True Love (1994)
by Elizabeth Arden

Flowers Soaking in a vase of water
it's bland it has no imagination
very boring fragrance.

12nd December, 2010.

I'm surprised how much I like this. I certainly never would have put it on any must-try list -- the name and the packaging are a bit schmaltzy for me -- but it's not bad at all. My overall impression is of lightness -- not faintness, but buoyancy. Sweet jasmine and maybe a little rose. I also smell iris + heliotrope (not listed in the notes here, but I've seen it elsewhere) that somehow combine to smell like...cake batter!

Youthful and old-fashioned at the same time. Cute and prim. I don't think this will turn out to be "me" but I'm certainly enjoying it at the moment, against all expectations.

7th April, 2010.

smelling from the bottle i was critical and thought it smelt like a dusty bedroom with miss havisham sitting in there wearing her wedding dress...but after spaying on my skin i changed my mind and found it to be comforting, an elegant floral scent

27th March, 2010.

I find True Love a very pleasant, but not particularly distinctive fragrance. It is feminine and romantic, and certainly shouldn't offend anyone. But there is nothing really special about it. Also it doesn't last very long on me. I don't know about it being discontinued - it seems to be on sale everywhere here in the UK.

7th October, 2008.

I got this as a gift, and used it as a room spray, as a cleaning solvent, I even spritzed the dog between baths (just his fur, and very lightly, don't worry). A boring, soft floral, dusty-powdery like grandma's bedroom. Not surprised it got DQ'd, this one was all sentimental advertising and packaging, nothing more.

8th September, 2008.

I tried this, and did not like! I suspect because it has been discontinued, the bottles you can purchase here in Australia now are at least two years old, may not have been stored properly, and the fragrance has been 'damaged'. This must be the case, because to me the fragrance smelt acrid - judging from other reviews I am going to blame the age of the perfume!

5th November, 2007.