WHAT I SMELL: Rubikona seems to glide on the skin with a warm, mysterious mandarin and a rather buttery grapefruit which is quickly met with the most creamy layer of florals that seems to pour out from an ancient vessel. Intermixed, the florals seem to weave in and out, highlighted between a muted combination of rose and ylang-ylang. The creaminess is incredibly unique and it makes you wish you could bathe in its silky beauty. As the perfume continues to develop, a thin veneer of cloves begins to hover below the florals. The cloves add just the right amount of mystery as the perfume begins to warm the creamy florals while it greets the addition of an unsweetened vanilla and tart patchouli. Even though the perfume moves to this new stage in development, it continues to retain it’s creaminess as the perfume really begins to radiate. Here, Rubikona will put anyone under her spell who falls in her wake as the perfume swirls and dives as it comes off of the skin. As the perfume continues to develop, the creaminess begins to dissipate and the woody and slightly soured patchouli begins to intensify. In the end, Rubikona radiates a soft, yet powerful aura of exotic mystery. Rubikona is boldly beautiful and quietly commanding.
From the Puredistance website:
RU BI KO NA … Four distinct sounds that together form their own small symphony. Much like a perfectly cut RUBY that fascinates by the various shades of red and intensities of light. Puredistance Rubikona is a deep, warming perfume with a gracious, warm heart – safely embedded in deep blue satin. Elegance in every vein, in line with the sophisticated character of Puredistance. Rubikona is ‘Chic Inside Out’.
Top Notes – Grapefruit, Bergamot, Mandarin.
Circe, The Temptress – Charles Hermans
Middle Notes – Rose, Iris, Ylang, Clove, Orange blossom, Creamy notes.
Base Notes – Patchouli, Cedarwood, Vanilla, Solar notes, Musk.
WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME: The red temptress.
THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE RUBIKONA: creamy, exotic, enticing
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT RUBIKONA: PerfumManiac, The Fragrant Journey, CaFleureBon
BOTTOM LINE: Rubikona is an exotic beauty with a creamy heart that is beyond gorgeous. I would say that the perfume is not oriented to being an everyday perfume, but instead should be released to entice during those evenings on the town…or maybe just when you’re trying to weave a spell on that special someone in your life.
- Bone Rating: 4 out of possible 5 bones
- Scent: Oriental
- Nose: Cecile Zarokian
- Classification: Unisex
- Expense: Starting at 175 Euros for 17ml parfum extrait (28% perfume oil).
WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME: Picking berries in the cool sweet morning air.
WHAT I SMELL: Delina La Rosée opens with a bright and luscious combo of lychee and pear. The fruit is ripe and not overly sweet, but incredibly juicy as if it’s dripping all of its harvested goodness while being drenched in sparkling water. Bergamot begins to enter which leads the perfume down the pathway away from the fruit and to the floral. As the florals begin to enter the room, a soft and lightly sweetened peony makes the first impression followed by a dry and somewhat chalky rose. But as this transition takes place, the fruits of the opening begin to pop up as if they’re trying to take center stage again. Here the perfume bounces in a lilting manner between the fruit and flowers. The perfume is lightly sugared, pretty and nicely airy so that the sweetness doesn’t become anything but pleasant. At this point the perfume is just so wonderfully enticing as it dances lightly on the skin. At times the perfume glides into a pink bubblegum aura, but it’s just little puffs of candied goodness that grace the perfume from time to time. In the end, Delina La Rosée settles to a comforting combination of the fruity and floral while sitting on a bed of quiet wood and musk.
Top notes: Lychee, Pear, Bergamot Essence
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