Orchid

So vintage... And powder soft. Just the right amount of sweetness. There a so many good fragrances that perform better than niche. This is one of them.

An inexpensive lovely sweet floral with some depth from orchid, iris, woods and musk. Great summer pick me up.

Well, I think this is pretty good, especially considering you can currently buy 50ml EdT for £5.99 here in the UK. Bronnley fragrances, being deeply old-fashioned and untrendy in the popular perception, offer remarkable value for money. So as others have remarked this EdT packs quite a punch. The opening is bright and arresting - as well as the expected citrus I got quite a strong raspberry note, which was enjoyable but left me worried that I was in for yet another fruity-floral. However it soon settles down into a good strong white floral. Somewhat sweet but not unpleasantly so. I'm actually not familiar with what "orchid" smells like, which was one of my reasons for getting this in the first place - I'm trying to expand my knowledge of various flower notes. I'm certainly getting a flower that I'm not familiar with so this must be orchid. I like! Something I struggle with is the synthetic note found in virtually all modern fragrances (unless you're going to pay $$$$ for niche offerings, it seems hard to avoid). But this is, relatively speaking, quite natural-smelling to me, so a big plus there. All in all I think this is good, and very good considering the price. If you like strong white florals I consider this a safe blind buy.

I purchased this after smelling it several times and wanting it for awhile. Here in the US, it was $30 at Lewis Ginter's gift shop in VA. At first I loved this. I had spritzed it and walked around with it and was sure I wanted it. Only months later, however, it has such a strong sweetness to me that it smells cloying and fake. I still like it in the bottle, so maybe it's my chemistry???? If anyone has any suggestions to tone down the cloying sweetness, I'd love to hear because there is something enchanting about this scent. edit: 9.3.17 This is one that my husband likes. He's the kind of guy that rarely notices what I'm wearing or notices my hair and makeup, after a full day at work but he likes this and Sirene when I wear it. Good enough reason to keep it around!

Just bought it as I like the smell of it. It was the bargain at !Marshalls. It’s mid May and a cool rainy day, so I needed a pick me up fragrance. I also layered it with Body S English dawn white gardenia. The orchid scent reminds me of Anais Anais, but layered together and me passing mum she though I was wearing CD Poison! So have to check the notes for any similarity.