Maison Margiela - On a Date
Notes from the description:
Blackcurrant Syrup, Pink Pepper and Bergamot, Rose, Geranium, Davana, Patchouli, Moss, Vetiver and Musk.
Disclaimer and also something to know about me: I do not wear fruity scents. Never have. I am not a fruit-forward girl(gn), nor am I usually a floral-forward girlie(gn) (the year I spent in awe of Gucci Bloom aside. We dont talk about her). In the decade+ I've been wearing fragrances mostly daily I have literally NEVER smelled a fruit-floral and gone "ooh I like that". So you understand, now, the POWER that this scent has. It has me by the nuts.
Green opening from the blackcurrant, chlorophyll and berries in the sun. The grass crushed beneath your feet as you go off the well-trod path carrying the picnic basket. It's dusk. Whatever wild berry is native to your part of the world is nearing the end of its season, plump to bursting with half-fermented over-sweet juice. There's something herbaly to it, maybe your date brought a joint and you're sharing it as you walk.
It's not a grown up date. Nor is it a first-love kind of date. It's more like a summer fling with no expectations attached, maybe even a friend date, completely platonic. No one's getting married, no one's even thinking about getting married but you're wearing satin anyway, you put on lipstick anyway, you get wine drunk together anyway and start looking at the stars. Someone spills their wine and you go through the rest of the night smelling kind of like merlot. Someone lights up a cigarette at some point, maybe another joint. The woods at your back are deep and dark and mysterious. In the dark, you can hear animals moving.
There's something incensey to the dry-down, a cream, a deeper darkness. The endless, beautiful, mysteries of the world opening to you now that you're drunk and high and with someone you love.
My boyfriend hates it. His loss. Layer with a masculine/unisex chypre to bring it down off its high-femme pedestal.
Final disclaimer: this is one of the most divisive scents I've ever tried. It's very volatile and not safe for a blind-buy, use ur judgement, try it first.
