Antheavl

This is such a lovely floral, fruity scent for warm months. You can definitely smell the rhubarb and honeysuckle. Sadly, the sillage is very, very soft. I sprayed nearly the whole sample vial on myself and still need to put my arm to my nose to really smell it. The longevity is just average. I would consider buying this if it actually projected.

I smelled this when it first came out and loved it. The lasting power and sillage were great, and it was a beautiful, powdery, feminine fragrance. Very classy. I recently decided to buy a bottle (from an authorised dealer). What a let down. This has been reformulated and it is so watered down. Hardly any sillage and abysmal lasting power, even on clothes. So disappointing. I am becoming more and more disillusioned with modern designer fragrances, the quality just isn’t there anymore. My rating is for the original.

Besos smells to my nose like laundry detergent or bathroom cleaner. On the one hand, it is a musk bomb, but the cheap kind of musk you get in Avon perfumes from the 80s. Weirdly, it is also sharp and clinical, as opposed to the powdery Iris I was hoping for. Not for me.

I wouldn’t have associated this with the smell of kitten fur. The opening is quite synthetic and sickly-sweet. However, after a couple of hours it dries down to a comforting, clean musky skin scent. I would say it’s a sweeter version of Carner Barcelona’s Tardes, without the woodiness. Surprising lasting power. I also bought the matching shower gel, which is lovely and actually does scent your skin. Not a repurchase, but very pleasant.

A fun, easy to wear scent, suitable for all seasons. Sillage and longevity are fairly weak, but I find in warmer weather or on warm skin it projects and lasts for a few hours. The dry down smells like a cream soda I used to drink as a kid, which is why I enjoy it so much. The blue bottle is also really pretty and my favourite in the Katy Perry line.