Floris Lily of the Valley

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This is probably one of the oldest fragrances that I’m going to review in this blog–In terms of the fragrance’s release date, anyway. Floris’ Lily of the Valley was released in 1847. It’s a sheer, wonderful little floral fragrance that’s seen more history than anyone alive today. Lily of the Valley

In Bottle: Bright green citrusy floral with a hint of sweet lily of the valley. Very clean and smells quite classic.

Applied: In case it wasn’t already immediately obvious, Lily of the Valley is a soliflore dedicated to one of the most popular notes in perfumery. Real lily of the valley smells like a white, ethereal floral with a touch of sweetness. It’s a very delicate and fine scent. Floris’ Lily of the Valley plays up this type of fragrance. It opens with a clean lemon that clings onto the fragrances as it takes a turn for the floral middle notes. There’s definitely lily of the valley in there as its predominance is bolstered by a lightly sweet floral backing where I assume is where the rose and jasmine are hanging out. As the fragrance enters its base notes, you get a hint of the tuberose peaking through a greenness that reminds me of pinching herbs to see how they smell.

Extra: Lily of the Valley was one of Floris’ first perfumes. It was actually composed by Juan Floris, the founder and it is still hanging around today. Though without a doubt, some things in the formula have probably been changed to meet with changing standards and economic times.

Design: Floris is contained in a no nonsense glass bottle with a simple label declaring the fragrance name and house. It’s a simple and sharp design that doesn’t boast of any thrills or frills and I like it. It’s an appropriate echo for the the fragrance itself in its simplicity.

Fragrance Family: Soliflore

Notes: Green leaves, lemon, lily of the valley, jasmine, rose, tuberose, musk.

Lily of the Valley does smell like classic and as such, it’s often accused of smelling “old”. But there’s nothing old about it except how long it’s been around. It’s just a very light, ethereal soliflore with a classical scent to it. And okay, the lemon makes it smell a little bit like window cleaner.

Reviewed in This Post: Lily of the Valley, 2009, Sampler Vial.

Creed Green Irish Tweed

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Quite possibly Creed’s bestselling fragrance, Green Irish Tweed is a little diddy released in 1985. It has steadily remained popular since its introduction and has spawned a number of copycats. Including the often compared, Cool Water  by Davidoff. Green Irish Tweed

In Bottle: Green and clean citrus note up top. It’s just a touch sweet with a lingering background woodsiness to it that makes this smell very masculine from the get go.

Applied: Nicely charming opening with a strong green lemon verbena touched with a sweet clean note to sooth the opening a bit. As Green Irish Tweed starts to dry down, the mid-stage introduces a very pleasant wet and clean quality to it. There’s a violet leaf, iris and slightly bitter ivy scent floating around in here too with a soft woodsiness lingering throughout. The mid-stage is my favorite part. It’s dry down is a bit formulaic with the sandalwood amping up partnered with a really glorious amber note which helps take the fragrance away with it. Green Irish Tweed a sophisticated piece of men’s fragrance though it’s sometimes hard to give Green Irish Tweed its credit because it has spawned a lot of similar fragrances. So many, in fact, that people may have gotten bored of it.

Extra: This fragrance has been described a great deal of ways, from people saying it smells like boring, over expensive trash or the epitome of men’s fragrances. For me, personally, I like Green Irish Tweed. I can’t wear it because it’s such a recognizable fragrance that’s been so well ingrained as a men’s fragrance. That’s not to say a woman can’t rock with Green Irish Tweed on her. I just prefer to leave this one for the men.

Design: Green Irish Tweed is most recognizable bottled in an all black glass bottle that’s shaped like all the other iconic Creed fragrances for men. I do not own a bottle of Green Irish Tweed but I have held one and it, like other Creed bottles, has a nice weighty feel to it with a good shape that’s easy to hold and spray.

Fragrance Family: Fresh

Notes: French verbena, Florentine iris, violet leaves, Mysore sandalwood, ambergris.

