Fragrance Reviews by lizzie_j

Sugary sweet slightly caramelized vanilla with a hint of some type of fruit that is not clearly apricot. For a straight up sweet and foody vanilla it's just perfect.

Absolutely wonderful. The perfect blend of soap (and this is by far my new favorite soapy scent), Sea and Ski suntan lotion, and marine notes. I'm transported to Stone Harbor, NJ, the summer of _____ (pick any--1967-1977). Amazingly well done. Wish list and full bottle worthy!

Yes, it's on the masculine side, but I'm completely comfortable wearing it. It's great-crisp and clean, citrusy and sparkling. Very well done. So far I haven't met an Ineke I don't like!

Where is the LOVE? This used to be my favorite Aqua Allegoria, and my favorite grapefruit. Now it got this sharp, bitterness that I suddently dislike, and that persists for hours. Same fragrance, different brain? Is this what to expect from menopause? Good grief. I can't give it a negative because I used to love it so. Neutral it is.

Like Chinatown but not as polished. Heavy sweet incense. You feel as if you are walking into a 1970s head shop. My family made a 50 foot 'zone of repugnance' around me when I wore it. Even the dogs, usually my BFFs, started to howl and moan!! Too too much. Gothic I, if I recall (must sniff again) is much better.

This is a vanilla vasedscent that has a fair number of supporting notes. It reminds me a little but of Le Labo Vanille 44, which is a complex vanilla scent that's really lovely, but certainly not straight up vanilla. This fragrance adds (to the vanilla) citrus in the top, floral notes in the heart, and a fair amount of musk and spice in the dry down. A sophisticated and grown-up vanilla, not too sweet or foody. I give it a neutral only because I am much more interested in the vanilla-y vanillas out there.

A wonderful full bodied straight up Vanilla Bourbon with very little else, and that's what I love about it. A hint of musk, maybe a pinch of amber, but for the most part, high end, rich, layered and dark, vanilla orchid and bean. Heaven for Vanilla lovers.

This has instantly become my favorite lilac based scent. Fresh, natural, breezy, like a breath of Spring coming from my tiny sample bottle. Other reviewers have already described this beautiful fragrance far better than I could. I will mention that on me one spritz was all I needed, and it lasted for many hours. Full bottle worthy.

Sir Slarty provided me with a sample of this, and I too am enchanted with the rhubarb note. It opens the fragrance--you get a blast of something sweet/sour/citrusy and familiar, and it may take you a moment to identify the rhubarb, because it's not used very frequently in fragrances. And the surprises continue, because the heart of the fragrance is very different from the opening, powdery and sweet and every so soft and (dare I say it?) pretty! It's almost like a different fragrance entirely! The softness continues into the base where vanilla and light woods are the stars. Very very nice.

Unlike other reviewers, I get lots of wood. In fact I get Sequoiadendron Giganteum, the California Giant Redwood! So much so that I fell like I'm planted down right in the middle of John Muir State Park when I sniff this, surrounded by a Giant Redwood grove. Yes, there are some rotting wood notes (what grove would be complete without some fallen giants?) and some fermented boozy and concentrated resinous notes. But this is all part of the forest. Just great! I think this should be the official California State Fragrance! (Oooh that give me an idea for a thread!)

NOT a perfect vanilla, unfortunately. Weak willed and lily livered. I want my perfect vanilla to be Amazonian in proportion, strong of heart, a little boozy, and a lot more sensual. This fades so fast it's like the ghost of perfect vanilla (or its prepubertal little sister).

One of the few powdery fragrances that I love! Aldehyde 44 has a lush, compelling opening of aldehydes with a touch of citrus. As the fragrance dries it just keeps getting softer and cozier. Superbly crafted & balanced, without distinct transitions--similar, in my mind, to the transition of color in ombre fabric! Though, as the fragrance progresses, I smell hints of this note and that note, the only clear cut notes for miles around are the aldehydes. I never knew how wonderful that could be!

Peppery cucumber with a waft of ocean breeze. After it dries down it softens to a very soft woodsy and salty scent, like the wood from an old rowboat that has become waterlogged and is sitting in the sun. The spices show up a little later, stay subtle, and add warmth. I agree with others--Navegar does stay very close to the skin, but that's just fine with me, since I work in the medical profession and need to be very sensitive to that aspect of fragrance! Really, this has become one of my favorite L'Artisans. FBW!

A rose is a rose is a rose? Not in Miss Charming, which opens as a soapy, slightly sharp, mildly dusty rose. Once it settles down on the skin, the sharpness softens, though it stays soapy, like roses suspended in very thin and tenuous bubbles of dishwashing liquid. The strawberry is muted, not overly sweet, and gives the fragrance a bit of pucker, as does the lychee. I love the contrast among the soft powdery Moroccan rose, the juicy strawberry, and the sharp/sweet lychee. It works beautifully, and the three notes dance on my skin! Just lovely.

