Shiloh (for women)

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Hors La Monde may not be well known yet, but I think they will be. Both their fragrances have the same grown up vibe. Delicate. Feminine and just pure class. The patchouli note is subdued, there's no hippy attitude here. The rose and patchouli are a surprisingly nice combination.

I wrote my review at work and came home to take another sniff to confirm that I remembered everything correctly. I was wearing Shiloh today, so I could sniff myself and talk about how it smelled after 7 hours (faintly but still there.), but I wanted to be sure that I remembered the way it smells first correctly.

In spite of the order the notes are listed my first impression is the lemon and bergamot. The lemon does not stay in the foreground for very long though. And the bergamot really, I think, colors the way the rest of the notes blend as it wears on, though it's less distinct as the fragrance dries down.

The best aspects are the fine quality of the ingredients. I think this is most evident in the rose which light, not sticky or old ladyish, which I always fear with rose notes. This smells expensive. And on reflection I think the bergamot has a lot to do with the richness and the lightness of this scent.