Får

This is one of the most delicious zesty citrus, sweet, juicy cookie/biscuit sherbety gourmandise playful giggle of a fun-loving fragrance that I have come across in a long time. It appeals to the child in you and your light heartedness. And goes all in for that and does not even try to show off itself as a sophisticated hard to get kind of culturally pleasing, refined, fashion correct entity. Or for that matter trying to fit into a stuck up fragrance connaisseur community. Får does not apologise for itself and is therefor more like a punk rocker who still likes to suck on a lollipop once in a while kind of vibe. And it does it’s job well, if you ask me. In a way this is exactly the juicy sweet orange, lemony citrus zesty biscuit gourmand that many of us dream of but would never dare to say we truly love. And it’s for sure one that a more sophisticated crowd will frown at saying it’s too sweet or too sickly sweet or too gourmand or whatever too we all really want a mouthwatering dessert with citrus sherbets and cookies to be... in our heart of hearts... If you however don’t like things unabashedly sweet and indulgent - then this is for sure not for you. If refinement and grown up and serious is your game - then Får will not be your thing. Unless you need to rekindle with the playful child in you who dares to lust for desserts and wants to choose sweet before savoury any day of the week... then by all means dive in! As it is a dessert in a bottle I find it will suit anyone and will therefor qualify as unisex. As far as citruses go this is however very sweet and not at all clean or medicinal which for some may make this lean more feminine. But again a dessert is a dessert and last time I checked desserts do not have a gender... The brand Ånd which is british and from what gather also in some way may be linked to the bath and skincare brand Lush, (which in a way you can detect in its somewhat edgy and youthful marketing). The names of the brand seems to me as a scandinavian to have taken its inspiration from the scandinavian languages. And if iI may guess mostly from the danish language. Ånd can be translated to spirit or ghost and can also mean something along the lines of ”in the spirit of”. And the name of the fragrance Får can either be translated into a substantive which will then make it mean sheep 🐑 (which I don’t think they have been thinking of when naming this) or it can mean a verb in the present tense which make Får translate into “may have” or “being allowed to” or even “can I?” which all are connotations i can get behind with this allowing, somewhat braking the rules kind of fragrance in a way expresses. Like can I have another lemon curd cookie with my lemon ice cream? Yes you may!! Ja du får! (In swedish and almost the same in danish). To me this is such an indulgence that i can’t help but smile when i put on, I use it for gray days when i need something to lift my spirits and this does it everytime. Since this is already braking all the conventions and rules it can also be worn anytime. But I guess it is a killer together with skin that the sun has warmed up (perhaps even a bit tanned skin which is also forbidden these days...🤫 so don’t tell anyone I said so...). I wear it today when it’s grey and snow is melting outside and the winds are hard, and I am fretting over something I have to write, so I write this instead... And Får helps me not to get depressed and self critical. Performance wise Får is really good in my opinion. The total outburst of zesty citrus is in the beginning that are sprudeling off of it will obviously calm down. But it is not like you are then left with just the cookie or the biscuit and some vanilla. No you will still feel the citrus in this albeit a bit more like a lemon curd. But compared to many citrus fragrances this holds on to its lemons and oranges pretty well. I think this projects quite a bit too and does keep you in its scent bubble for a long time. And even though it may not fill an entire room it may very well make people next to you begin to lust for something sweet to eat... It would not be kind to wear this to the gym or to a weight watchers meeting...😎 It also lasts very well on my skin. So overall this is an indulgence I really enjoy to treat myself with once in a while. And yes - I Får do so... ❣️

Yum! Far stands out nicely in the citrus gourmand subgenre by bringing in a lime note instead of the usual suspects of lemon or orange. Upon first whiff, the lime note is a tad sharp, veering on being bug spray or essential oil-like. Thankfully, this goes away within a few minutes, revealing the buttery biscuit. The two elements blend nicely, and smell very natural, evoking key lime pie. More specifically, it reminds me most of these small powdery lime cookies you can buy in a box at quite a few Key West shops. It's not too literal and foody, which can sometimes approach candle territory or feel stale; rather it just settles down as a unique yet attractive gourmand. Performance could be better, Far only lasts a few hours on me and doesn't leave much of a trail, but as I'm assuming it contains a good portion of natural components, I would consider it more than passable. Has a lot of potential for being a unisex gourmand and non-headache inducing.

First impression: almost the EXACT replica of Avocado Co-Wash by Lush, both smell like key lime pie! If you like Far, you should try it, you won't be disappointed. This one seems to settle into powdery, biscuits goodness quicker than Avocado Co-Wash though, which smells more tangy, but still sweet. Perhaps Far is closer to lemon merangue? I was surprised not to see may chang in the ingredients, but perhaps yuzu and kaffir lime mimic it somehow. I wonder if tonka has anything to do with how biscuity this smells?Anyway this is gorgeous, in a very edible kind of way. Can't wait to wear it some more! Edit: now I'm thinking lemon cheesecake! My husband said it smells like lemon sherbet. Perfect holiday scent.

I usually effuse for days about a perfume, regardless of whether I loved it, hated it, or felt entirely indifferent to it -- but I think all I have in me are three words: key lime pie. Extremely good stuff... the type of gourmand that literally makes your mouth water! I guess you could say it's extremely linear / one-note but that doesn't bother me, personally. I'm not always in the mood to throw on something complex. For those entering ånd's sphere through its connotations with Lush: if you're a fan of Calacas/Day of the Dead/Zesty/whatever the hell they decide to name it next time, and also a fan of the likes of Vanillary, American Cream, etc., then yes, you will love this too.

Well wasn't this a surprise for me! Someone gave me a sample and I had no idea of the notes before I sprayed it on. To me, the citrus burst in the beginning was the very best part, BUT...the rest of the fragrance wore so very lovely too! I thought that I smelled like a key lime pie before I gave in and looked up the notes. This is probably the best citrus fragrance I've ever tried. It lasts quite a long time on me too. It was so zesty and tart, but never sharp or shrieking. The biscuit/cookie note smelled divine, like a delicious pie crust made out of cookies. It just may be the best gourmand I've ever tried (which is lots!). My first try from this brand and it won't be my last.