Starts out very promising, with a bright and uplifting opening, but quickly deteriorates into a fairly heavy, almost cloying, musty floral mish mash. Perhaps it's my lack of experience, but I have a hard time detecting individual notes. That would be okay if the fragrance was a 'symphonic floral' (to quote Luca Turin referring to 'Beyond Paradise'). Unfortunately, it's not. More like a poorly tuned high school band. Full on 'Meh!'

Breathtaking. I really can't add much to the other reviews, but because I found this scent quite by accident (it was in a large purchase of samples on eBay) I'm so delighted that I love it! Sea spray, salt air, gulls crying above--this is a delightful hardy marine scent. I picture a cool Fall day, bright and sunny, the sky as blue as cornflowers, and I'm on a boat fishing. The wind is off the land, bringing with it an herbaceous, scrubby accord. Every breath I take is fresh and invigorating. Suuhhhweeeet!

A very aromatic, almost (but not quite), mentholated floral. I usually don't like 'aromatic ring' type scents, but this one is very pretty, with a nice balance of spice, bergamot, florals, and base notes. I think I need to do more investigation, as I am not very familiar with this line. Wheeeee!

This fragrance reminds me of the wet banks of a little stream. On the banks you can discover exposed roots, leaves in various stages of decay and rot, fresh green and tender blades of grass peeking up in spots that aren't too tamped down, dried twigs, green and supple shrubs, and even a few wildflowers, like blue-eyed grass and wild iris. Not to mention the organic and metallic smell of beetles, and the warm breath of a child. It's just beautiful, and (can you tell?) simultaneously paints a picture and pulls up a memory for me. It's a little bittersweet heart-achey, but I'm glad I have a sample!

A curry dish, with cardamom (not enough), coriander (too much), cumin (way too much), pepper, cinammon, clove, ?saffron, and probably other spices. It comes out hot and strong and burns my nose a bit if I sniff too hard. Not a problem if it was my chana masala dish, but it's a fragrance, and I want to smell good! This isn't good.

A sunny, warm, aromatic floral, that is so summery and soft, it feels like Celine Elena has indeed captured the essence of a warm breezy day at the beach. Not with marine or salty or sandy notes, but with the pure clean exuberance of this fragrance. An upturned open sunny face that delights in possibility. Optimism, youth, light--they're all here. Well done!

A rather innocuous albeit very wearable fragrance. Quite unisex I think, with a strong floral heart, a bit of spice, and a quickly reached base. Not terribly original smelling on my skin, though tolerably pleasant, and I think it might smell a whole lot better on someone with different skin chemistry--more testosterone? Not sure. After an hour poof! Black Tie was gone.

Almost identical to Fresh's Lemon Sugar, which I love. The lemon, the caramel, the vanilla, the sugar...it's all there! Though the scent is lovely I can't give it more than 2 stars because it's just a copycat. Completely lacking in originality.

Weird and wonderful. A strong citrus accord runs through it that is hard to characterize. Certainly it's lemony, but it's more like a cohesive lemon plus brisk salt air! I just LOVE this. It's so compelling that after a day of testing at Saks and Nieman's this is one of only two fragrances that really stood out, and that I kept going back to sniff on my wrist. Certainly not for everyone. It's just too strange, but the justaposition of that citrus accord with the gourmand notes is tantalizing, compelling, and very beautiful. It was actually fairly linear on my skin, and lasted hours and hours at full steam ahead! It's not only on my wish list, but on my MUST HAVE list.

One of my first "niche" purchases, and certainly my first very smart fragrance buy (though I didn't know it at the time!) Inexplicable Fig and Vetiver was at my local TJ Maxx, alone and unboxed. I loved the ombre bottle with that milky sea green at the bottom, and after a quick spritz I was hooked. I think I got 50 ml for about 10 dollars. I still love it, my bottle is still beautiful, and though I don't wear it often, I wear it with love. The fig and vetiver are such a potentially disasterous combo to me (could come off too sharp or green), but this is a lovely and well balanced fragrance. I agree with Taolady-it's downright creamy. No sharp edges, but sophisticated and a little dry. Beloved.

A gorgeous gourmand that is now one of my favorites from Guerlain. Warm, sexy, elegant, this dries down to a wonderful citrus vanilla that is more sultry than sweet. On my skin it becomes warmer over time, and then develops into something akin to a skin scent, close to the body and enveloping. My generous sample is not almost gone! Wish List!!

An overly sweet fruity floral. As my daughter would say, "mommy, it's been done before, and better!" She's right. She's 12.

I love lime, and was hoping the might be my aoud "gateway" fragrance, but it was not meant to be (I should have known this would not be the gentle aoud I may need to start enjoying that note from the reviews). Right off the bat I got a whiff of celery seed that persisted. Bitter, and sharp, this note is not a favorite, as I recall my mother (an excellent cook otherwise) would use it to excess, and to no good end, in several dishes. There is lime, too, but an oily lime, not fresh and sparkling. Lime leaves or pith, not zest. And then there's the salt... Not to my taste.

