Scarlet Amber & Jasmine

Scarlet Amber & Jasmine opens with red fruit, aniseed and grapefruit, bringing brightness and sweetness to the entrance. Neroli, jasmine, cardamom, lily of the valley and orris give the heart a floral and lightly spiced shape. Cedar and vetiver sit beneath a warmer amber theme, with caramel-like sweetness running through the composition. Fruit, flowers and warmth are its main points of interest. One wearer describes a fruity-sweet, floral bubblegum impression. That offers a useful idea of how the sweeter materials may combine on skin, but it is only one account. The jasmine and other flowers need not read in exactly the same way to every person, and the aniseed and cardamom provide details to follow beyond the first fruit impression. A small skin trial gives those contrasts time to appear. There are too few performance and season responses to promise a consistent duration, trail or time of year. The few longer-wear and stronger-projection impressions cannot establish a broad pattern. Scarlet Amber & Jasmine should interest someone who enjoys sweet fruit and flowers with an ambery foundation, especially if a soft confectionery shade appeals. Give the floral heart and woody base time to settle before judging the balance from the opening alone. It is a 100 ml Eau de Parfum whose current retail availability is uncertain.