My big bottle of She arrived this morning and I was so excited to receive it because from the nice review Pierina wrote about it below it sounded so nice!
The thing that grabbed me most about what Pierina said is 'it's clean, it's fresh and reminds me of fresh linens in a way'. Those are the kinds of scents that I really like for everyday use because they tend to be quite natural smelling, subtle, clean and make me feel fresh all day long. My most regularly used, everyday perfume is Oxygene which, to me, has exactly those qualities and its own uniqueness, which is why I love it so much.
Anyway, happily She has turned out to be a great, cheapy buy! On first spritzing it came off as being a bit tart and reminded me of watered down vinegar, which isn't the great part and is presumably the zingy grapefruit! At this point the watery aspect and the slight woodiness as well was scarily reminding me of Alfred Sung Shi (which nearfantastica alluded to in her review), which I really dislike! Luckily though, this was fleeting and after only a few minutes it became much softer and the freshly washed linen smell began to become much more prominent. After that it's pretty much stayed that way, which is absolutely fine with me and it smells really nice!
I think the main notes that come through for me in this perfume are initially the grapefruit, and then that fades away and the orangey'ness emerges more together with the magnolia, blond woods, musk and maybe a tinge of sandalwood. I don't really detect the other listed notes.
So, this is a really nice perfume and, as with Fire & Ice, I really like it. Both are light, fresh and clean smelling, are perfect for warm weather and everyday use and are 'ageless' so they'd smell good equally on an 18 year old as much as on a 78 year old!! Pierina said she'll be wearing hers to work, as a nurse, and I think this is a great perfume for the workplace because it's unlikely to offend anybody. I wish more women would wear light, clean perfumes like this to work and then their colleagues wouldn't have to feel overwhelmed and suffocated by strong, stinky perfumes that some women inexplicably seem hellbent on wearing all the time! So, this is a very nice, wallet pleasing perfume and is almost certainly going to be one of the very few perfumes (along with my beloved Oxygene!) that I actually finish an entire bottle of!
Aug
19
2011