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| 14th Century Italian Angel, National Geographic |
An excerpt of my January post is here.
......."Like Kerepaküpai (aka Angel Falls) Sweet Redemption wants to be
admired, and this orange blossom soliflore beckons with stunning duality that
is at once bitter and bright and then turns heady and haunting, not to mention
very addictive. The opening begins with a good healthy sting of petit grain
bitterness. I love its pithy bite. As this bitterness slowly dissolves, its
heart fades up to the orange blossom and vanilla accord that brings a tempered
sweetness that is heady, but still remains fresh and delicate. Its deeper
moments develop into an almost holy dry down that includes base notes of myrrh,
opopanax, benzoin, and incense that add a hypnotic ambery twist on things,
however Redemption never comes across as clawing, I’d call it velvety.
......."
Read the my full post on CaFleureBon.
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