Shine Despite Everything
Shine Despite Everything by Atkinsons 1799 is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with incense, turmeric and pimento, moves into iris, caramel and ambroxan and dries down to coumarin, vanilla and akigalawood. Expect around 7 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Incense Smoky, dry and meditative. Adds gravity to anything.
- Turmeric Earthy, bitter golden spice. Dusty and slightly medicinal.
- Pimento Allspice — clove, cinnamon and nutmeg at once. Hot and rounded.
Heart
- Iris Cool, powdery, slightly carroty and expensive. The luxury note.
- Caramel Burnt sugar. Rich, sticky and unapologetically sweet.
- Ambroxan Clean, mineral, skin-like warmth. The engine behind most modern 'beast mode' scents.
Dry-down
- Coumarin Hay, almond and vanilla in one molecule. The heart of every fougère.
- Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
- Akigalawood Patchouli with the earth taken out. Peppery, lightly spiced dry wood that makes a base feel expensive.
Smells like this
- House of Sillage Passion de L'Amour
- Givenchy Gentleman Intense
- Tom Ford Fougère D'Argent
- Giardini di Toscana Bianco Latte
- Escentric Molecules Molecule 02
- Une Nuit Nomade Spicy Road
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