Pure Grace Philosophy 2003 Eau de Toilette
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Synthetic air freshener, rather than fresh and clean
Oof, this one fell flat (to my nose). Soapy, fresh, cotton/detergent scents are some of my favorites - but this smelled like I was huffing a carton of laundry detergent inside of a truck stop bathroom with strong air freshener that keeps auto-spraying.
This was too sharp, screechy, synthetic, and not well blended. Also had an aldehydic dry down that turned metallic. 2nd Philosophy fragrance I've tried where that happened, and it wasn't on my skin either.
Better soapy/fresh scents: BBW's Sea Island Shore (NOT the release from 2022 - smells very different from older versions), VS "Heavenly" (newer version is more "soapy"/simple - OG formula is a bit warmer/spicier with the cardamom that was later removed).
This was too sharp, screechy, synthetic, and not well blended. Also had an aldehydic dry down that turned metallic. 2nd Philosophy fragrance I've tried where that happened, and it wasn't on my skin either.
Better soapy/fresh scents: BBW's Sea Island Shore (NOT the release from 2022 - smells very different from older versions), VS "Heavenly" (newer version is more "soapy"/simple - OG formula is a bit warmer/spicier with the cardamom that was later removed).