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xbp413speagoessenda – :
Yes, saffron… definitely. Imagine a lighter Encens Mythique from Guerlain with no fat, heady aldehydes. Intense, lovely, mildly spicy.
axoleeverett – :
This is THE REBEL ROSE fragrance.
I love rose fragrances, from light and airy to deep and intoxicating cords…Rose perfumes is something I am drawn to.
I decided to wait to write a review for Floral street perfume, this is a London based fragrance company, relatively new and their fragrances are very contemporary. I visited their Covent garden store last January and their ‘floristas’ are very knowledgeable and know great customer service, warm and inviting. So that was a BIG PLUS.
Since I love roses I was immediately drawn to Black Lotus and it was love a first spritz. I usually wear spicey, deep, floral fragrances during the colder months and Black lotus would have to be the Sexy Rebel Rose that I was looking for.
This perfume is really not for someone who prefers the sweet gourmand because this is a mature bold scent. The saffron opening could get bitter at first but when the fragrance settles the deep spicey Rose comes out, I could not detect the pepper. There is a sweetness in Black lotus, but it is caramelised sweetness which goes well with the leather cord. The leather cord tied with spiced sweet rose for me is very sexy.
The musk that some reviewers can detect might come from both saffron and leather cord.
Black lotus is a fragrance that also requires patience. It evolves, and I love the projection and the longevity. This smells amazing within time and best worn during colder months. The heat will overwhelm this fragrance, but cool weather helps his fragrance to radiate.
Tolik009 – :
Strong saffron, pepper and patchouli on first spray. Doesn’t develop much further, other than a hint of leather, musk and black cherry. Good longevity and sillage. I feel this perfume is too mature for me. It leans towards being a more masculine scent. My boyfriend said it smells like someone has been smoking and sprayed perfume to cover it up. Not for me this one.
uoeedab7 – :
What on Earth is ‘narcotic musk flower’? Sounds like a fantasy note. If so, then “whatever … “, this is a sound heavily musky fragrance. If that’s what you’re looking for you’ll get it with this, whether narcotic musk flower exists or not.
I like that idea of scaling the darkness of the glass in correspondence with the darkness of the scent: it certainly does justice to this dark & sultry one.
‘Black Lotus’ … ‘narcotic musk flower’ … I have a suspicion the marketeers of this are cross-referencing the Conan the Barbarian short stories of Robert E Howard! Well, let them. It’s a very far cry from Howards black lotus I think! and there is no perfume quite that enchanting. But it’s a proper good fragrance anyhow.
Been wearing this all day now, and I’ve found it a seriously stout perfume. I would also go as far as to call it an extreme musk bomb, even though musk isn’t listed here: it positively drips! By that I don’t mean that it drips of musk – I mean that fragrance that is musky beyond a certain point seems to drip. It’s to do with that ‘slantwise’ or ‘impressionistic’ way of perceiving musk that I and many people have, and which I have read about and also seen mentioned here quite a lot. This one … drips! I think the ‘narcotic musk flower’ is probably Floral-Street-speak for their musk accord.
Meevl425Bessinepome – :
This smells pretty straightforward. I get a big hit of saffron followed shortly by rose, pepper and leather. I cant say I detect any black cherry or musk flower (I don’t know why they don’t just say musk!). First and foremost this is a saffron scent. It is a wonderfully unisex dark scent.
The saffron seems to intensify and the rose quickly step back. That’s a real shame for me as a rose fan.
It fades away with the saffron, leather and pepper at equal strength. This combination of notes smells curiously close to oud to my humble nose. Dry as the desert.
Sadly this lovely has only moderate longevity and sillage on me.
tatayn – :
I am so impressed by this house. I own three of their perfumes- Iris Goddess, Black Lotus and London Poppy. Firstly the bottles are beautiful. They were also designed so that the darker the background colour of the bottle the darker the fragrance. They are also reasonably priced, £55 for a 50ml bottle, with an option of a travel size 10ml for £20. All the perfumes I have tried from Floral Street really bloom on the skin and I think the lasting power is very good.
Floral Street list the following “Key Ingredients” on their site – Black Cherry, Red Reppercorn, Saffron Centifolia Rose, Black Violet Accord, Narcotic Musk Flower, Patchouli Fraction, Labdanum, Black Leather.
This is a leather scent to me, with the rose and violet adding a lovely floral edge to it. I don’t detect the black cherry, which I was pleased about as fruity scents don’t appeal to me. This lasts on skin all day, but doesn’t feel overwhelming at all.