Exceptionally green and aromatic, Ichnusa reminds me of walking through the indoor/greenhouse section of Longwood Gardens (Pennsylvania). Vital and serene, it's an original that is perfectly wearable. Outstanding.

A lovely, light, sparkling amber, with an almost astringent thread (possibly the citrus notes) running through it. This is one amber to love and adore and find its way into many wardrobes because it's so versatile. Great alone or layered, for everyday or special occasions, it's a complex fragrance with more to say than the notes might suggest. Not cloying or too heavy, but it IS substantial and full of life. Very very well done, and I just love the faceted glass bottle.

When I tried Eau Lente it immediately became one of my favorite spice-centric fragrances. I find it truly unisex--neither overtly masculine nor feminine--and this characteristic alone makes it interesting to me. The spices are blended and soft, and include some of my favorites, including cardamom and cinnamon. Yes, it's a bit like my jar of garam masala, but when I sniff it (especially on my skin rather than from the vial or on paper) food is not the first, second or third thing that pops into my head! Instead I am instantly and acutely reminded of walking on the Boardwalk at Wildwood, New Jersey when I was a child!! There's a certain melancholic mixture of head shop/incense + ocean breeze + fudge shop + human musk + teenage girl fruity perfume that I never knew was emblazoned in my scent memory until now! Go figure. I must purchase this one, if for no other reason than to relive that memory from time to time!

Yes the lasting power is only an hour or two. Yes it's a little on the sweet side. Yes, this type of fragrance has been 'done' before, and Yria is not breaking any molds. Still, I LOVE it! It's a lively and warm flowery oriental. AND THE PRICE! Good grief--for the price it could smell a lot worse, and I would still love it. The bonus is that it's beautiful! I like to layer it with EL Pleasures. The combo is interesting and complementary.

I must agree with Tovah. This is an absolutely gorgeous fragrance; fresh, green, charming, happy, playful, summery, perfect.

Though rose is not one of my top ten favorite notes, this fragrance is charming. It's got a bit of baby lotion accord, which is not overpowering or even dominant, as well as a muted violet, and both balance out the rose. I would not call this a 'rose-centric' fragrance, and maybe that's why I like it. Very soft with absolutely no sharpness or hard edges. A cuddly rosey-ish pillow of silky fluff!

I find this a very feminine fragrance, and quite beautiful. The jasmine is not too heady or cloying, the tea cuts the sweetness, and the other notes add complexity and depth, though overall I agree that compared with other L'Artisan concoctions this is on the simpler side. The more I wear this, the more I love the soft, comforting milieu it creates when I wear it. It's rather aromatherapeutic for me--I become calmer, and more content when I wear it. Rather like liquid valium! Yay!

I love vanilla, and this is outstanding. I get a lot more than vanilla extract from it, though it IS very sweet and foody. The caramel note complements the vanilla perfectly. Most caramel notes smell very synthetic to me, but this one is just right--buttery, sugary and creamy. The confectionary doesn't stop there! Add a very rich Madagascar vanilla, a bit of bourbon, a touch of musk, and a hint of ripe mulled coconut that threads its way through the progression of the fragrance. Sounds like a pretty great recipe, except for the musk! A foody/gourmand delight for those who like that sort of thing. (Like me!)

From the notes listed above, I thought I might LOVE this fragrance, but alas, the coffee note is off (this is not Peets Espresso Roast, but Sanka freeze dried crystals) which was a big disappointment since I love the smell of coffee. The next insult to my sniffer was the combination of coffee with lavender. I love the weird and creative thinking behind that combo, but I'm afraid it doesn't work, at least in this fragrance. Maybe if the coffee note was a little richer and full bodied instead of sharp and acidic? Or if the lavender was sweeter, the kind of lavender that goes into pastilles? I don't know, but for me, on my skin, it just doesn't work. The coffee and lavender go to war, and both come out bloodied, anemic, and exhausted. I won't give a thumbs down because this scent gets bonus points for creativity.

Update: I'm now loving this. For some reason (New neural connections in my brain? Don't laugh--it can happen! Even over 40!) I'm getting a rich Peets Espresso Roast coffee background, and a warm foreground of the cedarwood and vanilla and tonka and only a hint of lavendar--just enough to add interest, not enough to turn the fragrance weird. FBW!

Chinatown is an odd fragrance on me. Initially it did nothing for me, perhaps because, from looking at the bottle, I was expecting a luscious cherry-bomb of an Oriental. So Not That! I kept trying it, because so many had raved about it, and finally, after a 3rd or 4th try, and after about an hour on my skin I realized that the scent is the recreation of a smell from childhood memories: It's the scent of the inside of a small shop in Chinatown (San Francisco) that sold incense, lucky cats, cheap plastic toys, gag gifts, magic boxes, fireworks & sparklers, all kinds of other kitschy items (it was packed with stuff). As a child this store was a wonderland to me, and I still have a beautiful wooden puzzle box that my parents purchased for me there. What a fun memory! I can't help but wonder if the nose who created this frag. had a similar store in mind! :-) It's a very fun mix of sweet, jasmine, wood, incense, and even a little plastic. Brilliant!

