Sensuous Nude

We all have smelled those perfumes that the first time trying are fantastic but, upon subsequent applications, they fail to please. I have tested Sensuous Nude at my local Palais Royale for almost a year, and each time, it pleases. I always feel that my skin makes woody fragrances too...something. Too masculine, too noticeably woody...just something, so I always hesitate with woods. In fact, I did not own a single wood note perfume, until today. I paid full retail price, y'all. Worth. The. Money. The woods add a hint of maturity but they are tempered by the coconut. I have noticed that the coconut is not necessarily "Notice me! I'm coconut!" but works subtly in the conjunction with all the other elements to make it creamy and smooth. There are no harsh edges, as can sometimes be found with woods and ambers. The ambers are not sickly sweet, either. This is a sweet perfume, as far as that goes, but it is no way gourmand. It is elegant and classic. I certainly feel I could wear this at the beach or as a summer fragrance, but I would like to see how it acts on a bitterly cold day. It is warm but not hot. One could also wear it to the office and be perfectly fine.If applied with a light hand, this should not bother any co workers or others. I plan on wearing it to church on Sunday. The projection is small, it does stay closer to the skin, but the longevity is fantastic. I have looked for years for an Estée Lauder perfume that I could truly feel like I belonged to, and this is just perfect. Head and shoulders above others of this type. UPDATE: So, I've been wearing this every day for about a week. The weather was a hot and humid (80F) and it smelled divine, never too hot or heavy. Today, the temperature dropped to 60F (Texas weather, what can you do?) and Sensuous Nude is all light musk and creamy sandalwood. Truly, this is my favorite Estée Lauder fragrance of all time, and I have the gamut. Perfectly wearable in all weather and all seasons. UPDATE: I love this scent so much! Even my husband requests Iwear it...he said it's the sexiest fragrance I own. It has replaced my dear Aromatics Elixir and Tresor as my most worn. Creamy, warm, just beautiful. My ONLY complaint is this does not last as long as I would like for a perfume. I get about 4 solid hours on skin.

I've found my new signature fragrance, and I'm angry I didn't wear this sooner! This is the sexiest fragrance. Very sensual, soft, feminine, and sexy. It goes incredibly well with my body chemistry, and I have yet to smell this on anyone else. I didn't like the original, so I didn't think I'd like this one. Initial spray, it's sweet and tricks you into thinking it will be heavy, but it isn't. It has great longevity and good/moderate sillage. I get no spiciness at all in this fragrance. On me, it's all creamy, musks, soft honey, delicious coconut, a dash of orange, and smooth florals. I am in love with this fragrance, and have bought several bottles up. I also told my boyfriend this better be one of my Christmas gifts. Very mature (but not "old ladyish), elegant... Like fine pearls and silks in a bottle. I adore this so much. I think this is called "nude," because this fragrance may help you and your paramour end up just so! EDIT: The scent smells differently each day, but in a good way! The scent varies with weather, and with where it is applied (on the body). In cold weather, the alcohol smell is quite strong for a few minutes, but it fades quickly. After that, I get A LOT of the spice of the black pepper and the crispness of the citrus in the first hour or so of wearing Sensuous nude. It's *almost* sharp for several minutes after first spritz. Almost. After about 20-30 minutes, it turns creamy again, but the citrus is still present. This is a big difference from how this develops on my skin in warm weather. Just like it smells spicier and more 'citrusy' on cool days, it develops the same when applied to more cool parts of the body--like a wrist versus the inner bend of the arm. Coconut is dominant during the mid-life to end of the fragrance in all types of weather.

