Bergamot
Lily of the valley
Musk
Orange blossom09/26/2025
Shadows444
55 Reviews
Shadows444
1
Not as graceful as expected
I got this as a gift, and while I appreciate that very much, I keep it real. Maybe too real...
The good news with this flanker, is that the bergamot is truly gorgeous. It has a 2000s feel to it, which I cannot adequately describe with words. Things now often smell...different, sweeter, and less bracing. This is quite fresh. The "Amazing *Grace*" thing puzzles me, because I actually think the original and the flankers I've tried have all veered to the abrasive side. This is no criticism, I'm not someone who wants or needs all of my fragrances silky or "well-blended". But these don't have a graceful quality to me, they're kind of unrefined. This has some white florals within it, but they're not distinct, and I personally cannot tell what they are. They could be called "freesia" as far as I'm concerned, and indeed smell like a 2000s "freesia" accord.
This settles into an aggressively clean musk rather quickly, and carries a large portion of the original AG's signature profile into the dryown. I see why people complain about the harsh "cleaner" quality here, the original and flankers are, again, rather abrasive. The musk is more interesting to me now than when I first tried the original, and it's striking how the common musk in modern fragrances released lately is usually a softer, floofy, white laundry musk. Not this hardcore, bleachy musk. The particular musky gives this fragrance a throwback vibe, and doesn't smell like a GenZ styled fragrance, despite the fact that this is still sold in stores.
It's a super bergamot-y, unabashedly clean, obnoxious musk that becomes a skin scent in under 2 hours.
The good news with this flanker, is that the bergamot is truly gorgeous. It has a 2000s feel to it, which I cannot adequately describe with words. Things now often smell...different, sweeter, and less bracing. This is quite fresh. The "Amazing *Grace*" thing puzzles me, because I actually think the original and the flankers I've tried have all veered to the abrasive side. This is no criticism, I'm not someone who wants or needs all of my fragrances silky or "well-blended". But these don't have a graceful quality to me, they're kind of unrefined. This has some white florals within it, but they're not distinct, and I personally cannot tell what they are. They could be called "freesia" as far as I'm concerned, and indeed smell like a 2000s "freesia" accord.
This settles into an aggressively clean musk rather quickly, and carries a large portion of the original AG's signature profile into the dryown. I see why people complain about the harsh "cleaner" quality here, the original and flankers are, again, rather abrasive. The musk is more interesting to me now than when I first tried the original, and it's striking how the common musk in modern fragrances released lately is usually a softer, floofy, white laundry musk. Not this hardcore, bleachy musk. The particular musky gives this fragrance a throwback vibe, and doesn't smell like a GenZ styled fragrance, despite the fact that this is still sold in stores.
It's a super bergamot-y, unabashedly clean, obnoxious musk that becomes a skin scent in under 2 hours.
Candy311
NinetiesBaby
