YOUR LOVE INSIDE ME

I put this on and I'm immediately pulled back to being 15, wearing a badge-riddled denim jacket and Kelly green Converse sneakers on a breezy, summer night on the Jersey boardwalk. It smells like the older guys I'm with (but shouldn't be with) and the thrill of having an entire night ahead of me: invincible, free and open to any new experience. It smells like the invisible line that exists between adolescence and adulthood. If that makes any sense. Your Love Inside Me begins with a pungent punch to the face of figs and cigs. There's an excessive sweetness there from either the Hyacinth/Magnolia combo or maybe the Tea/Tobacco. It's one of the most familiar, yet unfamiliar scents ever...I can't really describe it. On the dry down, it smooths out and becomes "beachier" - conjuring up images of waves, wild-salty hair being tossed around by the sea breeze and that layer of sunscreen from earlier in the day that you couldn't slough off in the outdoor shower. Since I'm one of those people who love scents that tell stories or that present themselves as liquid time machines, I adore this fragrance. I would definitely recommend this one, but only give slight caution for those newer to fragrances.

The floral-ambergris-leather combo gives a distinctly filthy impression in the best way. It's tangy, sweaty, and raw. The sweetness of the fruits are there, but I can't pick them out individually. Tea and dirt mingling together harmoniously, giving a comforting and breezy freshness to this otherwise rather bodily mix. I wish I got more of the suntan lotion and cannabis. Rather I get a lot of both tobacco and leather, but not in a refined, smoking lounge way. It very much smells like you've stolen your teenage boyfriend's ripe leather jacket on a humid night, and you are breathing in the sweat, musk, spilled cola cocktails, smoke, and general dirt that has been collecting on it from years of use. Maybe he rides a motorcycle. Girls think he's cool. As a woman in my late thirties, I suspect that if someone smelled this on me, they might think I've just rolled out of a one night stand with a line cook. I'm absolutely fine with that. Immediately purchasing a full bottle.

this perfume smells exactly like the sweater i received from poshmark a few months ago that reeked of cigarettes and saliva. you can't say it wasn't loved.

Like going to a party and then getting a ride home in a car with people you only kinda know

Blind bought this which is probably not advisable BUT was intrigued by the notes so here we are (note: I’m typically a vanilla gourmand girlie) At first spray: definitely tobacco and benzoin in there. Without a doubt. It’s a little bit cloying at first. I used to smoke so it’s saying something Half an hour later the tobacco is still there but very faintly so, much more ocean, plum and figs. Can’t say I detect much of the cannabis or suntan lotion. It feels very Kate Moss in her smudged liner, messy era. Maybe Serena VanDerWoodsen after a night of partying. Sexy but bold and smoky. This wouldn’t be my every day but definitely a statement piece.