Moonstone Sage Machado for women

As they say~chemistry is everything! On me this soars softly, beautifully. It's exquisite,and in the beginning even a bit fragile.

The Gardenia floats out of the topnotes like a flower from another realm. A complete fantasy flower equipped w/movement and voice. Thankfully w/a voice in this range she doesn't shriek like so many white florals can do. Thanks to the basenotes she enters into the earth realm and actually becomes somewhat grounded. She ends up w/in a short distance of a vanilla pod that seems to be flirting w/a tobacco leaf. Nothing serious obviously as the leaf doesn't stick around too long.

I get an intimate dance between the gardenia and the vanilla pod w/the other notes playing the soft background music. They are indeed somewhere tropical and only have eyes for each other as they sway to and fro. I would've never guessed that gardenia would take the lead. Apparently she's a very liberated beauty.........

Eventually amber enters the seen and brings a nice resonance to the band. When you're in a relationship~it's very important for it to have some depth.

This is too dense & woody to be "ethereal." It is pretty, if you give it some time. What I really like is that on initial application, it has a green smell just like fresh, green honeysuckle or mimosa - beautiful. I wish this part lasted! It dries down to a woody & powdery fragrance that reminds me of the mishmash of smells you get in a new age shop (that combination of incense & essential oils), which isn't that great. After a couple of hours, though, it smells really nice - gets more powdery & sweet (the vanilla & florals come out better.) I think I would like this better without the sandalwood, or at least the oakmoss - it's too bottom-heavy and the more delicate notes get lost (the same experience I had with Sage's Garnet.) Not original; pleasant, but not for summer.

Note: I recently sampled Montale's Chypre Vanilla. THAT smells like moonstone to me. Moonstone, echoes that a little, albeit unsuccessfully.