* Off the top, I get booze (maybe cognac or rum) sweetened with vanilla.
* It is also creamy and a little rubbery, which might be a floral also in the mix.
Tag: almond
* I don’t get the rose jam on top like with the shower gel – it’s more like toasted rose cracker.. There’s a bran or cooked starch weighing it down.
* That cracker note dissipates and the rose starts to get peppery and lemony. The rose is still the star – it’s just that the supporting players change.
* At this point, Rose Jam goes in one of two ways – either soapy or fruity. Each time I wear it, it’s a bit unpredictable.
* The starchiness of the top comes back again in the base – for a bready rose, with a touch of almond and honey.
Summary: After reading Victoria’s review of Rose Jam shower gel, I picked up a bottle and now use it a few times per week. Rose Jam Pure Perfume is a really good interpretation of the scent. It lasts 8-10 hours on my skin before it becomes completely undetectable. Rose Jam is more of a nighttime scent, and I wouldn’t consider it office friendly due to the projection. If you spray it after bathing with the shower gel, you get a really decadent rose experience. For the price point, I can’t think of another Rose scent of similar quality.
Other opinions:
EauMG (Shower Gel)
Now Smell This (Shower Gel)
Musings of a Muse (Shower Gel)
Oxford Owl (Shower Gel)
Journeys Are My Diary (Shower Gel)
Lush Scent Rose Jam is a limited edition that was available only from their website. Check there first to see if it is still available. If not, ebay is pretty much your only option.
Disclaimer: Bottle purchased – no disclaimer needed. Image courtesy of Lush website.
* Before smelling the perfume, I stopped by a Lush store to smell the snow cake soap. It’s sweet almond – almost edible, like a cookie- maybe an Americanized version of Loukoum.
* Snowcake perfume starts off strangely vegetal. The almond on top isn’t as sweet – it’s cut with a cooking oil, like canola, that gives its an oddly astringent texture
* Then something seems to go wrong and this odd accord comes through which I think is a mix of fig, ambergris, and sulfur. It’s not unpleasant – it’s just a bit outerworldly and surreal how it floats over my skin.
* Sometime in that mix I get a bit of rose in the background as well.
* The dry down is a subtle and sheer dry, sweet vanilla.
Summary: I had a quick sniff of Snowcake soap at Lush and think it is a little bit sweeter than the perfume. Snowcake is office-friendly because it is not that loud, yet it’s not exactly a shrinking flower either. Longevity is the lowest of the series with it becoming a very subtle skin scent after about six hours. Snowcake is nice, but not one that I would strongly recommend, if only because other lines have stronger almond/marzipan/loukoum products.
Other opinions:
All Things Lush (Soap)
Meteo Beauty (Soap)
The Notice
Vampy Varnish (Soap)
Writing Whimsy
Lush Scent Snowcake is a limited edition that was available only from their website. Check there first to see if it is still available. If not, ebay is pretty much your only option.
Disclaimer: Bottle purchased – no disclaimer needed. Image courtesy of Lush website.