Love, Don't Be Shy is a very girly perfume. It's pink and marshmallow-y, it's sweet and fruity, playful and innocent. I'm glad I only got a 1 ml decant, I don't need more.

Edit, after 2 weeks

When I was around 5 or 6 my grandma bought me a purple lipstick. My mum freaked out, because it left a bit of a purple stain on my lips. Wow, so inappropriate. I guess. The lipstick smelled like grapes. This perfume smells like grapes as well. I love it, because of that memory. I already ordered a bigger decant (won’t pay the full bottle price, I’m not crazy).

I'm actually surprised how much I like it this time. I tried it first a few months ago and it was just okay. But today is the first day we had snow, and the vibe is just right and so I pulled this one out of the drawer (I have a small decant) and sprayed it three times. The longevity is quite spectacular, and the smell is wonderfully rich. I miiiiight be getting what the hype is about. I'll probably never buy a full bottle, though, it's ridiculously expensive.

Surprisingly nice, very refreshing scent for summer. What's more surprising, is that I can smell it on my skin for longer than an hour.

Once again I’m finding myself experiencing same perfume in different season and it blew me away. It smells like the most beautiful lipstick in one sniff, then in another I get some cake-like sweetness. A touch of spice. It’s perfectly elegant, but still primal with the slightly animalic facets that Shalimar is known for. I’m obsessed!

How do I start so it doesn't sound ridiculous. Eve is a "perfume" perfume. But not in a clean and sweet "perfumey" sense, more in a "everyone will know you're wearing a perfume" sense. It's incredibly potent. What hits you first is a slightly fruity, spicy accord. The fruitiness lasts only a few minutes and then the scent takes a bit more powdery (heliotrope?), more mellow turn. But it by no means loses its power. I can hardly detect any vanilla, and if any vanilla can be smelled in Eve then it's surely not a sweet, gourmand one. What I can smell most of all is oud and patchouli, and the combination is fantastic and truly spellbounding. Incredibly sexy and unlike anything else I've ever smelled, I'm addicted!

It's spectacular, BUT only in colder months. I tried it first in summer and it didn't impress me at all. Now, when the weather is more appropriate, I just... fell in love with it. The incense is way more prominent on my skin, honey is also very detectable as a top note. It's slightly sweet, slightly burnt hay, slightly powdery. Amazing combination, somehow reminds me of childhood.

What can I say - it’s a sweet, intoxicating bomb. When I wear it to bed, it wakes me up in the night. But it is sexy and it makes me feel powerful, which is why I decided not to sell it (I took the ad down after a month or so, guess it’s not a popular choice among perfume enthusiasts since no one even tried to buy it :D). The fruity top notes are very prominent throughout the wear and the sweetness of the whole thing is a bit too much sometimes. This one needs a certain mood.

It is expensive, for what it is. I only wore this during summer, so far, so I'm waiting to try it in fall. The tanginess of top notes doesn't really go away for me, making it not a totally silky smooth experience, it's a tiny bit screechy.