This was recommended by several Basenotes members when I asked about grown-up vanillas. When I originally tried it, it screamed GRANDMA to me (and not in a jazzy, fun loving, life affirming Nana way, more of grandma's in a nursing home way :-( ). So I put it away for a month, and recently re-tried it. I love the notes, so I felt like I SHOULD similarly love the fragrance--and besides, so many BNers recommended it! Well, I have found the LOVE!! All warm spice and yes, a deep, dark grown up vanilla note as well. Just a little sweet, which I like. No flowers detected (as advertised). On me it quickly progresses to an interesting deep dark and intriguing vanilla musk with some spice that lingers for hours. It has nice sillage-not overpowering-more introverted than extroverted. Thumbs UP! And THANKS to the many community members who recommended it! You were so right....

I used to love this to death. Now all I can smell is high grade, very resinous pot. Not the signature scent I'm looking for. Maybe 20 years ago...LOL! I'm selling my bottle. :-(

I really like Scent, and I LOVE 21, so I thought Scent Gloss would be a hit. Unfortunately, it's not. A rather boring "spicy rose" with too little spice and too little rose for that matter. It's a safe scent for someone who is just not that into fragrance, but for anyone who's looking for something more interesting it will probably disappoint. On the positive side, it has fairly good lasting power on my skin, and to me the dry down is not the blah mish mash that others have alluded to (instead, one can still detect some rose along with the musk). Still, there are far better fragrances with rose, spice and musk out there (I'm thinking Gourmandises by Keiko Mecheri right off the bat as one). As Trebor said, 'Nothing to get your knickers in a twist." (LOL, I just love that phrase! note to self: use it on the kids!)...

I am rapidly becoming a Lorenzo Villorisi fan. Not a big vetiver lover, but THiS! This is a beautifully complex, well balanced vetiver, with a very slight softening of all sharp edges. The spices add nuance but don't overpower. The woods, which appear later are fresh and calming. Even the celery (which I usually dislike) does it's job with aplomb and cheer. I don't find it rough, wild or uncivilized, as others have characterized it. But it IS sexy as hell. I think if I smelled it on a man I would IMMEDIATELY find him attractive, no matter what his external appearance. How's that for a recommendation!?

The opening is all Garam Masala-a blast of it. Then in march the chick peas. At this point Serge has almost cooked up one of my favorite Indian dishes in perfume form. Just add tomato and a little jalapeno and you have Chana Masala! Yay! or Nay! Depending on whether you want to smell like a very delicious vegetarian peasant dish or not. I'm a big gourmand fan, but this doesn't suit me at all. Still, as always, lots of points for creativity and fun. Although I can't wear many SLs they are infinitely more fun to sniff than the latest 'Curious' flanker! ( I wish there was a way to rate by different aspects of a scent: creativity, wearability etc....Arabie would definitely get a thumbs up for creativity, a neutral for wearability, etc..)

I wish I got the love from the fragrance that the previous reviewer experienced. On me it was a watery fruity floral. Nothing interesting or striking or for that matter offensive about it. Just rather boring.

Finally-an Angel-ish scent that I like and can wear. Angel Innocent lacks the immediate body odour accord that I get from Angel. Maybe that's why it's innocent; meaning pre-pubertal, before the exocrine sweat glands start to work their magic!. Anyway, yes it is sweet, but I like sweet. And I still get a hint of patchouli, but not the Angel 100x dose. Very nice, not as unusual as Angel, but quite wearable.

I owned this as a teenager (so much for it being a scent for sophisticates!) and wore it infrequently-usually when I wanted something "grown up." First is a beautifully constructed work of perfume art; complex, interesting, perfectly balanced. Very powdery from the get-go--and there's the rub! Over the years the powder notes have evolved into "old lady" to me. I'm working hard to change that association, but there it is. Blue hair, orthopedic shoes and a walker, not Jeanne Moreau or Catherine Deneuve! I'll revisit this review if/when I stop associating very powdery scents with the Geritol crowd!

Spicy and rich but will not cause the bloat of 1920 Extreme. This is a beautifully balanced fragrance that smells quite complex, especially when one notices the dearth of notes listed above! In addition to the above I smell cinammon and vanilla, a light marine note, lemon, and more spices that I can't pick out because my nose is a novice! This is really nice stuff, not too long lasting (rather like a cologne), and I can imagine it being wonderful on BOTH men and women. I love the bottle, too, though I only have a sample. Wishlist!!

For a tuberose/jasmine confection this is divine. Tuberose and jasmine are two of my least favorite floral notes, yet together, in this scent, they work in perfect synchronicity. Not too loud, but no shrinking wallflower either. Taolady mentions the "presence" of this perfume, and I agree with that descriptor. Subtle yet persistent, beautiful but with a strong backbone. I was going to sell my mini, but it's going into the closet with my other lovelies. (The wine cooler is on order!!)

