Empire

Opening is very fruity with the peach and plum added with some citrus but not overly sweet. Few minutes in the raspberry really starts to pop while being tamed with the florals and sandalwood. I don’t get much patchouli or vanilla. This is a really nice floral raspberry

another gem by Boadicea. very delicious smelling fruit notes. you can really smell the plum, peach and mandarin. while it is very fruity, the musk and amber level it out. a top notch unisex fragrance

I got a decant of this in an unmarked bottle, so i had no idea what it was. Like blind wine tasting.. Burst of green floral, limey bergamot, citrus, orange blossom at the beginning, so heavy on the gardenia that i thought it was Chanel's gardenia for ten minutes. You can tell it is very well made like a Chanel fragrance, but there is more than just gardenia and citrus. Wafts of heavy ripe peach and indolic indian jasmine also which made me rethink, it started to dry down with a white floral musk so i wrongly thought maybe Dior's sakura, because gardenia mimics the nature of jasmine I never got the vanilla, it felt like i was in a garden of flowers, heavy on the white floral. There is something 80's Jovan musky about it on the dry down, sophisticated older woman, spring or summer scent. The more I wear it the more i like it. My friend told me after an hour of guessing that it was Victorious by Empire Boadicea. It is masterly made.

A very nice fruity floral fragrance. It does have a bit of an X factor, I would certainly recommend it. If you want something groundbreaking, this will not be it. It is a very pleasant and safe female offering. I would say it's better for evening use, just has that vibe.

Empire leaves me confused. It plays hide and seek. At first? I really like it. I mean—I REALLY like it. It’s this gorgeous, bright, fruity floral that makes you want to eat your arm. It sits fairly close to the skin, but for those of us who’ve developed the patience (and denial) to love fragrances with poor sillage, that’s not an automatic deal-breaker. It reminds me a bit of Milady—not a bad thing at all. Same house. Great quality. Half the price? Now we’re talking.“I should totally buy this!” Then, 30–45 minutes in: gone... just... gone. Well, that sucks. Then it comes back. Like it took a nap. Only now it’s even closer to the skin. Okkk, still not a deal-breaker. I can play. I’ve played worse games with fragrances. Then it disappears again. I mean... I don’t have time for this. But wait—two hours later: “Oh, hello, I’m still here.” Still lovely. Still confusing. Now fully a skin scent. I glance at the name again: Empire. Nope. More like Lost Empire. Maybe it should’ve been called Atlantis. And here’s the thing—when I can smell it, it’s really, really nice. Am I going to buy a full bottle? ...Probably. Should I? No. Will I convince myself the full bottle will perform better? Absolutely. That’s what I’m going with.