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Diplodog – :
Two of my favorite things (vanilla and the smell of woodsmoke) combined perfectly into one. Love it!!! <3
I wear it by itself even though it was meant for layering. It’s a cozy and comforting smell. It makes me feel happy.
I love someone else’s review that I saw somewhere where she said she wore it to work one day and her boss thought the building was on fire. 😀
This oil is good in any season or weather, imo… But it is extra good in cool Autumn and Winter temps! Oh yesss
wkj235JeomiWogkig – :
This one might be my favorite one from Alkemia yet….might…. This one is exact to it’s notes. This is a cool end of summer night, fresh out of the bath with a splash of sweet vanilla, chair in front of the wood burning fire pit. The longevity on this one lasts a good 6-8 hours. This is a seasonless scent and will definitely be in heavy rotation.
OmegaWearpon – :
Neat scent. It smells like the smokey burned-wick smell after blowing out the flame on a high-end vanilla candle. Doesn’t last too long, maybe a couple hours. Came in a nice vial with a steel rollerball, so easy to carry and reapply as desired. Nice for layering with other fragrances.
irishakubrak – :
I don’t have a review on this fragrance but, I would like to know where I can purchase Smoke and Mirrors. I enjoy the frangrance , By the Firepjace but , it is quite pricey so if Alkemia Smoke and Mirrors is a more reasonably priced fragrance and it if it is as wonderful as By the Fireplace then I would like to try it!
insaf_12 – :
You are walking home through an old neighbourhood. It is deep into blue twilight. Heavy clouds dampen the air. The trees drip. Every chimney in this street has a fire. Someone is baking vanilla cookies too. The smell blends with the smokey air and you suddenly recall another evening when you drank tea in a little cafe watching rain bounce off cobblestones…
This is a smokey, vanillary treasure a bit like a vanilla marshmallow toasted over an open fire. I’m no fan of gourmands but this is sensational and cuddly, something essentially autumn. It won my over in just one wearing. I’m already plotting a back up bottle.
I would call this essentially feminine. The longevity is pretty good and projects enough to make you smell delicious and not enough to kill or at least trigger anyone around you.
Nune1989 – :
This is super cozy and I have fallen head over heels! Close similarities to MMM By the Fireplace. Great layered or by itself. Alkemia has quality oils. Definitely recommend.
gonya7q – :
This seems like a popular Alkemia scent, and it kept coming up in discussions about Alkemia perfumes online. I always ignored it. “Smoke and vanilla? meh”. Then someone gifted a sample scent to me and picked this one out, and I absolutely love it. Smoke and vanilla, yes, but so much more than the sum of its parts. Campfire scents aren’t super appealing to me, but the smoke and vanilla and tonka are perfectly balanced. The sillage seems perfect, too, and reasonable longevity – I don’t want to scream perfume when I walk in a room, but I like to know that I put it on. I applied a couple dabs of Smoke and Mirrors this morning and got lovely little wafts throughout the day. This one I think would be worn equally as well on a man or a woman.
I recently lost my sample of Smoke & Mirrors, which gave me a great excuse to go ahead and purchase a full size bottle. This has become my favorite fragrance to wear to work. I don’t like wearing very sweet or girly fragrances to the office (not knocking those who do at all – just personal preference, you do you!) and this fits the bill perfectly. It’s interesting without being distracting, soft but tough, and lasts all through the day.
Dreysv – :
Smoldering, sweetly smoked wood . Smells like the evening air in midwinter, the scent of fireplace smoke hanging in the still dark night. Pure wood smoke interlaced with the richest vanilla. This is evocative of comfort. Cozy snuggles in a warm blanket at the fireside. Icy walks through crunching snow, frosty breath hanging in the air. The welcome of hearth and home.
This is breathtaking!
sicnode – :
I don’t get smoke at all. I do not like vanilla. I love this oil though! I don’t know what I smell. I don’t know why I like it. I will order more one day. I like this JUST by itself. It’s wonderful. This and Persian Tea Room are better than the others I ordered. These were just samples. Samples DO matter!
fedyerko – :
Absolutely divine! I myself consider this better on skin as a layering device, but on others it can be heaven on it’s own. We are talking about the smell of burning smoke, the real thing. Ahhhh.
As for the overall impression, on a friend it is mysteriously wonderful, seductive, smoke and vanilla. On me it is the scent of an expensive vanilla candle from childhood. The vanilla lingered with the scent of the partially burnt wick to create something special. Albeit, I think on me it needs a thicker feeling for wearing alone and therefore prefer it layered. It’s all about chemistry.
A winner no matter how you wear it. Really, there is nothing cozier and more appealing to me than a real bonfire + vanilla! Highly Recommended.
1851991 – :
To me, this is way too smoky to wear on its own. But I use it to layer almost anything if I feel like experimenting. It does say on the site that it was specially created for a lady who got a very expensive perfume as a gift and she didn’t like it, so they created Smoke and Mirrors to layer it with.
oleg112 – :
This is, hands down, the best smokey fragrance I’ve found. It smells like real bonfire woodsmoke with the slightest hint of soft vanilla. Every other smoke fragrance I’ve tried has either been indistinguishable or smelled like an ashtray. This is just perfect, outdoorsy, crisp smoke. Perfect to layer or wear on its own.
1annoncea – :
ahhh This perfume oil , I love it to bits in autumn .
I do love the firesmoke and you have o if you are to wear this . It goes so well and mixes so nice with the vanilla
A truly beautiful and different kind of scent . This is not somthing i wear to impress or go out . This is for me cosy time, out for a walk in nature or snuggeling up drinking tea .
This is the Epitom of Autumn to me , although i woudl wear it year round if i want the snuggely bonfir vanilla offcourse . But you get the ide . Crisp vanilla besides the bonfire in Autumn.