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Especially Escada Escada 2011

7.0 / 10 302 Ratings

A perfume by Escada for women, released in 2011. The scent is floral-fresh. It is being marketed by Coty.
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Main accords

Floral

Fresh

Fruity

Sweet

Aquatic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Pear

Ambrette seed

Heart Notes

Aquatic notes Rose

Rose

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Musk

Perfumer

Jean-Michel Duriez

Ratings

Scent

7.0302 Ratings

Longevity

6.0238 Ratings

Sillage

5.7215 Ratings

Bottle

7.4229 Ratings

Value for money

7.778 Ratings

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Reviews

34 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/26/2013

5Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Sherapop
1240 Reviews

Sherapop

Helpful Review 5

Antidisestablishmentarianism Escada

Reaching into my mainstream queue tonight, with a bath on the horizon, I pulled out Escada ESPECIALLY ESCADA, probably because the numbers were in its favor. Somehow I've amassed a little pile of these vials on their big vibrant fuchsia-magenta cards. This is probably because I tend to veer away from Escada whenever possible because of the scars left behind by this house's first launch, one of the most potent perfumes ever to have penetrated (and it did) my skin: ESCADA. Asafoetida, big time. I swapped it away.

Escada has since undergone some sort of major managerial restructuring--or maybe some of the staff passed away from overexposure to asafoetida--so now it seems that they produce exclusively fruity-floral fragrances in brightly colored bottles evocative of the tropics. These compositions are really so different from the original ESCADA, that I have nothing truly to fear in donning them, and yet I instinctively avoid them.

ESPECIALLY ESCADA opens with an unpleasant blast of chemical solvent smell. This is the sort of perfume which punishes you if you don't wait a minute or so before sniffing. Then it calms down and settles into a slightly more complex than usual fruity floral. There is something in this composition which I like, but I would never have guessed any of the notes to be honest. I do love ambrette, but this does not smell like that. It smells a bit less sweet than most fruity florals I've tried of late, but I'm not really detecting anything identifiable. I do not believe that this is any more aquatic than the sweet laundry fragrances in circulation today, but this is not a soapy scent at all and it doesn't really smell that clean. It's not that it smells dirty, it's just that it falls about in between.

10/14/2024

6.5Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

1

Musky-Fresh and Sweet Rose

It's so nice to find at least one Escada fragrance that isn't hell bent on smelling like tropical fruits or a gourmand. Especially Escada is a really pleasant, soft floral.

I'll admit that it's not the most innovative fragrance out there, but it is more than just a typical crowd pleaser. I find it to be both delicate and feminine on the skin, even at times a little creamy.

The rose note in Especially Escada is more soapy than it is natural. I would disagree with those that say it is dewy and fresh. The entire composition smells clean, powdery and sweet. If anything, it smells a lot like a ylang ylang scented shower gel I used a few years ago, perhaps made by Lux.

I must say, I love the packaging for Especially Escada. The hot pink and gold combination is really eye-catching, always managing to grab my attention whilst browsing the fragrance department. This is a good marketing strategy from Escada.

Especially Escada is still relatively overpriced in Australia, particularly in our main department stores. If this fragrance would only go down in price, I think we'd see some more fans. I do like Especially Escada, but I sure ain't prepared to pay over $40 to own it.

Original review written: April 2013.

04/01/2012

9Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Peanut
218 Reviews

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Peanut

Top Review 25

WYSIWYG?

(WYSIWYG is an acronym from the field of word processing and stands for "What you see is what you get.")

Oh, what a surprise! This fragrance is pink. It is delicate, it is girly, it is rose-heavy. So, WYSIWYG?

A clear "Not really!" It requires no bottle psychological analysis to claim that "what you see" suggests cotton candy, candies, overripe fruit, and bubble gum. However, "what you get" is indeed piggy pink, but piggy pink in a completely different direction.

WYG is such a clean rose here that it practically squeaks on the skin. Laundry detergent rose like in "Chloé" or "Moment de Bonheur." In the top note, there is no decisive fruit-if pear, then only very green and just the casing of the pear! In the heart note, a freshly washed rose on a lot of cedarwood (Hello fragrance pyramid: All clear?). In the base, wind-dried cotton with perfect white musk. So, not quite WYSIWYG after all.

Should one be surprised by the discrepancy between "WYS" and "WYG"? Well: Even the fruit puree specialist Escada must have noticed that clean, scrubbed, aseptic roses like "Chloé" or "Stella Nude" are currently bringing in a lot of money. So, they join in, but choose a tried-and-true sugary look for the bottle to at least remain true to themselves on the outside. Uh- or something like that.

