I am still on the hunt for the perfect cherry fragrance.
To those who have followed me for a while, you know how I once fell in love with Lost Cherry by Tom Ford, but couldn't support how poorly it performs. I have tried many cherry fragrances since, and my last subject ended very poorly. I ordered a sample of A Little Secret by Imaginary Authors, a house I adore, but the sample got crushed into smithereens. Not a whiff of cherry was left.
So, as a "good job" pat on the back to myself (because I've recently sold so many perfumes from my collection that I'm down to about 40 fragrances) I bought a little sample kit in which I have plenty of cherry fragrances to meet.
First in the bunch, Narcotic Delight.
With notes of cherry, cognac, tobacco, pink and black pepper, hedione and vanilla.
I am off to a good start.
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My hand lingers over the keyboard, because as soon as I was about to dot down what I was experiencing, the scent changed. And then it changed yet again. Only from memory can I describe the opening of Narcotic Delight as being fruity and with a fresh note of cherry. A minute in, the cherry is just but an illusion on my skin. Most of what I get, is the tobacco. Not too herbal, not too dry. Something softens it and makes it sweeter. It is the cherry, but without actually being there.
I do not smell vanilla, the scent is more...
Narcotic Delight actually smells like a quality piece of marzipan, unsweetened, rolled in a light coating of very dark chocolate. No fruit, no sugar, just a hint of cherry aroma in the center.
It is too bland for my taste and becomes quite cloying.
I must say that I expected more. Maybe it is for the better, because I have four more promising fragrances to go, and I'm not about to expand my collection (... too much) 😉
Notes from Parfumo:
Cherry 
Cognac 
Tobacco 
Black pepper 
Hedione 
Vanilla 
Pink pepper
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