I have a title for untitled no. 1: "Thai Peanut Sauce". I've tried it twice. Both times I detected peanuts and not much else (kind of like an "ear worm" a song that you can't get out of your brain? This one was a "peanut butter nose worm". Okay, that sounds totally disgusting--too much time with my 10 y/o boys. You get the picture!)
I'll try it again, after a break from it, and edit my review if it improves. Please, someone out there, rescue this spendey Yosh Han creation from peanut butter purgatory!! Help me see the light!

This is sooooo good. I ordered a sample from luckyscent and wore it for the first time yesterday. (Aside--it was probably NOT the best place to test scents, especially this sensual stunner--I was at a local water park with my kids and of course, I brought a box of "To Test" samples with me! I'd put 3 or 4 on my arms, let everyone sniff me, go on some rides with the kiddies which would wash off the scent-what with all the chemicals in the water-and voila! back to test more!) Three (adult) people sniffed me and went nuts! Smoky, sweet, elegant and sensual. Notes of sandalwood, vanilla, musk, rose, spice--sounds a little boring but so not! The lasting power is great (now that I've tested under non-water park conditions) and there is a lovely sillage; subtle and persistent. FBW, though probably more appropriate for Fall/Winter.

One of my favorite Fresh scents. AND one of my favorite "fresh" scents!. Sake is sparkling, boozy, a little sweet, light hearted and celebratory. There's quite a bit of fruit in the opening and heart and I definitely get grapefruit right away, as well as a hint of berry. Best of all, there is a champagne thread that makes this scent stand out. No kidding, Sake smells "bubbly!" Just great. I'm, a noob, so this may not mean too much, but I haven't smelled anything like it. Yet

I agree with foetidus; this is a fruity scent. But it's also much more. The fragrance rather quickly dispatches much of the fruity vibe (raspberries? strawberries? both? and currants) and in come some lovely floral notes, including rose and muguet. The fruit winds in and out, lightening and sweetening the flowers a bit, but Corrida is NOT overly sweet by any means. As the fragrance develops I smell a beautiful soft sandalwood which persists for the next hour or two. Not super long lasting; about medium on my skin. A fruity floral? Yes, but I think it stands out from the crowded field of contemporary fruity florals. AND it comes in a gorgeous bottle filled with bright red juice (I wonder if it could stain my clothes?--probably if I wasn't careful!) Just LOVE this stuff.

I would not have known that this scent was marketed as a Woman's fragrance if it weren't for Basenotes! The opening is a nuclear cloud of isopropyl alcohol (IPA), which is forgivable, since this is not an oil based perfume, and the IPA-medicinal mushroom cloud disperses quickly enough. What comes next, (or even simultaneously but I don't notice because I'm distracted by the IPA), is a sharp, slightly bitter, green accord that is not unpleasant, but not the tea and citrus I expected. I thought Chemical Bonding, by it's name, would be some type of phermone and musk laden uber-sensual fragrance that focused on "organic" chemicals, attraction between people, etc... Instead it's more synthetic and "inorganic." Interesting and creative, so points for that, but not something I'd reach for very often. Gets a full blown "meh."!!

A favorite gourmand. I get quite a bit of licorice, but for some reason it's not bothersome to me, though I usually dislike licorice accord. Probably because it's expertly blended with nuts, vanilla, a hint of caramel, and a deep dark chocolate that comes on slowly in the fragrance's prograssion. Despite the above it is NOT sweet, so you gooey sticky sweet dessert gourmand lovers might not like it. I'm finding out that I love most gourmands, sweet and not. Extra points for creativity-for coming up with such an interesting & grownup gourmand. I understand the Angel analogy brought up by LisaWood, and I can see aspects of Aomassai where that rings true, but to me it's much better, without the skank/b.o. accord that makes Angel unwearable on my skin. A wishlist item.

As opposed to many other reviewers I don't find similarity between this and Lemon Sugar. On my skin, Clean smells sharp, synthetic, and after-shavey. Not bad, certainly clean (not an organic skanky animalic molecule to be found!), and completely devoid of sweetness. In fact of all my fragrances it's probably the one I would think easiest to wear by a man. I used to love this more than I do now, and mainly used it as a pick-me-up at work. It's no longer effective in that regard (though Lemon Sugar IS!), but I still enjoy some aspects of this fragrance--the way it softens on my skin and slowly becomes all powdery and laundered! Like I've been through the wash cycle!

Another over 40 y/o who likes Pink Sugar. It's definitely got the cotton candy accord, the caramel, an occasional whiff of burnt sugar and a hint of very synthetic strawberry. The dry down is excellent because it retains the cotton candy and adds a bit of musk. Not terribly long lasting (1 -2 hours), but fun and optimistic. Improves my mood and makes me smile when I wear it. I turned a colleague on to it at work and she keeps it in her locker in the ED (Emergency Department). I sneak a spritz on occasion, when the mood is stressed and glum, and it never fails to work. A bit of a guilty pleasure, but not too guilty.

