The Smell of Freedom Lush for women and men

I have this in the solid, which has a castor oil base, so first off i get a strong whiff of castor oil and lemongrass. as it dries down i get a lot of the sandalwood and oudh. I wear it pretty frequently, once or twice a week, mostly in the evenings. I have not tried the spray, although I'd like to, because I find that the solid only lasts for two or three hours on me.

Great one! Kind of musty in a way, yet still very fresh. If that makes any sense at all. I can't smell much lemongrass on me unfortunately. The strange thing is that the drydown reminds me a lot of Shalimar Parfum Initial. I guess it's the woody notes. Anyone else get this?

Not for me, it ain't.

Very complex, like others said. Yellow fits this perfume perfectly

This is a very complex scent. Starts off with a burst of ginger and pepper, then the florals emerge -- brightened by the orange and the spice sticks around, so it's like a sweet floral spicy citrus heart. The dry down are very mellow woods. The woods are the best part, they're well composed and warm. This feels balanced despite all the notes going on -- nothing overpowers any of the other notes. It makes me think of being outside in a thunderstorm, for no real reason other than that's the impression I get.

Hello, Lush Store! If you are jonesing for a trip to Lush and can’t get there, this will tide you over! I’m so glad Vie Café mentioned this. As I was reading the reviews, I was loudly thinking (in my head)please don’t let me be the only one who thinks this smells like the store! Yes, the store smells sweeter with a topping of candy fluff, but everything else is right here.

When it is first sprayed it is a bright blast of lemon and ginger which I absolutely love. There is also the neroli and jasmine but they stay in the back seat offering just a touch of sweetness to round the opening a bit. Mmm! The ginger and lemon are so refreshing! Next a peppery clove announces itself by spicing things up as it carries the fragrance deeper into soft woods with just a slight touch of powder. It’s nice to be able to pick out every note; yet they meld together so nicely. The pepper and clove hang in there till the end with a soft sweetness.

This is an earthy fragrance yet clean but not soapy. It has lightness to it. I don’t find anything dense or heavy about it. It’s spicy but not a spice bomb. It smells wonderful I just wish it lasted a bit longer on me. After an hour it graduates to a very nice skin scent. I wish it would just last. After about three hours I don’t notice it at all. But that is why I bought the purse spray size (great for touch ups). And I have to stay away from their solid fragrances thanks to the annoying rash they give me at the application site.~q

A lemon citrusy surprise It's amazing and has great lasting power and is a compliment getter for sure another great triumph from lush 4.5/5

I get neroli, orange blossom, neroli, orange blosson.

A posh 4711 :)

The fresh and herbal ginger/lemongrass opening instantly makes one think of the interior of the place this fragrance comes from and of the smell of natural food markets. Jasmine rears its head, opening up to a somewhat woody spicy floral heart. In a turn of events, a second heart pops out of nowhere. This time it cuts like a knife - Iris and Agarwood, the two most prized essences in all of perfumery, come together in the softest and most beautiful way. The herbal quality sort of loses its point here, making the otherwise stunning accords a little hazy. It ends on a beautiful incense note that continues on forever. Beautiful and an experience, like many of Lush's fragrances.

I love this fragrance, it is true it smells different on everyone, when I first got the sample I didn't think I'd like it but it smells amazing. On me the strongest note is lemongrass (was very surprised when no one else had mentioned this) which is complemented really nicely by the other deeper woody, spicy and floral notes.

This to me is the scent closest to what a LUSH store actually smells like. I know it would take away from the beautiful story and concept behind the perfume, but I would call this the smell of LUSH.

I personally love this and I do not really see it as a perfume, but more as a blend of essential oils. I think the LUSH perfumes belong in their own category. I own both the stick perfume and the liquid form and from the solid I get a lot of peppery ginger and from the liquid I get more of the flowers. I use them together and this way I get very good longevity.

I find this to react very well on my skin and it is a great scent to wear when you are feeling frazzled, sick or stressed as some of the oils in it are grounding and calming. It smells earthy, warm and mysterious and it is becoming one of my favorite scents to wear! I live by the Canadian Rockies and I find this is a perfect perfume for a cold day by the lake or in the mountains. I doesn't smell like a perfume but more like a collection of different gorgeous odors put together if that makes any sense!

In the dry down it all turns into the most gorgeous natural handmade soap smell ever. It makes me feel super clean!

There's something funny going on between me and the Lush/Gorilla perfumes. They all seem to have the same very strong base note; I can't fathom what it is exactly, but it tends to make all their perfumes smell somehow "related". Not THE SAME, but...cousins. Today in the mail I got a sampler set of 8 x 2ml Gorillas so I will be able to explore this further.

The Smell of Freedom has a tangy tone of pepper and ginger underlined by woodsy notes, but waaaay down there again is this funny note. ?Strong soap. ?Ploughed earth. I maybe was expecting something a little different, from the notes. This veers towards the masculine on my skin. It is a particularly difficult one to describe - I don't dislike it but I can't quite figure it out. The one thing I DO know is that I can't smell any oud.

I was surprised to find that in some places (not here) Lush THE SMELL OF FREEDOM is classified as a fragrance for women. It has a fairly strong citrus side, and smells unidentifiably herbal to me. I usually try to review perfumes before espying the notes, but in this case I had to take a peek because I was really at a loss. THE SMELL OF FREEDOM, like basically the entire Lush line I've tried so far, smells dense and impenetrable and intense. Perhaps the dominant note is "Fire Tree," which is why this creation seems indescribable to me.

