"Mimosa & Cardamom captures the bohemian spirit. Modern and mesmerising, evocative and sensual."
That is how Jo Malone describes the perfume. It's top note is cardamom, middle note mimosa and base note Tonga beans.
But for me it's not modern. It's classical. It is certainly mesmerising and sensual. It's a "South America meets Asia" perfume. It reminds me of the spice markets of Asia in early morning after a night of torrential rain. It is a woman in her prime, dressed in a flowing yellow dress, strolling in the open air market, among the woven baskets full of cardamom, Tonka beans, some still green, and grabbing a handful, raising them up to her face and then taking a long, slow breathe before releasing them slowly back through her slender fingers, letting go of the pods gracefully back into the basket and watching them mingle with the masses, one by one. And then she's gone. A flash of yellow. Then no more. Vanished into the crowds. Leaving a faint memory of what was before.
Mimosa and Cardamom is just that. Creamy, green, spicy and beautiful. Sadly, it only lasted an hour or so on me. It's there and then suddenly not there. It left me nostalgic. It left me hungry for more.
Would I buy it? Most definitely yes.
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