Review (3/5): Overpriced drugstore scent
Disappointed. The scents include a "musk", florals (Jasmine, Lily, Honeysuckle) and a "vanilla", which should be a warning. High-end designer scents may be derived or contain some of these "notes", but do not stop there. The "musk" referred to as "amber musk" is the most subtle and acceptable of these; it is somewhat "softer" than the old, familiar drugstore variety that had its heyday in the '80s. The florals smell cheap; very few fragrances use essence of living flowers and that is necessary to distill a true floral scent. The jasmine has a "brassy" top note as does the honeysuckle. No one should do "vanilla" anymore; it is a cloying and overwhelming smell (not scent), rather than a complex "caramel", and this one is no different. (Acqua di Parma is the only line that includes "vanilla" notes in its scents that have class and understatement.) These scents are nicely packaged in glass bottles and a laminated cardboard box with the brand name stenciled on it. But not nearly worth the price.