


3 vs 2.5 carat?
Only just started looking for an upgrade, 3 looks huge to me but husband says it looks better than 2.5. I need to try a few more and some emerald cuts, adding the setting I am drawn to.



Only just started looking for an upgrade, 3 looks huge to me but husband says it looks better than 2.5. I need to try a few more and some emerald cuts, adding the setting I am drawn to.
Only just started looking - I really want an emerald cut but in these sizes all they had at a store near me was radiant. Still, trying to get an idea of scale and whether a 3ct or a 2.5 works better on my hand. Also including a pic of the setting I really like.
I have been so looking forward to this release! Here are the first 6, I have many more to go through but figured I’ll start and people can add theirs in too.
Edit: no idea why the formatting doesn’t work :(
**Emotional Support Bee** - very sweet with a hint of maple syrup. Like eating pancakes with honey and syrup. Slightly floral in drydown. The sage is adding a nice herbal feeling, but sage is also used in breakfast sausage, so do with that info what you will.
*Ivory-blush rose petals, orange blossom honey, apple blossom, melissa leaf, silken shea, sacred benzoin, and just a hint of calming clary sage.*
**Bee’s High Tea** - soooo pretty, very nice rose + tea + honey combo. The rose and earl grey remind me of Astrid’s London Winter Rose Tea, but I like the balance in this better (London Winter Rose Tea was too heavy on bergamot). I’m happy I upsized this.
*Delicate vanilla cakes with rose petal preserves, elderflower wine, and Earl Grey tea with a dainty drop of spring harvest honey.*
**Parisian Apiary** - I just took a nice shower with pear shampoo and am strolling around the streets with a sweet coffee in my hand, nice and slightly creamy scent, very pleasant. Gives me similar vibes to Cardinal Scents **Girl Crush** with that fruity shampoo plus milky coffee. This combo really works!
*Cherry blossom, silver linden, white pear, and cafe au lait sweetened with French honey.*
**Sky Kittens** - this is a lot brighter than I expected based on the notes. Very pretty floral honey, with gentle incense in the dry down. I think this would layer very well with other scents (like Grey Cat or Silver Fox).
*A hive box of sun-bleached teak, decades of crystallized honey, dark, golden, and pale amber resins, dried fig, musky bumblebee fuzz, and a needle-fine trace of pink grapefruit.*
**She Stopped to Pet a Bumblebee** - very pretty honey lotion. Something creamy in the dry down is giving me lotion vibes. I would enjoy this as a gentle sleep scent.
*Cocoa butter and shea, cotton flower, silk tree, apple blossom, wildflower honey, bee balm, and heliotrope.*