Another comfort scent that I am passionately drawn to. I love the interplay of the notes, and the development from a soft orangey milk accord into sweet woods and then an enriched and nuanced vanilla. The woods thread in and out with the spices in a most interesting way. On me it is not terribly long lasting-maybe 2-3 hours, but it's also not prohibitively expensive, I believe, so re-spritzing does not seem extravagant!

IMHO, and it's very humble indeed, they just don't make florals like this in the new millenium! It's lush and clean-not a mushy porridge of notes, but a real bouquet of flowers. It lasts and lasts, and on me there is defintely a progression from top to base notes. The middle notes are where it's at for me. A lovely, big boned floral with generosity of spirit and not too refined to be worn while running errands and getting the car gassed up. I have a well preserved bottle, over 12 years old, and it still smells gorgeous!

An inexpensive gourmand scent, with notes of vanilla and chocolate and a touch of coconut, as well as musk and I don't know what else. For the price it's great and smells like something much more costly! You can get it at yvesrocherusa.com I believe.

The thing I like about Touch is it's maturity. No, not blue haired and using a walker maturity, but a maturity that makes it so much more interesting than some of the other Burberry scents I've smelled (I'm especially thinking of Brit). It's a little dark, not too sweet, and though it has fruit and flowers it does not smell like the hundreds of other fruity florals aimed at the 18-24 set out there. I like the vanilla in the dry down. Others have found it very sweet, but when I compare it to some of the other vanilla containing scents out there it's almost bitter to me! Not on my wishlist, but quite tolerable. And even though it's a little boring, I like the somewhat masculine bottle.

My favorite honey scent, and one of my top boozy scents also. This is a grown-up gourmand, with a honey-centric aesthetic, sweet plump raisins, cognac, woods and a peep of vanilla threading in and out. It lasts and lasts. I have a few samples from Luckyscent, and they're very potent--just a few drops and I'm set for several hours. Luscious and rather decadent. Like a flourless chocolate cake--a little too rich for everyday, and a little too heavy for summer, but a potent treat for occasional indulgence!

This is a very lovely, stright up, vanilla. Very linear to my relatively inexperienced nose, and I think you would do better purchasing a less expensive but similar vanilla, like Laurence Dumont Bourbon Vanilla or Molinard Les Senteurs Vanille. At any rate, it's still a great scent, and a must try for any vanilla freak like myself. The only problem for me is that it does not last. After one hour or so on my skin poof! it's gone!

Every time I try this I love it more. It's a fragrance I can "fall into" if that makes any sense. I smell very little citrus/bergamot on the opening though it remains as a pervasive thought throughout the fragrance's development. Very quickly sweet (but not cloying) berries throw down a long lasting gauntlet, soon followed by rose and then appears the softest, most mellow and comforting wood. It's a dream of a fragrance, distracting in a good way, inspiring me away from the mundane and towards the creative. When I wear this I want to write perfume reviews! work on my art car! make an entire city out of LEGO with my children! or just daydream...

Oh my gosh, I just love this fragrance. Complex and layered, and every new development is a delight. This is a beautifully balanced floral, with an amazing progression, great lasting power and excellent sillage. It smells expensive, elegant, refined and mysterious. Each note complements the other, with a perfect harmony among the components. I often find a perfume I love, but can still (in my mind) improve upon, such as "Oh I love this, but it would be even better with a touch more vanilla" or " Gee, this is terrific, too bad they didn't tone down the saffron." I can safely say that 1872 is a composition that I would not tinker with. Bravo!

A sweet coconutty confection of a fragrance. I have the body lotion, and it layers beautifully with spicy and vanilla scents. It's VERY gourmand on the edible side, with notes of vanilla, nuts, and yes, coconut. When I wear it I get the distinct urge to visit my local Mrs. Sees (a candy store here in California). That urge doesn't last long, thank goodness! The one thing about both the lotion and the EdP that I don't like is the lasting power. Not long--maybe an hour or two.

Like the inside of a treasured and ancient wooden box into which you, for some unfathomable reason, are storing sweets: mostly vanilla pralines and coffee nips. I find this fragrance, though quite masculine, very comforting and warm. Almost maternal in it's spirit. I enjoy wearing it for those reasons.

I get the circus right off. No, not the circus, the stable where the horses are kept. Hay and some manure. Then cotton candy arrives a little later-very weird, as well as leather saddles for the same horses that provided the manure. Other notes: popcorn, browned butter, canvas, parchment. Strange and wonderful, but not a fragrance to wear. I can't imagine enjoying this on someone else! Still, as already mentioned, many points for creativity! Hence the neutral, not negative!

Big, loud, creamy vanilla on me. Lasts all day, and develops a hint of floralcy over time. Still rather linear. Begins with VANILLA. Ends with vanilla. Love it.

I wish I could smell the foody notes that everyone either adores or detests in Angel. Instead, I get a pervasive body odor/ skank accord that does NOT go away over time. Not "homeless person, haven't had a bath in months" body odor. More like "man working out at the gym, sweating a lot after an hour of cardio, and this is what his t-shirt smells like" body odor. Not necessarily a repulsive smell, but not one I would adore smelling on myself. I haven't read all the Angel reviews yet, but there must be someone out there who gets that scent when they sniff?? I also get it, to a lesser degree, with Alien!

