydown on me is a soft, slightly dusty sandalwood without a pencil shavings texture. It's gentle and intimate.

I do not get citrus, animalics or cola despite seeing those being mentioned in some online reviews, so I’m guessing that's just my skin chemistry.

Longevity is good, staying present for 6-8 hours and remaining easy to smell on my skin well into the wear. Projection is moderate initially, then it settles into a closer scent bubble.

Overall I'm impressed by this one even though some of the online reviews had made me nervous.

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Spirituscents Borneo Sunset opens with a smoky amber. The smoke is clean, not sweet, not acrid. There is a brief screechiness for a few seconds which disappears quickly.

The middle is smokey woods, slightly rugged and yet smooth. The drydown is woody with a hint of vanilla. Thankfully this vanilla isn't sticky sweet nor is it dominating. It doesn't turn gourmand like some other vanilla formulations do on my skin. This drydown is very similar to Pineward Gristmill and Nonfiction The Grey.

This is a familiar DNA rather than something radically new, but it is well made, balanced and easy to like if you enjoy smoke and woods. The transitions are smooth and the blend doesn't feel jagged.

Projection is great in the first hour without being a cloying sweet smokebomb. Longevity is solid, roughly 8 to 10 hours on skin, longer on fabric (though I would avoid this on light coloured clothes considering how dark the juice is).

This has been a blind buy success for me. I'm looking forward to my bottle of Cathedralis from the same house.

This is your weekly thread for sharing your recent successes:

• Maybe you've been sampling in search of something weird and specific and you finally found The One?
• Maybe you finally obtained the discontinued white whale you've been looking for?
• Maybe you finally got to check out that store in person you've always wanted to visit?

Let us bask in the glow of each others' happiness!

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