Green Irish Tweed is available in a number of different products if the fragrance doesn’t float your boat. You can get this stuff in a deodorant stick, a candle, or various shaving related products. I should probably take some time to warn you of fake Green Irish Tweeds as there are hundreds of counterfeits of this fragrance out there. It gets a lot of press because Green Irish Tweed (sometimes shortened to GIT) sells for a lot and whoever pays for a fake of this stuff usually ends up being out quite a great deal of money.  There is a fantastic thread on Basenotes that goes over a few fake Creed bottles, boxes, common counterfeiter tricks and shows you some tips you can use to tell the difference. As for advice I can give you to readily use:

1. If it’s too cheap to be true then it probably is.
2. Always scrutinize the seller for more details, more pictures, and don’t be afraid to ask questions.
3. Always try to buy from a seller who will offer full refunds on products sold.
4. Check their feedback. All of their feedback.
5. Pay attention to what the bottle and packaging looks like. Anything out of the ordinary should sound off alarm bells.
6. If the scent is weak, different, or doesn’t last then it could be fake.
7. Don’t be afraid to ask other people who might be able to identify if your fragrance is real or fake. Include pictures to make it easier for us to help you.

Reviewed in This Post: Green Irish Tweed, 2009, Sampler Vial.

Juicy Couture Dirty English

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All right, so I owe lemon a bit of an apology. It’s not the sole destroyer of scents for me. No, that prize goes to cedar. And when you add lemon into the mix, it’s like a mastermind and his nefarious sidekick getting together for an evil soiree. Oh yeah, Dirty English. Dirty English lacks the sharp lemon that would destroy worlds if it were also present in this stuff but it has plenty of cedar. Oh yes. Plenty of cedar indeed. Dirty English

In Bottle: Smells a little leather, a little woodsy, with a nice citrus kick at the start to wash things up. There’s a nice density to this fragrance that gives it a good smooth scent.

Applied: The leather is a very pleasant thing for about two seconds before Dirty English dissolves into its mid-stage where I end up losing everything but cedar. There is  a lot of cedar in this fragrance, and a lot of perfumes can overdo cedar and end up with something highly unpleasant. Bonus points taken off for including lemon with cedar thus making the concoction a sharp, chemical, and highly unpleasant mix to my nose. But Dirty English only tangos with cedar. And the dancing must be quite good because cedar is the predominant note for hours and hours on end until Dirty English decides its had enough and shifts into a more pleasant, slightly less obnoxious cedar with a bit of bitter, musty mossiness that I can assume is the agarwood at work. The agarwood is done quite well but is tempered by a sweet, warm ambery note and a dash of spice. Overall, Dirty English is a good masculine scent that’s had a lot of good press over the years. I only wish I could smell something other than cedar because there’s really a lot of it in this concoction.

Extra: Well, I finally tracked down and smelled Dirty English. I think that would be that for the readily available Juicy Couture line (not counting the pet fragrances).

Design: Dirty English shares a similar bottle shape with Juicy Couture and Viva la Juicy. It’s missing the big plastic crystal that the feminine perfume bottles tend to sport with a metal cap embellished with a chain instead. I do like the shape and nice weighty feel of the Juicy Couture bottles and the dual-purpose of the embellishments are a nice touch.

Fragrance Family: Spicy Woodsy

Notes: Pepper, mandarin, blue cypress, bergamot, cumin, cardamom, marjoram, leather accord, sandalwood, Atlas cedar, vetiver, agarwood, moss, amber, musk.

I really Dirty English had been a little less loud with the cedar as it sounds like it would have been a really nice fragrance that at least tries its best to shift itself a little further away from the standard men’s scent.

Reviewed in This Post: Dirty English, 2009, Eau de Toilette.

Aquolina Blue Sugar

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Blue Sugar, as you may have already guessed by now is Aquolina’s male version of their female fragrance, Pink Sugar. The basic gist of this stuff is Pink Sugar with a slap of woods thrown in.  Blue Sugar

In Bottle: Most people who enjoy Blue Sugar like the woodsy notes added in. I have to disagree as the mixture of candy and wood is a bizarre blend for me.

Applied: I smell the embodiment of Pink Sugar’s caramel and candy on initial application but give Blue Sugar a few seconds and you’ll start to notice the woods coming in to play. The opening is a slightly fresher interpretation of Pink Sugar as the bergamot gives the fragrance a slight hint of sophistication. Only a very slight hint, mind you. Now, I’m not a big fan of sweet, woody scents as it makes me think of medicinal herbs steeping over a fire. A nice visual but a pretty scary olfactory experience that makes me think of wilted plants, bark, and trees covered in caramel. There’s a slick sweetness to this that, I admit, does great when toned down and it makes me wish Pink Sugar smelled more like the lighter sweetness. AS it is, I can’t get on board with the sweet woody fragrance. The dry down is a fairly easy story of sweet wood with the woods coming up a bit more. I like the dry down, it strikes a more fair balance between sugar and tree rather than the slugfest the middle stage was advertisting.

