Inner Realm

I believe this is the most down-to-earth, close-to-the-skin floral I have had the pleasure of wearing. I see opinions vary as to how much it is liked/disliked. This fragrance doesn't change much on me. This is a very uplifting fragrance with moderate staying power. I daresay to layer it would increase the longevity as it can be found as a set (fragrance and body lotion sets I usually find during the XMAS and Mother's Day holidays). The drydown has prominent oakmoss and bergamot but not over the top. It is soothing and very much like Shi by Alfred Sung in that it lulls me into a good mood. I shall make this my signature fragrance.

There's more to this rarely discussed and inexpensive fragrance than meets the eye or rather, nose. I can see where some people have said it has dryer sheet potential, that accord comes up at some point during wearing but it doesn't last that long for me. I do love the opening notes. The bergamot comes on strong with the nice sage-y, floral-y combination. The bergamot stays strong the entire time. When the peony mixes with the citrus, the sweetness of the flower mixes with the tangy creating, and I do not mean this in a bad way, sort of a mix of creamy sourness, kind of like that sour milk scent that baby kittens smell like (too cute!). It's really very comforting. I saw that glamgirl called this "intriguing" and Inner Realm is just that. If just for the baby kitten smell. The scent could have gone rancid smelling if this had not been done right. This is a very well-constructed fragrance; whoever created this spent some time and care working this one out. It is never funky, it is a gentle fragrance and lovely for spring. This fragrance could be worn by any age group however, to me it seems "grown up" but not "mature" in the way that is often vilified here because of the good construction of the scent. I feel like a very confident adult woman when I wear this. Not too young, not too old, just right.

On sale at Ross for $12.99 US for 3.4 oz. There are elements in this that make it smell to me like a softer, saner Giorgio. When I first sprayed it I thought, "Uh oh, waste of money." It was strong and reminded me of a Department Store dressing room...generic, commercial "female." Then it seemed to disappear. A few minutes later, it reappeared and now there is something about it I rather like. There is something, found in both this and Giorgio, that reminds me of orange flavoured baby aspirin. A sort of acidic, powdery sweetness that is nicely toned down in IR by the oakmoss and sage. There are no known human pheromones, so I can't imagine what they have added to make the claim. But this is actually a nice, rather penetrating, white floral with depth. Probably should be applied sparingly and not for closed spaces.

This scent is a mirror reflection of dryer sheets, and not in a good way. And I am not exaggerating here, it's just so highly synthetic smelling that I can't even use is as an air freshener because the air smells filled with chemicals. When I put it on for the first time it seemed kind fresh and light, then I took a nap wearing it and i woke up sick to my stomach from inhaling this stuff for a few hours. There are very few perfumes that I totally dislike not because of my taste preferences but because of the scent's overchelmingly cheap synthetical charasterictics. And Inner Realm is one of them. More than likely it will end up in the garbage can...oh, well, at least it was very inexpensive.

Like the poster below, I find this perfume to be cheap smelling...like a drugstore perfume. Not that there haven't been perfumes that smell cheap in high end department stores but I get her drift. My other half did not like it either, he said it smelled 'too masculine'. Mind you I'am not a fan of white florals or stuff like Chanel No.5, which just SCREAMS 'old lady'. Nothing sophisticated to my nose at all. Unfortunately this perfume falls under that category. I probably wouldn't even wear it if it was effective as an attractant. As it stands its pretty thoroughly repellant to ME and I gave it a shot twice already. Only saving grace was that it was as cheap as it smelled.