Pointless Perfume Review: Cherries
Jan. 2nd, 2025 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smokingboot2024 is the third year R has bought me samples of perfume to play with and here I go!
https://uk.initioparfums.com/products/side-effect
Side Effects top notes are weird. Tobacco and rum are listed, but at first I'm a bit what the hell is this? Still haven't worked out what's going on, the underlying buzziness of cinnamon being all I distinctly get. I wouldn't wear this on public transport within the first 20 minutes, but after that the dry-down is lovely. Anyone who likes cherry cough syrup would have no problems with this and it's not too sugary either. The longer it's on, the more elegant it becomes, its final hours dwindling to a classic amber treatment, utterly gorgeous. It's a fragrance for any time except the hottest weather, and sure, it could be worn at work or after it. Probably a bit wasted at a festival/gig. I sprayed it in the morning, was delighted, and resprayed it for watching Labyrinth just so's Jareth never forgets me, try as he might. My yuuuj pink cardi reeks of it. Still delicious.
Cherry notes are a thing. I can detect them here though they are not listed at all, so maybe it's just me. Tom Ford's brought out a line of cherry based perfumes, and they smell OK. No synthetic attempt can simulate fresh cherries, but then I've never found it to be a flavour that works well in yoghurts, cakes etc. Never had cherry pie. I had a cold cherry soup once at the Gay Hussar in Old Compton Street. It was scrumptious. Rest of the food was only average.
Side Effect's not average. I fall in love with it. Eventually.
https://uk.initioparfums.com/products/side-effect
Side Effects top notes are weird. Tobacco and rum are listed, but at first I'm a bit what the hell is this? Still haven't worked out what's going on, the underlying buzziness of cinnamon being all I distinctly get. I wouldn't wear this on public transport within the first 20 minutes, but after that the dry-down is lovely. Anyone who likes cherry cough syrup would have no problems with this and it's not too sugary either. The longer it's on, the more elegant it becomes, its final hours dwindling to a classic amber treatment, utterly gorgeous. It's a fragrance for any time except the hottest weather, and sure, it could be worn at work or after it. Probably a bit wasted at a festival/gig. I sprayed it in the morning, was delighted, and resprayed it for watching Labyrinth just so's Jareth never forgets me, try as he might. My yuuuj pink cardi reeks of it. Still delicious.
Cherry notes are a thing. I can detect them here though they are not listed at all, so maybe it's just me. Tom Ford's brought out a line of cherry based perfumes, and they smell OK. No synthetic attempt can simulate fresh cherries, but then I've never found it to be a flavour that works well in yoghurts, cakes etc. Never had cherry pie. I had a cold cherry soup once at the Gay Hussar in Old Compton Street. It was scrumptious. Rest of the food was only average.
Side Effect's not average. I fall in love with it. Eventually.
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