Anyway: Those who are after olfactory gold might feel misled by the appearance. I, on the other hand, am glad to have been handed a sample of Hasi. Otherwise, "Especially" would have surely never come under my nose.

04/16/2016

9.5Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

FlirtyFlower
81 Reviews

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FlirtyFlower

Top Review 22

The Sweet Purity of a Young Laundry Detergent

They say the human soul is a dark forest and all decisions are made alone.

Since my separation from my great fragrance love for Hypnose Senses, nothing is as it was, I am not who I was anymore.

My mother notices that I am not feeling well today and says: “Child, go buy yourself a perfume, then you'll feel better…”. How well she knows me after all these years.

So I set off and go to the shopping mall and to the perfumery I trust.

After many botched scent flirts, I end up with Especially Escada and spray. It starts off fruity, then becomes fresh, slowly unfolds a pure slightly sweet fabric softener freshness, and culminates in a powdery musk note.

When I stand in front of the perfumery again, a little girl is in front of me. About three years old. She has dark blonde hair tied into two short braids. Pink pants match her pink sneakers and white sweater.

She looks at me with her brown eyes. “Where is Mama?” I ask. She runs away from me.

I ask if anyone has seen the little girl's mother. No one knows. I walk into the dm and find her by the water dispenser. I ask again: “Where is Mama?” No answer. When the dm salesperson asks, the little girl just says: “Mama is in the café eating ice cream. I have to finish my water first.” She doesn’t go with him when he leaves.

However, when she finishes her water, it happens. She looks at me.

She takes my hand and leads me to the café. Enchants me, showing me with her childlike purity the only commandment of pure love.

Yes, the human soul is a dark forest. But we only make our decisions to a limited extent. Sometimes the purity of a young heart helps you see that love still exists.

It shows you just when you have stopped believing in it.

Yes, I took Especially with me and am trying to believe again through its sweet laundry detergent purity.

In true love and in people with pure hearts.

08/30/2011

9Scent 5Longevity

MariellaMmmh
215 Reviews

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MariellaMmmh

Top Review 19

ROSAAAAAA!!!!!!

And once again, spurred on by Turandot's comment (*so sweetly waving*), I wandered through the city drooling in search of a test. Well... To address Turandot's comment: I suspected it TOO. Especially Escada WILL stretch my perfume budget SO much, because it is TOTALLY my style - and it is PINK!!!

I may not be a young girl anymore, and certainly not from a good family, and I'm not a little cheeky... But all the other I-Like criteria that Turandot listed here apply to me. So it's no big surprise that I immediately got butterflies in my stomach.

Anyone expecting a typical cavity-sweet scent from Especially Escada, which the bright colors might subtly suggest, can be reassured. Personally, I don't find the scent to be so "loud-sweet." It is fresh-fruity, subtly-sweet, minimally-floral, and just super beautiful. It quickly landed on my wish list, and I've already rearranged my bottles to make space...

So - now Turandot wrote something about "friendly" - I'll go google how to do that.

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Addendum, 29.09.2011:
I now also have the perfume cream of it. This one is less "screechy," smells warmer, creamier. I find it absolutely delightful. *thumbs up*

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Statements

35 short views on the fragrance

Sari89

2 years ago

8Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

11

2

My summer scent with so many youthful memories. Fresh, aquatic, youthful, floral, beautiful. Still in love with Escada!

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MrsJenniLi

2 years ago

8.5Scent 6Longevity 7Sillage

8

When I want to feel youthful, clean, fresh & feminine.
“Delina La Rosée” has definitely taken some notes here.

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LupoDeBoy

3 years ago

6Scent 6Longevity 4Sillage

8

Well-groomed, feminine, soapy-rosy scent. Aquatic - yes! A bit synthetic, but all in all beautiful & fine! Sillage & longevity could be better.

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Helena1411

7 years ago

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

7

Top note: Young pear slice in lake mist
Heart note: A canopy bed with delicate rose petals
Base: Softly enveloping veil of romance

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LelaMunich76

3 years ago

10Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

6

A fresh, fruity rose perfume. Unfortunately, it only lasts a few hours on me, but it's a wonderful, subtle rose scent.

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Heikeso

7 years ago

10Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

6

4

Satisfied dove-netted roses and shimmering soap bubbles. Optimistically fresh and well-groomed, yet so beautifully rosy. A great one for summer.

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pudelbonzo

2 years ago

8Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

5

1

A pleasantly fresh floral scent that you can wear anytime. Plus, the fair price is appealing.

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Chanti2208

3 years ago

8.5Scent 5Longevity 7Sillage

5

Back then, it was one of my first fragrances. I still like it because it holds many memories.
Fresh and floral, but unfortunately not very long-lasting.

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