Binxcat's Purrfect Fragrance

Alexandria Fragrances - Sweet Revenge Launched in 2017, Sweet Revenge (“Revenge”) wears on me as an oriental woody vanilla.   The name of the fragrance seems appropriate.   While the notes are filled with ones typical of an angelic, sweet gourmand, there is a spicy woodiness to the wear that shows a slightly devilish side. Revenge opens with a spicy vanilla.   The vanilla is not overly sweet or cloying on me.   In the beginning of wear Alexandria adds a lot of depth to the traditional vanilla-based fragrance with woodsy notes.   The first hour of wear is a rich, warm, spiced vanilla wood journey.   As Revenge continues to wear, the fragrance takes on a slight feel of pipe tobacco on me.   I get a deeper, creamier spiced vanilla and a burnt sugar much like the top of a creme brulee.   It is a lightly powdered white chocolate which softens and adds creaminess to the fragrance but does not overly sweeten it. Revenge dries down to an...

Alexandria Fragrances - Cacao Dreams I was fortunate enough to win a giveaway from this fragrance brand.   In my package, the perfumer also included samples.   Cacao Dreams was one of the samples. Aptly named, Cacao Dreams is the stuff gourmand chocolate dreams are made of.     An original creation by the brand, Cacao Dreams is a fairly linear fragrance that celebrates the best that is chocolate.   You’ve heard me say it before, chocolate can often go very wrong in a fragrance.   If mixed incorrectly, it can pull almost like plastic.   If overdone (in my opinion) it can become cloying.    Neither is the case with Cacao Dreams. The fragrance opens as something akin to a vanilla cocoa powder blend.   It has elements similar to a delicious hot chocolate but without quite becoming sticky and dense like a hot chocolate.   The notes seem to float in a delicate chocolate waft.   If you’ve ever been to the Hershey Chocola...