Milk of Flowers
Geo F Trumper

A truly unique offering from Trumper, Milk of Flowers will surely be an acquired taste, especially as it opens with the combination of banana pudding-Juicy Fruit-ylang ylang and camphorous green myrtle. It soon settles green and milky, like milkweed sap, a bouquet of yellow florals, lilac, and carnation that is wrapped in clove buds and a bay rum accord. It is here that the old world gentleman's elegance begins to shine.

Closer to the skin, you have the ashier, starker facets of clove, but the sillage as you move a few inches away is a gorgeous floral bay rum with sweeter elements that persists through the dry down. It also wears with potency that exceeds the expectations of its eau de cologne designation.

TRUMPER MILK OF FLOWERS

Spicy and earthy at the same time, Trumper's Milk of Flowers combines clove, carnation and English Stock (all containing similar olfactory qualities) with the softness of vanilla, orange, jasmine, ylang and the pungent lilac.

I don't find the carnation-like trio overstated as do a number of the nine Basenotes reviewers to date. I find it quite balanced with a green earthiness that makes it seem to my nose closer to the natural aromas of the garden. Some have detected hints of amber, cinnamon and nutmeg, but my nose does not.

My spouse liked it equally well. He found it to be a soft, slightly sweet floral and detected hints of rose, lily and orris. For him, it dries down to a warm, soft powder. He thought it equally fine for a woman to wear, but imaged a refined, confidant gentleman as the ideal wearer.

It is certainly an unusual scent for a man's cologne in that the spiciness is center-stage, not hovering in the mist behind a fougere or chypre composition, but that's what sets it apart.

Trumper is unable to locate in its records a release date for Milk of Flowers at this time. If one is forthcoming, it will be added to this Basenotes page. If we knew during what period it was introduced, it might help in forming a better picture of why it was created.

Overall, a decided thumbs up for a creamy, carnation-based floral, supported by creamy floral notes.

Sweet and very creamy. Spicy-floral with a hint of green. Yes, it smells like carnation and stocks flowers. Quite clove-y and assertive as it develops. Not at all suitable for me.

A Beautiful rendition of English Stocks. Although lacking in longevity, a stunning scent. Stocks do smell of cloves and carnations however the milky quality of this scent softens the spiciness of the clove. To me this is redolent of an English country garden. A Beautifully realised floral cologne. Thumbs up all the way.

This has way to much cloves that has been sweetened with cinnamon. It comes across as a fragrance a old lady would wear in the 1920's. A sweet creamy clovey scent that I just do not care for.

My heavens this one is bizarre! I can't really says it's bad per se, just odd and discordant. The opening is very sweet, very creamy, and very clovey. The heart is musty florals and the base is a strange, milky amber just like the name says. Give it a try and see what you think. I guarantee you've never smelled one like this before.