Covet Sarah Jessica Parker (2007)
by Sarah Jessica Parker

Lavender, chocolate and green. Together I smell a spicy sweet floral overall. Strange. The lemon makes this clean, the lavender makes it spicy and the amber base makes it sweet. Reading the notes, minus the honeysuckles, most are rather traditionally masculine compositions. I dig this stuff as well as Lovely.

A distinctive scent that is sultry and deep. I love the body lotion which is so soft and creamy with it.

With the first spray I thought: ”Nice… a sheer and delicate green.” In about five minutes, though, the sheerness and subtlety had morphed into an aggressive full-blown neon-GREEN! of a scent that, while not disagreeable, was almost overpowering – those “wet greens” and geraniums were really doing their thing. It was a pleasant uber electric green but it seemed more of a caricature than a serious portrayal of the concept. I couldn’t identify the chocolate, but it could have been the chocolate that was forming some kind of alien bonding with the green to give birth to that accord. The green began losing its drama and tamed down to a dull but pleasant green – probably because of the influence of the lavender, and there it stayed until the middle florals began to exert themselves. The middle is a texturized floral with the lily of the valley tinged with green. Nice, not exciting, and a little too soft, but a very comfortable femine wear for the remainder of the heart notes. The dry down – a let down… Musk and amber in an uninspired but long-lasting accord.

I tend to like Covet. It does some interesting things and has nice a charming characteristic or two, but in the final consideration, it doesn’t do enough for a thumb’s up.

When I tried Covet I took the advice of another reviewer who said to wait 15 minutes before rendering an opinion. The first test spray on paper was immediately intense, but not unpleasant. Didn't call to mind any other fragance I've tried. But the fragrance seemed to get even stronger with an intense synthetic- type odor- dare I say, a plasticy stink. Even after 45 minutes, I could not bring myself to put nose to card. Covet was a bust for me. Too bad, because it is reasonably price and has definate staying power. I'm just afraid that the scent will stay and the other folks in the room will leave.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Really have to be in a certain mood to wear Covet. Occasionally it smells clean and fresh to me, but at other times the white florals and lavender are just too much and bother my sinuses. Be careful not to over-apply or it can smell like cleaning products!

At least it's nice to see a mainstream release that's a departure from yet another fruity floral. I give SJP a lot of credit for trying to create distinctive and classy perfumes. Lovely is wonderful.

i tried this today and the topnotes smell very much like Puredistance, that super expensive frag where 17.5ml alone cost over $200. since i'm not a fan of Puredistance, i'm not a fan of Covet either.