Ayala Moriel offers a lovely array of natural fragrances. Each one sounds tempting, if you love fragrance. She encourages you to try her samples so you will know what you really like before you buy a larger size.
Since I had been hearing good things about her perfumes, how could I go wrong! She also has a blog that you would find very interesting for the expertise she offers.
A visit to her website begins with an email consultation. After she receives your answers, she will email you with her personal recommendations for you.
Based on my experience, I think you could trust her choices for you. I’m very satisfied with the ones I’ve sampled. I highlighted the ones I decided to try. If I weren’t trying to pare down the samples because of costs, and if I had known how well I would have liked them, I would have ordered samples of all of them.
She recommended the following to me:
Based on your answers, you seem to be drawn to perfumes from the Chypre family, as well as spicy and ambery orientals. (I think she’s right about what I’m drawn to.)
I recommend you try the following perfumes from my collection:
Ayalitta
Charisma
Espionage
Fete d’Hiver
Megumi
Palas Atena
Razala
Schizm
Additionally, on my own I chose a few that sounded good to me by the notes. They also were favorites of some of my online perfume friends. (The only exception was Black Licorice. No one else sad they wore it.)
Autumn
Black Licorice
Film Noir
Finjan
Indigo
Then the only trouble was to pare down, but what to eliminate…that was a tough decision. Since they all sounded good to me, even others beyond the ones above, I figured I’d have to start somewhere. Maybe her recs would be better than my own process of elimination.
I ended up choosing 8 samples, all of which I like very much. I’ve worn them in rotation for about a week. They are very well blended and seamless in character. Each one holds close to the skin (as they are perfumes.) I find them comforting, perhaps because they have notes that I know I like. I expect that her choices for you would be equally comforting to you. Because they are naturals, have no aldehydes and are not sprayed, there is no BLAST that you have to get past before you really begin to enjoy it.
I thought it would be fun to give a review.
Palas Atena
Just like the Greek Goddess of Wisdom it is named after, this perfume radiates masculine strength and power alongside a feminine mystery. Its spiciness is solidly laid on a rich ambery-woody base with exotic, sensual heart of champaca flowers.
Spicy ambery oriental with the exotic champaca flowers at the heart
Top notes: Sweet Orange, Lavender, Neroli
Heart notes: Champaca, Jasmine, Cinnamon
Base notes: Amber, Patchouli, Sandalwood
I think this may be my favorite, but then I think that of each one I try. Generally I do not like lavender or neroli, so I hesitated to try this one. But I do like sweet orange, cinnamon, amber, patchouli and sandalwood. In for a penny…I took a plunge to try it. When I put my wrist to my nose, I smell sweet orange and spices, but it does not smell like Constant Comment. I’m not sure I would recognize Champaca if I smelled it, though I’ve tried Ormande Jayne’s. The patchouli is very well blended, not dominant, but likely would change the character, if it were missing.
All in all, a very good choice for me. If I close my eyes, I can almost picture myself back in Greece. Truly.
She also does signature or bespoke fragrances. I bet they’d be very good! For me, I’m happy enough with the ones she’s already done, and I’m sure I won’t run into them all around town, so they are exclusive enough for me, as is.
More later today or tomorrow.
Do you wear any of hers? Have you sampled any?
Karin
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