Cirrus Parfum
Maid Marian
Maid Marian
4.3 / 5.0
(10) 10 total reviews
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Notes: Warm hay, honeycomb, patchouli, texas cedar, light incense and an absolutely filthy civeted rose.
NOT VEGAN - contains natural beeswax absolute
This is my ode to all the ren faires of my past and present. The sights, the smells - being fully transported into a cobbled together fantasy world where everything is about joy and entertainment.
This smells like an idealized version of a renaissance faire. Lots of hay littering the ground, forming pathways through the trees, mead flowing, incense in the air, a bit of sweat on your brow, and absolutely everyone around you is wearing some mix of rose and patchouli oil. This perfume is unmistakably warm, earthy, and sweet with just a bit of spice.
Highlighted Natural Ingredients
Highlighted Natural Ingredients
Dark Aged Patchouli EO, Frankincense EO, Rose Absolute, Blue Chamomile EO, Rose Geranium EO, Benzoin Resinoid, Ylang Ylang Complete EO, Texas Cedarwood EO, Hay Absolute, Vetiver EO, Lemon EO, Cinnamon EO, Bitter Orange EO, Beeswax Absolute
Highlighted Synthetics
Highlighted Synthetics
Velvione, Honey Lactone, Beta Damascone, Synthetic Civet Absolute, Coumarin, Methyl Ionone Beta
Potential Allergens
Potential Allergens
Limonene
Citronellol
Geraniol
Coumarin
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This is the strongest and longest lasting of the bunch. If you like the vintage classics like Tabu or Shalimar, you'll love this. On the opening I'm hit with what I thought was a rich, strong amber. I think this is part of the honeycomb accord, but to me it smells almost like Amber Paste from Kuumba Made (a sadly discontinued favorite of mine) with more complexity. I don't really get any incense, but there is a slight smokiness. Once the strong honey/amber opening fades, there's definitely hay and civet, rounded out by a sweet but musky rose. It's a very golden, vibrating kind of scent. I love civet and it doesn't pull pee-like on me, but it's definitely noticeable. The civet is more reminiscent of how civet acts in vintage perfumes, adding a mulch-y richness and darkness to the floral rose. Same with the patchouli, it adds a lot of mossiness/dark green tones over the gold and pink of the honeycomb/rose.
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Very pretty and unique. I do love the animalic note but the scent is too soft for me otherwise.
This is stunning. One of the most masterfully blended animalic scents I have ever come across. It’s sexy and comforting, and actually totally unisex in my opinion! I love a hay note and I love a civet note, so this has me in HEAVEN.
What are you doing? Stop reading reviews and order it, you can thank me later!
Maybe it makes me a freak, or maybe I'm just not that sensitive to civet, but this is a beautiful, wearable fragrance. I don't find it disturbingly animalic—it's more like lemonade (refreshing, bright, optimistic) than piss. If anything, for me it's the hay that verges on the "dirty" smell others reference: think of the way sun-warmed hay smells both clean and of-the-earth simultaneously. Everything smells balanced: not a ton of rose above everything else, just rose + hay + sunshine all rounding each other out. I'm getting a bottle of this, and although I don't anticipate wearing it much in the really steamy parts of the southern summer, it's beautiful for cool spring days and nights and feels perfect for fall.
