Lemon Island by Atelier Cologne
Hey Posse! Things you may not know. FragranceNet (Not Affiliated) has 10ml Atelier Cologne travel sprays. Yeah, the manufacturers version. Nice hefty glass and not prone to leakage in aeroplanes. We were talking recently somewhere about how Atelier Cologne was taken from most USA stores. Maybe they all got sent to FragNet? I went looking for Bohemian Orange Blossom. Jin tried it at an airport recently and really liked it. So while shopping I grabbed Lemon Island just out of interest. It seems to be discontinued on the Atelier Cologne site.
Lemon Island by Atelier Cologne
Featured accords:
Top: Lemon
Heart: Indian Jasmine
Base: Madagascar Vanilla
Atelier Cologne are interesting. They call many of their perfumes cologne absolute. Meaningless drivel. There seems to be no consistency. Some are nuclear powered beasts and others are quiet lambs.
Jasmine and lemon open but they’re not really what they say they are. Lemon Island is a candy, a confectionery. Imagine those Strawberries and Cream lollies and substitute lemon. You can almost taste the sugar. It’s also surprisingly creamy. Like really good home made whipped cream. Not what I was expecting and definitely too warming for Sydney 38C/100f springtime. Having said that, it’s been a really enjoyable couple of days. That opening and heart of creamy lemon lollies is enough to make anyone smile.
Within an hour we hit the vanilla with hints of citrus dry down. Thankfully it’s lost quite a bit of the heft and now smells like a comparatively cheap candle. Not bad, it just doesn’t smell glamorous, transportive or elevating on me. More like a brightly coloured, mass market, $3 at the bargain store kind of candle. Yes, I know we’ve ALL used them at some point but Lemon Island isn’t $3. Funny thing, that’s what it smells like up close. From wrist length away it smells nice.
I reckon in this heat Lemon Island’s whole life is around 3-4 hours. It’s unisex and despite the up close dry down I’ll definitely use up the 10ml of my Travel Spray.
I talked about Encens Jinhae here on Posse too.
Are you an Atelier Cologne fan? Ever try Lemon Island?
Portia xx
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