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lybimysik – :
As a certified herbalist, I am very familiar with digitalis in the wild. Not the taste, because it would kill you! So I was incredibly intrigued by this offering from Quartana.
In the beginning, it smelled like just like all the times I would set out for a hike. I get to the trailhead, and it smells just like plants. Not trees, flowers or anything else. Just the green scent of wild plants.
The cucumber quickly appears and remains the whole time. I like cucumber in general, from good ol’ Bath and Body Works Cucumber Melon to En Passant. It’s more along the lines of the Malle fragrance. It smells just like the fresh slices of cucumber they put on my eyes at the spa. Clean, crisp, pure, refreshing and naturally a bit sweet.
I don’t notice incense nor any other notes in particular in the drydown, but Digitalis never smells stale, dull, nor synthetic. It maintained its integrity for a solid 6 hours, until I accidentally washed it off. Even then, it remained quite present on my skin for a few more hours, to the point where I could not put on a different perfume. I wore it in 88F, no problem. Held up beautifully. Highly recommended for spring and summer. I would wear this year-round. I seem to crave petrichor in winter.
qiteluchiz – :
MAN DOES THIS ONE STINK!! WHO WANTS TO SMELL LIKE A CUCUMBER WEARING A NEW CAR SCENT AIR FRESHENER TREE WRAPPED AROUND IT’S NECK??? YUK! Sorry Mr. Quartana… The only one in this collection I do not like.
AmourbCourf – :
Digitalis is the smell of Mother Nature, with all her different green facets.
It opens very bright, slightly moist and green, like the scent of spring leaves just after rain. Or like dewy grass and wet woodland soil.
A sharp pepperiness appears and gives this cheerful hymn to spring a darker feeling. And not far behind the pepper lurks a lovely dry incense note, that removes some of the dewy, wet notes and takes the fragrance deeper into the woods. To a place where moss and ferns cover the forest floor and mischievous nymphs play amongst the shadows.
Digitalis has a rapid development the first 30 minutes or so, then it just softens slightly. It becomes dark mossy and somewhat earthy, and shifts between feeling dewy and dry. It’s a lovely, very naturalistic smell of woods and the more wild and untouched parts of nature.
I think I get a tiny hint of something slightly coniferous in here as well. It doesn’t smell like a coniferous forest, but it’s like there is one close by, and the wind carries its smell to you. This airy, fresh, somewhat piney scent lifts the mossy darkness a little, and adds a few bright spots to those deep green shadows.
This is very much a scent of three elements: Earth, air and water. And I guess the incense even brings in the fourth: Fire. It’s a scent that feels very new and fresh, and slightly ancient at the same time. Ageless even.
A gorgeous creation, perfect for spring and summer. And that says something, because I don’t usually like prominent cucumer in perfumes. But here it works, and it’s really beautiful and refreshing.
Longevity is great, as usual with this brand. It lasts over 8 hours on my skin. Sillage is quite strong right away, but becomes a soft, mossy skin scent within an hour or so.
adamova.nadejda – :
Cucumber, green bell pepper, violets leaves, and air.
This is very blue & green. When it goes calm, the black pepper, vetiver, coriander, & galbanum appears clear and the water notes become quite strong.
This is strange, and clean green watery fragrance! i never sniffed something like it before!
yurasik1972 – :
ALL I smell are watermelon/green apple Jolly Ranchers, cucumbers and Band-Aids. I’ve also finally concluded that I don’t like the smell of violets, so this is a NO
сффе77 – :
I the beginning I feel sea-notes.
Later bitter earthy moss. Somewhere in the between on these you might fit cucumber or watermelon.
Conclusion: cooling earthy summer frag with a hint on sea-salt.