After receiving a sample of Sensuous, I was highly intrigued and curious to get my hands on SN. It may have been the appeal of its discontinuation and others' high praise that kept me searching for one. Finally purchased from a previous owner who was moving and was happy to see their bottle re-homed. It's in great condition and still nearly full. Now that I own both fragrances, it's fun to compare them. I'm personally in love with the pink champagne tint of the bottle. It speaks cleverly to the truest skin scent I have ever smelled. Every time I spritz SN, I'm embraced by the warmest honeyed wood and amber scent-- one I feel compliments my evenings alone, left to unwind with some music. I don't detect any pepper or mandarin throughout this composition in the slightest, but I feel they would be distracting if made more apparent. An incredibly calming feeling from this one, especially after a long day. Leans just a bit more feminine from the sweeter notes-- but I could also see this as a unisex scent. Incredibly intimate sillage, but understandably so. Nothing else I've tried or owned before has ever truly given me a 'my skin but better' presence. I'm genuinely surprised at the turnout of votes for those who feel this one to be a daytime scent. There's something about it where I feel SN cannot be shared, regardless of the season. I think it may be how unique the composition is for myself, as it evokes a sense of comfort and innocence, yet remains mature and fades elegantly, with enough warmth in the traces of sandalwood and honey to welcome a pampering sleep. Definitely worth it to snag a genuine bottle for savoring modestly.

I initially bought it because the scent was reminded me so much of the Victoria's Secret Dream Angels Heavenly Limited Edition Sparkling body mist that my god mother gave me one Christmas in the early 2010's. That VS body mist was my official introduction to the world of body mists and fragrances outside of just your usual cologne for school. Its scent made me feel so confidently pretty that I wore it to my first date with my now-husband. So when I found the scent of Estee Lauder's Sensuous Nude to be very similar to the VS body mist of my childhood, it triggered a memory for me and I didn't hesitate getting the Sensuous Nude for myself as an official introduction to the world of fragrances and perfumes in my adulthood. I love this perfume so much that it was what I wore to my wedding in 2020. It breaks my heart that Estee Lauder chose to discontinue such a classic everyday feminine scent. It's very rare to have been able to make something as universally flattering as the Sensuous Nude. I've smelled the regular Sensuous (which I initially heard was discontinued as well, but I assume they just reformulated it after its temporary absence?). Unfortunately, it doesn't match the elation I felt when I smell the Sensuous Nude. To this day, I have yet to find a proper dupe for it, so I'm using the one bottle I have since 2018 very sparingly. I really hope they revive it, cause it's such a classic underrated perfume staple that a lot of people can easily enjoy.

Moody Estée Lauder sensuous nude ✧ I was lucky enough to come across this discontinued gem and I’m so happy that I’ve got it. (Lately all of my blind buys are being on spot!). I’ve given it some research and went for the notes as they spoke to my heart. How lucky I am to get my hands on this soothing beautiful fragrance!! Was it love at first sniff? It truly was! I was showered with this feeling of euphoria and oddly enough it reminded me of a creamy powder puff that I used to have when I was a kid. I’d put baby powder all over me with that soft fluffy puff. And then slowly with the drying down it unveiled its true essence of calmness and tranquility... 🤍😌 The feeling of fresh comfy wear after a warm shower... The happiness under fresh sheets.. The warmth of a candle after a long day... I was in the woody, powdery, vanilla and coconuty heaven! All merged together into this beautiful nostalgic dreamy mix of scents that I couldn’t even describe... With this beautiful piece I’ve rediscovered my love for pink pepper and sandalwood notes once again. I quite didn’t get the mandarin orange and the bergamot notes and honey and jasmine notes were very faint. Performance: - longevity: 4-5 hours in hot climate - Sillage: mild to moderate I like this more than the original sensuous and I’d go for a back up bottle in a heart beat if I’d ever have the chance to come across this beautiful piece once again!

I LOVE this perfume. I don't want to pick a signature scent (I like trying new ones too much!) but if I did, I'd pick this, hands down. I'm someone who could never get into perfume when I was younger because I was too sensitive to scents. My mother bought me a huge bottle of Clinique Happy for my sixteenth birthday, and I used it once and then never again. Insta-headache. In my late twenties, I was going through the perfume section of Dillards (something I used to do while breathing through my mouth) when the Estee Lauder lady caught me, and convinced me to try out their new sample of Pleasures Eau Fraiche. She also let me try out several other scents, including Sensuous Nude. Even to my uneducated nose, it smelled beautiful, like rubbing coconut oil into my skin while lying on a tropical beach with spices floating through the air. I loved it so much, I gambled on the headache and asked her to spray my wrist. I loved it, and it was *just* soft enough that it didn't make my head hurt. I ended up buying a roller ball, and then later a full bottle (the most I've ever bought of any perfume). It's wonderful. It doesn't really work year round IMO, it's far too summery, but that just makes it a thrill to pull out come May. One more thing: I heard about people layering perfumes, and got curious enough to try it. Sensuous Nude layered with Givenchy Pi (edt for men) is INCREDIBLE. Give it a shot.