My general attitude toward this house is starting slowly to emerge. I knew that I had a bath on the horizon this morning, so I thought, "Hmmm.... maybe I should test something from Lush." For me, these are really experiential perfumes, not so well suited to wear as an accessory or when one's plan is to do other things beyond thinking about perfume. FREEDOM is definitely less gooey and gunky than the other made-for-women creations from this house, but it is still quite thick. It's not sweet, and it's not flowery. The iris in this composition is more along the lines of the soapy iris which appeared frequently in classic perfumes of past decades.

THE SMELL OF FREEDOM has a somewhat sharp quality which reminds me a bit of galbanum, but I believe that what I am perceiving is the lemon grass. The perfumers at Lush really do not hold back on the essences, which is I think why their fragrances come in three sizes: 2ml sample, .33oz, and 30ml. No one could wear 100ml of them, because they are all at parfum strength!

What can I say about FREEDOM? It's something to be experienced, if possible...

how much do you smell the oudh here??? is it strong enough??

Just bought three lush fragrances, in solid form. Put this on and it does smell just like the shop. I have to admit I have been a bit of a perfume whore this morning layering a touch of karma (love hate relationship) with mandragore pourpre before I went in, but I'm sure I'm smelling the real thing. I was intrigued by the Oudh. I think I might use this to layer with my guerlain vetiver if that's not an outrageous sacrilidge! I have Dirty and 1000 kisses to try next.

This hugs me like a body stocking .... and transforms me into catwoman - sexy, seductive and very very elusive. Ginger makes a brisk entrance (cat jumps off a nearby wall to catch your attention) seductive florals of neroli and jasmine innocently and shyly approach with clove and sandalwood giving the composition a warm heart (cat is almost in reach of your fingertips and you lust to stroke her shiny black fur, warm after lazily sunbathing all afternoon) ... but at the base there is the preferable company of Oudh and Orris (cat withdraws in the last minute as if you were the least interesting factor in her universe because, in fact, the wild yonder is beckoning with encounters and adventures of which we humans can only dream.... thus she leaves - perplexing and blessing you as you lift your eyes to that wild yonder in the woods, looking back as if to say "now you know it can be done!" - not everyone will understand this freedom, or this beautiful fragrance ... one needs confidence!

Might be my olfactory plays with me, but I clearly feel peppered bergamott and freshly grated lemon zest in the opening with orris and neroli. The zesty freshness disappears after a minutes and orris, oud, ginger and fair jasmine aroma start to come forward from the background. The vivacious beginning calms down to an earthy and strange peppery mixture. But it's not unpleasant, just weird.In the base pepper, orris, oud,sandalwood and faint neroli leaves a bit masculine undertone.

Slightly bitter, lightly spiced oriental, dominant oud, pepper and orris notes in the drydown.

These notes are very similar to Amouage Homage EdP.

SA's at Lush told me this scent smells different on everyone, depending on their individual chemistry - some ppl pull earthy, some spicy, some woodsy, etc. It's not incredibly spicy IME (which would generally work well w/my personal chemistry), but it does have earthiness to it as well as freshness. Seriously, very hard to pinpoint & describe.

It's quite an interesting blend of scents that really can't be described or categorized IMO. In a positive way, I consider it stranger than fiction (lol) & that's what I would call this fragrance if I had to name it. And it really quite impresses me!

The various scents develop & build over time in surprising layers of change, so I think of it as very chameleon-like. Great scent for men or women alike - it's got a touch of a masculine undertone, so it's very much unisex. I think this scent exudes confidence.

I haven't been using this scent long, but every time I put on The Smell Of Freedom, it leaves me at the same time both perplexed & intrigued...& feeling a little bit powerful. lol

LOVE this! I could bathe in it. It's fresh and warm and very much like a hike through nature on a warm day

The TSOF's opening is interesting and slightly unusual. Every note is played and emphasized in it's drier aspect to reach an (almost) breathtaking effect. Nice. The problem is the drydown where this fragrance turns to a louder (much louder) version of 4711 Original Eau de Cologne. Good start bad end.

Rating: 5.5-6/10

This has a very intriguing name. I used the solid perfume, which is a kind of soft waxy resin which melts on contact with the skin. It much reminds me of the type of carmine sealing wax used in antique films such as the Scarlet Pimpernel, which give off a strong, medicinal perfume at the heart of which lies the bark of Canina Rosa. The medicinal quality I suppose comes from the green agave angelica, and the rose-like from the strawberry rock cupuacu, all in all culminating to recreate the scent of the parting lips of the Venus Fly-pitcher. Mesmerising, and higly evocative. Hooked.

I, too, agree that the opening is very harsh and disturbing. It's citrusy but even for a citrus-lover like myself, it was disturbing.

Then, after 2 hours or so, it dried down to a sweet yet not suffocating, woody and a lovable scent. Although I liked its name, I wouldn't wear The Smell of Freedom, merely because I don't want to be smelling like a ginger-lemon tea :)

The opening is just awful (I agree it must be the ginger), but it lasts for about 2 minutes then this fragrance transforms to a beautiful, warm, woodsy skinscent. There is a sweetness to it but it's not fruity or sugary at all.

This fragrance is warm and inviting, with little silliage but ok lasting power. It's the type of fragrance that you want to wear when your only plans are to cuddle up to someone on a chilly day :)

***Update*** A few hours later this somehow turned into a very candy-ish fragrance.... Kind of a medicinal strawberry scent, all of the lovliness is gone.

I really like this as an everyday fragrance but it does smell very 'Lush' initially, like a bar of their soap. It does evolve from the slightly harsh opening which is a bit of a nose tickler probably due to the pepper and ginger to a sweet and likeable woody scent, but I wouldn't say it has the smoothness or development of other fine fragrances I'm sorry to say.

Really interesting back ground, the people that have inspired it and all... it smells really spicy. I'd say its more of a man fragrance