You can’t wear amber perfumes in a crop top, it’s an unspoken perfume rule, and most certainly not in white linen, so maybe this is the last time for the next little bit that I’ll talk about an amber perfume.
302 by Bon Parfumeur.
The text on the bottle says Ambre, Iris, Santal so hints and what we might be smelling.
This is a lovely herbal spicy amber perfume that starts off a bit sweet with vanilla, but then turns a bit bitter thanks to an unlisted oregano note. Easy to wear and easy to like. If you like Amber Sultan by Serge Lutens, you might like this. Everything is dusty, maybe because of the Iris and then there some woods, not quite sandalwood, but more of a generic ambery base.
It’s seems to be a trend for smaller “niche” brands to buy this base and build on top or around it – Nishane Ani and Jovoy Psychedelique come to mind off the top of my head. Once you smell them, you smell them everywhere and I suppose for the price point, it’s to be expected. For me, it’s a complete turn-off, and my nose perceives them as an annoying hum that I can’t un-smell. It’s something I wish more fragrance reviewers talked about because surely if you’ve got all these perfumes in your collection, you can smell the similarity between them all.
Anyway, I like this and I’ll keep wearing it, and if you’re looking for an affordable amber, this one is great. I won’t be adding any more from this line to my collection but never say never. I’d still like to smell them all in person and the cute 30ml bottles would look so good all together.
Now it’s time to put the ambers away for a bit and look for something else.
You can watch my video review here.
