Elynthia

This is a woody fig fragrance with dominant sandalwood. The opening starts much darker than the drydown, I assume that this is due to the tolu balsam and amber, which I can sense more at the beginning. After a short time, the perfume becomes softer, creamy-powdery, thanks to sandalwood, musk and vanilla. The combination of bergamot, sandalwood and musk here reminds me a bit of "Une Nuit à Montauk - Nothing but Sea and Sky | Une Nuit Nomade" - that whiteness, peace in the turmoil. There is an undeniable coconut-milky aspect to the perfume, but it's not sweet. Because of this, "White On White | XerJoff" reminds me a bit of "Blanche Bête - Eau de Peau | Liquides Imaginaires", and the ironic thing is that neither perfume mentions the note of coconut. Comparing the two scents, Blanche Bete is a creamier, sweeter scent with a stronger coconut note and is generally much more intense. White on White is gentler, more sophisticated and leans more on the woody side. If Blanche Bete was a white knitted cardigan, White on White would be a white silk top.

A perfume that immediately comes to mind when looking at the notes is "Gris Charnel (Eau de Parfum) | bdk Parfums" - also a woody fig scent with dominant sandalwood. Both are relatively cool scents, with Gris Charnel having a certain amount of warmth from the cardamom, while White on White seems more neutral and softer due to the musk and coconut-milky quality. GC has some green aspect in the opening, which is not present in WoW, and the fig is more fruity in GC. While both are woody scents, WoW leans a bit more towards that side, and it also smells more powdery and cleaner. I would say that GC is more mass-appealing (although it's special and very interesting), but I find "White On White | XerJoff" more intriguing.

This fragrance really enchanted me! I'll have to wear it a little more before I decide on a full bottle, but so far it looks promising.

While the original Erba Pura can be quite cloying and honestly annoying, this one seems like the improved version. While it's not listed in the notes, I get some sort of tropical fruit kind of vibe from it, like maracuja. The opening is absolutely beautiful and it transports you to a sunny summer day. Wish the fruits lasted to the drydown though. The drydown can be a bit too synthetic to my nose and quite musky. Sadly, this Erba didn't convince me for a full bottle either.

Roses and cherries as perfume notes aren't among my favourites, but this perfume is absolutely gorgeous and addicting! It's got that kind of mysterious feminine vibe to it, a bit dark but not completely, if that makes sense. I would like to draw a comparison between Carmina and Delina by PdM, simply because I see Delina as a very impactful and popular Rose scent with a fruity aspect. While Delina is very bright pink rose with a cheerful quality added by lychee, Carmina is more like a dark red rose with dark cherries, more sensual and not as strong. As Delina is honestly a bit too much for me and can be headache inducing, I'm happy to report Carmina didn't have the same effect on me and I much prefer it.

This smells like the most delicious peach dessert ever! Sweet ripe peaches, a tiny bit of booze, quite a bit of patchouli, delicious warm spices, woods and some fresh grapefruit to give it a kick in the opening. What a masterpiece! Longevity is good, stays in hair for even longer (2nd day I can still smell it). It doesn't smell like ice tea. Ice tea smells cheap, this smells expensive. It better! Because this baby is VERY expensive. You MUST love peaches and patchouli in order to like this. Good scent option for intimate nights, as any good gourmand scent would be.

The scent opens with a green scent of freshly cut petitgrain with a sweet background. If you don't like the opening, be patient, because around 20 mins later, the main scent develops and it's less green, and more marshmallowy sweet. It's absolutely gorgeous and imo signature scent worthy. It also lasts crazy long: on skin the whole day, on clothes for a few days! Also it projects really far, only 2 sprays fill a room. That's what I'd call a good value for money. I personally use only 1 spray of this because it's that concentrated.