Details:
Garden Gate
Spring Collection 2011
Solstice Scents
Notes:
Voluptuous Lilac blossoms in the foreground combine with faint traces of cascading wisteria and subtle, fresh, green grass notes. Contains a blend of fragrance oils and African Bluegrass EO to creat a sweet, creamy and gorgeous floral. The dry down is an intensely beautiful and very wearable floral that smells true to the light purple flowers that inspired it.
This perfume is similar to several other 'cottage garden' ones I have, which is why I never bothered buying a full size. The lilac is most prominent on first sniff - that's pretty much all I get. It doesn't really change any until the dry down, and that's when the wisteria and the 'green' show up. It's lovely if you like garden florals (and I do very much). There's really not a lot more to say about it. Sillage and longevity are both on the low-ish side. I could still smell it after 3 hours, but it was extremely faint.
Rating:
3/5
Day 58!
I came so close to buying this scent, but I opted for another one instead. So it's nice to hear your thoughts on it :) I think I'd like this for Spring!💐
ReplyDeleteIt's very 'Springy'. I'd have probably bought a full bottle if I didn't already have similar ones - I really like the purple florals. :-)
DeleteHmmm... lilac.... Nice enough in the garden, but as a perfume? Nah, definitely not my thing... :)
ReplyDeleteI love both - I'd adore having an old-fashioned rambling cottage garden. Only problem is I hate gardening. ;-)
DeleteWell, you can have lilacs without having to do much gardening. Just buy a plant and let it go wild! That´s what we did! ;D
DeleteIt's okay and pretty but not me, but I love their rich creamy vanilla based and foodie based perfumes the best. Still my favourite shop! Even the perfumes that are not me are still beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt's rapidly becoming one of my favourites - I only started trying them out a year or so ago after hearing people rave about them for years. I don't know what took me so long!
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