10/17, round-up of the last of my Alkemia order to be sampled. All in all, I don’t think this is the house for me, but there were some winners in the batch.
Earthlight (summer leaves, Linden blossoms, Jasmine tea, Melissa, Muguet, Petitgrain, Copalchí, Guaiac, Santal, Green patchouli) – this was another bonus sample. Oof, I barely lasted an hour with this before I had to remove it. I think I could get a little of the Melissa (a/k/a lemon balm?) and petitgrain, and I haven’t really been able to find much information on what copalchi is supposed to smell like, but overall this went sickeningly sweet on me almost immediately. It started off with a smell I associate with stale pop, a little cola-y, a little syrup-y fruity, and just got sweeter and sweeter from there. Something in this just really did not agree with my skin chemistry at all.
I’m also retesting The First Dandelion, which I like a lot but seems to fade really fast on me. I think I might like Vert Sur le Vert better.
10/17, round-up of the last of my Alkemia order to be sampled. All in all, I don’t think this is the house for me, but there were some winners in the batch.
Earthlight (summer leaves, Linden blossoms, Jasmine tea, Melissa, Muguet, Petitgrain, Copalchí, Guaiac, Santal, Green patchouli) – this was another bonus sample. Oof, I barely lasted an hour with this before I had to remove it. I think I could get a little of the Melissa (a/k/a lemon balm?) and petitgrain, and I haven’t really been able to find much information on what copalchi is supposed to smell like, but overall this went sickeningly sweet on me almost immediately. It started off with a smell I associate with stale pop, a little cola-y, a little syrup-y fruity, and just got sweeter and sweeter from there. Something in this just really did not agree with my skin chemistry at all.
I’m also retesting The First Dandelion, which I like a lot but seems to fade really fast on me. I think I might like Vert Sur le Vert better.