True Love

Do not scrub this off if you hate the opening. Give it a few minutes and let it settle.. It softens really quickly into a divine plush blanket of clean laundry, fresh off the line, after having absorbed all of the beautiful surrounding greenery, flowers and fruit, nothing overpowering the other. The scent blends so well and as it moves through the notes, it settles into the softest, yet still noticeable beauty. It is love. True love.. not play-with-your-heart flirty or temporary, but true genuine unconditional love. It embraces you, holds you, in a hug that is gentle and sincere. My mother doesn't have a signature scent, but we once had a conversation about perfume when I divulged my deep interest and she mentioned Avon's Sweet Honesty and how she always thought she could wear that. I suggested she would like this one too. I had the 30ml bottle of each, having just bought them 2nd hand blindly, so I sprayed them both while on the phone and I can so see either being hers. I live far from home and after that conversation, I associate them with her. I don't wear either often as the bottles were only half full, but when I'm homesick the most, I love to spray a little of this and imagine she is here. I'm unable to shop online, but I'm going to find a way to get a bottle to her somehow and I hope she loves it as much as I do, as much as I do for her, in my mind and in my heart. As much as I do for myself. I've been hesitant, because if she told me she didn't, it would crush what I have - this self soothing comfort of feeling close to her when I wear it or even see the bottle. Give this one a few tries before you decide yay or nay. Every time I wear it, I love it even more. This is the perfect scent for after the bath, before bed. I use the original Dove bar and this pairs so well with that. The bottle holds so nicely in the hand, there's a deep connection, it fits like a glove - shape and scent. As it fades, I get wafts here and there reminding me to be gentle with myself, to love myself, to take care to share my love with those who truly love me and to make sure to always let them know. ❤ Edit: tonight I sprayed Sweet Honesty with abandon and went searching online to identify which bottle I have as the lid is missing. I didn't find mine, but did find the "Precious Doe" bottle that used to sit on my mother's dresser top and as I lay here covered in Sweet Honesty, I can smell her here with me. This is my mother. True Love is very similar and I just know she will love it as well, so I will try to find a bottle of both to send to her.

Oh, what a stroll down memory lane for me when I discovered this at a superb price yesterday! I first wore this as a young bride and then a mother of one, and then two, 19-16 years ago. Back then, I could only afford the smallest EDT spray from the department store at the mall, and that I had scrimped and saved for. As a dedicated fan of lily of the valley, I loved Jessica McClintock for the LOTV notes. I was skeptical that True Love's pink juice could really have more than roses to offer, but OH, was I shocked then, and am pleasanty remembering the LOTV in it now. WHERE has this been for the last 16 years that I've lived without True Love (the perfume, I mean)? The first blast is like a powdered sugar covered rose from our wedding cake. Real roses, sweet sugar, softness and beauty. Then the lovely note of LOTV emerges, wrapped in a jasmine and vanilla note, with just the slightest touch of juicy, sweet, ripe tree fruits to round this out. I feel like True Love rides the fine line between chypre and gourmand so beautifully! I don't understand the "synthetic" references in other reviews. The scent notes and layers do not seem synthetic or "cheap" at all to me, though I am very picky to notice this usually. Perhaps my formulation is somehow different? If there ever was a fragrance that could take Dior's Diorissimo, which is my signature fragrance, and dip the LOTV sprigs in sweet sugared honey, removing all bitterness, and adding to the bouquet fruity, vanilla misted, shy pink tea roses, with a gorgeous powdery base, you've found True Love. Jessica McClintock, which is what I wore on my wedding day, has a bitter, sharp note with the LOTV. This is sweet LOTV, soft, powdery, ladylike LOTV. If you love Diorissimo, don't miss this bargain for those days when you are feeling like trying something different! Also, those who liked the idea of, or loved an old version of, Anais Anais by Cacharel as I did in high school before it turned "funny" on my skin/changed formulation, run, don't walk, and buy a bottle of True Love today. I would have thrown my Anais Anais in the trash back in 1987-1990 when I wore it if I had True Love as a richer, more refined, gorgeous cousin!