I remember trying a vial-on-card of this years ago, concluding that it had that scary dark coconut thing that puts me off Crystal Noir, and dismissing it. Fast forward to last night, when hubs presented me with a 1 ounce bottle he had gotten for next-to-nothing. He covered the bottle and gave me a blind-spritz. "Take it back," I said, "It's nice, but it smells like Si Lolita and Oriflame Paradise and Kate Moss Vintage, and I have all of those". We agreed, so I asked to see the bottle. This is where things changed. I worked for Estee Lauder for nearly five years, in the late 90's through early 00's, and I loved my time with them, and retain some brand loyalty. I know that, even if one of their fragrances may not call to me, it will be well-made, with projection for days and tenacious longevity. So, for $15, I would be crazy to send it back. I'm happy I kept it, because with more wearing I've rediscovered the coconut note... although, gladly, it doesn't remind me a bit of Crystal Noir (was I hallucinating before?)... just sets the whole experience apart from the fragrances mentioned above. I will agree with reviewers who have said that there is nothing "nude" about this. It definitely does smell put-together... but not too serious, either. I believe the pink pepper keeps it a tad playful, but this is definitely a grown, sexy, all-dressed-up lady perfume. Quite nice!

I don't know why this caught my eye, but Im sure glad it did. When out testing perfumes, ones eye is usually drawn to the flashy, pretty bottles or ones with a unique kitch flare. The juice inside is usually disappointing so the bottle is what sells it. Why my hand absentmindedly grabbed this unassuming no frills bottle,I'll never know. If I were to judge it based on the opening alone, it would be ok, wearable but not purchase worthy. But the dry down is when this fragrance's magic turns this from ho hum to "I want to wrap myself in this and cuddle puppies". It opens peppery and powdery- a bit like Si by Lolita Lempicka but a powdery version of that. Something in it also reminds me A LOT of Curve Crush. Milky, baby powder, cinnamon? Pepper. Its nice. It's warm. But it's kinda meh. After about 20 minutes it turns into a musky, creamy coconut. Still powdery but also buttery. The coconut in this reminds me of Virgin Coconut oil.Also like the kind of coconut in Versace Crystal Noir but without the spice. I can't get enough of it when it turns warm and cuddly. It lasts on my skin about 6-8 hours and it won't fill a room, but its not a skin scent either. I'm really glad I picked this one up and didn't sit around and debate it with myself. I can see this being a fast favorite.

I love this so much. I think this smells better on the skin than on paper! which is huge bonus for me. Such a comforting creamy coconut scent that will smell delicious all year around. On my skin this smells very gourmand like coconut and chocolate biscuits but in a luxurious way. Best thing about this is that it doesn't start off strong or sharp like most perfumes.Cant go wrong with this sexy scent! I know a lot of reviews say this doesnt last but i applied on my skin and i smelled it on myself for 12+ hours. I thought it was a skin scent at this point until my partner told me that he can still smell it all across the room so maybe it is stronger than it seems. Edit: Came here after 6 years to say that i recently purchased a bottle of this and i love it! Ever since smelling it for the first time i have been in love and have been on the hunt for a bottle since its sadly discontinued. I have tried so hard to find a scent close to this and i couldn't. The closest i came was santal vanille by 7 virtues. Anyway i randomly spotted this fragrance and it was the last bottle left and i purchased it straight away.

