4160 Tuesdays - Eau My Soul

Eau My Soul (“EMS” for the rest of my review) is an oriental woody fragrance created as a bespoke juice for the Facebook group Eau My Soul stemming from the creative idea of one of the group Admins and Founder Christi Long.  The members collaboratively voted on desired notes to use and Sarah McCartney, the perfumer, took it from there. 

EMS opens with a bold note of cognac.  In this instance, the cognac doesn’t have an overly boozy quality but retains many of the complexities of a fine cognac: slightly herbal, slightly floral, slightly fruity, and slightly leather-like.  Like cognac the note is instantly warm and inviting.  There is also a cool incense note.  The incense plays well off of the cognac and acts to begin to elevate and add to the complexity of the fragrance.   There is a feel of a slightly honeyed, but not overly sweet, amber adding a richness and underscoring the warmth and coziness of the juice.  The opening notes are soon joined by a light tobacco (smells like a pipe tobacco) and a slightly sweetened, creamy clean patchouli, a delicate rose, and a whiff of iris and orange blossom.  At about the one hour mark, I begin to detect a touch more leather and musk.  As the fragrance wears, about 2 hours in, I get notes of wood, tonka, oakmoss, and vanilla.  Through the course of wear, it seems the notes appear, fade a bit, then reappear.  Toward the end of wear, the incense, sandalwood, musk, and wood notes seem to be the most prominent.  The play between the notes seems to draw the wearer in.  The juice feels intimate, warm, and inviting.  The goal was to create a scent much like a group hug and Eau My Soul does indeed feel like that.

EMS wears on me for 9 – 10 hours with heavy going to moderate projection.

Notes:  bergamot, lavender, honey, tobacco, cognac, neroli, rose, tuberose, iris, orange blossom, sandalwood, patchouli, vetiver, woody notes, oakmoss, amber, vanilla, incense, benzoin, opoponax, myrrh, labdanum, tonka bean, leather, musk

Perfumer: Sarah McCartney