Oh my gosh, I love this. It's got that buttery, complex base that I love, and that I smell in the Indult line. Also similar to Indult, it stays very close to the skin-you're in your own little force field of loveliness. This fragrance is very refined and elegant, yet stunningly sexy, kind of like Grace Kelly in her day....all cool elegance on the exterior, but smoldering sexuality just beneath the surface. When I wear this I can't keep my wrist away from my nose-I look like I've had a permanent spasm! I can't pick out many notes and don't care to. I just love the whole "milieu" of this fragrance. I want to bathe in this. I want to have it wafting in front of my nose all day, like a horse following an apple, I want it piped in through the vents at work......you get the picture!

I love the notes, but hated the juice. All of the SIP's that I tried smelled fermented, sharp, and decaying, as if giving off some of the amine-type molecules that are the end-products of bio-decay. Purplebird mentioned a fermented scent in a POSITIVE review of L'Invisible--to each his or her own, eh? This just wasn't for me, nor did my kids, partner and friends like it. They all scrunched their noses and grimaced after sniffing my arm, and moved away from me as if I had the Bubonic Plague. There was nothing pretty or striking or even interesting about this scent on me. Strange? yes. Invisible? hardly. Scrub-worthy? yes, unfortunately.

A lovely, albeit somewhat old-fashioned fragrance, that on me smells warm and spicy, with overtones of "floralcy." (thanks PP for that awesome term!). I have an older bottle and as it's aged I'm now getting mostly base notes (pun intended). These are lovely and rounded and smooth as silk. No hard edges here. The only really obvious development I get is the emergence of wood notes in the dry down, which, along with the patchouli, benzoin and hints of floral, make for a compelling, if rather simple, fragrance. I love this, and, because it's been discontinued, when I wear it I certainly don't smell like everyone else!

Straight up Tide laundry detergent on my skin. Oh well. Doesn't do anything for me, but my son loves it! I get extra hugs when I wear it!

I love this juice. It comes in a perfume oil and is quite pricey, but I think it's worth every penny. First off, the cut glass bottle is just gorgous, and once purchased, you can order refills for much less than the original bottle. The scent itself is very strong on my skin. A drop or two is all that I need to use. This is a sweet amber mixed with vanilla and "marine notes." I'm not sure what those synthetic notes are but they add a citrusy edginess to the otherwise soft as pashmina mix of amber/vanilla. To my nose there isn't much development, except that the dry down focuses primarily on what has now become amber/vanilla velvet on your skin. Yum.

A very sweet and straight up vanilla. None of the complexity of, for instance, Nicolai's Vanilla Tonka or L'Artisan Vanilia, but if you are a vanilla freak, this is great. Lasting power is only so so (about 2 hours on me, then I smell very little but a memory of vanilla and a little spice), but is wonderful when I layer with patchouli fragrances like Jalaine Patchouli. I am a total vanilla nut, so this is in my wardrobe.

I bought this after one sniff, and regretted the purchase soon afterwards. Though this fragrance smelled very nice initially, it quickly became a lemon Pledge type of citrus (very synthetic smelling, though it's a natural perfume!), and soon after that disappeared completely. Also, the teeny tiny eensie weensie micro mini bottle of oil was ridiculously expensive, especially for such a fleeting scent. A big disappointment.

To me this is the perfect layering vanilla. It's so foody and sweet my teeth ache just thinking about it. The opening blast is loud, trashy, and semi-synthetic, but given a little time, this fragrance dries down to a lovely, close to the skin vanilla with a hint of spice. Good on it's own, but GREAT for layering with scents that are spicy but not too sweet.

Oh how I was prepared to love this fragrance. The notes of vanilla and almond are two of my favorites. Unfortunately, this juice goes from bad to worse on my skin. It starts off bitter and cloyingly sweet at the same time (as if someone had added cups and cups of sugar to a burned and ruined pudding), and then progresses quickly to the smell of concentrated urine! We're talking nursing home here! I know this is not what others are smelling (obviously), and so I've tried this fragrance repeatedly with the hope that my nervous system would "reassign" how this fragrance registers in brain. Alas, it's not to be...I still get wet diapers.

What an unusual fragrance! Cereals, in particular Fruit Loops (!), are the predominant notes. The dry down consists of more Fruit loops, vanilla, and milk (of course). I get lots of compliments when I wear Lann-Ael, and, as you might guess, my kids love it! It also layers well with other fragrances in my collection, in particular the Creative Scentualization line (lots of vanilla, there). I suspect it would also be good with spicy fragrances. Weird, wonderful, and wearable.

This was given to me as a freebie with a recent purchase and I spritzed with abandon, and without any preconceptions. For a musc scent it is very light and refined..not at all the skanky musc of Musc Ravageur, for example. I only got a brief whiff of the hairspray that many mention in their reviews, and after that it was all good. I'd recommend it to someone who was not a musc fanatic, as this is a sort of "musc-lite." Nice, but spendy.