The Sensuous line is pretty unknown here in Germany and I am happy that I have found it. After trying Sensuous as well as Sensuous Nude for a week now, I prefer the NUDE version, because it smells more youthful and more creamy to me. Both of them linger close on my skin but only Sensuous Nude leaves a lasting impression. The soft and spicy sweetness feels like a warm blanket to me. I really want to leave it for a hot summer night though but I can't help but to want to smell it all the time at the moment. Plus: sandalwood has such an interesting aroma! I used to be a safe Tommy Girl/Yves Rocher Naturelle/Joop! All about Eve/Chanel Chance Eau Vive - kinda gal and I am discovering warmer, woodsy scents now. I want to "own" a new version of myself and I am still insecurely asking friends if they also like me with warm Sensuous Nude by Estée Lauder or musky Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker. And they do. Which means my nose is a good guide and I am happy that I enjoy so much more than apple, citrus and tea scents.

My first review on Fragrantica was for Sensuous EDP, some four years ago. I first wore that as my signature when I was 23 (I soon turn 41) many years before I had a collection of perfume (albeit my collection remains intentionally modest). So at that time, Sensuous was probably my only bottle. I didn't have a lot of money, and I still don't, but I recently got Sensuous Nude for a very good price on a blind buy. I am so glad I did. This is perfect for me right now. It's a powdery, woody, and musky beauty that can be worn in extreme heat. It may work quite well for most of the year in Southern California. It's not sweet. At least not relative to the perfumes of the past 5 years or so. It is not gourmand like so many are now. The vanilla isn't dessert like. The honey is far less intensive than in the original Sensuous and I think I like this iteration even more. The coconut is not tropical but sort of just adds to the dry vanillic powdery woody aspect. This is exactly what I was looking for.

I never understood what "Skin but Better" perfume smelled like until I tried my sample sized spritzer of this perfume that I have had in my closet since 2007. On first smell I couldn't even detect notes, it was just warm, slightly spicy, slightly sexy, me but better smell. This is the liquid form of the "you're my favorite person scent" - its the closest thing to what I imagine a pheromone would smell like. Once I got past the fantasy of it all, this is how it smelled on me: Opening was a bright light citrus with a woody, powdery kick. Warming up to my body chemistry brought out amber, musk, wood - but the wood soft and tropical. I personally can smell the coconut a lot on me as it develops, but if I could describe the vibe: Its less "day at the beach with palm tree wood and coconut" and more "coconut body oil and a sauna". It has a meticulous, delicate blend - it doesn't scream, it whispers sweet nothings to your senses.

Looking back across time, I found a review I wrote for Estee Lauder's Sensuous, my enraptured words describing the mother fragrance as "the intermingling of sap and resin running from a tree", inviting me to imagine I'd been "rolling around on moss" when its scent had lingered upon my skin for a time. Years later, Sensuous Nude has nigh conquered its namesake for a place amongst my most beloved fragrant paramours. Where Sensuous is aligned with nature - native, agrestal, wild - Sensuous Nude is pure, poetic intimacy, all unpeeled and revealed. This beautiful scent marries creamy coconut, honeyed sandalwood, and cashmere musk in the most elegant, refined way imaginable. It's a whisper of a dream of a skin scent, less a sileage stirrer and more a hushed, serene caress. Sensuous Nude is no splashy grande dame, and doesn't long to be; she's an aromatic balm that would sooner spin her spells in a gentle, waveless whisper.

In art classes, I learned the difference between NUDE and naked. Nude is being comfortable in your own skin. Nude is allowing your beauty to shine through, at whatever age and whatever shape you are in. It's when that glorious moment of self-acceptance happens; the moment when you realize how truly beautiful you are, how unique you are, and how talented you are. It's a sexy self-confidence that real women have. This perfume has bottled that. It's like intimacy and self-confidence in a bottle. It smells warm and inviting, yet completely and beautifully bare. It's like the artistic nudes that Imogen Cunningham photographed; they are all at once intimate and beautiful, warm and sexy, but not at all sexual, more like just appreciating what is beautiful in all of us, as women, as the works of art that we are. Thank you, Estee Lauder, for this lovely fragrance. I am completely in love with it.

