Uh oh, its happened again. I've tried another perfume in this line that just does not do it for me. What can I say about Black March? It smells ok, for the 5 minutes that I can detect it on my skin. Another oil based perfume from CB I Hate Perfume, it has that curiously muted and flat feel that both Musk Reinvention and Burning Leaves had too.
Black March smells slightly green, slightly cold, slightly fresh. If it had just some oomph, it might have had promise. Instead it leaves me feeling powerfully underwhelmed.
I honestly have no vendetta again this line. In fact, after reading terrific reviews of these very perfumes I'm left wondering what it is that other people are getting that I'm not.
Please, if you have tried any of these, I'd welcome your feedback on how they perform on your skin. For me, its pass, pass, pass.
Hmm, can't say about oils as all CBs I tried were water based and weren't disappearing so fast.
ReplyDeleteI don't wear them much, I enjoy much more smelling them, they are very atmospheric for a lack of a better word and I really like Black March for its strangeness.
I really like Black March, but it does disappear VERY quickly. I would never buy a bottle, but my little sample cheers me. I feel the same with all the CB ones I have tried - they're extremely interesting, some flat out gorgeous, but since they don't last, well...a very fleeting romance!
ReplyDeleteInes and Frida, thanks for your comments. I guess I just need to keep an open mind about them and perhaps something will change. Or perhaps I should have tried the water-based ones!
ReplyDeleteI think both Ines and I are on a similar page - meaning they're interesting and cool, but not much to wear! So don't think you need an open-er mind!
ReplyDeleteI don't want to wear anything from the brand named the way this one is since I LOVE perfumes. But I liked many of those that I tried as smells. Don't see myself buying a bottle though.
ReplyDeleteUndina, glad you liked how they smell. I did like the smells, for how long they lasted and I think that was the main issue for me - so subdued and slight.
ReplyDeleteI tried two oils from this line, Burning Leaves and I Am A Dandelion and promptly bought a FB of Dandelion. It's long-lasting on my skin and smells amazingly like a dandelion crushed in a sweaty hand in the heat of a summer day-I love it! I bought it several months ago and found that it worked really for road trips and when staying in friend's homes since it's not a typical perfumey smell and therefore less intrusive when sharing space with non-perfume afcionados : )
ReplyDeleteI like the clean-dirt-washed-by-spring-rain opening of Black March. Then the flowers come and I completely lose interest. However, I did try it in the liquid form, not the oil. (And the same for Burning Leaves, which I love entirely, though apparently not enough to buy a bottle.)
ReplyDeleteCymbaline, interesting about Dandelion. Strange thing is, as common as dandelions are, I'm not sure I've ever consciously smelled one. I do enjoy blowing their seeds away though!
ReplyDeleteChickenFreak, I liked the opening of Black March too, but just as I thought it was quite interesting, it faded. And that is what frustrates me about this line - I want more but can't quite reach it.
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