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Kate Moss Kate
Wed, 28 Nov 07

First, a spoiler. I'm not impressed. I'm happy to explain precisely why I don't like it, of course, but if you don't want to read an unimpressed review, stop reading right now. (Better yet, hop out to a shop and try it for yourself; perfume is a very personal thing, so you may find you love it!)

Okay. If you're still reading, I'll continue...

First of all, it's pink. Yes, it's Yet Another Pink Perfume. The design for the box is lovely, though, with a solid black rose on a field of pink, very stylish. The bottle is pretty ordinary, but nice enough. Not iconic or anything.

My initial response to the top notes was, "Wow, I wasn't expecting that! What is it? That's different...." It's a floral-spicy sort of opening, featuring notes of forget-me-not, orange blossom, and pink pepper, and it's the pepper that got my attention. Nice.

Unfortunately, it goes downhill from there. The heart is pretty ordinary lush floral arrangement of rose, peony, and lily of the valley, although the lily of the valley is not prominent (normally I recognise it right away, because I love it, but I was surprised to see it's there when I looked up the notes!). It's a nice blend, and the pepper seems to linger for a reasonable amount of time as the heartnotes take full control, but my overall reaction is just... eh. It's nice. Well-balanced, but nothing that excites me at all. I will say that the heartnotes seem to last a good long while. On my skin, anyway, this fragrance has good staying power.

Base notes are very ordinary patchouli, sandalwood, and musk. Lingers nicely, but I'm so unenthused about the fragrance in general that I don't really care. It seems a shame that a well-balanced, long-lasting fragrance of obvious quality is so... well... unexciting.

I would really have expected a perfume with a Kate Moss brand to be a little more unusual. She's this heroin-waif, rock-and-roll-chick, cocaine snorting, rehab woman with the face that launched a thousand ads. I would have expected a note of maybe leather, or to have that nice pepper note carry through the fragrance in a more meaningful way. It's a nice fragrance, and I'm sure people will like it and it will do well enough, but it just makes me feel like I've smelled it all before. Then again, with the way Kate's face has been ubiquitious, on every billboard, in every magazine, on every tabloid, maybe a fragrance that has been there and done that says more about her than I think... For some reason, this fragrance just makes me think "bandwagon".

Anyway, it's a nice floral fragrance, and I do urge people to give it a try on their own (as I always do). If you're a fan of well-balanced florals with a woody base, you might find this suits you quite well.



Gucci Envy
Tue, 27 Nov 07

Okay, this is a fairly classic perfume, and it's a bit of a shock that I haven't reviewed it before now, but, well, I haven't. However, I'm going to make up for that now.

My first impression of this fragrance is a lush floral, and it is, but it's actually quite a bit more subtle than I first thought. There's a very distinct but very delicate green aura to this, a slight freshness that takes some of the edge off the stronger florals.

The opening is floral/fruity and slightly fresh, with notes of fresia, bergamot, peach, and pineapple. You'd think that would be quite sweet, but the blend is only just sweet (anyone who has read my reviews knows I'm not a fan of sweet fragrances, but I do like this and I don't find it overpowering at all).

The heart of the fragrance is found in the green florals of lily of the valley and jasmine, softened by rose and violet, giving way to a base of cedar, sandalwood, iris, musk.

This is, as I said, a classic fragrance. Therefore, it's fairly well-known and easily recognised by anyone familiar with fragrances, and it's also a much-copied fragrance. I tend not to like to wear perfumes that smell like "everyone else" but I'm happy to take that risk with this one. I find the subtleties of this fragrance quite wonderful, although I must say, it doesn't last as long as I'd like (perhaps that just my skin, though I have heard others voice the same complaint). The soft, woody, musky base does linger well, although it's very close to the skin by the time it gets down to the base notes (at least it is on me).

I'd recommend this to any fan of classically feminine floral perfumes, although, as always, you should probably try a sample first to make sure it suits your chemistry.



Mmm, good website: PerfumesPedia
Mon, 26 Nov 07

Well, I don't know how I missed this, but I was just spending some time looking over the content at PerfumesPedia.com and I must say, it's really good. I came across it looking for a review of a new fragrance (still haven't found that review), though I'm not sure why Google thought it was a good match (the search terms would seem not to be a likely), but I'm glad I found it, anyway.




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