today i'll talk about Chinatown. initially i was a touch afraid of this scent, since some folks mention a bergamot note in there and i am so nervous about The Burning. i try bergamot-laden scents with the attitude of a squeamish older lady dipping a toe into frigid water... and that attitude has certainly served me well in the past!
however, this perfume didn't deserve such treatment. what a lovely creation this is! Chinatown is, at its essence, a well-done incense. it starts off with an initial note of warm peaches, but within 10 minutes that loveliness is settled back and a gorgeous floral incense takes over. the tuberose and peony lend themselves particularly well to this composition, rendering a set of wood notes into a lush and complex work. the wood-and-white-floral phase is long-lasting and steady - the cardamom doesn't come into play until a half hour into the drydown. while in some perfumes cardamom makes a perfume into a gourmand scent, in Chinatown the cardamom adds depth and an eastern-tinged spirituality to the scent. it is a May church wedding sort of scent. without question there's a meditative overlay to this, balanced by the weight of the florals, with an innate joyous quality that is impossible to ignore. definitely a scent worth trying. the beauty of the packaging helps as well. ;)
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