Sophia

I wanted to look up the notes in this fragrance, but the page is blank! And each reviewer so far seems to have experienced this scent differently to the others. I'll be as helpful as I can under these circumstances ;) Sophia is a lovely classic fragrance. Really easy to wear - it doesn't need time to settle down, and it lasts all through the day. The base is musk, and a long lasting, mellow-sweet musk it is. There is a gently teasing spicy note present, that ebbs and flows throughout the day. The floral note has a woodsy edge to it, and I'm guessing it's violet. Other florals are present here, but I cannot detect individuals - it's all very smoothly blended. I also feel there is sandalwood or similar, and perhaps incense. I think this even though I can't actually smell them, because the fragrance has such body, there has to be something like that. It's been compared to Obsession, but I feel this is not as loud and punchy. Smooth, cosy and warm - perfect for Autumn.

This is my happy scent. This is so warm and juicy and comforting to me. It smells for all the world like how a bowl of sweet, red fruit in double cream with the leaves left on looks. It conjures images of tropical gardens with luscious reddish pink flowers and deep green leaves, walking in the sunlight... with tiny hints of white musk and spice. It's screaming hot pink lipstick. It's ever so slightly tacky but sincere. It's addictive. It's desirable. It's totally lacking in pretension. It's vibrant! It's used up all my adjectives! I am really quite taken with this perfume. Sillage and lasting power are also acceptable to me, at about 6 hours and 3 inches respectively.

This struck me on first application as very much like Calvin Klein's Obsession, which I like. But this is actually nicer! Just as sweet and spicy but more complex in some way - perhaps a deeper resinous or incense note? A very lovely oriental fragrance! [However, it doesn't last very long.]

Sophia doesn’t smell like whatever I expected. It smells like a harsh, non-vanilla version of Shalimar in the beginning, and then it gets dustier(something violet and incensy), slightly aldehyde in a musty way on top of that. Somewhere along the way, something really sour, acidic, animalist comes and dance with the quite likable pre-existing scent, and to me, the animalist smell undertone ruins it a bit. The good news is, it doesn’t have a big sillage. Later on, the acidic animalist smell gets tamer and the whole scent somewhat gets more powdery in a violet undertone. Not bad, but somehow the powdery-ness is acting weird, one moment it reminds me of stale and watery chocolate, the next moment it smells harsh again, and only some brief seconds the violet-y powdery smell smells welcoming. Generally speaking, Sophia reminds me a lot of animalistic perfumes, and is acting like a mixture Shalimar and those animalist perfumes, then averaged and tamed. Maybe it’s just my skin and preference, well...sorry I’ve tried.