Brigitte by Tocca

Dark Curls

i love this perfume..just beautiful! I will say this reminds me exactly of Burberry Brit Red as i had that one 1st...but I am a sucker for ginger and rhubarb so i don't care...love it!!

secretcrush

I find the rhubarb and ginger in this to be a little too intense and sweet for my tastes...

The Perfume Critic

This perfume smells like sweet applie pie. Beautiful :)

Victoria Regia

I agree with Heather. Despite it's title, I also find it light, exotic and feminine. During the first stage, the notes seem to swirl around separately (cool iris, powdery roses, papaya, ginger, sandalwood and sugar cane). Later, they seem to fuse and in a single, sweet impression of panettone-ginger. Quite lovely. As with the other Tocca fragrances, this one seems to bloom and thrive on my skin, so all I need is one small spritz.

hollycat

I just returned this scent. When I purchased it, I loved it because of the spicy and sweet notes seemed well balanced. However the dry down on me is all sweet. Which I dont care for. Im not into sweet foody scents. My friend told me that it smelled like sweet coconuts. Not what I was looking for.

sabel

I really, really like Brigitte but I can't decide if I would want to buy it or not. Maybe my ambivalence comes from the fact that Brigitte can't decide what she's like. Sometimes her most prominent feature is spicy ginger, sometimes it's fruity rhubarb. At times she gets a bit too soapy and somewhat sharp and yet at other times she's warm and soft. In the end she's really sweet and just lovely.

lilinah

I tested this Sunday.

First application it had an almost bergamot scent, with an underlying smell of - i can't say it any other way - Johnson and Johnson Baby Oil, which is a mild, creamy, powdery scent - not unpleasant, might appeal to some, but not one i'd look for. The two kept competing, one coming to the fore, then the other. I liked it when it was fresh and spicy, and i didn't like it as much when it smelled gentle and delicate.

It had me feeling rather ambivalent, so i ignored it for a while. At some point, it all coalesced. The first sharp notes, which i liked, mellowed and the conflicting fragrances merged into a wonderful warm aroma, floral, herbal, and spicy. It isn't an in-your-face Oriental, but a quiet intimate one, inviting frequent sniffing.

On Sunday i tested several perfumes on my "Test" list. Most i won't be returning to. But Brigitte surprised me with its subtlety (i tend to like assertive scents) and it is moving from my "test" list onto my "want" list.

coco76

At first application of 'Brigitte' I thought I was in for another sugary-sweet gourmand type fragrance..but then whoa! Spicy saffron and ginger rise up and take center stage making this quite a juxtaposition of smells. I kept sniffing my wrist, noticing the similarities to Burberry Brit Red (it shares notes of rhubarb, ginger and rose) but where BBR mellows quickly into warm sweetness, Brigitte refuses to settle down and constantly demands your attention. I think it would take a certain kind of confidence to wear this perfume as the balance between spicy and sweet is quite close although the rose definetly helps assert the feminity of the fragrance. Perfect for a woman with a strong personality who is touch with both her masculine AND feminine sides. Only the fierce need apply!

tessture

Starts lovely with a creamy scent spiked with bright ginger. Dries through notes almost like grapefruit and pepper to that lovely creamy ginger, but somewhere along the line it goes from quietly lovely on me to quiet torture. The saffron might be doing it, but Brigette ends up as a sharp, invasive sandalwood/musk with that spike of painful saffron and a hint of grapefruit. Not for me.

HeatherStarr2424

This is quite lovely. I am usually affraid of perfumes classified as "Oriental Floral", but this is so much more. It's a little fruity to me at first, then warms up to ginger and rose. It's light and feminine. The rose is not too overwhelming. I think this is one of the better newer perfumes I've tried. It's a "must sniff"!

Edit 3/18/10: After sniffing this at least once a day as it sits on a 'perfume shelf' in my bathroom, I have decided that this is actually one of the most perfect scents I own. I want to wear it everyday and bathe in it and wash my sheets in it (Tocca does make laundry detergent, but not in this scent - yet), I simply cannot live without it and out of my entire fragrance collection, this is in my top 3. A complete joy.