Australian perfume company Tommi Sooni produces four fragrances (two new perfumes will debut in 2012). I just got around to trying the complete Tommi Sooni line; for now, I’ll skip the two feminine fragrances( Jinx and Tarantella) and concentrate on the unisex Eaux de Toilette – Eau de Tommi Sooni I & II.

EAU DE TOMMI SOONI I

(oak moss, huon pine, sandalwood, jonquil, metallic rose, cigar accord, lime, lemon leaves, bergamot)

Eau de Tommi Sooni I opens with notes of moss and original Listerine(R) (the huon pine?) Next up are lime and green leaf notes with a touch of jonquil. I’ll attribute Eau I’s faint (and fleeting) smokiness to the “cigar accord” (I don’t smell a “realistic” tobacco note). Eau de Tommi Sooni I is a refreshing, invigorating perfume that wears down to an interesting accord of “dry” floral tea, mint, clove and wood (perhaps this approximates the smell of huon pine?) Using another horticultural “reference,” I’ll say the overall aroma of Eau I reminds me of the scent of the headache tree. Don’t let the name fool you: I like the intense, spicy scent of the tree’s leaves…

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