While scent follows a natural evolution as you wear it, exactly how each stage presents itself will vary from one person to the next. A note may linger longer, become more pronounced, or reveal a slightly different character depending on the wearer. Joni begins bright and green… a smooth sharpness. The bergamot and lemongrass come through first, with rosemary adding an herbal edge. Give it a little time on the skin and the geranium starts to emerge. This is where I find the scent starts to shift. The initial brightness softens, the lemongrass is doing its thing in the background, but the floral notes become more noticeable, and everything starts to feel warmer. As it settles even more, the cedar and patchouli begin to come forward. Not in a heavy, earthy way that you might assume about patchouli—the citrus and geranium are still there—but the scent becomes warmer, woodier, and closer to the skin. Hours later, I can still catch little traces of citrus and floral against the woods. It’s one of the things I love most about natural perfume. It doesn’t stay frozen in one place. You experience different parts of the blend at different times, then there’s the difference between the body oil and the perfume… and how your own skin becomes part of how the scent unfolds. I’m really enjoying hearing your feedback as you start receiving your orders. As with all seasonal offerings, I only make a limited number of each product. Sometimes they become permanent collections, and sometime not. I’m not sure about Joni yet— I thought it was totally just a summer scent, but it’s so versatile that it could easily carry into the following seasons. We’ll see.