Into the Woods: Jo Malone's Kohdo Wood Collection
Lotus Blossom & Water Lily and Dark Amber & Ginger Lily
The local Jo Malone counter suggested layering both of these fragrances to experience a smidgen of olfactory heaven. The Lotus Blossom is a watery fragrance with mandarin, ginger lily,bamboo, amber and aloeswood. Normally I shy away from ozonic fragrances. This one sparkles with ginger and has a slight incense drydown. The lily smells like a cross between a hyacinth and a banana.
The Dark Amber & Ginger Lily fragrance contains notes of cardamon, orchid and kyara wood. Cleopatra was a great fan of cardamon. It is said that she scented her palace with cardamon smoke during her hookups with Mark Antony. This fragrance has a strong cardamon note(green and sweet) along with a brief appearance of something that smells like pencil shavings(cedar-ish). The inital whiff of the fragrance is very masculine but it settles down in the drydown.
The Jo Malone website is sold out of both fragrances. You might have better luck at your local Saks counter.
Let us know what you think of either fragrance in the comments.
Credit: Jo Malone
Disclosure: I did not purchase this product. I tested it at the counter at my local Saks store.
Labels: Counter Test, Fragrance, Jo Malone
posted by Annieytown @ 7:32 AM
6 Inspired Comments
6 Inspired Comments:
Geez Annie you really know how to hurt a girl!
Dark Amber is my favorite Jo Malone ever. I get the pencil shavings thing but I love the woods in it anyway and the finish of this one lasts longer than most Jo Malone stuff.
Thanks to Annie and her great taste I'm now 200 dollars poorer. Thank you for sharing these and I look forward to getting my new purchase!
I should have loved the dark amber...but it was a scrubber for me. I was very surprised at the lotus blossom & water lily though...I loved it. A very unique and lovely fragrance.
I have to agree with tussah - I should have liked the Dark Amber more, I usually tend to go for the spicier, darker, more mysterious scents. And I do like it, but the Water Lily (which I thought would be too light and girly for me) has turned out to be my surprise favorite. It's so wearable - it's become my everyday go-to.
This set was a great introduction to Jo Malone too. I hadn't tried any of their fragrances before, but now I get it, and I'll probably be sampling a few more before the summer is out. :)
SBH: I hope you like them. I do think they are the best fragrances Malone has produced. I think her scents are getting better and better actually.
Tussah: I was really surprised by the lotus. That is a fragrance that I normally would not enjoy...but I did. Better than the new Hermes...which is freaky when you think about it. I might have to turn in my MUA fragrance board badge.
I did like the amber though. It was just more cedar than amber.
And it also was not dark...but more light and fresh.
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