WHAT I SMELL: Camelia K opens with a sweet almond laced blood orange that becomes even sweeter with an infusion of jasmine. As the perfume develops, a dash of warmth is added along with a hint of soured orange blossom. The perfume is buzzingly and achingly sweet with florals that seem to bellow off of the skin. As the perfume continues on it’s progression, a rather bubblegum hairspray sheen of tuberose seems to appear along with a trace of vanilla. I am a lover of white floral perfumes, but Camelia K is just too, too, too…well you know what I mean. But in the end, the perfume quiets to a peppered rosy tuberose and it does eventually diminish in strength rather substantially.
From the Ella K website:
CAMÉLIA K: AN ODE TO TEMPTATION
The penetrating alliance of ginger, dragon fruit and blood orange invites us to open the doors of a voluptuous paradise. Imagined around an intense floral heart of red camellia, Sambac jasmine and orange blossom, this creation is an ode to temptation, immortalized by the sensuality of vanilla, vetiver and patchouli.
Sid Vicious & Nancy Spungen, 1978
WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME: The Nancy Spungen of white florals.
THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE CAMELIA K: bold, brazen, conspicuous
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT CAMELIA K: No written reviews found.
BOTTOM LINE: Camelia K in the end isn’t the loud and brash girl that first enters the room. In fact she’s not too unpleasant but isn’t all that interesting after all. But at first…watch out, you know she’s in the room and she’s not making any friends with her entrance.
I will admit that the bottle is rather lovely though!
- Bone Rating: 2.5 out of possible 5 bones
- Scent: Floral Fruity
- Nose: Sonia Constant
- Classification: Leans feminine
- Expense: $295 for 100 ml eau de parfum
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The Scented Hound 