This was the first "proper" bottle of perfume I ever purchased (it was the Sensual Skinscent For Her rather than the straight perfume). It was September 1994 and I had just received my first pay-cheq...

First impressions: soft, with caramel and benzoin notes but not as sweet as the name and packaging would have you believe. On drydown, the caramel note pretty much disappears on my skin leaving a very...

I've been wanting to try SDV for ages, and finally remembered to add it into a Perfumed Court order. And of course it's delicious and of course I want a bottle. However, it is incredibly similar t...

I have vacillated about whether to buy this one so many times - I'll spray it on in the shop and then not buy it only to find that I love it half an hour or so after trying it on, but by then I've lef...

This is a review after a test at Harvey Nichols in Manchester. I never thought of trying Douce Amere as I'm not a real fan of the smell of anise and the fact it has jasmine and lily makes it pretty m...

I seriously can't believe I haven't reviewed this. I LOVE this scent to death. I recently finished a 5ml decant and have moved onto one of the Hermes 15ml bottles which is showing true love. If it ...

I received a small sample of Ambre Sultan with some decants, and was really suprised as I loved it more than a couple of the decants I'd ordered! This has led on to me getting a bottle of the Fond du...

This is vile. I tried a spray of it and it dried down to the most nauseating chemical fruit smell. Instant headache. Never again.

This was my first HG fragrance. I found this three years ago, before I found perfume on the internet. I was looking for an almond frag and tried this at the perfume counter in Boots. It was a bit of...

I got a decant of Jour de Fete from Dragonfly00 (thanks Diane :). At first I didn't like it much as it didn't smell almondy on me (I have discovered that my skin just eats up almond smells). It also...