Play It Sexy Playboy 2010 Eau de Toilette

That's how it started. The first three Playboy women's fragrances hit the market in autumn 2010, and we discovered a display with many bunny ears at dm. My son was thrilled - everything with bunny ears had to be good in his opinion. He couldn't make sense of the Playboy label yet. *g*

So we sniffed our way through the 3 women's fragrances Play it Sexy - Spicy - Lovely, and I decided on Play it Sexy. At least one had to come home with us, my little bunny friend insisted. ;-) His argument for taking 2 was that one shouldn't keep bunnies alone, which I initially rejected... However, I have already gone through the 2nd bottle of it, along with some of its sisters; I even finished the first one. Therefore, I like it too.

Play it Sexy is not particularly sweet compared to the newer Playboy fragrances. It is also rather subtle in terms of sillage. Nevertheless, it can still be perceived well. Overall, it is a very soft-spicy scent that fits well into autumn and winter. But even in the rest of the year, it doesn't feel too much or overwhelming to me. Thus, it can also be worn well on a cooler summer day. What I also notice about this fragrance: You can clearly recognize the individual notes. Often, fragrances are quite a mixed bag for me, and I can only pick out a few notes. Not here...

Mandarin takes the lead and dares to step forward first. Quite quickly, a fresh, slightly bitter grapefruit (as bitter as grapefruits can be, nothing that would disturb) joins in, garnished with a hint of pink pepper. Among the three, I can recognize the grapefruit the best. The top note lasts relatively long, the heart note begins with bright flowers, and after a while, it gets a slight jasmine tea touch, which, however, only lasts briefly and is replaced by licorice. I have never been able to perceive licorice so distinctly and pleasantly in a perfume, except in a Varens scent.

In the base, the fragrance changes a bit again and goes, as Wölfin described, in the Classique direction. Presumably, it was also oriented towards this. Play it Sexy and the torso of Classique actually fit well together. I seem to remember that Classique was a hit back then before it was replaced by LVEB and Sì. However, it only roughly goes in this direction; they resemble each other a bit in the base, and that's about it. For me, this is very pleasant, as it does without amber. I keep noticing that amber develops unpleasantly and quite showily on me. About like this: "Wow, hey baby, I'm the amber." ;-) I think I’ll better avoid amber fragrances in the future....

In the base, I can recognize beautiful spicy, soft, and ungruff patchouli, as well as sandalwood and vanilla. Musk remains elegantly restrained, another plus point for this fragrance.

Of all the much-maligned bunnies, I find this one the best. I hope it doesn't end up in the cooking pot someday and is sacrificed for something more fruity-sweet. After all, it’s not the youngest anymore....