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| Sydney Long, Sadder than a Single Star that Sets at Twilight in a Land of Reeds |
Behind the pines, the sky is
turning blue-pink. You shiver as you wander, lost in thought. Suddenly music,
distant, at the very edge of your hearing. It comes and goes but never enough
for you to recognise the tune. Something green darts between the trees ahead of
you...
You do not wear Alkemia Green
Carnation (AGC); it haunts you. This fragrance is the best bunch of the
eponymous flower you have ever encountered in spectral form. You can almost smell
the velveteen nature of the petals.
The Moth Woman loves carnation very
much. She has very pleasant memories of carnation. Sadly, carnation, as a
perfume note, is wildly out of fashion, relegated to the increasing pile of
things labelled old woman smells. IFRA has regulated the ingredients needed to
make a decent carnation fragrance almost out of existence, so good renditions
are getting rarer, furthering the note’s unpopularity. AGC is, therefore, a
thing out of its time, so of course, this makes the Moth Woman love it more.
This is an uncomplicated fragrance
verging on a soliflore; this is one of its charms. It opens with something
sharply green and herbal, suggesting the freshly snapped stems of the blooms,
accompanied by bay and carnation. Within ten minutes, carnation alone remains but
what a carnation it is, super naturalistic, 3D vivid. At three hours, a nice
soapy note creates a duet. The longevity runs to about twelve hours. In terms
of featured notes, pretty much unchanged from the three-hour mark.
It is worth noting that this
fragrance needs a far longer than usual rest period; a full month. It does not smell
different in terms of notes before that time, it just lacks persistence and
vigour. Rest, then enjoy.
In some ways, finding this scent
was like opening a book and finding a letter from a long-dead lover. AGC plucks
at the Moth Woman's heart strings. The pleasure in this scent is not just in
its ability to evoke nostalgia. AGC is a highly wearable scent. The Moth Woman
has bought a full bottle and recommends you do too.
AGC is available for purchase here.
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