Continuing with yesterday’s discussion of the Pecksniff’s line, today I am testing Fresh Citrus and White Floral.
The Fresh Citrus features notes of grapefruit, lime, amoise, lavender, vetiver, marine essence, nutmeg, oakmoss, sandalwood, and musk. This starts a slightly sweet citrus, with a masculine edge from the combination of the lime and lavender. The “marine essence” is very light at the start, but grows considerably in intensity as it dries down. I did not find the actual citrus notes to be very long lasting. After an hour or so, it is mostly sandalwood with a touch of marine. This is listed as a men’s fragrance, and while I rarely let that deter me, it does in fact remind me of aftershave. Will be curious to hear what others think of this one — if you’ve tried it, do comment! And if you know what amoise is, enlighten me, please.
White Floral has notes of orange blossom, bergamot, ylang, gardenia, tuberose, jasmine, cedar, musk and moss. The top notes are extremely heady and sweet. I can almost make out some orange blossom under the onslaught of the gardenia, tuberose, and jasmine, but I wouldn’t swear to it. The sweetness fades considerably over the next half hour or so. It dries down to a creamy, almost salty tuberose with just a touch of jasmine. It is pretty, and worth a try for white flower lovers, but it isn’t really captivating me.
That is the last of my Pecksniff’s samples. Of the four I have tried, the Green Chypre is by far my favorite. If there are others in the line worth trying, let me know.
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I just happened to be in a place that sold this yesterday and tried it. Headache city!! The tuberose practically knocked me out. I'm obviously a trifle sensitive to said flower. HAD to stop everything and come home and scrub it off.
I also tried their amber scent, which was ok.
I thought it might be a scrubber too, but it did calm down after a bit, and I am probably a bigger tuberose fan than you are. All the same, not going to be a purchase for me.
I don't know if this helps any, but in French “amoise” means “binding-piece.” Perhaps amoise here is a chemical compound that's used for a base note in perfumery? Since the copy writers probably thought no one would know what it was, they figured they'd ad it because it sounded cool. Kind of like using the latin plant words (like seringia for lilac) when they want to make a composition sound unique. Other than that I have no idea.
Thanks very much! I'm sure you are right. It is always funny to see how translation errors get copied from website to website. In this case, the amoise at any rate is failing to adequately bind the citrus notes
I should clarify about the White Floral—-if you like tuberose or aren't allergic to it (this is the ONLY note that makes me feel physically terrible) then the Pecksniff fragrance is probably very nice. *I* just can't be in the same room with it because of the tuberose.