Love, Unfiltered

Usually, freesia is the kiss of death for me. If I even glance sideways at a freesia flower, my skin goes insane and starts ramping up the scent of it from thin air, throwing it around at concentrations that would make the most avid white flower lover's eyes water. For some reason, though, this one doesn't. I can't even tell it's there. And for that reason alone, I'm pretty sure the perfumer listed in the credits is incorrect: this is clearly black magic produced by vile wizards. I absolutely love all the other notes, and if it lasted just a little longer, this would be in my all-time Yum List. As it is, it fades just a bit too soon, and by the end of the first hour, I'm down to just an ambery musk that's still pleasant enough, but is just a smidge too generic to maintain the initial, much brighter (and freesia-free) character on me. (For the record, I have bizarre skin chemistry. Full-fledged weirdo status. So while I don't doubt the veracity of the other reviews, do give this a go if you're a fellow skin-freak. It's really, really good for us.)

I really like this one, but I can understand why others don’t. It is a little sharp at first, but settles into a lovely fruity amber smell. I wish it lasted a little longer and the spray nozzle does not work well on my bottle.

Sadly this was the only one I didn't like at all. The top and heart notes, for some reason, were sharp and unpleasant to me. I should love all the notes listed, but I don't. This saddens me, because I've long searched for a lovely star jasmine fragrance, the flower of late spring in Southern California. My search continues. edit: Tried this in much cooler weather. The sharpness has vanished, replaced with very soft, subtle notes of amber, white musk and woods, along with a hint of sweetness. Much better, but by no means outstanding. I still can't detect any trace of star jasmine. A super subtle skin scent. I'm changing my "dislike" to a dispassionate "like."

found this bottle at marshall's for $20. yes it was a blind buy but i dont regret it. it reminds me of with love by hilary duff which is pretty much my all time favorite fragrance. it's spicy, woody, slightly fruity. the downside is the amber definitely hits the nose strong, so i get why everyone thinks it's "headachy". if it were toned down, it would've been even better. i'd rate this a 4/5. i wouldn't repurchase though. i'll just spend the $40 on another bottle of 'with love' on ebay or something.

I sampled this at Ulta today and wasn't impressed. This fragrance has no depth. I can't detect any red berries or mandarin. It's just a woody, amber, musky scent, which slightly reminds me of Katy Perry's Indi. I can't really speak on performance because it wasn't interesting enough for me to want to find out. But the packaging is cute. Scent:5/10 Packaging:7/10 Performance: ???