Honey and the Moon (for women and men)

kay_li13

Honey and the Moon is like a box of old memories that you open after many years. The opening burst of earthiness mixed with honey reminds me of a lazy afternoon spent in the brick room of my childhood home, laying on the green carpet and watching dust floating in the sunlight from a window. It stays like this for a long time and finally drys down to a gooey honey stick drizzle. On me, the honey is accurate and smells as if I have just opened a jar of honey from the local farm and slathered the honeycomb on my arm. I've never smelled Aquolina's Pink Sugar, but this isn't synthetic or generic smelling to me, but rather unique and not overly sweet or not sweet enough.

Just like the song it was named after, Honey and the Moon is crafted beautifully and full of reminiscent longing. I wouldn't want to wear this everyday, as I think that would probably take away from the charm of the experience being one that feels like rediscovering something, but would don this on days when I am missing my house, or the hot stickiness of the weather back at home in South Carolina, picnic baskets and stretching out on the grass in the park with bees buzzing around. Or when I am missing my college in the cold winter, making hot cups of tea and stirring the honey stick, while breathing in the hot steam, and sitting on the musty couch with the soft cushions. Finally the perfume ends on a soury note, a somewhat bittersweet finish that leaves only a slight trace of honey on your skin and me skeptical of whether of not I would actually wear it again.

In this way it reminds me of items from the CB I Hate Perfumes line. I've never smelled anything from them, but the concept is the same. To make perfumes that evoke certain feelings, or describe a certain event in your life, like Memory of Kindness or the one that was made about Ice Skating in the Park in 1960 something... Maybe that makes it less wearable, but I think perfumes like these are true masterpieces in terms of olfactory art and perfume.

liat

Indeed a major disappointment, it DOES smell just like Aquolina's Pink sugar.

Now, I like Pink Sugar. It's spicy and sweet and very much "there" so no one can miss it, but I wasn't into getting a replica of it, was I? I could just buy the original.
And just like Pink sugar it has a very synthetic feel to it and a strong, warm scent of overly burnt cotton candy with peppers.
I'd say Pink Sugar is even a little lighter than this one.

As rebella before me said, try before you buy.

rebella

Oh, what a dissapointment. I get almost no honey. The topnotes are really pretty a burst of tuttifrutti, chocolate, vanilla and honey, but after only a few minutes there isn´t any left. All I´ve got is a overly sweet cotton candy, smells like a bad copy of Aqualinas Pink Sugar, and I don´t like Pink Sugar. :(

Much to longlasting for my taste. I so wanted some soft honey and milk and sandalwood, but there isn´t any on me!

Try before you buy.

coco76

this is a gourmand fragrance lovers dream! the honey actually smells good, not the way honey can sometimes smell in a perfume. to me honey usually smells musty and unpleasant, or as my husband so eloquently puts it 'it smells like ass'
this on the other hand is sweet and delicious, perfect for a cool winter day, or the beginning of falls cold embrace. the jasmine is apparent from first application, but the honey and sandalwood eventually take over and leave you with a soft, warm aroma.