Inisfree Fragrances of Ireland for women

Innisfree is a favorite everyday scent, one that I wear with my jeans in the winter and shorts in the summer. It is one of those fragrances that is fresh and pleasant and not particularly complicated or complex. I always like my florals grounded in wood, and the sandalwood and cedar keep it grounded on me. Innisfree is a most pleasant scent, and one my husband also likes on me.

This is my mother s signature. She is over 60 and she has been using this one for more than 10 years. It is always very hard to get it so nobody else smells like her in our country :-) The scent is excellent on her.

On me this was a very masculine leather/moss fragrance, not unlike English Leather. It started powdery and settled into this. My grandfather wore English Leather. This is not what I want so smell like. Maybe my sample was bad?

My mother had a bottle of this and so of course I had to spray some on. I'm not sure if it's just my chemistry or if the perfume is poorly designed but all I got was iris and cedar. Personally I'm not a big fan of iris, so that was a big turn off. I got none of the top notes, there was no fruitiness or sweet tartness to this whatsoever. It was very harsh and soapy, like an acne astringent.

It was cheaply made and you can tell when you smell it on the skin. Very drugstore smell, no, worse.

The notes in this perfume sound so wonderful I couldn't wait until my bottle came. When first put on, it was very sharp and bitter almost to the point of yuck. Seems I have smelled this before on my Great Grandmother's vanity. I am not sure if the lemon is the note creating this smell, normally lemon is fresh and citrusy. Not going to give up on this one just yet, still waiting for the floral fruity part. You would think the peach and apricot would show through. Maybe the dry down will win me over. Just got it from the mail carrier so wondering if it is because this perfume got warm? More to come...

Finally, it has been about an hour since I put this on and now it is really nice. On me, really fresh and I can smell the wood base notes. Still not fruity at all. I do like it, but you have to give it a chance!

I love Innisfree,it's so fresh and pretty. I love the combination of the fruits especially the apricot and rose,jasmine and iris. Reminds me of a lovely Spring day. I use this fragrance all the time.