Category: Fragrances

Ralph Lauren Beyond Romance

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Hello Everyone and welcome to another fragrance rant here at The Picky Nose. In this post I will be reviewing Beyond Romance from Ralph Lauren. If you like slightly sweet, slightly fruity, and soft fragrances that work well all year round, then stay tuned and keep reading!

Packaging:

Beyond Romance comes in a transparent square bottle with a soft pinkish hue. The color of the bottle is the perfect representation of its feminine aroma. The size and shape of the bottle is such that it can lay perfectly still on your vanity, or tucked in your purse.

Notes:

This is a beautiful combination of sweet and fruity, and although it’s not the most unique smelling, it’s still a huge compliment getter. This is a rosy-raspberry-vanilla fragrance. Upon first spray, you get a delightful whiff of raspberry in a bed of pink roses. As the fragrance lingers, the scent of vanilla starts to become more prominent. After a solid hour or so, the scents combine to deliver that raspberry-vanilla mix with subtle hints of pink rose in the background.

Longevity:

Beyond Romance will give you at most five to six hours of noticeable wear. After that, the fragrance’s sillage shrinks such that it forms a tight bubble around you. So if someone is giving you a hug, they can definitely smell it, but it will no longer be present in the air. It will however, still be detected in your clothes long after you spray it.

Mood:

This fragrance can be worn all year round. It’s the perfect option for someone looking for a signature scent. This actually used to be my signature scent for the longest time, so it’s Picky Nose approved. Whether you’re going on a date or hanging out with friends, this is a good perfume to reach for. If you like fruity elements in your perfume, but don’t like vanilla fragrances because you find them sickly sweet, then give this fragrance a sniff.

Opinion:

My opinion of this perfume is pretty simple:

  1. Blind-buy approved
  2. All-season appropriate
  3. Beautiful flirty feminine fragrance perfect for most age groups starting from young adults
  4. Huge compliment getter from both men and women

Pacifica: Island Vanilla Hair & Body Mist Review

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Hello Everyone and welcome to The Picky Nose for yet another detailed fragrance review! I am very excited to be reviewing two of Pacifica’s best-selling fragrance mists (each of which will be reviewed in separate posts). I wanted to review this particular brand because their mists are alcohol free, which can be a solution for those who find the alcohol content in their fragrances to be too pungent and irritating to their nasal passages. In addition, these alcohol-free mists are specifically designed to be used on both body and hair. This is something to consider, as alcohol can dry your hair, leaving it rough to the touch. I will be reviewing details about the packaging, the notes, the ambience, and my overall opinion of this fragrance.

Packaging:

Pacifica’s Island Vanilla mist comes in a 2oz and 6oz bottle. The bottle looks cute and feminine, with the label being predominantly pink in color. The 2oz size is very convenient for travel and makes it suitable for on-the-go daily activities and purse storage.

Notes:

This is a very simple fragrance mist in that it literally smells just like a vanilla cake. Although “Island” is used in the name, there is no tropical or fruity aspect to this fragrance mist (at least not that I can detect).

Longevity:

If you are a fragrance fanatic like myself, then you might have already guessed that due to the lack of alcohol in this mist, the fragrance longevity is quite poor. This mist lasts approximately 1-3 hours on the skin, and slightly longer on clothing items (this may vary from person to person).

Mood:

Due to the sweetness of this mist, it’s more suitable for cooler weather. That being said, it still can be worn in the summer as well, given that it is not overpowering. I would describe this sweet gourmand fragrance mist as very uncomplicated, cute, playful, and girly.

Opinion:

This fragrance mist is a good blind-buy for those who love simple sweet scents, especially vanilla. This is a very girly scent that caters more to a younger crowd due to its simplicity and sweetness, but can be worn by pretty much anyone who loves vanilla scents. This would not be a good scent to wear on really hot summer days, again because of the richness of the vanilla. If you’re looking for a powerful long-lasting fragrance, this is not the one for you. This mist has poor longevity and projection, but if you don’t mind re-applying it throughout the day, then this shouldn’t be too much of a problem. I have to say, I do wish the fragrance notes were included somewhere on all of the Pacifica fragrance mist bottles, but alas they are not. All that being said, I really do appreciate the lack of alcohol in these mists, as I am able to smell the pure fragrance scent right away, instead of waiting for the alcohol to dry down first.

Lancome Midnight Rose Review

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In this review I will be talking about my first perfume buy that got me started on this journey. I had always been impressed by the fragrances in this house just from smelling their fragrance products in stores. My first fragrance purchase from the house of Lancome was Midnight Rose, which is what I will be reviewing in this post. This review will include details about the packaging, notes, longevity, mood, and my overall opinion.

Packaging:

This fragrance comes in a beautiful purple hued bottle. Around the neck of the bottle is a ribbon with an indigo rose attached to it. Engraved on the bottle is the name of the fragrance “Tresor Midnight Rose”.

Notes:

Just from smelling the bottle, the most noticeable fragrance note is pepper. This perfume is quite spicy and even though the pink pepper is not a top note, it is prominent in the opening. This fragrance is slightly fruity since it has raspberry, which helps tame the pink pepper upon first spray, but only slightly. This fragrance also contains rose and peony, which help smooth down the punch from the pink pepper in the dry down. With the dry down, the notes of rose and musk become more noticeable for an overall edgy feminine smell.

Longevity:

This fragrance has really good longevity. It stays on the skin for at least 5 hours depending on the weather. Of course, everyone’s body chemistry is different so this may vary from person to person.

Mood:

This fragrance is very spicy and musky. It’s dark. It’s edgy. It’s feminine. It’s flirty. It’s mysterious. This fragrance is appropriate for a night out/date night. This is also more appropriate for winter because of its spiciness, which makes it a slightly more pungent fragrance.

Opinion:

This is a really good fragrance to wear on a cold night. If you want to smell mysterious and edgy, if you want to smell flirty and fun, and if you want to get compliments from both men and women, then you should check out this fragrance!