Rives

I'm quite surprised by all the reviews saying this smells masculine - this is super citrusy and light on me! Actually, this fragrance was what I thought West would smell like. Upon the initial spray, I found the orange blossom and neroli notes to be the most intense. I was actually surprised by just how much this smelled like orange, and it stayed that way for a good two or three hours. However, once that settled, I did start to get whiffs of something herbal and a tad spicy, almost like a cigarette, but in the most unoffending way possible. It balanced out the citrus quite nicely, and made for a complex note that was sweet, even a tad soapy, and just a smidge earthy. This isn't a warm, comforting scent at all. It's quite clean and crisp, which is a nice alternative to the warmer spring and summer scents you usually get. I also like that this didn't stay linear, either, as is my experience with other Ellis Brooklyn fragrances. I actually think I'm starting to fall a bit in love with this fragrance, truth be told. This might be full bottle worthy.

So, I bought this thinking I probably wouldn’t like it much, based off of the reviews, but it was crazy on sale and I’ve been wanting to try out Ellis Brooklyn as a whole. Consider me pleasantly surprised! I typically lean towards sweet or gourmand fragrances but I needed a clean, fresh fragrance for work, and this is just that. People who have been calling it laundry detergent are getting it right- it smells like classy and expensive laundry. I would never grab this off the shelf for date night or anything, but with my skin chemistry I feel clean and professional.

Ellis Brooklyn as a whole got me into perfumes! I find them very unique, but I am also a beginner here 😅. This is one of my favorite scents by them, as I prefer unisex! I have always received compliments when wearing this specific perfume. Definitely agree that this is a “clean” perfume, as well as associating it more so with professional and work settings. Nevertheless, this has been my go to fragrance for years

Put simply - this is the perfume I reach for when I want to smell like 'that girl' with the 'clean aesthetic' It's fresh in all the right ways (from the neroli and orange citrus-y notes) yet comforting (from the lavender and cashmere notes) This is a daily wear for me.

We love Ellis Brooklyn's clean fragrances. Rives is inpsired by the 1920s French Riviera with topnotes of neroli and petitgrain for a citrus and spicy scent, middle notes of orange flower and lavender, and dry notes of cashmere woods and white suede.

Lemony and soapy, but in a fancy way. This is a unisex scent but it leans a little more male to me. It’s nice! Edit: I’ve been wearing this a lot and I’m now in love. So soapy and lots of lavender.

Like many other reviewers, for me this does evoke scent memories of a distinguished older gentleman for me. Smells like a fresh clean man - soapy and aftershave-like - who smokes cigars. To me, the scent is more like unsmoked tobacco itself rather than cigarette/cigar smoke. I really like it and will keep my sample because it smells interesting, but it's probably not something I would wear if I were trying to please others. The neroli is prominent in the beginning but by drydown only makes itself known as a vague soapy smell.

This is clean, powdery-soft laundry that has been scoured by hand in a freshwater stream, spread out and left to dry in a field of wild lavender, and then spattered with juice from the orange the buxom washerwoman is eating for lunch. The soapy expression here is lathery, luxurious, and waxy, not washed all the way out. I think it's lovely. Unfortunately, though, my household doesn't--it made my husband sneeze, and my toddler loudly and passionately declared, "Oh! Mama, you're too smelly!"

Very interesting! I blind bought on the website as clearance, then read the reviews and went "uh oh"! In trying however, I'm pleasantly surprised. Definitely a sharp opening, sweetly floral, and, yes, soapy. But in a good way. I approach fragrances each uniquely, so I don't have associations like "barber shop", "old lady" etc. I'm wearing for first time today on the summer solstice and it feels perfectly appropriate-clean and sunny!

This one is very interesting. It opens with herbal/spicy notes of lavender mixed with orange flower. It's not strong and it keeps close to the skin. I thought this would be quite masculine, but it isn't on me. After a few minutes the lavender subsides and it becomes very leathery. The suede is definitely noticeable, but in a soft way - again, keeping close to the skin. Surprisingly pleasant!

Soapy, a little floral, and very green. I kept detecting a cigarette-like essence that floated in and out of the fragrance as it dried down. Not a blind-buy type of fragrance, but I really enjoyed it.

Smells clean and floral without being overly sweet and feminine. I don't get the "old man" smell that a lot others have noted, but it does smell vintage

Currently available on the ellis brooklyn website if anyone is desperate to try like i was

This smells very lemon-y to me, so I'm surprised there are no citrus notes listed. The scent does start off a little harsh, a bit like cleaning product but once it sits for a while, the scent calms down a bit, and gets more floral. This is not my personal taste, but it might be good for someone who likes that sort of clean soapy citrus scent (reminiscent of a men's aftershave or something along those lines). To, me this does lean more on the masculine side.

This smells like either my grandfather's car, or like a car freshener that's being used to cover up a cigarette smell. I can't tell if it makes me smell like a classy old man or like a cheap soap. The dry down is basically just straight up soap. I guess I would reach for it if I was in a certain mood where I wanted to smell like my grandpa & wear a vest & stuff. You could definitely achieve the same thing with something from the dollar store though.

The dry down on me is lavender and suede, with the tiniest hint of petitgrain. It's definitely unisex, a little soapy, and fairly clean smelling. I really like clean, soapy fragrances, but this one isn't entirely my jam. There is something, probably the suede, that is throwing it off for me. However, I do think this is a rather unique fragrance and I can easily see how someone could really like it.

This pulls VERY masculine on my skin from the get-go. It starts out incredibly herbal and green and pretty much stays that way the whole time. After about a half hour, it starts getting powdery, but still overwhelmingly masculine. This is definitely not a good choice for wearers wanting a sweeter lavender.

Smells like a very nice laundry detergent, or like a pouch of dried flowers that you keep in the closet to keep bugs away from your linen. This is a great perfume if you're into those kind of scents, but I'm personally a bit bored by smelling this on me.

The opening is bright and floral, though I do not detect any neroli. The dry down gives me straight laundry detergent, albeit, expensive laundry detergent. Some people are in to that; I am not one of them.

This is a mess (for me at least lol). I agree with others reviewers who said it was very masculine and had a detergent quality. Very astringent! I don’t know why this would be appealing. Not to be offensive but it smells like old-lady’s soap drawer mixed with petit grain. Even with the fresh quality I don’t think it’s suitable to summer because it is too heavy and woody. As far as notes go - they might as well delete the neroli and orange blossom. This is just petit grain and wood with a touch of very astringent lavender and old-fashioned hard, white soap. It would be ok as a laundry detergent scent or linen spray but absolutely not worth the price as a woman’s perfume. Honestly pretty awful.