Will Be Love Epicò 2023

I got this as a present from a perfume shop. Usually I prefer simple gourmands because when you stack up sweet notes over sweet notes the effect is too heavy for me, can result headache inducing and too loud and kitsch, so when I checked out the notes on this I said... well... this will be bad, but surprisingly I was wrong.

The fragrance on me smells straight up fruity pie, creamy, fresh and airy, quite light and joyful. I can immediatly pinpoint synthetic peach (no osmantus trick here and no florals) and this "milk cream" accord that probably is sulfurol plus some lactones (the hell knows which ones), citrus is almost undetectable on my skin (even if there is some freshness) but on others (I tested out) it is present. Then the vanillin mounts up to solidify this pie smell with some coconut leaning out here and there untill the generic and conforting drydown vanillin-tonka + musk and patchouli sets down. Ambergris is listed on the notes but I will cut my nose as I stand if I would discover there is even an hint of natural ambergris, I cannot smell anything "marine" or "salty" or "animalic" whatsoever so it has to be ambroxan + something something to push a little bit the airyness of the fragrance.

About the practicalities this is a very playful fragrance, can be considered unisex and maybe a little more appropriate for youngsters rather than mature customers. It's a little too specific to be a signature scent, but can be an ironic take on a date (like smelling really edible). For sure not your kind of fragrance if you are looking for something elegant, or classic. If you take it as a funny game it is very wearable instead, on almost every season (it is not heavy sweet, not very resinous, the notes include elemi but forget about it, no one will ever notice it) and I must admit I liked more than what I was expecting. I will wear it more from time to time.
The only drawback is that sulfuron can have some wierd nuances if you smell it too close, like nose touching directly the skin sprayed.

Will Be Love is one of those fragrances where I am somehow in conflict.
On one hand, I like it, on the other hand, something bothers me.
I am generally not a fan of the note of elemi resin, and it is present here. Perhaps that is part of the issue again.

The scent starts off on my skin primarily fruity.
I get various fruity impressions that I quite enjoy. It does not come across as too sweet and has certain edges and contours.

As it develops, I get the milk cream listed in the notes. I do not recognize it directly as milk cream, but the scent takes on a distinctly creamy character with spicy undertones. Elemi resin often has such a spicy, woody character. I am not really a fan of that, and here I get a similar vibe, which personally bothers me a bit.

Over time, the fragrance also acquires a vanilla-like character, and especially the peach note comes through really nicely.
Towards the end, a bit of tonka bean mixes in. The aforementioned vanilla note also becomes increasingly present.

Will Be Love is definitely a fragrance that one should test before purchasing, as it has certain edges and contours at the beginning. Additionally, it has a noticeable elemi resin that simply does not appeal to everyone.

The scent lasts about nine hours on my skin. Therefore, I can only agree with the current average rating regarding longevity. The sillage is initially really strong, but then becomes "tamer" over time. As for where to categorize the scent; it is definitely wearable as a unisex fragrance!