Botanical Essence No.1 Liz Earle for women

My sister wears this and I wish she wouldn't! It is sharp and screechy lemon with mega sillage. Give me Eau Dynamisante any day. In fact maybe I will buy her a bottle of Eau Dynamisante in the hope she will stop wearing Liz Earle!

I loooooooove this scent. Given the fact it uses over 98% natural ingredients (not that I'm that fussy), I find its lasting power to be reasonable.

Maybe it's just me, but the last note reminds me of the limited version of Madame Rochas that was out in a tiny atmizer (a black lace pattern on the white base) that was available about 20 years ago.

By the way, I love their skincare ranges, too.

No woman in her right mind would want to smell like this... One of those naturals packed scents that totally misfires... Sharp, pungent, cloyingly old-fashioned. What a terrible concoction, something an old maiden would wear on her way to the Women's Club.

Yes, Liz has definitely been far too mean with the florals here. And unfortunately they're exactly what's so drastically missing from this compostion. Even just the tiniest touch of some white florals would've lifted this fragrance no end ! ... They would have supplied that much needed "je ne se qua" and "rounding-of" that this composition is, I believe, missing. Just a touch of jasmin especially, or even neroli (or perhaps rather orange blossom, considering "costs" here. As I'm sure that's exactly why they're missing in the first place. i.e. The too high cost of natural jasmine absolute) would've supplied much magic and exactly what the nose is sensing is missing from the fragrance. Even if only in really frugal minimal amounts working just in the background, (hardly susceptible to the nose even), they would still have gone a really long way to help amalgamate all the notes, filling in all the spaces, and adding a certain "richness" and "lift" that's kinda sorely lacking at the moment. (Or at least, that is what my nose is telling me is missing from the composition IMHO ;o) ~ That is exactly why jasmin (along with rose) has always been considered one of the most indispensable notes/ingredients in the perfumers palette. ~ And in an all natural fragrance all the more so ! ...
In my opinion, I believe it would have been well worth it, even it meant having to hack up the price another extra $10 or ..... )

Have a trial in this and its amazing! Full of essential oils, very grounding and comforting. It has uplifting AND calming notes all in one hit. I would have to say its a 'hug in a bottle'. Fresh, clean and sophisticated. Need a full size bottle now ;0)

Really wanted to like this perfume as I love Liz Earle skin products. However, this was far too herbal for me. It seems to lack something and it has been far too mean with the flower notes, I cannot smell them at all. If you are into herbal natural smell, then this may work for you. It may be my skin chemistry but I just did not get on with this fragrance and it just does not appeal to me.

Absolutely love it! This is my kind of refreshing cologne like fragrance for boosting spirits! A sophisticated blend of citrusy-spicy-aromatic notes, sharp citrus spicy at the beginning and mild herbal after few minutes. There is a nice old-fashioned classy nuance in it.

The box is gorgeous.

Ooh, thanks to Fragrantica for adding this!
It seems the reaction to Liz Earle's first fragrance has been 50/50 love/hate.
I love it.
It manages to be clean and fresh but also warm.
The best way I can describe it is to compare it to some other perfumes. This is how it hit my nose when I first wore it:
The topnotes are very similar to those of Clarins' Eau Dynamisante.
The fragrance then moves through a sort of green phase which to me is reminiscent of Ma Griffe.
Finally, the lingering smell of this frag is, to me, like 'O' de Lancome, but nicer - without that edge (?basil) that O has.
All in all, Botanical Essence slightly reminds me of Lancome's beautiful Climat, they share a quality or essence for me.
This is the perfume I am definitely getting next, especially as it has a high percentage of natural ingredients.
Well done Liz Earle.

I have tried it a couple of weeks ago for the first time. I think I will definitely have to come back to test it again. My first impressions so far were very earthy and herbal, somewhat wild. Wild not in the sense of lushly and exotic, as in Cacharel's Eden, but slightly neglected, run-down.

For me Botanical Essense is above all lavender and patchouli. Two scents that cane make either a wonderful fragrance, or a completely horrible one. I am not quite decided which one is Botanical garden though.

Bergamot here adds some citrus aromas, while rose... is. It is not the typical, boring rose, again, it is something mysterious and dark. All those could grow in an old, abandoned garden somewhere next to a house once full of life, now neglected and falling apart. Although I am not sure if that was the idea behind it and the image we are supposed to get.

In a way there is a lot of beauty behind this fragrance, it feels fresh and natural (it is not natural perfumery, I know, but as natural as it can get as opposed to chemical mixtures reigning on the prfume shop's shelves).

On the other, the whole combination is slightly too herbal for me. For me it misses something that would complete its beauty.