Inner Grace Philosophy for women and men

If you can get past the rotten granny panty odor in the background, there is something vaguely floral about it. However, rotten granny panty. Can't get past the rotten granny panty.

Bathtub/shower cleaner - that's exactly what this smells like. Just thinking of it again makes me shudder.

I also agree with tklicavoli's last remark below.

I tested this a few times and ende up with the Pure instead. I agree with whoever said it was a bit chemical, it struck me that way too.

Philosophy's Inner Grace isn't fresh and it isn't floral. It's CLEAN, cleaner than I would ever want or need to be.

The only notes I can detect are white florals, white musk, and maybe a bit of lavender. It has a strong alcohol scent in the dry down. The overall effect is synthetic and irritating.

It smells of cheap shampoo, laundry detergent, and a tad like Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner...

I would rather have B.O.


That's right, I said it.

I hate to have to say this, but I am reminded today of Dow aerosol bathroom cleaner, a product which invariably “graced” our bathrooms throughout my childhood. I know the smell well, although it's true that I'm working from memory, having not depressed the nozzle of one of those ozone-inimical cans now for many, many years. What, pray tell, has called up a memory best forgotten? That would be Philosophy INNER GRACE, a fragrance touted as a “one-second solution” for “grown-up girls on a spiritual journey, when you don't have time to meditate.” The unstated assumption, of course, is that the wearer partakes of the practice of meditation, and looking more closely at the bottle of perfumed lotion accompanying my 1oz bottle of the fragrance, I find a text strikingly familiar to another childhood memory.

My family was nominally religious—well, my father was but my mother wasn't—so at meals when asked to recite grace, my sisters and I obliged with the following etched-in-our-brains prayer: “God is great. God is good, and we thank him for our food. Amen.” When my dad, a true believer, said grace, it was always quite a bit more elaborate. But I, being religiously agnostic for as long as I can remember and probably even before I knew what the word 'agnostic' meant, always cleaved closely to the above text. To be perfectly frank (quoi d'autre?), I never really understood what my dad meant when he ended his otherwise appropriate to whatever was going on at the time prayer with these words: “We pray in Jesus Christ our Lord's name. Amen.”

On the INNER GRACE lotion bottle reads the following text, not at all dissimilar to the prayer I used to parrot: “God is love. God is peace. God is trust. God is joy. God is family. God is friendship. God is fearless. God is breath. God is life. God is wisdom. God is eternal. God speaks in whispers.”

Well, it seems that they forgot one: “God is a clean bathroom.” But could God truly will that we destroy His ozone layer? I really think that INNER GRACE smells hopelessly industrial and is certainly not a scent that one would have been found in God's state of nature before human beings mucked it up. IMNSHO, this is about as far from divine as a so-called perfume can possibly be. The harshness of this review reflects no more and no less than the harshness of the hopelessly misnamed INNER GRACE. Désolée. 5.01.11

Beautiful scent! It is really calming. Kind of spicey but sweet at the same time.

why are the philosphy perfumes soo expensive!!???...they dont last, plain packaging...i mean they smell good but that's it..i rather DEMETER..

American Beauty Indulgence is an identical scent and much cheaper.

this is a very soothing clean scent. smells like a soft musky floral, with possibly some citrus thrown in. while i like it, and a lot of products from the philosophy line, i do find them way over-priced as well as sometimes, overrated.

I now own a teensy weensy mini of this. There are no notes listed, but I'd say it is a floral/woody/musk. Think: herbal, zing-y, fresh.

In fact, I'd hazard to say it smells a whole lot like SJP's Lovely when first applied. Just as member a bit vintage says, there's a sense of lavender, musk, patchouli (not strong, thank goodness), and maybe orchid?

I do like a couple of the other Philosophy scents (and may one day own them), but they have zero sillage and longevity. However, this one! This one I can justify buying. I can actually smell it without having to constantly reapply.

This, to me, is the most sultry of the Philosophy fragrances. I love it - and it does stay longer than the others in this line. Particularly when layering with the body butter.

What is the this scent notes? This smell like sour thing..

Simple, sweet, clean and feminine. Helps me unwind in the evening and takes the edge of the day off. I find the lavender soothing and always reach for this when I just want something easy to wear.

Inner Grace is the only one from the Philosophy line that my nose can even smell. The others are so very faint, I'm questioning is the scent really there? After giving Inner Grace several wearings on different occasions and feeling completely irritated each time, I think I'll just give up on the whole Philosophy line. I do enjoy Inner Grace's top notes. There's a nice burst of citrusy bergamot, it smells really great. But then as it dries down I just want to wash it off as it lingers in a way that annoys my senses. I think it must be the lavender. I really wonder what the note composition is? I detect patchouli, musk, maybe orchid, lavender, & sandalwood as well as bergamot. I love lavender but it just doesn't work for me in this creation.