Boadicea the Victorious
Boadicea the Victorious
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Cherry and blackcurrant crash against your skin with immediate fruit-forward intensity, their jammy sweetness tempered by freesia's crisp, almost citrus-like freshness. Within minutes, the composition splinters into competing desires—sweetness fighting green florality, creating a sparkling, slightly chaotic first impression that feels deliberately unsettling.
As the initial brightness settles, cherry blossom and lily of the valley emerge with papery elegance, but the undercurrent of dankness transforms what could have been a simple floral bouquet into something earthier and more complex. The fragrance settles into a powdery, muted florality that feels intimate and slightly melancholic, with the fruit notes now functioning as sweetening agents rather than the main event.
Musk and rosewood form a soft, woody foundation whilst amber provides gentle warmth without heat, creating a delicate skin scent that hovers close to the body. By this stage, Love Poison has become almost translucent—a whisper of powder, fruit memory, and warm wood that rewards leaning in rather than broadcasting outward.
Love Poison arrives as a calculated contradiction—a fragrance that wears its duality like armour. The opening salvo of cherry and blackcurrant creates an almost jammy sweetness that immediately complicates with freesia's sharp green bite, preventing the composition from ever settling into straightforward gourmand territory. There's an inherent tension here: fruit wanting to be candy, florals wanting to be elegant, and a creeping earthiness that suggests something darker lurking beneath the pretty presentation.
The heart is where Love Poison's personality truly crystallises. Cherry blossom softens into lily of the valley—that classic, slightly soapy white floral—but it's the presence of "dankness" that elevates this beyond mere feminine prettiness. This note acts as a grounding agent, introducing damp soil, crushed green stems, and a faintly animalic quality that makes the florals feel less saccharine, more cerebral. It's as though someone's pressed these flowers between pages of a book left in a cool cellar.
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