She Wood Dsquared² 2008

She Wood was again one of those "spontaneously bought unknowns," the price for the set with 30 ml EDP, BL, and DG was just so cheap. Bargains are always so tempting. So I quickly read the comments here, then pressed the "Buy" button.

Despite the neroli and lemon in the top notes, She Wood doesn't start off very citrusy, rather creamy and subtly spicy. Perhaps it's the jasmine, which I don't always get along with, that suppresses the citrus note and adds to the creaminess. After a while, it becomes sweetish due to the heliotrope, but in a well-measured way. Wood comes in too, also rather restrained; I had expected more wood from the name, but for me, the flowers take the lead here. She Wood lasts just under four hours, then I need to reapply. The sillage is rather discreet; I would classify the scent as unisex, a floral fragrance with a light woody note, ideal in spring and autumn. A nice, but somewhat faint daytime scent for many occasions. And the bottle, well, like everything, it's a matter of taste, is quite handy.

By the way, the quality of the body lotion tube made of some kind of "hard plastic" is more than mediocre. First, the plastic cap doesn't open, then the neck completely breaks off and the lotion splatters on the floor and the cabinet, great. And I wasn't using brute force, even though one might sometimes think I would; my second name is impatience. That was it for the body lotion. Let's see how I can open the shower gel.