Pure White Linen Light Breeze

PREMISE: This is a very beautiful scent even though the original White Linen has nothing to do with this incarnation. MY REVIEW: It's quite long lasting for its being a sort of eau fraiche, for its being a summer scent. This is certainly good news, enough with those cologne lasting the time of the liquid drying on your skin. I love the citrus opening, very merry in my opinion, very lively, not much original perhaps, but very nicely accomplished as you would expect from Estée Lauder. Soon it develops in a path of flowers, not very complex (none of Pure White Linen's business, though; its aim is another) but refreshingly beautiful. It is a wonderful scent that I adore not only in summer but even now, early autumn. A THOUGHT: I find Pure White Linen very similar to Eau de Givenchy, the much underrated Eau de Givenchy. If you smell PWL and EdG wrist to wrist you will see that the differences between the two are very tiny. I had a smile thinking of the reviews that Luca Turin wrote for PWL and EdG: the first awarded with a flattering note and four stars, the latter with a mere two star evaluation and a not so nice review. I love them both and do not find EdG so mean. CONCLUSION: Do not rely on others' authoritative (or supposed so) final words, TRUST YOUR NOSE!!!

I have all 3 of these Pure white Linen and the flankers (Coral and Light Breeze) and I just don't know which one I love the most. Well not exactly true -the Coral is my least fav of a great trio, but still I would take that one over many other different brands. Of the Pure white and Light Breeze - they both are in my top 20 favs that I own. Love them. Fresh, clean good quality ingredients. These particular scents get compliments from people around me. They are not harsh or try to be attention seeking perfumes, but still have good sillage and longevity. Yes, beautiful for Spring and Summer, but of course you can wear these anytime. The lighter fresh perfumes CAN be worn in winter, but conversely, heavy amber gourmands and the like, are more difficult to wear in the summer. Beautiful scents!

This is my favorite summer fragrance of all time and I cannot find anything to replace it - though I have tried! the combination of notes, so well blended as all EL frags are, is refreshing without being overly citrus or floral, just a modern masterpiece out of the flanker trilogy, this one being the star. I hope they bring this back someday because I cannot afford $350 for a 3.4 oz bottle. Or maybe the lesson is that if you find something you love this much then you better stock up on it!

This used to be my signature scent until it was discontinued. I ADORE this scent and still miss it very much. It was a beautiful combination of citrus, floral and honey. I find it disheartening that the nose behind this masterpiece is not mentioned here. I am contacting Estee Lauder's Gone But Not Forgotten department to see if I can obtain the original formulation of this wonderful fragrance.

I received this scent for mother's day & I really love it. It's light, bright & fresh but not screechy or harsh. It's very refreshing when first sprayed & I really like the woody/mimosa/honey longer term dry down. It's great for summer! I'll be taking this on holiday with me. It's really not like the other scents in the pure white linen line at all, I love this & don't like those.