English Laundry Signature for her

I really love this fragrance! I’m no snob in any way, if it smells good and makes me feel good, I’m in regardless of the prestige of the brand. I do believe this is highly underrated, both the house and this particular fragrance. I first encountered this one as a sample in a beauty box subscription, really liked it and looked for it online but had no desire to pay what I saw it going for. Found it one day by chance at Ross for a steal and didn’t hesitate! On me, this is very feminine and sweet. No freshness or Laundry scent . You really need to not think of the name... When I hear “English laundry” I’m thinking fresh, roses, floral, green. This is none of those things. It’s like assuming “Love Notes” by Ellen Tracy smells like papyrus, ink and wax. Or that any fragrance by Diesel smells like oily fumes. It’s just the designer name! This is a delectable fragrance. I can’t even really pick out what it is, it is just sweet and warm and comforting. It says white chocolate, so sure, I’ll go with that. It is cozy and intriguing, not juvenile by any means. The Sillage is fine, no monster but adequate, longevity could be better but it may be much longer on others (my skin tends to eat fragrance, sadly). It isn’t heavy or cloying, just feminine, pretty and inviting. I can’t really comment on how it compares to BS Fantasy because I have actually never smelled the original..! The 3.4oz bottle I got came in a super cute “velveted” box, giving the impression of being far more high end than my actual expensive fragrances. I bought a trio of purse sprays from the same house (Signature, No 7 and Notting Hill) and I really, really like all 3. This one and No 7 are my favorites but Notting Hill is growing on me.

Gorgeously saccharine and powdery, very pretty scent, a bit overpowering at first but settles nicely on the dry down. The powdery musk notes come through very well on me. The white chocolate note is clear and sweet, somewhat artificial but good. The quince is fruity, sharp and bright. The woody base notes blend well with the musk to make it interesting and add some contrast and dimension to the sweetness. Comes together to smell soapy and clean. Does not smell super expensive or sophisticated, and the floral is a bit underpowering, but that's not a bad thing here, it's still very nice. Good longevity, I'm left with a nice powdery woody musk 6-8 hours on, but the quince and floral scents taper off sooner. I definitely think I'll get a second bottle, though not for full price. Comes up at my local discount store frequently, definitely worth buying from there.

picked this up at marshalls on a whim and i love it!!! i’m not usually a fruity or floral person but this is an exception because it has just the right amount of musky sweetness to balance out what i’m not usually a fan of; the white chocolate note is super interesting and adds the perfect amount of sweet to balance out the woody musky notes that some may find offensive and i find it to be a perfect scent for when i’m feeling more feminine! edit: i feel the one downside of this is it doesn’t last very long on the skin, even when moisturizer is used which supposedly prolongs how long the fragrance lasts. however, it lasts long on the clothes!

Is Britney Spears' Fantasy too sugar sweet for you but you like the white chocolate note? This might please you then. It's a more refined, grown up gourmand in the same family. I wouldn't recommend paying as much as being charged online though. $90? Pfft. I got this for 12 bucks at Ross. Keep an eye out for it at discount places. You'll probably like it. I do. It's very nice. The jasmine and the musk and the quince really balance out the white chocolate nicely. Not that I have an issue with toothache perfumes myself. I love em. But I can see how this would be a happy medium for perfume lovers who are sensitive to gourmands.

I picked this up for a song at a discount store, knowing it was similar to Fantasy. It is, but less tart and softer, more feminine, less in-your-face sweetness in the drydown. I agree with others that have said it is a more grown up version of Fantasy. It doesn't have the beastly sillage, which I appreciate because let's face it, Fantasy is far too intense at times. On me the longevity is quite good. I'm on hour 6 right now and it's still going strong. If you have Fantasy, you don't need this. If you like Fantasy but find it too sour/candyish this might be a better choice for you.

A sniff of English Laundry takes me back to a time in my life where I wore very short skirts and belonged to nobody. People say that scent holds memories but I never really understood that until I picked this up off of my shelf after not having worn it for multiple months and was sent back to the basements and backyard bonfires of a life that is no longer mine. It is the adolescent girl’s idea of a grown woman’s perfume. I adore it, but it does not belong to me anymore.

Sweet musky floral with a hint of fruity Quince. Fresh white floral and a powdery Orris root nicely blended with the wood accords in the base. Love this. Easy grab and spray out-the-door; pretty fresh girl vibes. The White Chocolate gives this a slight Gourmand essence without being too complicated or sickly sweet. Easy peasy no fuss, feminine fragrance!

definitely closer to Fantasy than anything else, but it's a tad more grown up. alas, it is forever associated in my mind with a bittersweet memory, so i will not be repurchasing. at least not any time soon.

