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Below you'll see a breakdown of 3 scents that to me - fit perfectly this not so warm, but not yet cold season which is early October. They're cosy but still fresh, softly enveloping and a bit sweet. Reminiscent of late Indian Summer and fruit ripening in the garden. Enjoy!

Scarlet Poppy Cologne Intense - Jo Malone London

My most recent discovery. I've visited the Jo Malone boutique in Tallinn looking for some refined and subdued scents. What stood out the most was a beautiful, burgundy bottle named "Scarlet Poppy". I tried it on, and I just fell in love. The bottle that you see on the photo is a purchase I made second-hand, on Yaga, and the bottle is pre-reformulation. Luckily, this is the real scarlet red! It's incredible how storytelling makes us feel things differently, because let me tell you - poppies don't smell good, they actually stink (I used to make "perfume" with poppy when I was a kid, at least the colour of the "juice" was pretty). But they are beautiful flowers, so romantic and wild at the same time. To me, this smells like the most perfect - it's subtly sweet, fresh and grounding. The is just delicious here, so is the - a little tangy, keeping the whole concoction from ever smelling boring. It's also a very refined and elegant fragrance, it's not screaming for attention but it softy lures you in - you can't say no and you can't stop sniffing (yourself or the person wearing it). Truly versatile and maybe even unisex, although it adds so much femininity when you're a lady.