I remember the ads in 1994, I was 20, a good year. The ads were simple, and allowed the gorgeous, simple bottle of sweet, pale pink juice to shine, entwined with roses. There was a tester strip, I believe, lol, in the May issue of Cosmopolitan with Bridget Hall seductively staring in a tight, white sheath. The magazine smelled of it. A deep, almost sugar toned rose. Deep. A deep and bodied fragrance, unlike the wispy generic stuff of today in my opinion, i.e. Marc Jacob's Daisy or Tory Burch scents. And not like the heavy hitters I experimented with in the 90s like Spellbound or Joop. It was feminine, powdery almost, and unique. I never bought it until 1998, instead going with the cloying, screechy Sunflowers in 1995. The scent that defines the incredible, sun splashed summer of 1995 for me. I love True Love to this day. It definitely transports me to the carefree, primordial days of the mid 1990s. Sassy magazine (it was, in fact, featured in Sassy in a glorious fragrance spread in 95 or so, along with Navy, Love's Frenzy, Lauren, CK One, and, my high school favorite, Calyx), black and white velvet formal dresses, Revlon Toast of NY lipstick, L'Oreal Mattique foundation, black GAP blazers, and the movie Before Sunrise. Soft, but deep, powder, rose, comforting and pink. Some milky notes in there. Someone aptly said flowers in a vase, sitting there awhile. Yes. But to me in a good way. Or a rose corsage from prom that's been sitting on your dresser for a week surrounded by a yellow canister of Lush Silky Underwear powder, an amber oil from that hippy shop, Johnson's Baby Lotion, and a bottle of Teen Spirit Romantic Rose shampoo. The Sundays are playing in the background and you're waiting for your boyfriend to call.

Very fitting name and scent for a wedding. The package is simple, and I like it but it isn't enough to draw longing crowds in...which also is just fine with me. I'll be wearing this quite a bit. This is a familiar smell to me, as if it were worn around me more than just a couple times during SOME period in my life. When I pulled the bottle out of the package, first thought was "What a PLAIN bottle...cheap" and then I studied it a few moments and thought "This doesn't NEED anything more, it's simple and elegant". I have no gripes about this in any way. I feel you can wear this any season but might want to go easy when spraying during the hottest of days. Still, I'm not sure about that even. I'll have to try this during mid summer. I think it's the iris that makes me love this in the crispy air. I do love Infusion d'Iris! Which is what made me even THINK I might like this, along with the peach...since I love Fancy Love also. I actually CAN smell the peach, which I normally can't. I can sniff out a good iris also. Iris first, then peach....are all I smell with this scent, even though I know there's more to it then that. This is a hairspray, bubble bath, shampoo type of smell. So this is clean and what I think, soapy. If clean and soapy isn't your thing, you need to test first. If I were to put like scents on a shelf, I would put this along side of White Linen, Fancy Love, Infusion d'Iris, Eternity etc. I actually like Fancy Love more, but that's just me. I can see where just as many will love this more. I'm so glad to have found this. I love learning about, and then finding a true classic, which this IS.

True Love is one of the most beautiful oriental floral ever conceived. Not by chance the nose who came up with it is a master of the perfumery art! It opens with a vibrant fuzz of freesia, wet green notes tip toeing around with a delicately powdery iris. About half an hour later a hint of peach and apricot takes stage, gentle, enticing fruity combo. They are not very prominent, but the juiciness is there and one can almost taste it! And then heliothrope arrives, taking place in a rather joyous convivium! Bliss! It does not smell of baby powder, though I can understand the similarity it can evoke. Anyhow, True Love mellows very slowly into a white, juicy, and light woody caress: it's fresh, mouthwatering, classy. They should have named it Innocence, because of its clean, pure, suave nature. I am pretty sure that what many perceives as "pungent" sits with freesia, a sweet fragrant flower with a slightly bitter kick. It also somewhat can be mistaken for peach, so all in all I believe that is what confuses some. It is always good to remember than our skin PH is what affects in particular the sillage, but also longevity and general reaction of a fragrance with us. Warmth does not bode well with True Love: it likes cold, wet weathers (London, where I live!) for love adores cuddles. And that's what this scent is, a buoyant, sweet, innocent hug! It's love for me, the truest ever possible. My advice to those approaching it is simple: spray some in front of you and walk into the cloud. No point, ever ever ever, in blasting yourselves dead with a scent you have never tried before... go easy, go soft :)

After trying Elizabeth Arden's White Tea and finding that I really liked that perfume, I researched this perfume and bought a sample. This perfume shows the softer, more romantic range of Sophia Grojsman. This smells like an exquisite French milled soap that you find in a European hotel room which lets you know that they have attended to each and every detail as if they were wanting to leave you with an impression that you have had the best vacation ever! This is the type of scent that makes you want to curl up and read a romantic novel. This is tender, cozy, non offensive, lovely! This is feminine, clean, soft, romantic, sweet, a perfume for sweet dreams and gentle hugs. This perfume is little bit of heaven on earth! True Love is a light floral which smells very close to Nivea Cream. ----------- Verdict - This is something like vanilla ice cream. You may get bored with it, unless this is really your favorite thing. I think they should have named this something other than "True Love". People read way too much "into" it, with a name like that... don't they? -- That seems very limiting for this perfume. ------------ I like the name "True Love" -- This perfume is more of a "True Like" -- for me. Still, this definitely has its place in a fragrance wardrobe - particularly after an evening shower, when you want to smell extra fresh and pretty for bed time. I think this perfume would have been better named "Sweet Dreams"!

