Moods And Impressions
Some impressions and mood images (curtsy of the unknown artists († 2023) whose work was used to train Stable Diffusion image generator weights) :
and the respective calculated odor profiles in a new visualization:
Impressions after testing for one week:
Elve Green - about 60-70% there, less of a raspberry and green tea, more fruity flowery saffron plum. Delicate tea impressions fading soon. Needs 2-4 more iterations. Not much green, rather sweet ripe purple berry, color-wise. This one has been tested in EdT strength only so far, a stronger version will be mixed soon, which needs to mature for a couple of days for further evaluation.
Blush - about 95% there. Pretty much there, jasminic, slightly fruity, kissable, velvety-powdery smooth and sweet, very inviting. Needs 1-2 more iterations, but could also pass as-is. Pale pink, color-wise, buttery soft as silk. Maybe not changing this at all.
Dark - about 60-80% there. Dark and dirty indeed, slightly stuffy and musty also, the hay, juniper and galbanum blend into some very sweet and mild cough sirup at first, not at all in a bad way, while the other resins and more over the strong animalic notes combined with spikenard, the castoreum and scatol make this an adventure indeed. Needs 2-4 more iterations. Could borderline-pass as as-is, as an extreme statement. Greyed browns and the fainted greens of hay, dark shades of red, color-wise. Unsure if and how to change it. After maturing this turned out to be addictive and evocative, however in an extremely non-subtle way.
About layering - layering works well, but Dark overpowers them quite a bit, while of Green in EdT strength mostly a plumy-fruity iris and slight saffron aspect survives.
Conclusion: most work needs to be done on the Green formulation, which most of all needs some more herbal and green aspects, a bit less ionones, more of a low end, and also a slight rework and simplification in the musk formulation.
If and how Dark will be refined is undecided, while Blush is a pleasant surprise.
