Apricots! | Perfume Posse

Posse!  It’s that strange time of year, where I need a fleece hoodie in the morning and am in a tank top at noon.  It’s also that weird growing time where I’ve got both a pumpkin AND a watermelon sitting on my counter.  It’s also the time (at least for here) for the last of the stone fruits to show up and show OUT!  My darling Posse:  I give you… The Apricot!  This is when I lose my mind over the fruit, in salad (included the phenomenal chicken salad that I stole (the recipe) from Cyd’s Market, in cheese, in jam.

And in perfume.  You all know of my undying love for Uncle Serge’s gorgeous Daim Blonde (and Tom is right – a little goes a VERY long way)… but I didn’t know if I’d ever smelled (or wore) any other apricot-forward perfumes.  A bit of noodling around on Fragrantica and Surrender to Chance (and Floyd Bless those perfume psychopaths – that database is phenomenal!!!)  revealed only one (other than Daim Blonde) : Phlur Apricot Privee’ which I should’ve bought a bottle of but somehow never got around to doing so.  Those are the only two that I could remember!  So I got busy on both sites and took a look at what’s out there – there’s lots of perfumes with an apricot note therein…somewhere…but what I am looking for are perfumes that really celebrate the smell of the fruit itself.  So far, I’ve found a couple that sound interesting.

1. Haus of Gloi Apricot and Fig. Surrender to Chance has a review of it that has me drooling, with the apricot remaining front and center, though surrounded by sugared fig.  What really got me, though, is the last sentence.  ” this is like an Asian candy where you can really taste the fruit flavor in it but there’s a bit of citric acid in there so the intensity of it feels a bit artificial even if the actual flavor isn’t. 4 stars.”  Most of you know how much I love the artificiality of perfume – I want perfume to smell like perfume, not persackly like a flower or a fruit, etc.  If I want to smell exactly like an apricot I’ll rub some on my wrist, straight off the fruit.  So this?  This sounds right up my alley.
2. Gin Flower by Solstice Scents.  This one is an outlier because the apricot is in the middle (along with pear) – but I’m intrigued because Angela St John does exquisite work and the idea of apricot working alongside all those fizzy top notes (elderflower, juniper berries, etc) … well, we’ll see (fingers crossed).  Then again, I never thought lemon and dark chocolate would be a phenomenal paring until someone sent me a chocolate bar… swooooon!
3. Shiro Apricot and Pear simply because… Apricot and Pear.  I’ve never sampled a Shiro perfume so I have no idea what it’ll be like.  But the emphasis is on fruity-floral and… well, unless that’s done deftly … well, again… we’ll see…
4. Amouage… Elsewhere?  (formerly ‘Sindbad’.  uh.  how is that better?). Huh.  How did I miss this one?  From the Brand:  Opening with a radiant blend of Honey, Apricot, Mango, Cardamom, Ginger and Tangerine, the fragrance evokes a luminous warmth.   Sign. Me. UP!

Do any of you have any other suggestions?  I’d love to hear them.  I’m in the mood to try pretty much anything that’s Apricot-forward.  Except… maybe not apricot and fish?  (now watch:  there’ll be some insane apricot fish perfume that I will try… and fall madly in love with!!)

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