04/18/2019
Elysium
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Elysium
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Gender neutral, so damn good through all its facets
Pull and Bear Soft Blue is part of a trilogy, together with Canvas and Mint. Albeit they were all good at the first smell, this one fascinated me most. Because it smells a little weird, and I mean that in the best way possible. This is not a straight floral fragrance, and it's not a straight woody fragrance. It gave way to a new olfactive trend: a green woody fragrance. As usual, the trilogy was targeted to the female gender, yet I didn't care and bought it. I like the balance of the woods, the greens, and the florals: it smells like a forest in early summer. I enjoy that very much, as I dislike fragrances that are so heavily floral and sweet, not my cup of tea, seriously.
Since I am wearing it today, a marvelous warm spring day, here you are my first impressions. Fresh and alluring, the fragrance opening consists, to my nose, of green notes, what I get is a sort of mild blossom mixed with an ozonic smell, I imagine that lily of the valley bell and violet green leaves accord are plausibly in the opening. This blend creates a kind of like ripe banana accord, but I feel there's another floral note here too. Another white flower, tuberose perhaps. Pretty sure it's tuberose. This lends a very natural smelling of the banana skin element. The opening is bright and citrusy, and it is green, but it's a very soft, dewy and pale sort of green with plenty of violet leaf. On paper, the green opening lasts for ages, and the violet leaf predominates, but on the skin, that and the florals, a brief whoosh of something that could be lily of the valley, I suppose, although it could just as easily be another vaguely spring flower blend.
Then comes the heart, Soft Blue evolves, the likely iris note reveals a powdery essence. I even smell fig accord. There is a sweet peppery note in the heart before it fully dries down that lends a certain figgy quality to the scent! Not so much based on the scent of a fig, but more so based upon the scent of the fig in perfumery. To me, the fig accord is not due to the presence of any fig part, yet is the result of a mixture built around cedar wood. I found all of this quite fascinating and it lasts for a couple of hours this way on my skin.
So, while I'm overly keen on the stages leading through to this, I am more than a little pleased when the finale comes into fruition. The cedar vibe is so warm and welcoming, so smooth and fuzzy, somewhat musky. It also shares some traits with the cedar in the dry down of Accord n° 3 Woody by Zara, and some of the peppery cedar of B. by Balenciaga. I'm a fan of cedar scents in this style. Every now and then I get a whiff of tea leaves, not the lemony green quality, rather an English breakfast black one. All those weird facets come from the cedar wood, I am more than sure. Although other blond and mild woods might be in there, cedar is ruling.
What you perceive within the first 5 minutes is what you get the hours later. On me, this delicate thing wears like iron and it hums the tune of lily of the valley, violet, and cedar with remarkable consistency. A very green accord which is suffused with steam and humidity.
Ultimately, Soft Blue fade rather quickly into a mild amber musky woods, lightly smoothed over with some powdery iris. It's a bit warm and mostly quiet. I would call it seasonless and genderless, even though I feel comfortable wearing it during spring days. Projection stay close to your arms, yet a coworker told me that I was smelling good, and she noticed it after a few hours I sprayed it. As for longevity, it stays in the average of 4 o 5 hours, then you'd better refresh it if you have a date or an evening appointment out.+
Congrats Pull an Bear! I think I will add the other two to my collection, this one worth it and make me think the same for the others.
-Elysium
Since I am wearing it today, a marvelous warm spring day, here you are my first impressions. Fresh and alluring, the fragrance opening consists, to my nose, of green notes, what I get is a sort of mild blossom mixed with an ozonic smell, I imagine that lily of the valley bell and violet green leaves accord are plausibly in the opening. This blend creates a kind of like ripe banana accord, but I feel there's another floral note here too. Another white flower, tuberose perhaps. Pretty sure it's tuberose. This lends a very natural smelling of the banana skin element. The opening is bright and citrusy, and it is green, but it's a very soft, dewy and pale sort of green with plenty of violet leaf. On paper, the green opening lasts for ages, and the violet leaf predominates, but on the skin, that and the florals, a brief whoosh of something that could be lily of the valley, I suppose, although it could just as easily be another vaguely spring flower blend.
Then comes the heart, Soft Blue evolves, the likely iris note reveals a powdery essence. I even smell fig accord. There is a sweet peppery note in the heart before it fully dries down that lends a certain figgy quality to the scent! Not so much based on the scent of a fig, but more so based upon the scent of the fig in perfumery. To me, the fig accord is not due to the presence of any fig part, yet is the result of a mixture built around cedar wood. I found all of this quite fascinating and it lasts for a couple of hours this way on my skin.
So, while I'm overly keen on the stages leading through to this, I am more than a little pleased when the finale comes into fruition. The cedar vibe is so warm and welcoming, so smooth and fuzzy, somewhat musky. It also shares some traits with the cedar in the dry down of Accord n° 3 Woody by Zara, and some of the peppery cedar of B. by Balenciaga. I'm a fan of cedar scents in this style. Every now and then I get a whiff of tea leaves, not the lemony green quality, rather an English breakfast black one. All those weird facets come from the cedar wood, I am more than sure. Although other blond and mild woods might be in there, cedar is ruling.
What you perceive within the first 5 minutes is what you get the hours later. On me, this delicate thing wears like iron and it hums the tune of lily of the valley, violet, and cedar with remarkable consistency. A very green accord which is suffused with steam and humidity.
Ultimately, Soft Blue fade rather quickly into a mild amber musky woods, lightly smoothed over with some powdery iris. It's a bit warm and mostly quiet. I would call it seasonless and genderless, even though I feel comfortable wearing it during spring days. Projection stay close to your arms, yet a coworker told me that I was smelling good, and she noticed it after a few hours I sprayed it. As for longevity, it stays in the average of 4 o 5 hours, then you'd better refresh it if you have a date or an evening appointment out.+
Congrats Pull an Bear! I think I will add the other two to my collection, this one worth it and make me think the same for the others.
-Elysium
Elysium