Extra: Aquolina is most famous for their Pink Sugar fragrance but in addition to Blue Sugar they have a gourmand fragrance called Chocolovers which, you guessed it, smells like chocolate.

Design: Bottled in a similar fashion as Pink Sugar. Blue Sugar boasts a tall blue cylinder of scent and like the Pink Sugar bottle, it reminds me of packaging for a shampoo or a body mist rather than a perfume.

Fragrance Family: Sweet Woods

Notes: Bergamot, tangerine, star anise, ginger, licorice, patchouli, lavender, heliotrope, coriander, cedar, tonka bean.

Not much to be expected of this fragrance and sometimes I wonder if it was truly necessary to have a men’s and women’s version of a perfume that was largely straightforward in the first place. Between the two, I will stick (or stink!) with the pink girly version.

Reviewed in This Post: Aquolina Blue Sugar, 2009, Eau de Toilette.

Juicy Couture Viva la Juicy

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Rounding out the Juicy Couture fragrance for women family is Viva la Juicy. By far, their most popular fragrance. So popular, in fact, that I smell this everywhere I go. On everybody. People love their Juicy, I guess. Viva la Juicy

In Bottle: Reminds me a lot of other fruity floral fragrances but I have to keep in mind that Viva la Juicy is the fruity floral that everyone wears. Funny enough the sugary sweet notes that are supposed to be at the bottom are also mingling at the top making Viva la Juicy smell like a fruit-flavored candy.

Applied: Okay, you can laugh me out of the ballpark, I like Viva la Juicy. I think it smells great. It’s a better treatment of a sweet fragrance than Couture Couture. Going on, it smells of creamy fruits and vanilla. Very reminiscent of sweet fruity florals everywhere, like I said. It’s got a strong resemblance to Love Etc. by The Body Shop, only done with more sugar and less tartness. As you let this age on you, the fruits go away and there’s a faint hint of flowers in the mid-stage that’s mixed with all the silly candy-like notes like caramel, vanilla and praline. The dessert factor only amps up as you keep wearing this as the florals in the middle give way to a lush full-on dessert course that smells mostly like soft vanilla tempered with a touch of sandalwood and gooey caramel. The caramel note in Viva la Juicy is actually used well as it isn’t cloying. This is a strong, sweet, fragrance and if you are afraid of cloying scents, be wary of Viva la Juicy as it is potently sweet and very young.

Extra: Juicy Couture has one well-known fragrance for men known as Dirty English. It is a scent that’s often been toted as being better than the series of women’s fragrances. I’ve had more than one opportunity to sniff it for myself but always manage to miss for some reason. There is also a fragrance for your dog called Juicy Crittoure which I have yet to see.

Design: Viva la Juicy is bottled in the same way as Juicy Couture. The accents and details are different with Viva la Juicy rocking a bright pink bow and a different seal. The bow can be taken off and used as a hair tie, whereas Juicy Couture’s wrap-around rope thing could be worn as a necklace. I don’t use either of these things but it’s pretty cute nonetheless.

Fragrance Family: Fruity Floral

Notes: Wild berries, mandarin, honeysuckle, gardenia, jasmine, amber, caramel, vanilla, sandalwood, praline.

Out of all the Juicy Couture fragrances I’m going to have to give it to Viva la Juicy. It’s a very good fruity floral. Good enough to smell it on everyone anyway.

Reviewed in This Post: Viva la Juicy, 2009, Eau de Parfum.

Buying Perfumes on eBay Tips

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I figured everyone ought to know some of the tips I’ve used when purchasing fragrances on eBay that have worked for me so far. Like with all else you buy online, even if you abide by all of these tips, you cannot 100% guarantee that you will never encounter or accidentally purchase a counterfeit fragrance. But you will at least reduce your risk of being scammed.

Without further ado . . .

