floral fruity | The Scented Hound

WHAT I SMELL: Dot opens with a juicy, fruity and tangy orange that’s fresh, but quickly moves toward a flattened and slightly bitter orange. The perfume feels voluminous in so that when you take a breath of it in, it fills your lungs with an expanse of air and there’s a layer of musk that seems to be painted on to a soft osmanthus. To me, Dot feels incredibly manufactured as there is nothing remotely natural about the perfume. But that’s not a bad thing because the perfume has this otherworldly freshness about it. The soft florals have a slight vegetal tinge rather similar to a carrot leaf. As the perfume develops, the fragrance doesn’t morph all that much, but it does seem to grow in projection. In the end, Dot is all about the osmanthus. It’s soft and lightly fruited, but here it’s topped off with a little powder that feels like it’s sitting on a warmed cotton ball.

Notes: Leafy Greeness, Bitter Orange, Pepper, Osmanthus Absolute, Olibanum, White Amber Woods

WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME: Maybe partly because it’s getting close to Easter, but this reminds me of a carrot eating fluffy rabbit.

THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE DOT: sunny, easy, effortless

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT DOT: No reviews found, besides comments found on Fragrantica.

BOTTOM LINE: Dot is a feel good perfume that radiates an uncomplicated positive energy. I like that!

Bone Rating: 3 out of possible 5 bones
Scent: Floral Fruity
Nose: Lucas Sieuzak
Classification: Unisex
Expense: $130 for 100 ml Eau de Parfum

Sample courtesy of Twisted Lily Fragrance Boutique and Apothecary. Opinion my own.

WHAT I SMELL: One Night in Rio opens with a luscious sweet and juicy passion fruit; like a bowl full of fruit and melon goodness, so ripe and with just picked freshness. Quickly a dash of pepper comes to sit on top of the fruit extracting the almost too much fruity juicy goodness to more of an exotic spiced cocktail. The perfume rapidly starts to dry and moves from fruity to floral. The florals are pretty, very sexy and round and robust…but still topped with a grounded pepper. After around 10 minutes, the vanilla slowly enters giving the perfume a slightly sweetened tinge. Add to that a light coconut and waxy suntan lotion note and the perfume now makes you feel that you’re walking along the beach at Impanema. One Night in Rio is interesting in that it lives in this other worldly state of sweet and spice, floral and pepper; which means that the perfume is completely and utterly exotic.

From from the A Lab on Fire website:

Passion Fruit Pillow

Night air strokes skin, cheek against shoulder, neck bare. Night air against curved back, touched gently, a new love—his open-armed embrace. Music catches up to you and everyone is dancing, the road is dancing, the cars are dancing. Guarded by its jungled hills, their wide leaves too green, night sky too blue, the city pools. Immerse yourself. Spread your arms out, lithe and swaying. The music plays inside you. Bright street, dark alley. One night to discover a delicate moment in full bloom.

Top~ black pepper, neroli, Mid~ passion fruit, tiare flower, magnolia, Dry~ musk, white amber, vanilla bean

The original Latina Bombshell – Diosa Costello

WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME: The perfume is modern, yet very nostalgic…and invokes visions of a Latina Bombshell surrounded by big print 1940’s upholstery.

THREE ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE ONE NIGHT IN RIO: sexy, easy, lively

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT ONE NIGHT IN RIO: I was unable to find any other reviews, except for a few comments on Fragrantica.

BOTTOM LINE: One Night in Rio is developed by A Lab on Fire, but is being released as “unbranded.” I’m not sure what that’s all about and does it really matter? The fact is that One Night in Rio is a fun and sexy perfume to remind you that even though it’s going to start getting colder soon in the northern hemisphere, you can always head down to Rio for a little summer fun.

Bone Rating: 3.5 out of possible 5 bones
Scent: Floral Fruity
Nose: Jean-Marc Chaillan
Classification: Unisex
Expense: $110 for 60 ml Eau de Parfum

Sample courtesy of Twisted Lily Fragrance Boutique and Apothecary