Alabaster Banana Republic for women

As I have already written in another review - good subtle fragrances are deal of art.

This is Alabaster, a mild, well balanced floral.

An aquatic opening with lotus is followed by an equilibrium of rose and musk that captivates me for its simplicity and tenderness. It makes me feel more feminine and I love it!!

Now I quote "jeca" on what she had read at bananarepublic.com:

"Discover your feminine side with a delicate and captivating scent. A touch of blended lotus flower, wild rose and warm musk and you'll bewitch the ones closest to you."

Just because that's exactly what this fragrance represents to me.

Tried it in the store. Smell's really good! It's a light fresh sweet floral smell. On me the musk note comes out like a sweat musk in between, so it's a no for me. A really good everyday won't bother anyone fragrance. If musk goes with your body chemistry give this a try.

Sillage- wise it's last 3- 4 hours om my skin.

everyone tells me I smell delicious

p.s it was a birthday gift. So it's not like I really had a say in the matter.

The most boring fragrance I own. I found it to be lacking in any character, a cool floral/lotus scent that barely lasted - it evaporates very quickly. Sillage and longevity practically non-existant. Can't really detect anything pleasant in it. The lotus is bland and devoid of any personality or depth. I really don't know what they were thinking when they put this scent on the market.

It does last quite a while. There is a soft floral smell that stays with you and finishes with a cool note. Great day time fragrance, feminine and smart.

Hi, this is not a review but a question. I would like to purchase this perfume, i adore the unique fragance, but then again, im concerned about the lasting power. Does it last? Please let me know. I really dislike those scents that force you to keep a large bottle in your bag!

Banana Republic Alabaster is fresh, floral, and light. I had originally smelled this back in 2006 when it came out in a magazine advertisement and loved it. It’s a lovely and sophisticated fragrance that has a classy feeling to it. The lotus flower has a light but distinct scent and the rose is fresh and sweet. Wonderful fresh-floral fragrance!

Must admit that Banana Republic never featured much as a major perfume interest where I'm from, not much hype around this perfumebrand here, unless I've been under a rock for wayyyy to long. So when I received a 100ml of Alabaster as a free gift,can you imagine to my utter astonishment why more has not been made about such a lovely fume. I think it's a rather pleasant & very delicate floral with rose & musk being most prominent. Yes I hear people saying there's millions of other florals out there, so what makes this one different? Well the way I see it, BR did something right with Alabaster as it is unique to my nose compared to most other florals out there. Although I love the packaging, the name Alabaster as well as the packaging can be rather deceiving of what the fragrance is all about. It still scores high points in my book. Try it if you tired of all the many heady florals out there.

I don't know why a fruit note of some sort isn't listed. The opening of this has some sort of fresh/sweet/exotic fruit -- nothing as sweet/citrus as pineapple, more like lychee or starfruit. Unfortunately this interesting note fades very quickly, and I'm left with a perfectly wearable floral musk. There's nothing wrong with the floral musk that is left -- I just wish whatever that interesting note was had stuck around longer.

I tested this recently while shopping at a Tanger Outlet and I must say, I found this to be too "perfumey" for my taste. I liked Rosewood much better because of it's "earthy" appeal. Too much floral for me. I tried to like it, I really did, but I just couldn't bring myself to do so. If you don't like this one, try Rosewood as it's a much warmer frag.

I got it because of the bottle + packaging and was very disappointed - I find the bottle design, coloration as well as packaging extremely misleading as I expected something light, maybe citrussy and woody or just simply something green. What I got after the first spritz was a floral explosion that almost took my breath away, but not in a good way.

To me, it was way too sweet, too floral, too icky and "in your face". Great for a candle scent at the spa but not on my skin, thank you very much.

When I went to the store i thought it smells great, but later it was hard for me to smell it, guess it didn't suit me much.

I read about it and thought the description was nice. Also I liked the name. So I went and looked out for it. When I test-sprayed it I was disappointed. To me it had nothing to do with the description - or even the name - and I found it even stinky and "baaaah".

A sweet and pretty fragrance reminiscent of cherries jubilee for the individual and independent woman. The slightly fruity and flowery notes of this perfume make it versatile for many temperatures. Coming in a beautiful bottle, the mini of this is a great purchase for your female significant other.

Alabaster was a blind buy based on reviews. I really thought that I could like this fragrance, everything in it seemed to be just what I was looking for: something clear and good for summer.
Infortunately, the perfume gave me nausea and headache...
So sad... I really wanted to love Alabaster and its amazingly beatiful package, but it just proved that you need to test a perfume before you buy it.

Unfortunately, i did not like alabaster. It smelled of soap, too strong white florals, and then went into a sour, muskey finish for me. There was a sharpness that stayed the entire time. It was headache inducing. Perhaps i can attribute this to chemistry, as cool scents usually do not like me, nor do i like them. Not for me.

Watered down rose at first... then the musk comes in and enhances the flower. Good sillage although it's a nude scent. Nice... more for summer when you want something light.

Banana Republic ALABASTER opens as a fruity floral but all traces of fruit evaporate in the first few minutes as the fragrance morphs into a clean musky skin scent with reasonably good staying power in the edp.

The florals are so subtle that some men might consider using this, although they may not like the floral-fruity opening, which bears similarities to some of the Victoria's Secret offerings. What distinguishes ALABASTER is that the fruity-floral stage is not the essence but only a diversionary prelude.

Overall, ALABASTER is a high-quality clean musky skin scent for those who eschew loud parades of perfume. Some may perhaps find this fragrance a tad too discreet, but I like it, for what it is. ALABASTER is an apt name for a fragrance so subtle and light but which still has substance.

Another great scent from Banana Republic; it reminds me sooo much of 'Can Can by Paris Hilton' (a really fruity candy-like smell) but 'Alabaster' is a more sophisticated fruity smell. Agreat everyday, casual scent!

I love Alabaster- it is fresh and floral with just the perfect hint of soft fruit. It is super wearable and is perfect during the day when it is pretty outside.

Floral. Light yellowish.The rose in here is probably a tea rose or a yellow rose. The lotus scent adds a slightly watery, tropical edge and that faint hint of fleshy flowers on the edge of rot that lotus lends. The musk must be that plain, boring base. In the end, it's nothing special and tends towards cloying.

I found a sample of Alabaster in a magazine, and found it very rich and warm.
But these samples don't always smell like the real perfume. I had a sample of Deseo (Jennifer Lopez) and liked it very much, but the real Deseo smells completely different.

I've read at bananarepublic.com:

"Discover your feminine side with a delicate and captivating scent. A touch of blended lotus flower, wild rose and warm musk and you'll bewitch the ones closest to you."
Unfortunately I have not test it myself.