The Point

The opener is genuinely lovely — delicate, salty, jasmine tea. I also love that this is named after Think About Your Troubles by Harry Nilsson; The Point was a movie my dad and I bonded over as a kid. But as soon as it started to settle, I couldn't wait to get it off. Somehow I didn't clock that this combines patchouli and honey, the exact two notes in Mugler's Angel that make me feel ill. Add a dirty, dusty sand note and a strange sourness, and it was a full-on screechy scrubber that did not agree with my nose or skin chemistry. And to top it off, it won't scrub off.

I fell in love with the first spray. So fresh, very interesting scent. Then for some reason, that freshness was lost in the next sprays. The aromatic sweetness came out and to me, it was cloying.

For me, this perfume smelled like nausea in a bottle. It smells like those spring flowers that resemble vomit and make you gag when you walk by them, all while smelling medicinally. I can't decide if it's the patchouli or the ambergris that are responsible for that. It does smell like ocean water and wet sand, but definitely not in a "sunscreen" way. To me, the aquatic notes give off more of a wet dog smell or algae that's decomposing in the hot sand. Unfortunately for me and my skin, it did not work out, and I'm really sad about that!!3