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03/02/2021
Landshark321
518 Reviews
Landshark321
1
Pricey (now-discontinued) patchouli chorus, fresh/spicy/herbal
D.S. & Durga Bleeding Heart Patchouli was a limited-edition website-only release from 2020 that quickly sold out, and is aptly named, with a rather heavy-handed use of patchouli but not fostering an overly heavy perfume, the other notable accord being orris, giving it an herbal and semi-fresh quality alongside the spicier patchouli. Overall, the fragrance is a good balance of fresh, spicy, herbal, green, woody, and ever so slightly powdery.
It’s a really fun and full expression of patchouli, and brings out a lot of what I like about it without being over-the-top funky, and it even feels like a nod to mainstream/designer/easy-to-wear fragrances in that it’s quite pleasant and unisex rather than obtrusive or challenging.
It was priced at $250 for 50ml, so certainly on the more expensive side of the brand but consistent with the pricing of other limited releases.
Overall, it’s nice but it would have been a tough ask to blind buy a bottle at $250—still, patchouli lovers might very well want to seek out a sample of it.
7 out of 10
It’s a really fun and full expression of patchouli, and brings out a lot of what I like about it without being over-the-top funky, and it even feels like a nod to mainstream/designer/easy-to-wear fragrances in that it’s quite pleasant and unisex rather than obtrusive or challenging.
It was priced at $250 for 50ml, so certainly on the more expensive side of the brand but consistent with the pricing of other limited releases.
Overall, it’s nice but it would have been a tough ask to blind buy a bottle at $250—still, patchouli lovers might very well want to seek out a sample of it.
7 out of 10
