Nectarine Blossom & Honey (2005)
by Jo Malone

Nectarine immediately but HEAVY, yummy honey within 30 minutes. Like all Jo Malones I've tried, you get what you read in the fragrance's title and not more, so you would be disappointed to expect complexity or depth. (That's what Chanels are for!!) A Jo Malone mood is light-hearted, pure, and clean. Organic, even. I think JM fragrances can only be fairly reviewed by a panel that accepts them for what they are intended: something set apart from the opulent, rich, glamorous, and puzzling. They don't require chapters of stuffy note descriptions or tricky evolving faceted ingredients, They are in-your-face little expressions of nature, and they are beautiful.

31st May, 2011.

It opens with a very pleasant splash of fresh citrus (I would have said orange - but of course it must be nectarine) then a soft white non-desscript floral presented, with the citrus still playing along. But then....nothing much changed. It just kind of stayed there without warming up much. I never really smelled honey. In fact, over time the smell started to bother me a bit.
I can see this being easy to wear and pleasant, but there was no excitement factor for me.

26th May, 2011.

I was pleasantly surprised by this fragrance; light, peachy-nectariney with a little honey to give some depth without excessive sweetness. A fresh scent without the pretty. On my skin it dissipated pretty quickly and was barely discernible after an hour, hence the neutral rating.

4th March, 2011.

I love this scent. The combination of peach, nectarine blossom and black locust (honey locust) is simply divine. I still remember the locust blossoms of my younger years, growing up in the country, the fragrance and the beauty of the blossom lingers in my memory. I notice the notes mentioned on this site are honey, on another site the note is black locust. It lasts 4 or 5 hours on me, which is acceptible, to me, but if it lasted a few hours longer, I would give it 5 stars.

6th September, 2010.

To my nose, this smells of spring mornings. Upon first spray the nectarine/peach note hits you with a juicy burst. When the sweetness begins to settle I sense subtle white flowers, like a transparent layer, gently muting the fruitness of the opening. It's not deep enough to be heady but gives that lovely floral touch.

Then the honey comes into play, providing a deep golden glow. It stops the fragrance from being too airy and 'clean' smelling. Honey provides a gorgeous syrupy feel in a very small dose, it certainly grounds the perfume and the honey fruit lingers on the skin for a few hours.

Necatrine Blossom & Honey is certainly not a complex scent, so lovers of deep, mysterious scents might find that it reveals it's cards all too early. However; in those warmer months I find Nectarine Blossom & Honey almost joyous on my skin.

21st June, 2010.

Well, so far I'm disappointed with Jo Malone fragances. Maybe ny skin chemistry does not work with them, but what was a pleasant scent on a blotter turnes out to be something disgusting on me. Nectarine Blossom and Honey I sprinkled only on a wrist (clever me!) and for 15 minutes I liked the scent but wondered about nectarine there, for I mostly smelled distinctive apple blossom. It reminded me of my summer camp days and "Apple Blossom" shampoo. This was rather pleasant even if not the most fascinating scent on earth. But after an hour it tarted to smell awful - I hoped not to find such an unpleasant note in a scent at all. The drydown was ok, but I would never ever pay my own money to smell like poo. The positive thing about this Jo Malone scent that it's long-lasing. Alas!

28th January, 2010.