Oh what a lovely perfume! It's a perfect, beautifully blended masterpiece. The coconut, for me is the best I have ever smelled! Not too strong or overwhelming, just softly supporting every other beautiful note. Everything is beautifully present, and all the notes float around, in and out and through the perfume all day. For me the sillage is very nice and enveloping, and also is strong enough for others to notice, but not be bothered by. Heaps of lovely compliments I get whenever I wear it. The woods are so good, holding everything nicely earthed, and the flowers are divine. Beautiful musk, amber, vanilla and honey - and the citrus!! Not forgetting the lovely ground pepper touch, which I find very thrilling! Beautiful bottle and colour, and I do 'feel' the nude/skin/softness is very much what it's about. It suits me all the time, not matter the weather. I love it.

Love the way this smells on clothing, but not as much on my skin. Warm, creamy, and spicy in my clothes. Sort of almond playdough on my skin. Edit: I’ve spent quite a bit more time with this fragrance and have come to quite like it. On initial spray I get pencil shavings....they’re sort of pretty pencil shavings, but still pencil shavings. Makes me wonder if maybe there’s cedar in this. The pencil smell doesn’t last terribly long though. It quickly calms to just a cozy scent. I don’t get beachy, I don’t even get coconut (which was the note that I initially tested it hoping fort). This fragrance has become one of the few I have that is an easy spray and go anywhere scent. It lasts long on me and wears close which is perfect for any situation. This one is warm, sophisticated and womanly. I wouldn’t put this on anyone younger than 30. Maybe even 35.

I have only been wearing this in wintertime until now and I thought I didn't like this very much... But now when the weather is warming up, I love this more and more for every time I use it! It starts off with citrus, pepper, woods and coconut. After it dries down for a bit, it becomes smoother. The vanilla, heliotrope, jasmine, musk and white honey starts to appear more and more, accompanied by the rest of the notes which doesn't come through too strong on me, but they are definitely there. In the end, this is mostly a woody, peppery coconut with the perfect amount of sweetness and powder. I really love that this is a more "mature" coconut, not a cheap, artificial suntan lotion, but a dry, natural and fresh one! I will probably end up using my bottle up during this summer.

This is a modern masterpiece. Like skin, only better. Too sensuous to be called “tame.” Too gorgeous to be called “generic.” This risks vulnerability while remaining full-time wearable. Can mandarin truly be voluptuous? Can heliotrope truly beckon an admirer? Can musks be so wearable and inviting? Can honey and vanilla conspire to avoid sweetness? They can in this composition. This transcends the realm of fragrance and speaks to the soul. It also calls to mind the beautiful lactonic introductory formulation of Chanel No. 5 Eau Première while also winking at sensuous fresh musk from the Bvlgari lineup. Finally, I’m nostalgically reminded of the long gone but not forgotten Night Blooming Jasmine. Again, this is a modern masterpiece.

I bought a few bottles of this in 2021 when i figured out it was discontinued. It’s a shame because it’s a lovely scent and i genuinely haven’t been able to find anything quite like it. It’s cozy woody, creamy, but the citrus on top lights it up. I do get pencil shavings from the sandalwood, but in a way i absolutely love! it’s not dry, somehow. I read someone said it smelled like a scented cosmetic and that’s kind of true. I haven’t smelled anything else that quite captures powder and wood, juicy citrus, and cozy creaminess. Ridiculous it’s been discontinued, but EL is big enough that i believe it’s still findable on ebay or discounters. Not for everyone, but I’m glad to see that others have a big fat soft spot for it like i do!

This has to be one of the perfumes of all time for me. At first it's any other Estée Lauder perfume, before slowly morphing into this sensuous (ha), dreamlike floral that I can't stop inhaling off of my wrists. It's at once the golden ideal of every trashy teenager with midterm angst, and the bold affirmations of a powerful woman about to give a speech in front of an audience. It's spellbinding, sweet and just complex enough to have me coming back for more without holding itself in pretension. Maybe all of this is just the nostalgia of a small child spraying way too much on without knowing what the name meant, maybe this is the genuine appreciation of someone far older and wearier, but either way, this is a fragrance I love.