Champaca Absolute Tom Ford

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Although I agree with the general consensus that the perfumes are well-made and smell expensive, I like but do not feel the need to have most of the fragrances I've tried from Tom Ford except for a few that include Champaca Absolute from the Private Blend range. It's probably down to chemistry but where many get all sorts of dirty business with Black Orchid all I get is floral talcum powder and perhaps Noir de Noir would have been more attractive in 2007 than when I first smelt it in 2012 along with other versions of the same song Rose-Patchouli. 

Champaca Absolute has a short spurt of dark booziness when first applied before turning sweet and sheer with floral notes of magnolia (with its usual creamy thickness stripped away), violet and the smell of a newly ripened banana with no black spots marring its pristine yellow colour as yet. The freshness gradually slips away and leaves a dusty layer over the flowers and fruit (well just the banana that is) with a scattering of new wood shavings on top. It doesn't get any darker than this and remains like a gauzy veil wrapped around you for about six hours or so. Overall I find it original, bright and leaning on the feminine side of the scale. 

Nectarine Blossom and Honey Jo Malone

Annick Goutal does fresh scents with a French flair and Jo Malone does fresh scents like how I view English food. Plain and simple. Which is good for times when you don't want something complicated or when you want to smell nice without smelling perfume-y. 

Nectarine Blossom and Honey is literally that. A fresh green fruity floral featuring stone fruit like nectarines and peaches, some green notes and sheer florals. There's no musk or wood or amber to disrupt this ethereal being. It's not complex and it stays linear, but it's a pleasant and pretty fruity floral that delivers what it says, i.e you really do smell the peachy fuzz of the real fruit.

The scent is a skin scent on me but that's the whole point of wearing this, I want to smell it on me without the person at the other end of the room smelling it too. The only downside is it doesn't stay long, I get two maybe three hours tops but it's such a pleasure to respray and experience it all over again. So if you are looking for something that announces your presence and stays until you wash it off, this isn't it. 

Suitable for all ages and temperaments, I'm sure even Type A personalities crave time-outs occasionally.