Exotic Essence

If you like amber fragrances, this is one of the better ones that I've tried. Ohhhhh La La! LOVE this on my skin - it has medium to light silage, but it has tremendously great endurance! This lasts for hours and is a great blend with my individual chemistry! Love this one! ------------- This seems to be the more base note expression of the original David Yurman perfume - minus the top note that seems to sometimes go to HIGH with my chemistry. I like this version, it is a bit more refined and they have taken the edge off, by lowering the chord range and by omitting the high note that I detect very strongly in the original David Yurman fragrance (with my individual chemistry). This David Yurman Essence brings to mind classic scents such as Georgio, but this seems more well thought out and a bit more grounded and elegant. I'm liking this so far. It is definitely in an alto register, which appears to be the range that I receive the most compliments on by both men and women. This smells like the lower register of Giorgio Beverly Hills. This is sweet, refined, elegant, and upper class. It smells like you have the best and most expensive ingredients in this. It is very sweet, but still hits the lower register... more alto range. There are no screeching high note soprano or piccolo parts! I like it! This could be a signature scent for more business days. You could wear another David Yurman fragrance with this as your lighter, more up-beat fragrance -- and this could be your "business scent" - the lower, more grounding scent. ------------ An hour into wear, the amber is taking on a leading role now. I liked it better upon the first spraying. The amber is a bit too loud for my taste... but I will have to see how this wears a bit longer. ------------ The Hot Water Test - this fragrance is a STAR! Wow... the broth the this fragrance creates with my chemistry is pretty spectacular! This will definitely be one to explore further. ------------ Jacuzzi after the gym, this stuff is still on... and smelling so GooooooOOOD! Love the endurance and longevity of this fragrance, that is definitely economical and a great value!

I've had this perfume for quite awhile, and it feels like I love it more and more as time passes. It pairs with my spring and summer scents, heating them enough to be appropriate for winter months. It is very inexpensive, and can be found just about anywhere. But it was amiss in my rotation for quite sometime, and all due to poor first impressions. At first spray, all I caught was the scent of a cedar chest, and into the back it went. I should say here that I love the smell of a cedar chest, I just have to be in a special mood to wear one. This is also a dandy place to tell you that my first impression was incorrect and shame, shame, no cookie for me! It's worth noting that there isn't any explicit mention of cedar in this elixir either. Instead, we have a very interesting play of fruits, florals and woods that result in a slightly spicy, warm and comforting woodiness. As I have grown into Exotic Essence, I am able to better pull those delightfully tender peach marmalade chords through, their flexion grazing pulpy mandarin and a demure rose. Sandalwood, and the ominous "woodsy notes", are expertly bridled, and almost sparkle as we enter the heart, as if the resinous oils are beading at the surface - domed and radiant. There is nothing here that suggests melancholy, or moodiness. Essence is as cheerful and buoyant as sun illuminating great expanses of snow, giving the surface a satisfying crackle and sheen. Dry down produces a glittering wispiness of vanilla, lily and a radiant amber, giggling like young girls telling secrets. This is what you wear to blast back the dreariness of winter. Such a vivid clarity of perspective. Not particularly soft at the edges, but sharply fibrous, margins defined, and an invigorating brassiness - like the clang of a bell whose sound resonates transcendence through a stark, frozen sky.

I love love love this EDP. My only complaints are the terrible projection and even worse longevity. Like dollar store body spray longevity. And that sucks bc it smells AMAZING. I'm starting to bring out my sparse few "spring/summer " perfumes n this is 1 of them. I layer this with Charles Jourdan (also terrible longevity n projection) and BBW The Vanillas Collection Apricot and Vanilla (from some years back if you were lucky enough to score one, I don't think that line is around anymore). Anyway, Exotic Essence...extremely well blended however, that peach is up close n personal but I LOVE peach in perfume so that works for me. I'm really not the best at describing perfumes but all I can say about this one is that I'm EXTREMELY picky and the list of what I don't like is probably longer than the list of what I do like...and with that being said-I really like this!! And it's not expensive. I feel like it's a safe blind buy and it's definitely non offensive. And I think it's a perfect scent for summer. And cheap enough that you can afford to reapply or layer it with Charles Jourdan (the one that's tall, pinkish clear glass with a rounded top, same shape bottle of Elizabeth Arden Red Door, which is even cheaper than this one!)

This was a cheap, blind buy. The bottle is very heavy, which is nice. Initially I hated this because I could not get passed the peach. I tried it again and became distracted while doing laundry which gave the fragrance time to dry down. My child passed me and said that I smelled so good, left, and doubled back to smell me again. I gave him a puzzled look and then sniffed my skin. Well, low and behold, this screechy peach died down to a warm, honey infused baked peach softened by the amber, reminiscent of bubbling cobbler straight from the oven. Oh, you know that smell! Think back to walking into a house where one has been made and how your mouth watered, but the house itself became more inviting and welcoming. I suddenly found myself happy doing my laundry, making exaggerated arm movements just so I could keep smelling this. DY you have a new love and procured a spot on the shelf.

Love the scent of this. It's really warm and strong in amber at first spritz, honey-like in a way. I definitely smell a touch of peach and flowers as the scent dries down, and with a bit of time it becomes sweet in a natural, sun-ripened fruit kind of way. It does smell exotic, but it's not heavy. It's somewhat reminiscent of Tresor, but this works much, much better on my skin. I can't wear Tresor, and I think it might be because the patchouli is way too strong for me. Not so with Yurman's Exotic Essence. This is a nice autumn perfume if you want to feel cozy but not stuffy. It's a must-try for those who love amber but who don't want to feel overheated by those spicy Opium-like perfumes with all the clove and cinnamon.