Calyx
Calyx
193 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Violet leaf and fig leaf explode with peppery, almost crushed-green intensity, immediately grounded by bergamot's citrine sharpness and carrot seed's warm earthiness. The blood orange cuts through like a blade through silk, creating something simultaneously aromatic and slightly savoury.
The composition softens into powdery violet wrapped in creamy orris butter and jasmine's honeyed whisper, whilst May rose adds a spiced complexity that prevents predictability. This is where the fragrance finds its true character—less green, far more narcotic and cosmetic-like.
Cedarwood and ambergris emerge with that peculiar gymwear synthetic note creating a faintly musky, slightly skin-like quality that lingers softly alongside vanilla absolute's creamy undertone and vetiver's subtle earthiness. The fragrance becomes almost imperceptible, a gentle powdery hum rather than a projection.
Calyx: Black Cherry Bounce is a fragrance that commits fully to violet's powdery embrace whilst threading something altogether more intricate beneath. The opening salvo of violet leaf absolute and fig leaf creates an almost herbal greenness—there's a crisp vegetality here that immediately distinguishes it from straightforward florals. Bergamot and the dual citrus notes (mandarin and blood orange) attempt to brighten this green core, yet they feel more structural than jubilant, providing definition rather than airiness.
What's genuinely compelling is how the heart unfolds: violet proper arrives alongside orris butter, transforming the leaf's brightness into something powdery and narcotic. There's a peculiar duality at play—the orris butter and jasmine sambac create that creamy, almost cosmetic-like quality whilst May rose adds a subtle spiced femininity. The carrot seed note, often overlooked in fragrance discussions, contributes a faintly earthy, slightly sweet undertone that prevents this from becoming saccharine.
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