Eilish No.3

This has become a MAJOR favourite and I wish it was permanent because once I run out of it I will be quite sad! The summary: this is a peppery woodsy fragrance that dries down to a gentle amber (with very faint pepper notes). Not recommended if you don't like masculine scents at all. I think this leans more feminine rather than completely gender neutral, but if you don't like colognes at all and aren't interested in that type of vibe, avoid this altogether. I've never had a gender neutral fragrance so was on the fence, but this is absolutely divine. Super detailed review if you're looking to blind buy. Astringent on the first spray. Pepper note is most noticeable. I don’t smell grapefruit, just acidity and pepperiness. That mellows out within 20 seconds where you can smell more amber-y creamy notes. Within the first minute I smell a faint warm jasmine with a hint of pepper (all astringent notes are gone). Jasmine isn’t very floral it’s almost barely there. Smells a bit resinous too but not overpoweringly. Pepper note smells like black pepper with a mix of floral-y sichuan peppercorn (I don't like peppery scents but for some reason it works here, probably the warmth of the amber). After 3-4 minutes the dry down is warm and creamy almost whipped-cream or ice cream-like on my skin with a slight hint of masculine piney/resinous scent. It's sort of powdery in a lightly spicy way. Smells wonderful on clothing too Wear time: wears similarly to no. 1 surprisingly. I can apply it in the evening and it will still be on my skin into the next day. The difference for me is no 1 smells a lot stronger whereas no. 3’s dry down is even lighter and sweeter/creamier. It’s very pleasant. No.1 is a lot more ambery and sweeter/sugary. No. 1 is almost 3x as strong on first spray. They both share a very similar creamy ambery musky base note. The main difference is the pepperiness and the tree resin smell. No. 3 is also much lighter. Perfect if you’re scent sensitive as it provides a robust feeling fragrance while not being overpowering at all on the skin. I smell it on myself throughout the day but not as much as no. 1, it’s more of a scent to smell intentionally on yourself or someone else. If you’re nervous about the more unisex fragrances this is therefore a safer blind buy because it is more masculine but not too strong. It’s a masculinely feminine perfume to me. A nice robust but not overpowering fragrance on a woman that would be like a gentle fragrance on a man. It’s addicting to smell throughout the day. Bottle finish is a bit glossier so it doesn’t look as luxe as the gold. Red is much darker than it looks in photos, more of a burgundy. Bottle is better made, it has a soft click mechanism that glides into place whereas the original has a loud clicky close. Nozzle also sprays more in an even mist in no. 3 Layering: absolutely divine combined. Sugary base of no. 1 with the slightly more masculine resin and pine and pepper peaking through. Start with no. 1 as it’s much stronger than no. 3 and will cover it up completely if layered on second. I don't have no. 2 to compare this to, but I'm really sad this is limited edition because it's addicting. This is definitely a more mature fragrance that probably wouldn't appeal to a teenage crowd the way no. 1 would (though even then no. 1 is itself surprisingly mature for a celeb perfume). I wouldn't gift this to someone (stick to no. 1 for gifts) unless I knew what they liked. I love this scent as a woman and think it would be absolutely wonderful for men too (leaning a little feminine but I personally like that).

I'm surprised at how much I like this as I usually don't enjoy grapefruit, pepper, or jasmine, and while this scent has all of those present, especially in the strong and astringent first spray that leaves me sneezing, they balance out into a sweet ambery, almost creamy dry down that is giving fruity pebbles, but I like it! There's a smokey fireplace scent in the background that I adore. (I'm a big By The Fireplace lover.) I understand how people get gingerbread Christmas vibes from this but it's a little too clean and elegant to give that vibe for me, as it's not exactly gourmand. I don't get the pine people are talking about, like in No2, which I also enjoy. People hate on this line because they're celeb frags and because No1 was so universally agreeable unlike the spicy unisex notes of 2 and 3. I think I do prefer this to both 2 and 1 but that is perhaps a recency bias as I've only had No3 for a day, but my preference is shocking to me given that on paper 1 and 2 are way more my style as I love sweet gourmandy scents, love piney scents, and hate citrus, jasmine, and pepper. Considering making this my new signature. Something about it is addicting. I was disappointed it wouldn't be cherry when the red bottle with the cherry emoji was announced on Billie's instagram as I enjoy the current cherry trend, maybe cherry in the opening instead of grapefruit would've been nice. Horrible opening spray but turns into something beautiful. Isn't as strong or long-lasting as I'd like but not as bad as people make it out to be, and I'm someone who perhaps likes to smell a little too strongly

So...as a normal perfume consumer I actually love this, I just wish it lasted. If I had to describe it I would say its like walking into a really nice Christmas store, they have real trees and dried pink grapefruit garland, spicy pinecones and sweet candles line the back wall. It seems to stay a little bit longer after it has sat around awhile after getting it but still hard to smell on myself after 3-4 hrs, though other people seem to be able to? I’ve never smelled anything like it. The BR540 comparison still doesn’t seem fair to me because this has more grapefruit and fir, I get how people could see a likeness though. I’m personally burnt out of BR but still love this one but because of the reviews here Id say if you hate BR its safe to stay away from this if you like it then you may enjoy this. It just doesn’t last, sad because everyone says it smells really great at work. I wish it was permanent in her collection. Update: 6/27/24 I just reached for this again to test out the longevity. I am happy to report it does seem to stick around longer now! I wore it to bed and smelled it for a few hours, its still not a strong performer but I could still smell it faintly on my sweater the next morning so much better than before! Still really like this and want another bottle even though this seems like a super controversial fragrance. Either a love or hate it seems!

This is high-end Christmas candle when first sprayed. Soon the amber and other notes catch up with the pine, thank goodness. As it dries down, you get a lot more of the spiciness from pepper and saffron. After dry down, the Amber and pine play a supporting role as bass notes, which saves this from being embarrassingly photorealistic holiday air freshener. Instead, a fresh and almost acidic aspect from the combination of grapefruit and oak moss tempers the initial spiciness, which saves it from being a photorealistic, pumpkin spice/apple pie air freshener. This is helped by the fact that it is not super sweet, which is ideal for me because of gourmands are generally not my jam. With impressive lasting power, the final sent on me is very much a spicy, woody amber. I think it's interesting that so many people rated musk as the most dominant note, while on me musk plays only a supporting role in rounding out the base notes and increasing longevity. Overall, this is a beautiful fragrance that I will thoroughly enjoy in late autumn and early winter.

okay wow. i wasn't expecting to like this. i do not have the full size, but i purchased a 3ml sample from a small business on tiktok shop. i am a lover of eilish 1. i love sweet, spicy, and vanilla fragrances. recently i've been finding myself branching out and being more adventurous with scents. more woody, or fresh, or fruity florals rather than dessert fragrances. i came into this not expecting much because i wasn't sure if i would like the notes, but i surprisingly really do. i sprayed it on a piece of paper and liked it so i sprayed it on my wrist and my hoodie. it's only been 20 minutes but the opening grapefruit note is still there. i notice that a lot in this fragrance. the grapefruit adds a slight sweetness to the fresh, spicy, woody vibe. it smells piney and a little masculine but still unisex. i'm gonna keep using this sample and might end up buying a full size because i really do enjoy this fragrance. edit: i just ordered the 3.4oz on the ulta app and i'm very excited to have it in my collection.