Tags
beeswax, beeswax candle, birch, birch tar, candle, Cedar, flouve absolute, general catalog, labdanum, Morari, nagarmotha, nutty, resin, smoke, sugar, sweet resin, tar, vanilla, Virginia cedar
Scent Name: Luminous
Manufacturer: Morari Perfumes – General Catalog
Scent Description and Notes: “This perfume is not vegan, as it contains beeswax absolute.
Notes: Vanilla-scented beeswax candle, gentle wisps of smoke.
Description: I’ve created a pretty realistic beeswax candle accord, made of beeswax (of course), vanilla CO2, flouve absolute, labdanum, Virginia Cedar, and some other sweet & resinous materials. To get a little bit of smokiness, I’ve added nagarmotha and birch tar. It’s a golden, chewy scent – nutty and sweet but not sugary.” -https://morariperfumes.com/products/luminous-vanilla-beeswax-candle-wisps-of-smoke-not-vegan
Oil Color: Colorless on the skin.
Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a 1ml roller ball short bottle from Morari Perfumes. The label features the name of the scent in black block letters on a white label that wraps around the bottle. The caps screw off and the roller ball makes for easy application, especially for those who have limited mobility (my mother’s comment). I could not find label art associated with this scent.
Image from https://morariperfumes.com/products/luminous-vanilla-beeswax-candle-wisps-of-smoke-not-vegan
Scent:
- ITI: Oh, pretty, like exquisite skin musk and sheer peach/cream-colored chiffon trailing sensuous vanilla and a touch of spice.
- Wet: Luminous is a husky, smoked sexy wood. The cedar and birch here seem rubbed with a honeyed vanilla labdanum, sticky sweet and incredibly alluring. Together, these tones read to my nose like a Lapsang souchong tobacco, but the addition of the vanillic beeswax candle notes alongside the sugar and resin uplift the blend in such a gorgeous way. This is easily gender neutral, but sensual and slightly dangerous like Desire from the Endless. Wow.
- Dry: After 5 hours, Luminous still stunning with a lightly birch-threshed candle wrapped in wisps of vaguely sugared resin and a huff of nuttiness in pale blush shadows. It’s sweetly balanced, but in the most welcoming skin-musk-but-better way.
Other Impressions: [Wet] “Tobacco with a hint of like chocolate gluten-free sugar cookie. It’s like that one brand that we got, that Mexican chocolate sugar cookies shortbread thing. What are they called? Siete. I like it! I would wear it. It’s lush smelling, too. I like it a lot. It’s aww, yeah; it’s chill.” -Tony
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