1. Those photographs sure look fishy.

Your first and best defense against counterfeits is to know what you’re going to buy and know it really well. Always do research on an item before you drop the money for it especially if you’re looking at dropping a large amount on an item. If it’s in and around $100, you can spend some time going to a store or looking up the bottle and box online so you know what you’re supposed to be getting. Scrutinize the provided photographs and consider the following:

  • Does the seller use stock photos? I would never purchase a fragrance from a seller who only used stock photographs. You can’t know for sure what exactly the product they intend to send you will look like. So it’s either their photographs that they took themselves or it’s no sale.
  • Are the photos small and blurry? Not everyone can afford a nice camera, but as a seller, it is their responsibility to accurately describe and portray the item they intend to sell. That means, clean, clear, large photographs from varying angles. If someone’s photograph of an item is the size of a thumbnail or blurry, I ask them to take more or take better pictures.
  • Is the seller willing to comply with your request for more photographs? Should you feel the need to see more images of the product, don’t be shy or be afraid to ask for more. Remember to keep your request within reason (give me fifty more photos and I want them by tomorrow is unreasonable but asking for five more photos of different angles should be okay for most sellers). A serious seller will have no problem providing you with more original pictures of their product.
  • Do the photos even belong the seller? This one is hard to gauge, which is why you shouldn’t be too afraid to ask for more photographs. Sometimes unscrupulous sellers will steal photographs from other eBay auctions or somewhere online to use in their auction. If you’re suspicious, ask for more pictures! Or even go so far as to request the seller photograph the item with a scrap of paper with their eBay username or a word that you’ve chosen written on it.

2. Beware of brand new, sealed in box.

While not always faked, it is much harder for a potential buyer to tell if a perfume they’re going to buy online is fake or real if it’s sealed in a box. This is because counterfeiting a cardboard box and getting the details close to right is a whole lot easier than getting all the details right on the bottle inside. Also, there’s a possibility the seller took out the actual bottle from the actual box and put in a cheap knock-off instead and resealed it. Then you won’t even know until you get the bottle out of the box.

  • Are all the design elements on the box in the right place? Is everything spelled and spaced correctly?
  • Is the cellophane that encases the box neat? Is it clean? Does it look new or does it look wrinkled? If it’s wrinkled, there’s a possibility the seller may be using an actual box but has put a different, knock-off fragrance inside and tried to reseal it.
  • Again, try to get the seller to take photographs of the box. It might be weird request, but ask them to photograph the ingredients list, the logo, and the lot code on the box. With all of these photographed, you can look for typos and spelling errors, or out of place design elements. If the seller refuses to offer more photographs (remember, they don’t lose anything but a little bit of time if they do this for you) then be wary of the authenticity of their product.

3. People lie.

You have to come to accept this sad fact that some people will lie and are very good at lying. It gets even easier when they’re online where others can’t see them or hear them. So when you’re buying anything online, always keep this in mind. People lie. They will lie to get your money and they will do it very well. You should not put your trust into someone until they prove they can be trusted.

  • Check their feedback. Always, always, always, check an eBay seller’s feedback before you even consider buying anything from them. Look at the neutral feedback as well as the bad feedback and see what others have said about them. You can use Toolhaus.org to quickly check a seller’s negative and neutral feedback.
  • If the seller has zero feedback, don’t buy. Sellers with zero feedback are not necessarily counterfeiters but you just don’t know and perfumes are expensive items that cost too much to throw on a whim for a seller with zero feedback.
  • Just because they say it’s 100% authentic, doesn’t mean it is. I don’t even know why sellers bother to put 100% authentic into their item titles or descriptions anymore as any savvy buyer will just gloss over those words. In fact, every time I see 100% authentic, I get suspicious.

4. The feedback can say it all.

This ties in with the previous point about checking the seller’s feedback. Read through all of the neutral and negative responses. If you see someone say something about the seller sending them a fake or a knock-off then click away. Don’t trust a seller just because they’re a top seller, or a power seller, or most everyone else has had an excellent experience with them. If there’s one thing I’ve noticed with perfumes it’s this: Most people are not perfumistas and cannot tell a real from a fake. This isn’t a sleight against any of you, it is just a fact that if you aren’t around this stuff enough then it’s very easy to overlook a very good counterfeit.

