You thought you had this one figured out, didn\u2019t you? \u201cEx Nihilo Spiky Muse is, yes, another Bulgarian rose number,\u201d you probably muttered as you clicked through. Bzzzzt. Wrong! I wish I had a quiz show buzzer to hit because what I smelled here totally caught me off guard, in the best way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I got wasn\u2019t just another dusty, classic rose. Ex Nihilo Spiky Muse opened with the most photo-realistic strawberry note I\u2019ve ever encountered in a fragrance. Not candy, not synthetic, an actual juicy, just-bitten strawberry. And while some reviews might debate how \u201creal\u201d it smells, I\u2019m here to say: It\u2019s spot. on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then came the pivot, a lush, red rose blooming out of the fruit like a midsummer dream. It\u2019s the kind of transition that makes you lean in and go, Wait, what IS this magic? I\u2019m already a sucker for pink pepper and rose, so this combo hit me right in the heart. Add in bergamot and more of that juicy berry brightness, and you\u2019ve got a rose that feels anything but heavy. This one is sparkling, happy, radiant, full of joie de vivre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019re after a rose that feels fresh, modern, and made for sun-soaked days, this is it. Remember the name: Ex Nihilo Spiky Muse. Spring and summer? Covered. Mood-boosting? Absolutely. I\u2019m fully in love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bravo, Ex Nihilo. Add this beauty to your queue<\/a>, it\u2019s available now as part of our Neiman\u2019s Select Collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You thought you had this one figured out, didn\u2019t you? \u201cEx Nihilo Spiky Muse is, yes, another Bulgarian rose number,\u201d you probably muttered as you clicked through. Bzzzzt. Wrong! I wish I had a quiz show buzzer to hit because what I smelled here totally caught me off guard, in the best way. What I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":32068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[920],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scentbird-spotlights"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ezgif.com-resize.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32066"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32070,"href":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32066\/revisions\/32070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scentbird.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}