Slowdive, from Hiram Green was released in 2017. The perfumer behind this creation is Hiram Green. It has the top notes of Neroli and Orange Blossom, middle notes of Beeswax, Dried Fruits, Tobacco Blossom, and Tuberose, and base notes of Resins.
Wowie!!!!!! I love the fact that my pal Christi (below) and I are penning a review at a similar time, and prepare for the echo because I absolute ADORED this fragrance. Truly blown away by an innovative and genuinely unique fragrance from Hiram Green, Slowdive is a monumental tone poem of beauty, and this coming from someone with a well documented dislike of beewax. It stems back to childhood for me and buying honey from a local family who kept bee's. Their entire house smelled of sickly sweet honey, super waxy florals, beeswax candles and royal jelly, I swear the air was a yellowy amber colour. I often used to think... how do you live in this? I'm sure it was more impactful to newcomers and you likely got used to living in that environment, coupled with the fact they obviously loved it, being beekeepers and all! Anyway....back to the matter in hand....Slowdive is nothing like that though. It has the sweetness of honey but very little of the raw, heaviness, and hay like quality. The balance struck up here is supreme and I don't find it overly sweet or cloying at all. Although this is a rare occasion where I'm writing a review without having worn it properly such was my keenness to comment on this sublime perfume. This is what I want in my heart of hearts for a beehive to smell like. Those satisfying hexagonal combs dripping with amber nectar. You can smell the faintly fruity essence and blossom at the back of this fragrance giving the effect of a honey derived from many sources. Syrupy resins and that tobacco ekement combine perfectly to cap off what is a fragrance of supreme beauty and something I welcomed like a summer breeze blowing away some of the dross I've sampled recently. Exemplary stuff and Hiram is going to have to do some sort of alchemy to produce one I like more than this. Firmly on my want list. LOVE!
Wowie!!!!!! I love the fact that my pal Christi (below) and I are penning a review at a similar time, and prepare for the echo because I absolute ADORED this fragrance. Truly blown away by an innovative and genuinely unique fragrance from Hiram Green, Slowdive is a monumental tone poem of beauty, and this coming from someone with a well documented dislike of beewax. It stems back to childhood for me and buying honey from a local family who kept bee's. Their entire house smelled of sickly sweet honey, super waxy florals, beeswax candles and royal jelly, I swear the air was a yellowy amber colour. I often used to think... how do you live in this? I'm sure it was more impactful to newcomers and you likely got used to living in that environment, coupled with the fact they obviously loved it, being beekeepers and all! Anyway....back to the matter in hand....Slowdive is nothing like that though. It has the sweetness of honey but very little of the raw, heaviness, and hay like quality. The balance struck up here is supreme and I don't find it overly sweet or cloying at all. Although this is a rare occasion where I'm writing a review without having worn it properly such was my keenness to comment on this sublime perfume. This is what I want in my heart of hearts for a beehive to smell like. Those satisfying hexagonal combs dripping with amber nectar. You can smell the faintly fruity essence and blossom at the back of this fragrance giving the effect of a honey derived from many sources. Syrupy resins and that tobacco ekement combine perfectly to cap off what is a fragrance of supreme beauty and something I welcomed like a summer breeze blowing away some of the dross I've sampled recently. Exemplary stuff and Hiram is going to have to do some sort of alchemy to produce one I like more than this. Firmly on my want list. LOVE!