I WISH I could get mostly Play-Doh out of this fragrance. Alas, and maybe because I work in a hospital, all I can smell is the benzoin drenched cotton bandages that we use to pack penetrating wounds and drained abscesses! I have tried it many times, hoping to get a whiff of whatever inspires the fanatical cult following this fragrance enjoys, but to no avail. Over time, the bandage smell becomes a little less prominent, and I once briefly enjoyed hints of Play-Doh, cherry and almond, but that's as far as it ever went. In just a few minutes POOF! the pleasing notes were gone, and it was back to the hospital for me. No thanks.

I love this juice. Warm, smooth as 20 year old Scotch, and foody enough to satisfy the gourmand in me. But in addition to vanilla and coconut (I find the latter VERY subtle, not the loud sugar dusted coconut flakes of some scents), the woods make an appearance early, and serve to further soften any remaining rough edges of this lovely comfort scent. Lasting power is good, not great, and sillage is modest. Not for hot summer days; perfect for a damp, drizzly late afternoon in the fall. As comfortable as a worn leather recliner. Yum....

I love the opening salvo of this fragrance; vanilla, gingerbread & the aroma of baking cinnamon cookies. Unfortunately, after about 20 minutes, the fragrance is all pepper and licorice on my skin. Gone is the lovely comforting Christmas spice. The Grinch takes over.

I am not a rose fanatic, but I'm quite enamored with Mogador. It smells elegant and refined, as if one would wear it to garden tea party, where everyone is dressed to the nines and has a ridiculously huge floppy hat. At the same time, I can also imagine wearing it to a Raconteurs concert, in jeans and a T shirt! The sillage is very good, and the notes ring true. There are none of those fake "rose on steroids" notes that I seem to find in many contemporary rose fragrances. Yes, it's simple, and almost a rose soliflore, but quite beautiful. A plus; most of Keiko Mecheri's fragrances are relatively inexpensive, compared with other niche lines (under $100 a bottle--these days that seems like a deal!).

It's not the worst scent I've ever tried, but it's pretty awful on my skin. In general I like Keiko Mecheri, so it pains me a bit that I find this fragrance rather putrid. As mentioned by others, the sillage is intense. This juice reminds me of chemistry lab, when we worked with the aromatic ring compounds. It smells of artificial flowers mixed with an aromatic non-alcohol based solvent, and then it becomes cloying in the dry down. One of my kids said it smells like a funeral parlor. They've never been to a funeral parlor, but imagined that this is what it would smell like. I can't say they're that far off!. A moderate disappointment!

Like bottled sex. I don't know how that association happened, for me, particularly when I look at the pyramid of notes. Many of them are favorites, but nothing in the list would suggest to me a scent to make one blush. It smells like sweaty genitals covered, minimally, with flowers and a dusting of powder. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I wouldn't wear this to work!.

I have to agree with at least PART of Jemimagold's review of Shadow. The opening is a big blast of hamburger relish! I'm told that they use only the spendiest, most high quality ingredients in their juice, so I guess this is pickle relish made from homemade imported polish dills, with artisan spices, triple filtered heirloom vinegar, etc...!! After a while I get a distinct layer of clove that persists for quite a while, and tempers the relish. There's lots more, but it's hard to discern, especially to my newbie nose. Despite the weirdness of the composition, there's something compelling about it. I keep going back to my wrist for another sniff, as if the fragrance itself holds a secret memory that I'm having trouble unlocking. Anyway, one of the most fun tests I've done in a while, and I will definitely be trying it at least a few more times, if only to unlock that blasted "secret" (which, of course, may be nothing more than additional burger condiments!).

This is a beautiful skin scent. It seems to be composed of the purest, lightest musk, as soft and warm as cashmere, yet it also has a brighter, highly focused nuance as well. There's nothing at all "mushy" or haphazard about it's composition, and I find it to be a serenely elegant fragrance. It's listed as a man's fragrance, but it's equally appropriate for women. Pricey, but worth it! On my wish list.

The combination of jasmine with brown sugar should have warned me that this might not be to my taste, and sure enough, it was just awful on my skin. It smelled "schizophrenic", with a sweet semi-synthetic jasmine competing with the sweet, uber-synthetic brown sugar/browned butter accord. They went to war on my skin, and both perished in battle. Just horrendous. So much better if they had just focused on either the jasmine or even the brown sugar, but not both! Never both!

This is a fruity floral in the BEST sense. It does NOT smell like every other fruity floral fragrance that is released these days, in which "fruity floral" now connotes an overpoweringly mediocre fragrance, but has a lovely, transparent melon accord through which a delicate floralcy emnates. It's very feminine, and very pretty, and extremely wearable.

I love this scent (and it looks like I may be one of only a few in the entire world!). It is refreshing and easy to wear and lifts my mood when I need a pick-me-up. AND I get lots of compliments when I wear it. It's rather linear, and simple, but sometimes, that's the kind of fragrance I want. One of my favorite warm weather scents.