I hated this at first. The opening was so hard to explain. Synthetic? Shoe polish? Burnt plastic? I just know I didn’t like it. But after spraying, it’s grown on me. This is fresh and clean, with a vintage edge. Funny when I walk around I get wafts of it, and I think I smell vanilla/birch beer/rootbeer. Then I smell my wrist and only smell lily of the valley. What a bizarre experience. I find this to be a more traditional, fresher, greener take whereas Lucky from Chanel has a more modern and sugary lean. As time has been passing though… I think I kinda love it. As time passes and I move around more, the weird anomaly I described is less significant and I do get a fresh, very dewy spring garden.
Update: so I'm wearing this a second time around, and the opening from my sample isn't nearly as astringent and unpleasant as it was the first time (still not great though). I don't get any soda accords this time, just lily of the valley. This is more green and robust still compared to Lucky and I stand by my other notes! Still really lovely, just a bit one-note (as it was intended).
