First Instinct Sheer

This fragrance live up to its name. It is SHEER. You know when people say about a fragrance that it’s « a transparent one ». Like a beautiful veil. Yes, it is exactly what it is. I can totally compare it to a bunch of other perfumes. It has that typical dna (white floral, beachy, lotion, sun tan etc.) but what I very much enjoy about this fragrance is the way everything is blended. Nothing heavy, nor syrupy. It’s feminine & sheer. Like a breeze of warm air during summer. Most of the time, this type of dna will go too hard on the vanilla, too much coconut, too heavy on the white/yellow floral. Heavy on the basenotes. But, First Instinct is so so simple, that it makes it beautiful. Bottle is also quite simple, liquid fits the warm & sunny scent. [So basically, if you’re looking for something deeper, sexy & sultry, don’t buy this!] It’s linear, not very sweet, not to floral, not too soapy. It’s a warm veil that screams summer, elegance & breezy mediterranean vacay! Both longevity & sillage are moderate at most. Actually, you might need to reapply troughout the day. Office friendly.

Abercrombie and Fitch's First Instinct Sheer is beautiful and has an undeniable sunscreen scent to it. You also smell the floral lily and faint citrus note, and the dry down becomes a little musky and warmer. It is blended beautifully. Perfect for summer or daytime use. I had way to many 'sun tan lotion / sunscreen' DNA perfumes like First Instinct, Bobbi Brown Beach, NEST Sun-kissed Hibiscus, Jennifer Anniston, etc. I am keeping Bobbi Brown due to the smell bringing back so many memories, and this one for being so balanced and nice.

This is driving through one of the canyons in SoCal in spring. It’s orange blossom, and the salt-heavy air around the rock faces in Topanga Canyon as you head into Malibu, and the almost invasive oleander that blooms wildly next to every fence or wall once it’s warm enough. It’s a green floral that on its best day, smells like plumeria and tuberose instead. What a nice nostalgic blind buy this was. Nothing cloying or overly sweet about it in my opinion.

Liked it upon first spritz, then I found myself sniffing my hand over and over again and loved it! Summer. Mediterranean. Reminds me of Coppertone after sun lotion, but a tad more citrusy. It's a soft orange blossom perfume. Wish the longevity was longer, but that's the issue with most of these kind of perfumes. Will be buying it for summer months.

Beautiful. As a child I used to eat black locust flowers. They were sweet (honey) and scented like orange blossom with hidden note of lime/lemon and sweetpea. This is it. (maybe except the citrus note). You feel like eating black locust blossom. It's warm floral girlish perfume.