Fragrance Reviews

Fragrance Reviews by ruby3

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Vera Wang by Vera Wang

I love this fragrance. It is subtle but actually long lasting on me. It just smells warm and clean and beautiful. I don't need my perfume to be "challenging", just to smell nice. I am also a floral lover so this doesn't seem too floral at all.
22 December 2007

Fracas by Robert Piguet

To me this smells a bit tropical. It has the most beautiful creamy floral drydown. I use the roll-on edp and just put a small amount on, so I see no problem with it being too much.
15 December 2007

Hypnotic Poison by Christian Dior

This is one I love at times and dislike at others. Since it's cold I'm trying it out and enjoying it. I like it after it's been on awhile. A sexy vanilla scent.
06 December 2007

Par Amour by Clarins

It's warm and fresh and sweet. Then there is one somewhat odd note, it is a bit chemical, I guess the benzoin. I like this fragrance, though. It's one of those that seems to disappear fast if you just put your nose to your wrist, but you get whiffs throughout the day. I have not had it long enough to know if others like it but it seems pretty inoffensive.
03 December 2007

Tommy Girl by Tommy Hilfiger

It smells great to me. It may have been marketed to younger girls and certainly many of them wore/wear it, but it's just a fresh smell that I wear a lot and get compliments on even though I'm way past highschool age. It's great when I just want to smell nice. If you need your fragrances to be complex and difficult for some reason, this isn't the one.
27 November 2007

Cabotine by Grès

I love this. It's fresh yet warm, distinctive and pretty. The drydown is just gorgeous - a clean floral.
21 November 2007

Envy Me 2 by Gucci

This is patchouli-fresh, meaning it has that dusky/soapy thing going on. I think it smells good and it lasts and lasts on me. It is not a monster frag that will make people's eyes water, you will just smell nice. I like that in a perfume.
17 November 2007

Lauren Style by Ralph Lauren

Love it. Long lasting and pretty, nice if you just want to smell good, nothing wrong with that.
25 June 2007

Emporio Armani She by Giorgio Armani

Love this. I can wear it in any season. It smells warm and sweet but not overwhelming.
18 June 2007

Shi by Alfred Sung

Very clean smelling and quite long lasting on me. I use this when I want to smell nice but not "perfumey"
08 June 2007

Narciso Rodriguez for Her by Narciso Rodriguez

I wear the musc oil and love it. Did not care as much for the edt and the edp, which were somehow too heavy. The musc oil is whisper-light, sweet and clean smelling on me. It is pricey but worth it, IMO. It stands above the cheaper Egyptian musks out there.
16 April 2007

Amarige by Givenchy

It is very heady but has a fresh clean tone as well. It reminds me of candy and flowers and rain. I use just a few drops and that does the trick. This is super strong. It would give me a headache if I applied it the same way I do, say, my Terra Nova Water Petals, which is light as can be and has no staying power. Love Amarige. It is a great value; a little goes a long way!
22 March 2007

Armani Mania for Women by Giorgio Armani

A spicy-citrus scent that comes across as clean somehow. My husband loves it on me. I love the lasting power; it stays on all day and even into the next. Great for winter.
19 December 2006

212 by Carolina Herrera

This is my #1 favorite. I hear nothing but "you smell great" when I wear this. It is sexy but subtle, warm yet fresh. Good lasting power but not overwhelming. Perfect!
13 December 2006

Champs-Elysées by Guerlain

This has a uniquely creamy floral smell that I just love. If I put my wrist right against my nose, it can seem too sweet or strong, but the sillage is beautiful, which is why people around me seem to like it.
06 December 2006
 
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