[Review] Solstice Scents' 'White Fox' perfume

 

• Shop name: Solstice Scents

• Location: Gainesville, Florida

• Known for: Cruelty-free and mostly-vegan perfumes and bath products with a clean, rustic aesthetic

 White Fox is described as:

An elegant skin scent featuring a soft vanilla core accentuated with notes evocative of clean silky white fur. The White Fox pads through snow laced with veins of frozen dirt. A delicate wood blend accents the composition. White Fox is heavy on ethereal vanilla with traces of woody-vanilla musk. Whispers of this entrancing aroma hover just above the skin. A cool subtle frozen dirt note swirls intimately through the scent, along with the carefully restrained addition of cedar and woods notes.

It is part of Solstice Scents' general collection and is available as perfume oil (which I tested) or EdP. I bought my sample in 2018 and then tried it again in August 2019. Both times, I let it rest for a few months before testing. You can see more specifics about how I test perfumes here.

On me, it starts out as strong white musk and some medicinal smell, which I assume is the cedar. I've heard cedar compared to wood chips for hamster bedding, and the association makes sense. That eventually fades to a sweeter white musk with a dirty, wood-like feel. It’s a little bit cold and a little bit less austere than a lot of other white musks, which is a nice take. That said, it is not quite as sweet as I expected.

Longevity: did not record, unfortunately!

 

Thoughts

I wanted to try this because although I'm a gourmand lover, I'm always curious how much farther my interests go. Trying something that sounded like an atmospheric sweet vanilla with wood sounded great, but it turns out that the medicinal and dirt-like aspects ruined it for me. This wasn't awful, but I didn't like it enough to keep it. That said, I love Solstice Scents overall and think that the imagery of a white fox in the woods makes perfect sense here. As always, their products are so evocative and well-done, even if it's not always my style.

Verdict: destash