Southern Bloom by Goldfield & Banks
Floral
Francois Merle-Baudoin
Goldfield & Banks Australia is a new brand for me. Its founder Dimitri Weber is from Europe, currently located in Australia. He combines French perfumery expertise with Australian natural resources and endemic Botanics. Down under is notoriously known for having only two seasons: summer and winter. Southern Bloom is here to remind us that there actually is spring in Australia. The scent focuses on Brown Boronia which is blooming in spring and is hard to attain.
Southern Bloom is a floral scent. The juice has a gorgeous colour – dark purple – and the opening is somewhat mysterious. Boronia is accompanied by tart mandarine orange, creamy coconut, cold iris, warm jasmine and exotic ylang-ylang. Therefore, do not be surprised to find almost anything within the fragrance structure. Tartness, freshness, creaminess, soapiness and earthiness and all in the right doses.
The opening is wild but when the scent settles it becomes much clearer. A bar soap! The fragrance gets its cold soapy character from the coconut note and iris. In that sense, it is slightly reminiscent of Bubble Bath by Martin Margiela Replica Line. Nonetheless, Southern Bloom’s soapy-smelling coconut is accompanied by a bunch of wildflowers; therefore, is more on the feminine side in comparison to Bubble Bath which is more unisex.
If you are a fragrance newbie you are not going to like it as much. It is an unusual smell. There are days when I am blown away by its aldehydic character and its soft feminine touches. It can be a signature scent if your personality has an edge. On other days I think it is just okay. However, a certain thing is the more I wear it the more I like it. I would actually welcome a full-size bottle in my collection to explore the scent even more. Right now I have a sample. I have heard a rumour that samples smell better than full-size things. This info has been particularly brought up in the reference to Goldfield & Banks perfumes, just saying. Maybe a different batch?
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