Blind Buy: Snif Slice Society

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Here's a blind buy cautionary tale that I will take to heart. In other words, I'm going to have a long think about buying something I've never smelled before if it costs more than $30.

An ad for Snif Slice Society popped up in my Facebook feed recently. Clearly it was targeted, as I love both perfume and pizza, and those bastards at Meta know it. The ad was also offering a cola-scented fragrance, but that didn't interest me as much. Honestly, after the dual disappointments of Mancera Tonka Cola (mostly powdery tonka, but pleasant enough) and Versatile God Bless Cola (lemon shortbread, also pleasant but not cola), I'm not sure I believe any perfume will actually smell like a goddamned fizzy caramel-colored soda pop. In any case, it was out of stock. But I'm far more interested in pizza anyway.

I have a bread-scented candle from Stonewall Kitchen, and damn if it doesn't smell like bread baking. And I have fragrances that smell like basil, so I know that a least a scented simulacrum of Margherita pizza paradise is attainable. And it is! But only for about 30 seconds. The tomato sauce note is even more fleeting than the typical bergamot note in any given fragrance, but it does smell like tomato sauce. And the crust accord is very much the smell of yeasty dough just before it goes into the oven. On my husband, it smells a bit more like beer, but in both beer and bread there is that fermentation thing going on. Basil is up there at the top of Slice Society, too, and it lasts marginally longer than the tomato sauce and the crust. I detect a touch of sandalwood, too, but then BAM! it's black currant, tons of it, for the next several hours (and if you get it on your clothes, even longer than that). 

There's nothing wrong with the black currant note, it just doesn't belong in this fragrance. I'd have preferred Slice Society to stay savory, or at least dry. Maybe bring in some patchouli in the base, or vetiver, or something else green. But not a sweet-tart berry note. It gives me Violet Beauregarde vibes, as if this perfume is the olfactory equivalent of Willy Wonka's work-in-progress gum. Instead of tasting of tomato soup, roast beef with baked potato, and blueberry pie with ice cream, it's smells like a slice of pizza and a big glass of Ribena. 

As of this writing, I haven't turned into a giant black currant. Will keep you posted.

Snif Slice Society

Tomato Sauce Accord, Basil, Crust Accord, Sandalwood, Black Currant, Iris

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Posted by theminx on Minxstinks Note: this post is my opinion. I am not affiliated with the companies mentioned in this post or any other companies.