5. There is no shame in buying used bottles or testers.

You are safer, by and large, if you purchase used bottles of perfumes or testers. There’s usually nothing wrong with these items and they are very often authentic. Think of it this way, why would a counterfeiter go out of their way to make fake items and then make them look used or look like testers? These used or tester items don’t sell for as much as brand new items so it is a waste of time and money for the counterfeiter. Therefore, this makes you safer to purchase used or tester bottles. Please note that I did not say this makes you safe–just safer.

6. Pay with Paypal, even better with Paypal attached to credit card.

Always try to pay for items through Paypal so you can contest the payment and hopefully get your money back if the seller ripped you off. If you got sent a fake, start making noise immediately. Paypal gives the buyer a certain amount of days (within 45 days) after the transaction has taken place in order to open a dispute about the purchase. Once a dispute is opened the buyer has 20 days to escalate their dispute to a claim if nothing has been done to remedy the issue or if the dispute has not been settled. Getting a counterfeit item is a perfectly legitimate reason to contest a purchase. If Paypal refuses to do anything about your issue, call up your credit card company and have them do a chargeback. Remember:

  • With Paypal, you the buyer, have 45 days from the time of the purchase (not the delivery of the item!) to open a dispute. After the dispute is open you will have 20 days to escalate the dispute to a claim. If you do not escalate the dispute to a claim after 20 days, Paypal will automatically close the dispute! So make sure you escalate if the issue is not solved in the dispute stage.
  • You can contact your credit card company to negotiate a chargeback if necessary.
  • Never give a seller positive feedback until you open the item and inspect it. When your product arrives, make sure you open it and inspect it first. Spray it to make sure it’s authentic. Also make sure it’s undamaged or as described. Only when you’re confident that everything is okay, should you give the seller your feedback.
  • Report them to eBay if they are selling counterfeits! It is against eBay’s policy for anyone to sell counterfeit items. If you see a counterfeit listed, report it to eBay so no one gets sucked into purchasing a fake.

7. This guy sure has a lot of stock.

If a seller has listed a ton (10, for example) of brand new, sealed in box full size fragrances and is not a store, it is almost guaranteed to be fake. One has to ask themselves if they come across someone like this how they got all of those brand new, sealed in box items in the first place.

8. Unbelievable deals.

It needs to be mentioned again that if you see a perfume that would normally sell for $200 in a department store, and in and around that much on a grey market discounter site, going for $10 on eBay that’s advertised as new and unused, then walk away. One has to wonder what’s wrong with this product the seller’s got that they’re willing to part with it for such a heavy discount. It could be severely damaged in some way, it could be counterfeit, sometimes there’s a chance that the seller just wants to get rid of it, but are you willing to bet your money on that. Even if it’s just $10? If it looks too good to be true, then it probably is.

Again, these tips will not make you 100% counterfeit-proof, but they should help you when you’re considering eBay as a purchasing option for fragrances. eBay is a fantastic resource for perfumistas or fragrance lovers but there’s also a lot of dishonest sellers there looking to make a quick buck. The savvier you are going in, the safer you are from being ripped off.

Discontinuation: BPAL Nov 17

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As of November 17, 2010, Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs has announced the discontinuation of the following scents:

  • Black Dahlia
  • Ile de la Tortuga
  • Magdalene
  • Psyche
  • Sundew

There is still some time for you to pick up these scents before they are discontinued. I’m not a fan of any of the fragrances listed here but I know some of you out there might be. So I hope you can pick up a bottle before they disappear.

Discontinuation: BPAL Nov 12

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Some bad news on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab discontinuation front. As of November 12, 2010, the following scents are being discontinued immediately:

  • Midnight on the Midway
  • Gluttony
  • Fairy Market
  • The Great Red Dragon
  • Phantom Queen
  • Regan
  • Suspiro
  • Sophia
  • Shadow Witch Orchid
  • Pais de la Canela
  • March Hare
  • The Coil
  • Midnight
  • Moon Rose
  • Niflheim
  • Nuit
  • Silence
  • Flora
  • Szepasszony
  • Violet Ray

Of these discontinuations, Szepasszony, Niflheim, Phantom Queen, and Shadow Witch Orchid really hit hard. I had been meaning to get a big bottle of Niflheim for a while. It was one of the first BPALs I ever tried and it is really too bad it’s being discontinued. There are more fragrances on the chopping block for Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs which I will detail in the post immediately following this one.

