Woody
Sweet
Vanilla
Balsamic
Powdery
Warm Spicy
Release Date2016
BrandZadig & Voltaire
No. 238 on
Most Popular FragrancesIt’s a signature scent for
Top Notes
The notes sound pretty nice, but the scent smells so awful to me, sorry for the people who like it. I didn't even spray it on me! My sister was testing this today and I just smell it everywhere... even when she was not around me, it still was with me all the time. This scent gives me nausea and headaches. It feels so unnatural to me, and has this masculine touch...maybe the chestnut or the combination of notes that do not work with my chemistry. Really not my cup of tea. Just be careful with your dosage, it appears to last a lifetime :S
A perfect compliment to the Men's fragrance but not because it's contrasting but rather, very similar. The approach and base are exactly the same sort of thing...a milky, vanilla/sandalwood which is really very nice, the key differences being this no balsamic or incense notes which are so prevalent in This is Him and has more playful, feminine top notes. Something in here reminds me of a Tokyo Milk scent, slightly floral but generally creamy, I really like the subtlety of this one. It's very understated and lasts longer than you might expect but don't think it's going to project hard, these stay close. I really like it to the point I was trying to encourage my girlfriend to get it to wear in solidarity with mine. Please don't think I'm tight, I would buy it for her but frankly I spoil her as it is and she doesn't appreciate fragrant gifts as much as I would. Oh and they have those gimmicky Armani style bottles (whatever that fragrance was called?) that fit together and look like they are embracing each other. Z&V have two kinda jagged, climbing walls that interlock which is much cooler. I forgot to say that crucially, I would wear this one myself.
Does Z&V have a signature sandalwood accord? If they do, most companies should learn from them. The same milky feeling, with the emphasis on milky, that is in La Purete for Her, is here. In La Purete it was accompanied by a soft orange blossom that twirled around the other notes. Here the sandalwood accord has the milky facet amplified, accenting the nuttiness of the chestnut. First of, nothing to do with LVEB, which is a praline bomb. This is Her is mostly sandalwood and cream. With chestnuts. And a floral core made of jasmine. Deceptively simple but it works. If I had to convey a feeling, it is similar to the feel of creamed and powdered skin. Jasmine, with a very small amount of indol makes the whole scent less sweet and more spicy. The cashmeran, or whatever wood is used in the base, is combined with the vanilla and the sandalwood making it feel like a milky pudding. It's not Mysore, nor simply synthetics. Something more but I can't put my finger on it. I don't know what silkwood blossom smells like, but according to descriptions it's a drier mimosa. There's definitely a dryness to the scent, which prevents it from being cloying but I couldn't tell if it's silkwood or something else. Soon after the opening the jasmine takes lead, showing a very nice facet, spicy and heady, swirling in a nutty creaminess; slightly powdery, comforting, but adult. It never becomes cloying, and this is what drew me in. The base notes keep the creamy/milky theme going and at times the jasmine keeps popping to spice things up a bit, along with a powdery musk; not clean but not dirty, just like skin. If I had a sweater/cashmere scent, it'd be this. It's easy to wear, feels appropriate in most occasions, and has an understated edge just like Narciso Rodriguez. Less formal but equally enhancing. I see it as a fall scent, but I'm sure it'll work in winter, when one just needs a blanket and a book to curl with. Sillage is moderate to heavy, according to how much one sprays, and longevity is good at 5 hours and counting. Chic and casual indeed, doesn't feel cheap, and doesn't make one think that a comfort scent has to be a sugar bomb.
Sometimes I love this, but I can see why people say it makes them sick. I have experienced the same, it can have a sickly smell at times. I do still like and use it