Lovely FOR WOMEN by Sarah Jessica Parker - 30 ml Eau de Parfum Spray

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I thought I disliked musk, but this is one of my favorite fragrances that combines it with the woodsy notes in a way that is pleasant and never cloying. I scrubbed my arm, put my shirt in the wash, and have been putting rubbing alcohol on my arm to get rid of the smell.

Update: the drydown is phenomenal,not as powdery anymore, it is mostly peony, benzoin, vanilla orchid (one of my favorite creamy notes). It smelled outdated and out of step to me (although to be fair, I was trying it over a decade after it was released). At first sniff, it smells like an old lady, but after you get used to it, it is a beautiful relaxing musky lavender scent.I’ve been wearing it since 2015 and always get gift sets of it for Christmas so I have many sizes raging from the 5ml all the way to the 200ml. Obsessed with style and fashion, Sarah always wanted to create a signature scent that would be very sexy and yet undeniably classy. I really try to tease out the musk, salt, lavender and martini notes in this but I just get a blur of harsh femininity. This is more of a linear perfume, it doesn't transition or morph into different fragrance notes during the transitions from first spray to final dry down.

Now funny thing is that after Covid, all my perfumes smell horrible like gone off citrus (my nose to blame). But then, yes, the botanical notes are leaning towards cozy, comforting and natural-- is that where the motherly feel comes in? I thought this would be much fresher and fluffier than it is, I get a lot of sharp lavender and the martini note which I cannot stand.It makes me imagine the thoughts a safe, loving partner would be having in this pillow talk: seeing her hair loose, and her makeup faded, and inhaling that lingering, slightly tampered Narciso smell, and thinking This is the woman I love.

In time it does mellow from the initial burst of pink nothingness into a slightly more solid, woodsy lavender - which is nice enough in and of itself, but this is a scent that unfortunately never shakes its unoriginality. Lavender can be a risky note for me, but here it avoids the sharp medicinal quality it sometimes has and instead is slightly powdery and aromatic.I consider Elie Saab girl of now,girl of now shine, to be screechy, and I still love those perfumes. It's definitely nice to have this in my collection instead of another vanilla or marshmallow strong trendy boring addition. As the scent matures, the base of cedar, wood notes, the warm note of amber, and musk soars in to hone the olfactory experience.

It has a fantastic silage and it works extremely well throughout the colder months when it keeps my mind clear, as well as during the warmer months when it just settles me down.Since I *looooove* both lilacs *and* lily of the valley, and rarely find fragrances that represent them with any accuracy, I can hardly be disappointed by my discovery. It has a good sillage and lasting power, and work amazingly good during the colder period of the year when it keeps my mind clear and also during the warm period of the year when it just calms me down.