Filed under: Perfume reviews | Tags: amber, Bloom, celebrity perfumes, coconut water, Covet, Covet Pure Bloom, feminine, floral, fruity, jasmine, mandarin orange, mature, musk, orris, Parker, pikoke Indian flower, plum, Pure, Pure Bloom, sandalwood, Sarah, Sarah Jessica, Sarah Jessica Parker, tuberose
NOTES (as listed on fragrantica.com): pikoke Indian flower, mandarin orange, plum, coconut water, tuberose, jasmine, musk, amber, sandalwood, orris
CLASSIFICATION: floral, fruity, slightly feminine
AGE GROUP: college, mature
SIMILAR SCENT(s): n/a
FORM: eau de parfum
Filed under: Perfume reviews, Review On The Run | Tags: apricot, Benghal, Charms, ginger, Incanto, Incanto Charms, jasmine, Lancome, Lancome Benghal, mandarin, mandarin orange, musk, orange, osmanthus, Review On The Run, sandalwood
I want to apologize for the lack of updates. We have tons of perfumes to update and we’re ready! So let’s kick it off by introducing something new to Scent Addicts – Review On The Run. We’ll be posting these when doing a review on a perfume in which there is not a whole lot to say – namely because it may smell extremely similar to another perfume that we have recently tested/reviewed, or because it’s very easy to describe, and not a complex enough of a smell to write an in-depth review of. In today’s example, it’s because Benghal is very similar to Incanto Charms. Let the fun begin!
NOTES (as listed on fragrantica.com): ginger, mandarin orange, apricot, osmanthus, jasmine, sandalwood, musk
CLASSIFICATION: spicy, slightly fruity
AGE GROUP: mature
SIMILAR SCENT(s): Incanto Charms
FORM: eau de toilette
Benghal smells almost identical (to my nose, anyways) to Incanto Charms. This is a more spicy than fruity fragrance, but the fruitiness is apparent enough to mention in the classification. While I wore it, the smell was very consistent from the first application to the end of the day (no surprises or sudden twists). It lasted a very long time on my skin; reapplication would not have been necessary at all. No other reason worth-mentioning factors – this smells identical enough to Incanto Charms that you can get an accurate review of Benghal by reading my other review [of Incanto Charms].
Click here to read my review of Incanto Charms!
Filed under: Perfume reviews | Tags: amber, Anna Sui, Anna Sui Dolly Girl, Anna Sui Dolly Girl On The Beach, apple, bergamot, cassia, citrusy, Dolly Girl, Dolly Girl On The Beach, freesia, lemon, lotus, mandarin orange, marigold, musk, On The Beach, orange, peach, rose, spicy, unique, white woods
NOTES (as listed on fragrantica.com): mandarin orange, cassia, peach, apple, marigold, bergamot, lemon, freesia, lotus, rose, amber, musk, white woods
Couldn’t wait to try this! doesn’t even BEGIN to sum up how badly I wanted to smell Dolly Girl On The Beach, to cradle it in my arms and love it as if it had come directly from my womb (and, yeah, I’M JOKING to anyone who is laughing AT me and not WITH me). I F*&#ING KNEW IT! pretty much covers my reaction once I had inhaled my first whiff of this nose-tease fragrance.
CLASSIFICATION: unique, semi-spicy, very slightly citrusy
AGE GROUP: mature
SIMILAR SCENT(s): Dolly Girl (original)
FORM: eau de toilette
Filed under: Perfume reviews | Tags: cherry, floral, fruity, jasmine, lily, lily of the valley, Love de Toi, mandarin orange, musk, orange, pear, pink grapefruit, pomegranate, raspberry, rose, sandalwood
NOTES (as listed on fragrantica.com): mandarin orange, raspberry, pink grapefruit, pear, pomegranate, jasmine, lily of the valley, rose, sandalwood, musk, cherry
I ordered a sample of this on a whim while purchasing some other fragrances. I pretty much knew nothing about it, other than that it was a fruity/floral scent, which is what I usually go for. I hadn’t read any reviews about it prior to adding it to my order, but would have probably still added it even if I knew what a terrible reception it had with most online perfume reviewers.
CLASSIFICATION: floral, fruity
AGE GROUP: young
SIMILAR SCENT(s): n/a
FORM: eau de toilette