So I did technically blind buy a rollerball of Sorce’s Crystal Prism during the special order sale. I didn’t get a sample of this perfume before the sale and I think ajevie didn’t even offer it at the time. I heard this perfume described as gender neutral and I am really into sage, cypress and elderflowers so I thought it would be a pretty safe buy. And if I don’t like it, I don’t think it would hard destashing this on Reddit since it was such a quick sale. 

Notes: French elderflower CO2, bergamot, natural sage and cypress leaf oils, ambroxan, and a hint of tonka bean and vanilla 

From these notes, I am imagining a light green, salty, musk with lots of herbal notes. What I got was like expensive hotel soap. It does read a bit feminine to me and there is a bit of cloying sweetness in the background that I did not like. I did do some research after trying this perfume and apparently elderflower co2 doesn’t really smell like elderflower, just dried honeyed flowers. Good to know because I didn’t get any elderflower from this. The sage DOES come through which is nice. It is basically just sage and a super strong classic Sorce base. This base stayed strong the entire time. I smelled my shirt at the end of the day and I could still smell it strongly, and I didn’t even apply it directly on there. After the sage faded, I could finally pick out the sweet part that I didn’t like: it was tonka. I do not like tonka, it is just too cloying for me. If you don’t know what it smells like, it’s kinda like a sweet, creamy, hay vanilla. A lot of people do like tonka but it is just not for me. I could also smell the ambroxan at the very end which is just a generally pleasant white musk. Overall, I didn’t like this perfume the way I thought I would. I was expecting a cool herbal perfume for when I want to wear something more masc than usual and this is more of a nice spa perfume with tonka, vanilla, and a hint of salt. I can easily see someone that likes light scents like that enjoying this.