Working very hard this weekend at several outdoor events and needed something light that will hold up as the weather continues to heat up. Only doesn't get much love in the community, and I don't know why. It's a very pleasant scent that's super versatile and does great for the spring and early summer. Maybe it's a little too safe, as there are other things that I would usually prefer to wear. But if you need something for the office, or outdoors, and just want to smell light and clean, this is a great option.

Today, I received a compliment. An honest-to-goodness compliment on my fragrance. In the wild. From a complete stranger. Now. I'm assuming that a lot of you out there are like "So what? Compliments are the currency of the smell community. I get one hundred compliments every day. Why is yours so newsworthy?" I get that. You're likely American, and everyone in America is gung-ho yee-haw guns-blazing ready to pile on the public praise for any damn thing. True story: I once recieved a high five and a whataguy in an airport lounge in Washington for offering my wife a crisp. Sorry... I mean a chip. Another example of our cultural divide. Because I'm from the UK. In the UK, there are no compliments. There's nothing but silence. Curt nods. Supressed yearnings. Puckered sphincters. And tea shops. And disappointment, and greyness, and rain. So much rain. So a compliment, in the wild, from a complete stranger, in the UK? Unprecedented. The fragrance? Wave of Freedom, the newest release by Jusbox. It's a sweet fruity cream scent, which is a profile I'm learing to love. Pear and cinnamon start the engines, but it's the tropical mid notes of pineapple and coconut that truly get things revving. It's sweet and delicious and tropical, definitely evoking the more summery output of the Beach Boys, the musicians with which the scent is twinned. Cleverly, it bases the whole affair with an ambroxan zing and, more importantly, an earthy patchouli. The patchouli hints at a freewheeling Sixties vibe that's at one with the music it's evoking, while the ambroxan lends a fresh lightness of touch that keeps things moving and grooving. It's a happy scent that's smooth, and very moreish. As for performance? The fruitiness lasts at least six hours, and the backing track of patchouli is still lingering now, some twelve hours after application. Projection and sillage are more than adequate too... my compliment came after a full four hours of wear, which madce it all the sweeter. I've a 7.8ml travel vial of this scent, which, as things stand, is enough to keep me motoring on. When that depletes? A full bottle will defintely find its way onto my shelf. It's another YES from me.