Blind Buy: Beauty Pie Element 79

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Beauty Pie Element 79

‎Pink Pepper, Peach, Fig Leaves, ‎Milky Fig, Orris, Orange Flowers, ‎Patchouli, Sandalwood, Vanilla

As soon as I heard that La Botanista 001 was available for purchase, I high-tailed (high-fingered?) it to the BeautyPie web site and put it my cart along with a couple other things I was running low on. I spotted Element 79 in the fragrance section and despite not liking fig notes very much, I bought it as well. The remaining notes--orris, orange flower, pink pepper, patch, sandalwood, vanilla--are among my very favorites, so I thought this scent couldn't possibly displease me. There was, however, the case of the peach note, which I've not had all that much luck with. It is apparently in Chopard Casmir, which I have adored for decades. I've gone through at least 5 bottles since it was introduced in 1992. But peach is also a hallmark of the classic Guerlain Mitsouko, a mossy chypre. Let's just say that I have never felt grown-up enough to wear that one. Peach can also be found in L'Artisan Parfumeur À Fleur de Pêche, a newer chypre with classic bones, a fragrance that I just straight up do not like. There's something stomach-heaving about that synthetic peach that smells more of gummy candies than the actual fruit. Despite the potential issues I might have with some of the notes--and I'm not normally a gambler--I took a chance on Element 79.

The peach note in Element 79 is right up front, and it's a tad more realistic and fresh. It's accompanied by a green quality, which I am going to say is the fig, though the usual dry coconutty fig thing is totally absent on my skin. (Good.) Then Element 79 gets weird, because there's also something oddly medicinal, reminding me of the eucalyptus/menthol/camphor vibe of Vicks VapoRub. My Mom used to rub that on my chest when I had a cold, to help me breathe, before she determined that Ben-Gay--a wintergreen-scented monstrosity she applied to a cloth and wrapped around my dainty throat--was better. (I have had a life-long aversion to wintergreen since.) It takes a long time to get to the patchouli/sandalwood/vanilla drydown, but it's nice, more vanilla than anything. I kinda wish it had more patch in it, but I can always layer this with Obvious Un Patchouli, Les Nereides Patchouli Antique, or Diptyque Tempo. Sometimes I think I detect incense but I'm probably hallucinating. 

The name of this fragrance refers to gold, which is the 79th element on the Periodic Table. And yes, there is a richness to this scent that could be described as golden, and a sweetness, so I will avoid it on super hot days, but I can probably also wear this in the fall and maybe even into the winter. 

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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.