Cashmere Mist Essence

This is stunning, to my nose. It's so unique! It starts off with a very leathery tone. I mean, wow, leather.The sandalwood is pure sandalwood, the amber mixes in perfectly. This is like a smooth, amber colored liquor sitting inside of a amber tinted scotch glass, on a real wood table, next to a very expensive, worn in brown leather office chair... Very sensual and sexy and mature. Not for a teeny bopper or teeny bopper "frame of mind". Splendid. Well done. I love it! This is my second Donna Karan perfume blind buy recently, and I'm totally impressed and surprised by both.

This is pretty. It’s soft, subtle, earthy. I smell a hint of the original, but I prefer the original in all it’s cozy loveliness.

I honestly believed I needed this, until I tried it. This, to me, is similar to Prada Candy. Prada Candy with jasmin and oud. The link with the original Cashmere Mist is tenuous, it is closer to the edp for sure. The musk - but not as much of it. The sandalwood and the musk. Mmm... I always rely on my best friend as a source of wonder when it comes to his unique perception of my scents. Here he finds a musky watermelon. Yeah. Haha, OK. Watermelon..? (?!) As somebody who generally dislikes anything along the lines of oud, while oud is not mentioned here it's mainly what I can smell and it's this distinct combination of the oud, jasmine and amber. Maybe even, well at least to my nose, Thierry Mugler's Alien Oud Majestueux is a similar, though stronger scent along the lines of this one. So, anybody who has a craving for a more oriental version of Prada Candy without the strength of an Alien - look no further. This is not bad, by any means. It smells really good for what it is. I just expected more. Cashmere Mist is one of my favorite, signature, scents. (I don't really link this to Samsara. I'm obsessed with Samsara and for me there is not much of a connection here. Where is that coming from? I mean, sure, the Cashmere Mist scents contain sandalwood, musk and jasmine. So does that. That's where it ends though, ain't it? Nothing to write home about. ✍️)

I love this. I’ve been wearing it about 2 weeks now. I love this in a way that it blends into my skin and could become a signature scent. There’s a strangeness to it when I first spray it but then the amber develops more strongly. It sits pretty close to me but I’m not sure I’d call it a skin scent. The Jasmine in this smells sweet. This is a simple perfume to me but warm and earthy. Like an updated hippie/mom vibe. Currently wearing it to bed. I think it will develop even more in the warmer months. I can definitely see wearing this with minimal makeup, and a sundress this summer!

They're making so few true musks these days and here I am, trying to find a more affordable version of Royal Muska. This seemed to satisfy in the store...its like a baby powder bomb. But as I explored a wider range of powdery perfumes, this one started to fall out of favor. I think the problem is, its very animalic on me, like something loud from the 80's. Sometimes it makes me sneeze. I'll keep trying ways to make this work because it's really up my alley. In a wasteland of sugary perfumes, I appreciate the Cashmere line.