Lost In Flowers by Strangelove NYC bottle
Strangelove NYC

Lost In Flowers

4.1/5 · 215 votes Unisex 2018
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Longevity3.7/5
Sillage3.0/5
Day85
Night64
Spring100
Summer85
Fall84
Winter37
Our take

Lost In Flowers is a floral that forgot its manners, and thank heaven for that. It opens like a spring morning soaked in dew—lily-of-the-valley and marigold pushing through a sharp crack of cardamom—before the heart swells into something headier: champaca and jasmine laced with saffron’s metallic heat. The drydown is where the real mischief happens. Oud and gardenia wrestle with oakmoss and patchouli, while sandalwood and musk keep the whole thing from collapsing into chaos. The image I can’t shake: a corsage dropped into a damp wooden chest, petals rotting into spices.

This is an oriental floral that walks the line between natural and synthetic, tipping toward polished niche. The sweetness is real but tempered by smoky oud and earthy moss. At 3.70 for longevity and 3.03 for sillage, it sits close to the skin after an hour—honestly, I wish it projected loud enough to interrupt conversations. Best worn in spring or summer during the day, when the lightness of the florals can breathe. Who should wear it? Someone who loves white flowers but wants them bruised, not pristine. Skip it if you need beast mode or if gardenia turns screechy on your skin. One rhetorical question: how many floral ouds try to be everything at once and smell like nothing? This one commits to the mess and finds grace in it.

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