A better exemplar of a popular genre... Montale PURE GOLD starts out as a fruity-floral blend with a lot of clean resinous musk. I find it somewhat nondescript, especially initially, when I have trouble discerning individual notes... except for the musk which is quite...
Juniper-infused Aqua Motu? Montale SANDFLOWERS evokes immediate memories of Comptoir Sud Pacifique AQUA MOTU. Something about the algae and the sea water. In waves, SANDFLOWERS has a strange oriental vibe to go with the muskiness. AQUA MOTU is even muskier and perhaps...
Sherapop, I went back and discovered I've been confusing Lily with Lily of the Valley all along! It's the latter I've been strongly disliking in perfumes. That's going to save me some blind buy mistakes. Many thanks!
Reading your review of Calypso, I now have the word that's been eluding me when trying to characterize the type of orientals I prefer. Not "dramatic" or "obnoxious" or "in yo face," no, they are "insistent"!!