Smart

I wish this weren't so expensive, because I do like it a lot, but I don't know that I find it special enough to justify the price tag. Smart smells clean, warm, and stripped down. It's a bit powdery at first, but for me that phase passes quickly and I get to the suede, vanilla, musk base. At this point, it smells like high end lotion crossed with a leather watch. The Smart woman is clean and sophisticated, with an expensive but classic wardrobe. She accessorizes pragmatically: a leather bag to tote around necessities, and a simple watch so she's always on time. Smart certainly leans unisex, but I think it's a bit more on the feminine side of unisex (though maybe that's just how it performs on me - a woman. I should try it on my husband...). The musk smells more like clean linens than animal, but the suede gives it a tiny bit of a warm animalic edge. The powdery violet is always there, but it's soft, and not overly feminine. Overall, it's quite lovely, but I think there are other white musks that cost much less that fit similar niches, at least for me.

I love this. I do like a lot from Andrea Maack, actually-- Soft Tension is in a class of its own and Jest, Pavilion, and Ceramic are all standouts for one reason or another. I am just surprised this one is so... controlled. Knowing her brand and her approach, I would have thought there would be more of a kick in that suede note. This is lovely, cool but comforting, smooth as water off a duck, and has so many hints that it wants to be creamy without ever getting too milky or lactonic. I just want... More. Maybe that's as high praise as it gets? Leave them wanting more? A little more intense on the suede note or the violet leaf note and this would be one of my personal top favorites of all time. Knowing her brand ethos, it just seems like a strange one to show the amount of restraint it does show. Who would I recommend this to: someone who is open to the idea of fragrance but claims things are often too screechy and intrusive, but who also has no interest in sweet.

This is a Beautiful creamy soft skin musc and sandalwood perfume, the sandalwood is very much like the real wood. This has a silk feel just like crepe de chine to me, that silk texture, i feel this should have been named "Silk"! The composition of notes, including vanilla and suede, is seamless, it just melts into your skin. This is a must try! I think you could wear casually or dressed up, there certainly is an elegance to this. Just a tip, first few goes I could not smell this perfume (I can be really anosomic to Musc), as i was overwhelmed with too many perfumes sampling that day. I tried it again with a clean nose and voila!

Very pretty clean scent. It's powdery, which puts some people off to this perfume but I would recommend trying it on skin for a day. It's very cozy, clean, and intimate. "Smart" gets me a lot of compliments when I wear it, which is surprising considering it lingers pretty close to the body.

This is a gorgeous creation and I’m glad that I found it. It reminds me of my beloved Bvlgari Black, but in a spring/summer direction. Also, I would like to add that I couldn’t be more fond of this scent profile. Which makes me extremely bias towards fragrances that smell like this. 8.5/10