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CROSSROADS (Wanderlust): (Company says The forks of the road: an in-between place, sacred and tangibly magickal in innumerable cultures and faiths. This scent is dark with mystery, taut with power. A chill twilit garden of blooms over dry earth and mosses, heavily laden with incense and offertory herbs.)

In bottles: This beautifully captures an evening garden. It feels cool and dew damped. I have no idea how they made it smell like water rich air, and chill, but it does. The flowers are complex and richly toned, mingling perfectly with the incense, very much evoking the sense of twilight. The earth and moss ground it and the herbal touch gives it a savory tang. If I wore florals, I would be in love with this. Wet: I’m guessi ng honey suckle and jazmine, but I’m not that good at flowers so I could be mistaken. Mysterious and erotic, the loam adds an earthly sensuality when mixed with these flowers and the natural musk in skin. This ought to be lightly brushed into the hair of a voluptuous brunette, to lure her lover to bury zhir nose in her hair. I keep thinking of Horace’s night garden with the lover chasing the laughing woman, through the maze of blooms to steal a kiss. Dry: Not surprisingly, my skin chemistry strips this away to vaguely floral drier sheets, which is one of the many reasons I don’t wear florals. Unless you’re skin does this to most non-rose florals, I wouldn’t worry about it.