Let me set the scene here. I smelled wafts of this while waiting in a 12 hour long line to meet an actor that means a lot to me. In the air I smelled sweet laundry detergent and in the hot sun it was wildly refreshing. I ended up finding the girl near the end of the line and this smell became attached to meeting someone on my bucket list. I purchased it that night and just received it in the mail. I know the lasting power is minimal but what really shocked me is how similar the opening is to fantasy. I doubted the similarities when I saw it compared because in the air it didn’t smell like that, it does dry down and loose that cheap candy ish smell and the freshness comes through the longer I wear it. Overall I’m happy with my purchase considering the scent memory and how affordable this is! I do pick up a nice soapy detergent smell almost like wearing a sweet perfume over freshly laundered clothes. This is nice for me since I don’t have many fresh clean perfumes and I would probably enjoy wearing it to bed or to run errands !

As an explorer and collector of all things fragrant, I was pleasantly surprised by this offering from English Laundry. This is a a slightly gourmand fruity tart sweet scent. At the open, there is a white chocolate note mixed with a sweet and sour fruity note. That sour note dissipates as the fragrance dries. Next this turns really sweet, almost like a sweet cranberry. This lasts about an hour. Next up, musk and the laundry accord referenced in prior reviews. The laundry musk is really pronounced here, very punchy, but still fruity. At drydown, this is pretty much the same, just much softer with a recognizable jasmine note and the woody notes. This is not a sophisticated scent, but it is cute and fun. It's a little young for me, but I would wear this in casual settings, shopping, going to the movies.

This is like a simplified version of Fantasy from Britney Spears. Comparing the notes of both, you can see why. Regardless, just on it's own it's a beautiful scent at a really low price. It's a "start the car!" kind of low price. It's a steal. I think I paid around $8 on clearance at Winners after Christmas for a 100ml bottle. It is a very girly and sweet, almost gourmand scent. But it also has a lightness and fresh quality. I think it could work for summer as it's not too heavy a scent and sillage is not excessive. I have a couple from this brand now and they are exceptional quality at a very reasonable price. I'm hoping to see more from them.

Gorgeous fragrance. I don't think this smells like anything I have and I have a lot of scents. I think this is one of those either love it or hate it scents. Top notes: Quince. Middle: White chocolate, & jasmine. Base notes: Orris root, musk, and wood notes. On myself I smell the wood and musk immediately. My chemistry always picks them out of a fragrance. I don't pick up the quince much, but I do smell the white chocolate which is nice. Personally on myself, this is a nice grown up fragrance that reminds me of a garden with nice wood smells and jasmine.

Light, pleasant, sweet scent. It smells more like quince syrup with sugar rather than fresh fruit and quince notes has less projection than musk and jasmine. There is powdery tone to it but it stays in background. Depending on distance different notes dominate. Once it settles after 10 minutes the scent remains unchanged. Alcohol smell goes away within 20 seconds which is added bonus for cheaper end products. Lasts on me about 4 hours. I sometimes pair it with Commodity Milk- to make it more deep and woody. Overall, decent fragrance for the price range.

This is a bit light and dainty for me, but it's pretty and sweet. I sprayed it on my arms after using my Philosophy Fresh Cream body lotion and it gave a bit of creamy heaviness that it lacked. Great combo. I also have Philosophy Fresh Cream perfum and I love to layer it with frags that are a bit too light for my liking or perfumes that are a bit too tart with berries.

For those that want the inbetween of a gourmand and floral, I'd say. I put this as a fall/winter fragrance which might be a hot take but there's something about it that is really soft. On the nose it could give you spring vibes, I guess, but it's the sort of lightness I would want to keep away my S.A.D. while still being somewhat on theme for the time of year.

This perfume really reminds me of Fantasy. It feels slightly less sharp which I actually really like. It’s so lovely and sweet, and I can smell a lot more of the White Chocolate in this compared to Fantasy. Overall, so lovely but for the price I will stick to Fantasy, as there’s not enough difference to sway me to buy this instead.

I would definitely agree that this smells very similar to Fantasy. It’s very sweet and very juicy, almost a bit aquatic, though I think that’s just because it’s so juicy, like chewing on a stick of Juicy Fruit gum. I also get a strawberry candy/ cupcake sort of thing. Very sweet and delicious.

English Laundry Signature pour femme is a beautiful, sweet and soft gourmand which makes a great bedtime perfume. Nothing complicated, just perfect in the evenings when I'm cuddled up with a movie. FYI, this is much stronger and more beautiful in summer weather. Sweet, fruity, summer gourmand.

Was hoping for a creamy white chocolate, but this is a powdery and synthetic shadow of the great perfume, Fantasy by Britney Spears. Imo if you own and love Fantasy, this is completely redundant and unnecessary. That said, it does smell good and the bottle is attractive.

Sweet floral musk with a hint of powder, very sweet and delicious fragrance. The first spray I get a huge whiff of quince, then drys down into a soft chocolate jasmine that compliments very well with my skin.