A clean soapy white floral that's powdery with the just right amount of subtle sweetness from the peach and apricot. This definitely has the typical Grojsman DNA and reminds me a lot of YSL Paris, but with less emphasis on the rose and more balanced specifically with the iris and heliotrope, is sweeter from the stone fruits and a lot more powdery. A lovely fragrance for all year round but specifically for the transitional period between winter and spring. The second time I tried this again over a month later, I found it to be very heavy on lily of the valley with a slight sweetness and a strong powdery note. I also realised it smells like a Nivea serum I started using recently. I do wish the dry down had a little bit more punch personally. It's a really beautiful clean soapy fragrance which is light and airy, the dry down is very subtle if not barely there. I just brought this today (Jan 31 2025) and I love it! I do think there is an issue where some bottles of it reek of a chemical baby wipe odour, but thankfully I got a good bottle! I tried it a third time before deciding whether to buy it (I found that I love it) and honestly I think the second tester bottle I had was a bad bottle.

True Love ❤ spray, lightly. Wait. After half an hour I promise you, the fragrance has altered from the first initial impression and you will be left with a soft comforting romantic rose floral fragrance that smells both luxurious and contemporary. I disagree with the reviews that state this is screechy, old lady, this is a very well balanced Sophia Grojsman creation it definitely has the Tresor DNA. For a few pounds a large bottle can be purchased this is excellent value for money. If you love rose🌹 Feminine non fruity or strong fragrances this is a perfect buy. Purchased originally at launch I loved the Marketing advertising "True Love" song with Grace Kelly & Bing Crosby. It was launched in 1994 the year I got married. I have 2 bottles of unopened Perfume and 100ml edt which I wear throughout the year. Spring through to Winter daytime into evening there is nothing to dislike about this fragrance if you are a perfume lover and can appreciate its quality. Highly recommended 👌

This is in edition to my previous review. The pure perfume 7.5ml is really beautiful and very different from the Eau de toilette. A much Richer fragrance immediately goes to the base notes without the harsh opening of the top notes as in the edt. Very romantic, floral, sophisticated and smells very expensive. Upon the initial launch 30 years ago in 1994 it was marketed as a Wedding Bridal Fragrance as a rival to Estee Lauder Beautiful. I do recommend buying the Pure Perfume which can now be purchased for under £20 quid on various online stores. I disagree with the old lady reviews. Chanel No 5 was launched in 1921, and is still the world's top selling fragrances. So don't be put off by these Older Fragrance Houses, the juices are quality ingredients and not just cheap highly diluted watered down celebrity fragrances that are flooding the market nowerdays. Try it you will love it. Highly recommended. 🙏 ❤

When I first sprayed True Love on my arm, I made the mistake of sniffing it right away and I almost gagged. It smelled of glue stick somehow. I hated it so much I hid the bottle under my clothes so I wouldn’t even have to look at it. Each time I smelled my arm (ever do that? Keep smelling even if it’s a bad smell just to confirm how bad it is?) I’d gag. But. But. But. Something happened in around half an hour. I found myself enveloped in this beautiful comforting smell that made me think of soft lotion and linen dresses. That’s when I realised that it is one of those scents you shouldn’t bury your nose in. You should let it waft to you. You should let it do its thing. Such a creamy clean scent! I find myself reaching for it one days when I crave simplicity and comfort. So happy I gave this one a chance.

Absolutely wonderful, creamy floral with a subtle fruity twist. I enjoy it regardless of the season, winter, summer, it is incredibly versatile. I can detect the combo of lily of the valley and freesia, not so much rose. Apricot surely stands out, a semi ripe, fresh, sweet note. True Love reminds me of a (sadly) discontinued Sun Moon Stars, a gem also created by Sophia Grossman. True Love is, to me, a tamed little sister of SMS. True Love could easily become my signature juice if it wasn't for its performance. It's moderate (at best) longetivity and silage puts it at the back of the potential signature fragrance queue. I'm yet, however, to acquire a pure perfume so we shall see. Overall, a beautiful feminine composition, great for a weekend together or a day out with family. Kudos to Sophia Grojsman.

This is a beautiful, sweet fragrance. Whenever I wear this my husband always comments and says I smell like I just applied a pretty body lotion. That is what I get from True Love, a VERY powdery, sweet, innocent, creamy lotion type scent. Light and airy, it is perfect for any casual occasion but my favorite way to use it is as a bed time scent. It doesn't have the best lasting power on me but for bed time who cares? I absolutely love it! March 2021 I want to add that True Love smells VERY much like another Sophia Grojsman creation Nude by Bill Blass. Very sweet, creamy, powdery, Nivea lotion type smell on the top. Not exactly alike but very similar. I'd say True Love is a bit sweeter and more linear throughout, whereas Nude has a little more complexity and depth. Both are beautiful fragrances.

