See By Chloé

Okay so my signature sent is chloe. I love the Soapy Rose. I've been going through my perfume collection and trying to sell a lot of it that I don't reach for anymore. I just don't have the space and I own far too many bottles. I've been picking about 4 a week to sell. I bought a 2.5 oz bottle of this perfume when it first came out so it's pretty old. I had about 75% of it remaining. All that I was really thinking about is that I haven't reached for it in many years. I looked up that going price and it was a couple hundred dollars for one in my condition. I listed it as vintage for 115 and it sold right away. As soon as I printed the label and went to package the product I got a whiff of the perfume and sprayed it one time on my wrist. By this time it's too late but I don't remember it being this beautiful. It was the best thing I've smelled in years and I've just sold it. I went ahead and packaged it and mailed it and ever since then have thought about it constantly. If anybody has a bottle that they're willing to sell me a travel size decant, i would be very grateful. I would like to try to buy the equivalent of the size of a Rollerball if I can ever find if I can ever find it. That's kind of ridiculous that I just sold it and then realized how great. There is just nothing like it that I've ever smelled. I came on here today to look to see what people are saying smells similar. The only thing that I see here is that one by oriflame and I checked online and there's only one online for sale and it's just as expensive as buying a vintage bottle of this. You know what I don't understand about perfume companies in general is why they produce something this beautiful or a perfume that is a great seller and beloved by so many and then they choose to discontinue it? The worst part is they discontinue it forever. I can see taking it off the market for a few years, but bring it back. Instead, Chloe keeps on selling the ones that are not unique and beautiful that people aren't buying like Chloe absolu. Why would they keep on producing something like that but discontinue this beauty? Even cosmetic companies have been known to re-release certain bestsellers, even up to 10 years after the first release. That happened with Mac Whisper of guilt. The highlighter was selling for like $300 because it was so great and hard to find and then they just re-released it. Very smart. I was Chloe would do the same. I love how the apples you can smell practically all the way through. Most perfumes that smell like Apple, only do so in the very beginning and that smell is fleeting. Not with this one.

This perfume is one of my favorites. After using up half the bottle, it may be time for a review. I got this back in winter 2013 at the after Christmas sales on a holiday trip. My dad offered to buy this for me, which makes it even more special! I must admit that I didn't start using this until winter 2014. I was kinda put off by See for a while. I smelled See on a college friend, but I didn't realize it was See. I smelled a synthetic Apple/musky weird scent that seemed to last and last AND last. I finally asked what fragrance she had began wearing and she told me See. I was shocked! Not MY See by Chloe? Can't be? Finally, last winter I decided to pull See from its box and test it on my skin. I thought it was lovely! Definitly Apple and floral. But in a unique way. I don't think I've smelled another perfume like See. It's hard to confuse it with something else. Which I love about it! I wore it a few times and asked my husband and brothers (brutally honest critics) what they thought of it. They said it was nice. My hubby loves it! When I was still living with my mom, she would steal a spritz or two every now and then. It smells awesome on my mom as well. I believe chemistry is a major factor with this fragrance. I tried See in summer since it seems like more of a summer scent but I think it smells a whole lot better in cooler weather. I realized I LOVE wearing this scent when I wear my leather jackets. The unique smell of See combined with the smell of leather smells sexy to me! (I don't spray my perfume on my leather jackets btw!) I can't wait for the cooler weather to come around so I can start wearing this again. It's beautiful, unique, long lasting! It's rare that I ever repurchase a fragrance but once I'm out of this beauty, I'm buying another full sized bottle.

I love the house of Chloe so I may be biased in this review. I went from sampling it to loving it and getting a full bottle. It has become my signature scent and I have over 100 bottles. Simply smells fantastic. The scent: Unique, comforting, approachable and strives to keep things balanced. It's a restrained beauty, the scent in the cage snapped bottle is just waiting to release its beauty. This scent reminds me of the girl that is beautiful and takes care of herself and is fashionable and know how to dress. but yet sometimes downplays her beauty and dresses down and is not trying too hard to be perfect. The scent is just that! It's got the transparency crystalline quality Chloe scents possess. This quality makes it versatile. You can wear the scent any time of year anywhere and you don't have to think too hard about choosing a scent yet you know that your scent will represent you. The apple note is so beautiful blended with the floral aspect of the scent. Perfectly balanced with the woodsy dry down. I can see myself wearing this scent around Christmas time as we'll. The scent it's youthful and sophisticated but not limited to an age group. The staying power and silage is great on me. I usually spray my clothes and hair as opposed to skin. The bottle representative of the scent itself. Minimalist yet interesting enough to be looked at and handled. Glass is quite heavy. It's got a vintage feel to it just as the other Chloe scents. I've used 3/4 of a bottle in a short time that's saying a lot when you've got as many bottles as I do. I can see myself buying a replacement bottle after this one runs out or a backup Bottle if found at a good price. If you liked the original Chloe Edp and you like sophisticated scents then you might enjoy this one too.

APPLE-BLOSSOM NECTAR. I used to have a view of an ornamental crab-apple tree from my patio. Every year around Mother's day it would be covered in pink blossoms for a few days. Then one year it was struck by lighting which split it in two, and it had to be cut down. There's something about this scent that hooked me when it first came out in 2012. It was how I wanted to smell at the time, because it seemed to represent a version of myself where losses were recovered. Even now, testing the treasured last 5ml of the second bottle I went through (although I may have a roller-ball or two), I can imagine the pink blossoms filling the patio view. Opens with a burst of apple-blossom - which is the star of the show here - supported by multi-faceted bergamot to help elaborate fruity aspects to the floral-apple and lend a faint citrus tone to the background. That deepens into the floral heart of jasmine & ylang with powdery, musky, sweet, white & yellow floral tones, all resting on a musky sandalwood-vanilla base. Overall I get a well blended floral-apple that starts fresh & faintly citrus but dries down powdery and sweeter to a floral nectar with vanilla & sweet-sandalwood tones. The floral nectar here is almost honey but doesn't have the animalic or near-beeswax notes normally associated with honey. Average or slightly above average performance. Sadly this has been discontinued, but people change and grow, and losses become a part of who we are, rather than something to be denied. Now as I sniff my wrist I'm finding this evolves to a nearly uncomfortable sweetness. I look out my patio window through my unobstructed view and ask myself, 'Did I spray it once or twice?'... Still, if you happen to find a roller-ball of this for a reasonable price, enjoy!

This is now my second, maybe third review on this one. This is the perfume that when I first tried it, I HATED it. I smelled stale beer and then just something gross. I didn't understand people who bought it or why they wanted it. That has changed, though. And honestly, the notes "floral, woody, white floral, musky, fruity" don't seem accurate to me and that is not what I associate what I'm smelling with it at all. I smell something delicious, and I can't figure out what it is. Like an ingredient in some pastry or dessert made around the Holidays. Mayben it's the apple, like cinnamon apples but with a burnt crunchy brown sugar crust, Lord I don't know, I'm rambling here, I just can't figure it out. It's probably one of the most unique perfumes I've ever smelled, hence why I keep reviewing it and it's got my brain going in every which way. I just haven't committed to buying it yet. I'm going to try some on and "take it for a spin", and see how I feel about it after that. I just know after spraying it on my wrist to get a 6th, 7th, 8th... opinion about it (because it's always changing), I still find myself thinking "mmmmmmmmm... yum" after smelling it and how it changes over time. And don't even get me started on the "paint a scent" idea. I LOVE that, and I'm going to walk over to Macy's in a minute now to paint my wrist, now that this fragrance is on my damn mind again. Long story short: I originally hated it. Now I'm infatuated with it.