Reviews of Touch (1998)
by Tocca

It's fall, and I'm sampling decants of many new scents. One was Tocca's Touch EDP. I wouldn't personally use Touch in the fall/winter, but I can see it easily being worn in spring/summer. It's a lovely jasmine floral that's not too bright...tempered with some interesting companion notes of gardenia, balsam, and pomegranite, and then sandalwood in the base to ground it. Yumm... Of course, I personally love jasmine, and this is a smooth, velvety one...more sophisticated than most, but happy still. It's also been my experience that jasmine disappears in fragrances early on, never to be heard from again...not so with Touch...the jasmine is ever present, and always on top if a quick sniff is needed. The name, Touch, implies more of a skin scent, earthy and sensual. With the sandalwood base I definitely get more of a sensual nature than the average jasmine (not that heady jasmine isn't enough on its own!). A fine, fine fragrance, that I will be seeing more of in the future...FBW!
Notes:
Top: Pomegranite, Tiare, Egyptian Balsam
Mid: Jasmine, Gardenia
Base: Sandalwood

It is difficult to find a flaw in this scent. If you do not like fruity florals you may wish to pass on it, but it is so light, yet warm and unlike any other fruity floral or anyother perfume I have ever known. It creates this soft, effervescent warmth that smells like jasmine mixed with pommegranates, peach flowers and a hint of gardenia. I think the Egyptian Rizzi Balsam is what gives it a heady warmth in the drydown.
I only wish they still made this in the oil and solid form, not just the spray. The soild and oil were warmer and slightly fruitier with less gardenia. This is by far my favorite perfume of all time.

At first, I sort of passed by Tocca Touch. I thought it was just not my type of fragrance and didn't really give it a good enough chance.
Then I took home a sample of it, and after trying it at home, I decided I love it.
I was trying to decide between this and L'Instant, especially after all the rave reviews I've seen on the Guerlain.
But because I am not a fan of foody fragrances, comparing the two, I decided I'd rather buy Tocca Touch. It is a sweet floral, but not foody in any way. I suppose I could compare it in style to the floral type of possibly Kenzo, though Kenzo is much more powdery.
Touch is a simple, soft, understated scent. It is nice for daytime, and it is nice for when I want to take a break from my usual spicy fragrance collection. There is a tad of a synthetic aroma to it at first, but the drydown is beautiful. Very delicate and quiet, not an in your face type of scent.
It's not my usual choice in fragrance, but one I shall like to own for nice relaxing days at home.