Star Flower by Anya`s Garden

jeca

Dear Arance,

You are right, the note of almond is very profound, but please wait a few minutes, the fragrance will change drastically, and you will smell tuberose ;o)

NebraskaLovesScent

I had the good luck to win a bottle of perfume from Fragrantica and Anya's Garden. Thanks, folks! :-)

I'm not as enamoured of Floral Fruity Scents or Gourmands as I used to be, but when given a choice of any scent from Anya's Garden, something about the notes and the concept of Star Flower spoke to me.

The perfume arrived quickly, and was conscientiously packaged in a plantable Seed Paper Box. Very thoughtful!

I tried it right away and have given it two subsequent tries. It's a beautiful scent, and in spite of its category, not overly sweet. The sweetest notes occur in the opening blast of cherry and almond. Upon first application, it almost smells like marzipan candy. The tuberose is also immediately detectible, and remains present in each phase of the scent's evolution. More on the tuberose in just a moment.

The sweet top notes gradually yield to a warm maple and cocoa aroma, but this is a dark, bitter cocoa here--the unsweetened cocoa powder instead of a milk chocolate bar. The tuberose is noticeable here, too, and I think its presence is what keeps the fragrance from being too sweet after the top notes fade. The maple-cocoa phase lasts a couple hours, and the fragrance gradually dries down to a sexy musk tempered with a whisper of the cocoa and tuberose.

I'm especially impressed by the skillful use of tuberose in this scent. Tuberose is often an overpowering, almost narcotic aroma that can easily overtake the other notes in a blend (think "Fracas"), but the tuberose is married with other powerhouse notes in Star Flower: cocoa, vanilla, almond. The overpowering aspects of each of these essences are muted and transformed into a softer, more wearable combination, but make no mistake: this one has sillage to spare! This is going to be a great scent for the colder weather we're already experiencing in Nebraska this year.

Star Flower also has great longevity. I have tried several natural perfumes in the past, and I understand that natural beauty is sometimes more fleeting than synthetic, but truly, I get about seven hours of wear out of Star Flower. That's decent persistence for any type of fragrance!

Well done, Anya!