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Gallivant Perfumes - Tel Aviv Winter has finally made itself known here on the East Coast in the U.S.  Today we had our first light snowfall.  Something about the grey skies and falling snow made me crave testing this fragrance today.  Gallivant’s Tel Aviv is a fruity floral and it seemed like it would fit the bill for brightening this first dark Winter’s day. Tel Aviv opens fresh and sunny with notes of light and slightly sweet Clementine, bergamot, and blackcurrent bud.  The blackcurrant bud adds a tinge of greenness to the opening.  About thirty minutes into wear. I begin to get a rush of florals.  There is a medium intensity blooming jasmine and a soft rose that float over a bright freesia.  I get an intense ylang-ylang and a creamy sandalwood that create an almost narcotic and sensual drape blending seamlessly with the jasmine, rose, and freesia.  The juice seems to create the illusion of all the best of a sunny day.  Base notes...

Gallivant Perfumes – Berlin (Blogger’s Note – Please see my review of Gallivant Brooklyn for brand background and concept.) Having enjoyed the sites in Brooklyn, NY courtesy of Gallivant, I have headed out to JFK airport to catch a flight.  I am stamping my passport this morning to travel overseas to Berlin.  I was curious to see what this urban landscape had to offer me.  Berlin is a woody spicy fragrance with citrus notes.  Yes, citrus.  The fragrance actually opens with a bright and sunny citrus filled with Clementine and lemon with touches of grapefruit.  The opening is gorgeous but I admit I didn’t understand it until I did a little digging about the city.  How lovely that the city has multiple lakeside vacation destination spots (obviously convenient for locals) for Summer swimming!  (*Note the Telegraph did a fantastic article on these spots back on July 13, 2015.)  In its opening Berlin captures the lighthearted, carefree s...

Gallivant Perfumes - Brooklyn When a London indie fragrance house names itself after the verb used for roaming around, traveling or “moving around for pleasure” (Merriam Webster’s Dictionary) you know you’re in for a different fragrance experience.  Gallivant has created a line of unisex EDPs each showcasing their interpretation of a different urban destination.  I am fortunate enough to have received samples of their fragrances from Nir Guy of Perfumology (King of Prussia, PA) and will be reviewing them for you.  Today, I start with Brooklyn. Ok, to be fair, I decided that Brooklyn would be my first voyage with this house since it’s my city of birth.  My family moved from the city when I was just a very young child yet in my mind’s eye, I still have an image of the city I still identify so closely with.  At first I found it surprising that Brooklyn is a citrus scent.  Typically we don’t often associate the city with warm climate fruit.  Still...