London Fog

!!!3 week update! I wanted to come back on here to review this perfume after a few weeks. Initially I thought maybe this wasn’t an ideal perfume for me- not that I didn’t love it at first, it’s a beautiful fragrance but I think maybe I was wondering how and when I would reach for this. Well! Lemme tell you! after some time it has really grown on me and I reach for it in these occasions; when I need to relax and take a few deep breaths, when I get out of the shower, before bed, before I put on my pajamas, when I’ve got the day off and I get to stay home and be cozy comfy in my house. That’s what this perfume is for, and I can see how maybe I would reach more for it if it were winter/fall maybe I’d wear it out but THIS is ultimate relaxation. I find myself taking in sniffs of it when I feel like I need a moment of calm. My ONLY gripe is... it doesn’t last... and that’s OK! But I do find that after no more than two hours I can’t really smell it anymore. Not a problem for me honestly! I’m willing to reapply when I need it. This is a great aromatherapy type fragrance, before bed fragrance, after a bath- I’ve truly loved to fully appreciate it. Just ordered another similar fragrance called Sleepy Ghost by Poesie, and I will be deciding on which one I’ll buy a full bottle of. We will see!!! Nontheless, buy it, even if it’s just the 5ml it’s such a unique experience and I’m sure you will find a unique use for this fragrance like I have. ❤️

Just got my 5ml in the mail. I’m always on the hunt for perfumes that aren’t “perfumey”- I don’t like to overwhelm the people around me with my fragrance. To each their own, I stumbled upon For Strange Women for this very reason, it seems they are really good at perfecting the more natural and earthy side of fragrances and smells. London Fog is exactly what you asked for, it smells like a tea bag. In the best way possible it smells like tea. I put it on myself and my boyfriend, and I think I liked it better on him. If it were to be perfect for me personally I’d like to smell a bit less citrus and a little more of the milk/cream/honey note. A great way to describe it would be an unsweetened London fog latte... I think I wanted more sugar and more milk... I have a few perfumes I can layer with this one to achieve that though. At the moment, I’ll be wearing this to bed to relax or layering with a more airy, sweet, laconic perfume from my collection.

If you like the smell of tea and want to smell like a creamy true tea this is for you. It smells so much like London fogs I would make myself. A lot of this 'milky' for the scent is coming from the vanilla and honey, so if you don't like scents with vanilla maybe I wouldn't recommend it? But it is far more TEA forward which I love so much. As with basically all their scents they are quite intimate, focused on a nice complex close to your skin, definitely for the wearers enjoyment and those who might be close by. This is one of their shorter lasting scents at about 5~ hours (give or take depending on both weather and activity) in my experience, but for $32 (I bought it at their brick and Mortar location) for their 5 ml which requires so little product I think it was very worth it.

This perfume is so delicious. It starts citrus, but on the dry down was very much the smell of tea leaves with hints of citrus and honey. It evolved to a softer, creamier scent after a couple hours. Perfect to wear walking around a small town on an autumn day while you browse used bookshops. Very much a fragrance for you that won't attract a ton of attention, but if you have it on your neck or behind your ears, then if you're sitting close to someone or give them a hug, they might notice.

This smells exactly like when you order a London Fog at a café, its spicy, warm, and a little sweet smelling. It leans much more spicy/tea forward then sweet for sure, but I do get a hint of sweetness. I don't get a lot of the citrus notes, if at all but it could just be my skin chemistry. Its a very cozy scent and I find it super easy to wear. It also lasts forever on me and every time I turned my head I got a little whif of it which I love.