Confusion

or rather she has. Nirmala is an Indian women's name, as far as I could find out. I don't know which lady this fragrance refers to. The most famous Nirmala I could find was Nirmala Srivastava, an Indian guru and founder of Sahaja Yoga - but she probably only established that after 1955. So she was likely not the namesake.
Well, I almost owned Nirmala once, by accident. I actually wanted Tendre Friandise. But I noticed it just in time - and canceled the purchase, so I exchanged it.

However, the scent always lingered in the back of my mind - and recently a rather affordable opportunity arose, which I seized.

I was a bit apprehensive, as one often reads about the similarity to Angel in other forums. And Angel is not really my thing. I often have difficulties with the combination of fruits and patchouli, especially when it is too sweet.
But it’s not that bad, even though Nirmala is indeed sweet. And there’s something in it that creates the similarity to Angel. I could swear there’s more in it than is listed.

Nirmala starts juicy and fruity, with a very clear, distinct mango that I like to smell but don’t enjoy eating. Fortunately, I don’t have to eat it. Along with that, there are other orange fruits. Multivitamin juice in a bottle, so to speak.
Right alongside is vanilla, but not too sweet.

This combination gains depth and spice through... yes, through what? I’m not sure what it is. It’s definitely tonka bean, which I perceive similarly to vanilla, but a bit smokier. But there’s something else. At first, I thought it was patchouli - that would explain the comparisons with Angel.
However, I now tend to think it’s cardamom. That would also fit with India. Yes, I think there’s also cardamom, which was overlooked in the fragrance pyramid. The flowers that are supposed to be included stay very much in the background; overall, the fruits dominate.

The base of Nirmala is still fruity, vanilla-like, and woody. I especially perceive sandalwood. There’s less spice to it.
A very gourmand fragrance, yet never too heavy or overwhelming (unlike Angel), suitable for year-round wear.

For an EDT, it has decent longevity. This could become one of my favorites.

...is the scent and so will probably be the content of the bottle, when I look at it here.
I bought it just before it was released. With limited editions, my collector's instinct kicks in. I used it properly for the first time today - summer has kept us waiting long enough, now it's finally here. Yay!

I sprayed it all over myself this morning after showering. Sun Sorbet has little sillage and a short longevity. The previous reviewers have already mentioned this, and I can only confirm it. So, I used it as a body spray and packed it in my handbag for work. By the way, the bottle is made of glass, but I have a big bag... normally, I transfer almost all my fragrances into travel sprays, but this time I didn't do that. The travel spray would be empty by now; I either overdid it, or the liquid is lighter than I even thought... Since I received no comments from my female colleagues (who are usually quite chatty), I’ll assume the latter.
If I were to use the scent eight more times like today, the bottle would be empty (I always feel very proud of myself when I finish something). So, in that sense, the price isn't so cheap...

Anyway. Little longevity, little sillage, little scent development. Sun Sorbet is, unlike the original, not compact at all, but, as the pretty pink bottle suggests, very transparent. Fruity above all, with a hint of blackcurrant, sweet jasmine, and sugar on top. But still fresh and bright. Summery.

If it stays warm a bit longer, I’ll finish it. This summer :)

Until yesterday, I had four fragrances from the Fuel-for-Life line. Now there are only three left, as I sold one. That's enough. They all share this one scent note, which smells like sour berries with jasmine in lactic acid (jasmine is pretty much present in all women's fragrances in this line). Somehow brizzel-sparkling-sour and at the same time creamy. It must be super artificial - art jasmine? I find this one note, which I haven't found anywhere else, extremely attractive. I'm totally into it.

If it weren't for that, the Fuel-For-Life fragrances would all be quite boring; they wouldn't stand out from the crowd of floral-fruity scents at all.
And this one would be the laaaaamiest of them all. It would be raspberry, jasmine, wood with a bit of amber for stabilization.

With goodwill, I might call it "casual." But like, really casual! So the "jeans dress" fits the bottle quite well. Themed bottles, Diesel is not the worst at that!

As I said: raspberry with lactic acid (not yogurt, lactic acid!), shortly thereafter jasmine joins in, bright clear jasmine, all with this sour-creamy undertone. And that's it for the scent development. Then comes the base. Wood with lactic acid cream.

Nothing complicated, like jeans and a fine-ribbed tank top. And it's miles away from Angel. No patchouli, no chocolate, and much, much less pompous. Fizzy - this onomatopoeic term from English somehow captures it quite well. Just that it overlooks the creamy aspect. I'm still considering another word for it, maybe.

This is the third, no, the fourth comment on a little-noticed fragrance.
And honestly, I am not surprised. Not because this fragrance is bad, no, I find it at least well-made and quite pleasant.

Unique starts with tart, sour blackcurrant and spicy cardamom; I also perceive a slightly bitter-smoky note, which could well be the elemi resin. Jasmine and orange blossom, the latter quite pronounced, join in as soon as the blackcurrant has faded, and ylang-ylang adds warmth.
Then it becomes spicy and very woody. Clear cedar and warm sandalwood. Vanilla is only present in a rudimentary way. A hint of iris, really just a hint, makes it all a bit more powdery, so at least the color of the perfume fits.
The name, on the other hand, does not fit - unique is this fragrance not. A little citrus added, and one could believe they have a typical fleeting unisex summer cologne on their arm.
This fragrance behaves like a cologne as well, very fleeting, and with extremely little sillage. It’s a shame because, as I said, it is harmoniously and solidly composed, but since it hardly knocks anyone off their feet, no one knows it - you simply don’t remember it.
A bit more expressive would have been nice, or simply a bit stronger, more of everything.

If I were a nurse, a caregiver, a medical assistant, a pharmacist, an educator, or owned a cleaning service... or, to throw away the silly stereotypes about women's professions, I could also be a doctor... oh, but I am an educator. However, since I own far more fragrances than most - at least, if I only had a work scent, a leisure scent, a going-out scent, and a seduction scent, then this would be my work scent.

I have never smelled anything so clean and fresh-scented. However, I am not really familiar with laundry and cotton scents. No idea if others immediately associate it with white cotton drying at 20° C in the spring breeze under bright sunshine. Daffodils are blooming, oh, we are in the USA, where orange trees are more common than here, orange trees are blooming too, and everything is bright, sunny yellow, radiant white, with colorful splashes. And the stream that merrily babbles a few meters away, I forgot to mention that.

With this scent, one can only come across as pleasant, nice, and friendly. Nothing more, sexy is not in it, the naughty nurse for fetishists does not fit with this. But that is a different profession altogether...