I am afraid that I have taken to calling this scent "Dame Bland." I do smell all of the things that people seem to love about it: the elusive whiff of soft suede from the inner pocket of an impossibl...

It's always interesting for me how others describe a fragrance. There are some that evoke certain places (countries, vacations or nature), others certain stories or characters from films, etc. And the...

Hawthorne. Cardamom, musk, heliotrope, leather. I get all of this plus incense or oud (neither of which are in the notes). I thought that I didn't get any apricot, and now I am wonder if the sweet fr...

On my skin this smells of excessively sweet apricots and powder. It makes me crinkle my nose. I dislike it for the same reason I dislike Chanel No.5: it smells terribly old fashioned. Must be those my...

Yummy soft buttery iris on a bed of leather. Perfect for cold weather. In retrospect, makes Bottega Veneta's fragrance (which strongly "borrowed" from Serge's earlier creation) seem strident with its...

Plastic leather, sort of awful, fades out to barely there iris and powdery almond-heliotrope with leather hints. Really doesn't work well on me. Certainly not worth the price. There are better leather...

The scent is elegant, wonderful, highest quality ingredients. Leather and peach turn to one of the best skin scents. Unfortunately the sillage and longevity is zero, nada, nil. I have to reapply ten t...

I bought this one almost by accident as I was stupid enough to go testing without my glasses. All I could see was a bunch of Lutens bottles so I went through them one by one and this was the one I li...

I've been wearing this for some time now and I love it. It's a soft suede and apricot scent, very elegant and chic. Staying power is amazing on my skin! I just wish it weren't so expensive.

I am head over heels for DB. There is an understated elegance to this scent -- it's not flashy or trying too hard. It wears close to the skin and the best part is that it can be layered with just abou...