Fragrance Reviews by shesamazingnyc

After reading about how it "drives men wild" and reading some very positive reviews, I had to try "Child".

I was pretty disappointed, after all the hype. I'll disclaim by saying that I am not a huge fan of straight florals, and that everyone has different chemistry.

It's an oil, first of all. Very strong floral at first. On me, it dried down to musk. That was it. There was no complexity, no layers of scent to discover. It was strong flower (oddly, it reminded me of Easter lilies) and musk.

I tried it on just before going to a party and didn't receive one compliment. My sister hated it. I asked my husband what he thought and he said "It's skanky. What IS it?" That sealed it for me.

The one thing I will say is that besides a cult following, it has great great staying power. I can still smell it a full five hours after application -- and I gave two kids their bath, with my wrists submerged in soapy water!

Maybe others will have better luck.

This fragrance always reminds me of extra-dry ginger ale. It's kind of sharp and fizzy and I was very surprised to find there are no ginger notes in it. It dries down to a clean soapy smell on me.

This is not a fragrance I'd wear to seduce someone; more like something I'd wear to a business meeting. It's crisp and clean on me.

Sometimes I layer this with something sweet, like Brandy or a vanilla scent. Might not work for everyone, but it does for me.

Like shellygilbert, I've always smelled peaches - or apricot, in my case. This fragrance was my favorite for many years and was the one fragrance that always yielded the most compliments. Like Tovah said, it was custom-made for my chemistry...

Now that I'm older and a mom, I don't think I can wear it the way I could when I was a single career girl. Still, one whiff of it sends me back to carefree days.

This fragrance is out of production. I've searched everywhere for it. About ten years ago (1997), I bought a small bottle of this at Barney's. By the time I was ready for another, the line had been discontinued. So sad!

On its own, it was a very sweet fragrance. Since the Parfum Allie line was meant to be mixed and matched and layered, I frequently mixed it with Barney's Route du The.

I had forgotten all about this one! Used to wear it when I was in my 20's. I loved it intensely and I have to test it on myself next time I'm at Bloomie's.

Just got a sample of this and I really don't care for it. It's too sweet and too vanilla for my taste. I smell like dessert, but not in a good way. Like I fell into a vat of vanilla extract.

The scent is strong, one-note vanilla and dried down to vanilla with a hint of pipe tobacco. I'll give it another shot, maybe layered with something sharp and citrusy. It's too much vanilla for me on its own.