Sheer Stella 2008 by Stella McCartney
For: women Designer: Stella McCartney Olfactive Group: FloralSheer Stella 2008 Fragrance Reviews:
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". . .of carefree days, the gentle, precious time in a fresh and beautiful garden."
She's all that and perhaps a little more, Her and all the others just like her.
SS smells like a diluted version of Philosophy's Amazing Grace during the dry down.
Agreeably pretty and pleasant and polite and safe and familiar.


Someone suggested Sheer Stella 2008. Since it is a limited edition, it is out of production and hard to find. An eBay vendor was selling multiple bottles of Sheer Stella - year not specified - using a photo of the 2008 edition. I wrote asking if it looked as advertised. They said, no, that was a stock photo. Stock photo? Impossible! The box and the bottle are redesigned for each limited edition!
I purchased from another vendor who specified 2008, but i was still a bit worried. My order of Sheer Stella arrived a few days ago, and it really was the 2008 edition. That was a relief!
I sprayed some on my arms... and i was disappointed. It smelled of ordinary tea rose and citrus with a little "green", a bit cheap and overbearing. Plus i kept tasting "lemon" - was it the cintronellol, the citral, the limonene, or the linalool listed on the box? I have the same problem with natural lemon verbena fragrance - the taste stays in my mouth for hours and hours and hours. I was unhappy. I was sad. :-(
Today I put on the same shirt and the scent of rose that lingered was so very appealing! So i decided to give Sheer Stella 2008 another try. This time it smelled richly rosy and fruity, although i didn't smell the berries specifically, and no "lemon" taste in my mouth. It was pleasantly complex, not just 2 or 3 boring notes. While the rose dominated, it was supported by non-specific fruity and green notes. As the day wore on, the berry scent grew stronger, while the green subsided.
I don't know if the difference is the weather - it's much cooler today - or my body chemistry. But i'm quite fond of it and i keep sniffing my arms. It isn't the rose i am looking for, so i'll keep up the hunt for my apricot raspberry rose. But it's a good addition to my "fragrance library" and a very nice change from my usual fragrances.
There are several other roses with apricot i intend to try. I suspect i may end up layering one of the apricoty fragrances and Sheer Stella 2008 to get closer to "my" rose.

Overall the fragrance is very remarkable and unusual in my opinion. It definately appeals to me, the only thing I'm not sure about - those grass notes, that might bother me after a while.
I think I will retry it one more time, before I buy it.
P.S. it is very long lasting and dry-down is a wonderful gentle rose.


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