Petrichor Beauty - reviews, style and overthinking

Top notes: bergamot and pink pepper; Middle notes: rose, jasmine, plum and spices; Base notes: patchouli and leather. On official Bottega Veneta site is among notes mentioned also iris butter Chrype floral group     This was a blind buy. I was looking for something new and different. I’m sick of all super sweet scents that are so popular right now. When I’m walking on the streets, I can mostly smell just one so familiar fragrance and that is just sad. We all know which one, right? After weeks of reading only positive reviews I decided to buy it. Naughty me J .Some even declared this as best flanker of 2017. It is different than expected, but still very pleasant, enjoyable and packed into most gorgeous bottle. Reviewers described this as dark, mysterious and masculine, but to me it’s soft and comforting. It mostly reminds me of Solea universal cream, mixed with plum and hint of spices and patchouli. I think that roses are to blame for this ˝Solea eff...

About a year ago, I was in search for a new summer fragrance. Let me stress, that by the term ˝summer fragrance˝ I for sure don't mean super fresh, green, aquatic, citrusy or flowery types of perfumes. I’m generally a fan of oriental and gourmand smells with some exceptions and that kind of perfume is a bit hard to find for warmer days. They smell the best in fall and winter time, but get too heavy and can cause headaches, when the days get warmer. I searched for suggestions on the web (my favorite web page about fragrances is Fragrantica.com, on which I daily spend too much time) and the most frequent mentioned were: Dune (Dior), Eau des Marveilles (Hermes), Shalimar parfum Initial L’Eau (Guerlain), Opium Vapeurs de Parfum (YSL) and very famous Bronze Goddess (Estee Lauder) . I was not very happy with these recommendations. Some of them I like, but can be too expensive for me, or unavailable  from other reasons. Not all web sites ship to this part of Europe, or costs are just cra...