behold! a continuation of the late spring descent into madness!
i don’t like sorce obligate disclaimer. their dna is fuzzy sweet plastic on my skin. but i had a sample from their summer collection THREE YEARS AGO (wowza) and clung to that crystal prism sample. i detected that base but a friend told me sorce EDP’s don’t actually smell like that at all, so it would be worth a shot. i plunged, and im glad i did. crystal prism is a camphory cypress and elderflower scent. mediterranean summer. with a tonka undertone that marries into it like a soft chocolatey earth. earthy, a bit medicinal, green and fresh. it’s lovelier than i remembered and so beautifully tempered without the oil base. even my mother liked the sample so im very excited to bring it on a trip soon.
i already have touched on reviewing possets beatrice and somewhat beat it to death in my discord server (it smells like the loveliest hair conditioner one might imagine. a sweet and floaty musk, with a lingering almost cakey quality, but is so timid and shy), but vega was the wild card and i’m glad it was. hawthorn tends to smell kind of like minty bubblegum to my nose and this is no exception, but it pairs spectacularly with that special possets grapefruit note. i don’t know how possets makes such lovely grapefruit scents. between this and berenice, i’ve become a grapefruit enjoyer in every season. vega reminds me for reasons i cannot fully place, of being at summer camp as a kid. it could be the woody background of hawthorn; certainly there were hawthorn bushes at camp. it could be that the musk and vanilla and grapefruit flirt with sunscreen and kid’s shampoo. it could be that it almost smells like fresca and i don’t know why. but christ above, this is nostalgic. as always with possets, this is a fine addition to my collection.
reviews for my samples (a witch’s valentine, the moon, and silver narcissus) shall come eventually but for now i relish my grapefruit cocoon.