In the past few days my appreciation for this fragrance has grown tremendously. I ADORE it now. There has to be aldehydes in here even though it isn't listed. There's that quintessential sparkling soapy smell in the opening that fades away. Yes this does smell almost exactly like Nivea Creme due to the strong Lily of the Valley note but it does have a touch more complexity. For me this is perfect for after a shower/bath. I'm surprised musk isn't listed in the notes because I definitely get a clean soft musky smell in the dry down, but it could be a combination of other notes alluding to it. Admittedly this is my least used fragrance in my collection but now that spring is finally here in my part of the world I'll definitely be wearing it more.

Pampered beauty. A powdery, gentle sweet scent. Stronger than a skin scent. Longevity is weak, but for the price don’t mind reapplying. I agree with Abby Normal below, the powdery note carries this while the sweetness sits on top. The sweetness has a lolly aspect to it like those candy hearts or candy jewellery, reminiscent of childhood. Also agree that it is comforting and soft like a mother’s love for her baby. The colour in the bottle is this scent. I read somewhere the two interlocking rings are meant to represent wedding rings. This isn’t romantic love. I would replace that with a duchess satin bow in the same colour as the juice. A rich bow that a pampered, loved child would wear. This is True Love, between a mother and child. 🤍🌸🪻🎀🩰🩷

A powdery sensation! I love the smell of old school lipstick, powder-puffs and makeup bags and have been looking for a fragrance that can capture this, wanting it to be somewhat retro without overdoing it. I have a sample of FM Lipstick Rose, which has been my holy grail of makeup scented perfume but have been searching for a budget alternative. I tried the Ombre Rose after seeing it was being compared to the Lipstick Rose but sadly that one failed miserably on my skin so I ended up swapping it. Enter True Love. It is indeed just that. A True Love....of mine at least ;) It is the perfect powdery, slightly vintage, pink, fluffy, lipsticky fragrance. I think I've found excatly what I was looking for. A true modern classic.

I am a person who has always been drawn to dark, seductive, spicy, ambery, Middle Eastern type fragrances. My collections contains mostly voluptuous, incensy orientals but True Love is a staple in my collection. I blind bought it a couple of years ago and it immediately became one of my favorite bedtime scents. It is unique to me (a fragrance can be unique without being totally avant garde). It is pure, creamy, clean and feminine goodness. It instantly evokes comfort. It is the smell of a freshly showered body slathered in a luxurious original scented lotion like Keri or Nivea. It is just a sweet, soft cloud surrounding you. I adore it

One more thing. I forgot to mention that the heliotrope note which unfolds within the powdery floral notes in the heart of this beautiful bouquet is AMAZING. I am thankful for my generous 3.3 oz EDT that I scooped up at a TJ Maxx for $9.99, because I will keep this as a permanent part of my fragrance wardrobe once again! I don't understand why it's so low in cost compared to 20 years ago, but I am thrilled that I found it for a steal! This one would be appropriate for teens on to very mature ladies. I would call it more romantic than sophisticated and businesslike, so I won't wear it with a power suit or board meeting.

The perfume of Elizabeth Arden True love is loved in my collection of perfumes. It is very tender smell of real roses and smell of the ladies face powder .It is very warm, very elegant, very tender, very ladies (lady, who really look after herself ) perfume. That perfume would be nice to wear to the job or for everyday , nice after the bath too . The long lasting around 2 - 4 hours and the Sillage is moderate . It is very lovely , romantic and tender perfume , which you want to breath the smell all the time with closed the eyes . You can't go wrong with that perfume too

I've bought several bottles (always from the same trusted store)...and I have to say: some smell exquisite, others smell kind of sharp and cheap. So I share both the "yes" and the "no" opinions... Maybe to depends on the batch? And if so...why?????????? Now, when it's the "good" juice, it's soft, feminine and cozy... It's been my everyday, after-shower fragrance for years, since it's so clean and relaxing, and it layers beautifully with almost everything. I simply adore the peach and the apricots in it.

Ordered this on eBay after reading the reviews and I love it. I agree that it doesn't last very long so if you spray it on your clothes it will last longer. It's not a complex fragrance but that's ok. It's a soft powdery slightly vanilla and light floral. You can spray away and it will never be overpowering. Sometimes I just want to wear an understated fragrance that's soft and light. I think I'll order a backup bottle because I think it's discontinued as I don't see it on the Elizabeth Arden website.