Today, I tried Sorce’s Venus in Fleurs. I had a little oil decant lying around that I bought off someone on Reddit. I think the mango note is interesting as it is not a common fruit in perfumes and I feel like they are growing in popularity. This is characterized as a sweet atmospheric floral. I thought this was in the special order catalogue but it is actually available year round! I didn’t take a look at the notes while trying it but I did remember that carnivorous plants was one of the notes which is fun because what would that even smell like? I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that the Venus Fly Trap is actually native to North Carolina which is where Sorce is based. That’s one of my favorite tidbits about a carnivorous plant because I think most people would expect it to grow in rainforests in like, South America. 

Notes: ripe mango, carnivorous plants, humidity, jasmine sambac absolute, vanilla absolute 

This is a juicy mango. It’s not like gummy candy but it is a bit candy like or mango mixed with tutti frutti. I would say the jasmine is blending with it to give it a jammy sweetness. I do get some humidity that I associate with greenery and mango and carnivorous plants possibly. I am used to more wet, more aquatic, more petrichor, so this to me wasn’t too much at all. I wish I got more green and humidity to be honest. The jasmine and mango made this very sweet for me. This lasted all day and wafted over me a little which I think is actually pretty decent. There wasn’t much in the sample so I slathered a bit on the lighter side. I kept smelling it and thinking it REALLY reminded me of something and after a few hours, I finally figured it out. This has the same note in it as the fuzzy peach skin from A Sign Painted Peaches. It’s like an unripe peach/green fruit with a fuzz quality to it. I wonder if this is fuzzy/bristled carnivorous plants. At the end now, I can see there is vanilla in here since I can see it listed in the notes, but it isn’t as strong as the Sorce vanilla base usually is. It is more toned down here. I would want to layer this with something green to see if I like it because this is too sweet for me, but I also don’t typically like jasmine. This perfume reads as feminine to me.  Overall, this is a nice summery mango scent with fuzzy greenery and syrupy jasmine nectar and it lasted all day! The sweetness and fuzz makes it seem like you are the carnivorous plant in a humid forest.