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Safari by Ralph Lauren

For YEARS I have avoided wearing this fragrance! I have 2 bottles of the EDP and I spritzed it on the back of my hand once and thought it was too strong, sharp, and too overbearing. I left it hidden for several years.

Today, I decided to try it. And YES, it is strong, sharp, overbearing, but that is just for a short while. The drydown is absolutely GORGEOUS!

Its soft, green, powdery, and I have been asking myself why I simply didn't force myself to wait til total drydown so I could give this a fair chance!

I will DEFINITELY be wearing this much more often!

2nd November, 2010.

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Emir by Dana

A gorgeous oriental! I am glad I bought two bottles of this.

22nd September, 2010.

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Message from Orchids by Shiseido

A very unique fragrance! Notes are Carnation, Orange Blossom, Hyacinth, Orchid Flower, & Vanilla.

The opening gives me orange blossoms, which I love. It is almost as if this fragrance is taking you through an olfactory ride, presenting you with every ingredient that makes this up.

I am not great at writing reviews, but I will do my best to describe this. I get a watery note which makes me think *water lily* or *lotus blossoms*, yet those notes are not listed. When this settles down a bit more, I can smell carnation with the slightest hint of cinnamon. I can smell florals which might be the hyacinth and orchid. The vanilla brings it all together, which is a good thing.

I don't care for this, I detest watery notes because they give me a headache but I am reviewing this based on the way it was put together, not on my like or dislike of the fragrance.

Its almost like taking a walk along a Japanese Botanical Garden. As you walk, you can detect and identify the fragrance of every flower you pass and you can also smell the clean, crisp, cool, watery pond that flows next to these flowers.

Message From Orchids was created in 1996 as an homage to the Orange Cattleya Orchid and I have read that it smells like the orchid itself.

20th March, 2010.

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Crown Esterhazy by Crown Perfumery

I have a bottle of this. Sadly, it smells like a lemon, ginger, caramel concoction on my skin. To begin with, I don't like lemons, and I don't care for obvious lemon fragrances. I do love lime though!

I will give the Countess Esterhazy one more try before I boot her onto the auction block.

5th March, 2007.

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