Aramis Always for Her Aramis for women

I smell wood and musk, but not any floral notes. It opens quite dry and unisex, then develops a mild sweetness. Sadly, it's too musky for me. (Despite their origin, musks never smell animalic/body-odorish/dirty to me. Instead I get the olfactory equivalent of white noise that's too loud to tune out.) It's a shame, because apart from the musk, Always is exactly how I want to smell most days: calm, confident, thoughtful and happy. The sillage from my test dab was quite close; it may be a skin scent.

This is one that my Mum had. Dad didn't like it on her so I swapped her my Givenchy Hot Couture for it. When I first spritz it onto my skin it smells very clean but slightly alcoholic. The magnolia, watercress and hibiscuss are very dominant in this fragrance and I often describe it to others as smelling like mainstream bubble bath. I like it overall though, and I think on an elegant young lady in a silky dress (think Kate Hudson in "how to lose a guy in 10 days" in her yellow gown)it could be 'fall in love with the wearer' material. It's very floral and feminine but not at all warm, spicey or long lasting from my experience. Pretty without being overly sweet.