New Zealand

~ digging around in the soil and leaves after a thunderstorm ~ smelled so divine on my husband, fresh and crisp, earthy. when he wore it....oooh

I'm from New Zealand and there's nothing especially New Zealandy about this, but I can understand its appeal from those who only know New Zealand is its presented to tourists. The fragrance reminds me of the cologne that Air NZ have in their toilets on international flights. It has a lovely fresh, herbal kind of smell.

Immediately this smells like a soap fragrance but it quickly warms to a green mossy smell. not like patchouli but more like warm cut grass and sandalwood bark. I think it's the women's version of classic Old Spice.

I just got this frag and I'm not gonna says it's a work of art, but I love the grass smell! It will be great for layering.

Most of the clean Demeter scents just don't agree with me. New Zealand is unfortunatelly one of them. New Zealand starts with some weird, soap-bubble-in-a-plastic-tube-for-too-long smell, somewhat getting glue-y. However, soon it transformed into real, lush, green leafy scent reminds me of those evergreen trees. Somewhat it does reminds me of New Zealand if I think about New Zealand while smelling this, I lived in Christchurch for about two years, and New Zealand reminds me of the gardens, the sun, the little hills and a vast landscape of green trees. Somehow it’s refreshingly young and lively. Just when I think I can forgive the weird opening and love this scent, old glue plus sugarcane juice is the image hits my mind, yes, New Zealand transformed into a weirder smell. When the weird glue scent gradually disappears, it’s actually not bad, it reminds me a lot of Rain, also by Demeter, the sweet, kinda airy smell; plus a touch of those light, sweet, woody smell from uncoated wood furniture. However the drawback is, it gives me a headache, even though all these smells are so naturally present in life.