Banana Republic Classic

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Banana Republic has a surprisingly nice selection of fragrances that usually tend to sit on the simple and easy side of things but that doesn’t discount them from making some pleasant on the nose scents that are versatile and pretty easy to wear. Banana Republic Classic

In Bottle: Classic smells like a green, clean machine. Reminiscent of the sticky sap of a banana tree. But it’s really just a fantastic blend of limes and leaves.

Applied: Jolt of green citrus that harkens in the clean and fresh immediately. Classic reminds me of  how fresh laundry and clean clothes should smell. I know people out there like the smell of clean laundry and there’s quite a few fragrances that can pass themselves off for that. Classic is one of them. No one can accuse you of being smelly with this on as it’s so incredibly inoffensive. Nothing more than fresh, clean citrus at first with a subtle hint of florals as the fragrance progresses. The white florals balance the citrus as Classic heads into its dry down of gentle white musk and sandalwood.

Extra: Banana Republic is a mid-range fashion brand. The term Banana Republic also refers to unstable countries whose chief means of finances tends to be some sort of agricultural product. The two are obviously not related.

Design: Classic comes in a rectangular bottle with a metal cap affixed to the top. The cap and the sprayer are a type of brushed metal. No thrills or frills with Classic. It’s just simple, easy to hold, and can be purchased in the slightly larger 125ml version rather than the usual 100ml you often see.

Fragrance Family: Fresh

Notes: Lime, mandarin, bergamot, orange, grapefruit, white florals, musk, sandalwood.

Classic came out in 1995 and is a generally lovely fragrance for office and other purpose wear when you don’t want the other person to know you’re wearing perfume. I can often feign a pleasant smelling soap with this stuff. The other thing about Classic is it tends to have terrible longevity on me. We’re talking on for an hour and gone before you know it. I assume this is due to the predominance of citrus in the fragrance but it’s only a guess.

Reviewed in This Post: Classic, 2010, Eau de Toilette.

Jean Paul Gaultier Classique EDP

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You might be wondering why I bothered to put the concentration in the title there. Jean Paul Gaultier’s fragrance, Classique, has two interpretations. An EDT (Eau de Toilette) and an EDP (Eau de Parfum). They are packaged differently and they smell different. This review, obviously, focuses on the EDP. Classique EDP

In Bottle: Heady, floral, sweet oriental with a strong, smooth amber note that gives this a sort of honeyed scent.

Applied: I smell honeyed raisins and spice on first impression. Quite an interesting experience but I can see how people might be turned off by this. It’s a beautifully done fragrance as an oriental and very welcome as the spice deepens the longer you wear it until you reach a point when the honeyed vanilla amber has taken hold of the reins. Classique EDP sits in a heady section of spicy amber during its middle notes with the occasional waft of sweetened floral and spiced up ginger. At times it can smell foody, but the majority of this is spent as a sensually sweet floral. The dry down is equally nice, resting in a pleasant pool of amber woods.

Extra: As mentioned earlier in this review Jean Paul Gaultier couldn’t make things easier for us and has two versions of Classique floating around. Thankfully he made the two versions look different as well as smell different. The EDT was the original release of Classique in 1993 and is usually featured in an undecorated frosted glass bottle. The EDP reviewed in this post is an interpretation of the original and is featured in the bottle pictured in this post. Just to throw a little more wackiness into the mix, Gaultier also has Classique X out now, which thankfully, distinguishes itself a bit more than its concentration.

Design: Bottled in Gaultier’s signature silhouette bottles, the Classique EDP comes with an applique corset on the glass. I like the corset design but I’m not, and was never a fan, of the silhouette shapes. They are interesting looking to be sure but I’m just not feeling the groove. The packaging is also rather nice and interesting. Your bottle may come in an aluminum can, which is handy for keeping out light.

Fragrance Family: Oriental

Notes: Rum essence, Bulgarian rose, star anise, orange blossom, tangerine, ginger, orchid, iris, ylang-ylang, vanilla daffodil, amber, tonka bean, musk.

Floral orientals aren’t for everyone and Classique EDP is definitely an example of this. Some people might consider this too old while others find it divine at any age. If you’re looking for a dark, deep and sweet oriental fragrance then this is a good choice. Just make sure you smell both the EDT and the EDP so you can determine which one you like more.

Reviewed in This Post: Classique EDP, 2009, Eau de Parfum.