Exotic Jasmine

I just spritzed a dab of this on myself whilst shopping for school supplies at K-Marchet today. Oh my! My first reaction was that is was just lovely. It's not the typical fragrance style that I tend to go for but it was so airy and soft and musky that I could not, not love it.I haven't cared for any of her other fragrances so far either. There was no price listed so I just threw it in the cart and intended to ask for a price check, up at the counter. It reminds me very much of the Egyptian Musk oil that you can buy at any head shop...that combined with another oil..usually called something like "China Rain"...or "China musk". Not sure if everyone will know what I'm referring to or not. It definitely has a watery/musky thing going on and it's nice and light but seems to be staying nicely.As far as the notes listed,I'm not smelling the rasberry AT ALL.....I do smell jasmine though....it's not too heavy and that makes me happy as jasmine can sometimes make me feel like I'm being strangled. Thanks to Orionleo for giving us the full list of notes. If I were to sum up this scent, I'd call it a neo-skin musk. It has that yummy, jasmine & skin musk goodness that feels like it came from the Seventies ( like me!) but with a modern edge. I really like it and I feel like I MUST have it. It's most definitely non-offensive..in fact I believe it might be the opposite. You might just get some random Nuzzlers all up inya bizness with this on! This is really a terrible thing for me to say but if it's not selling well then maybe I will be able to pick up a few bottles discounted! I ended up not buying it only because it was $28 for a 1oz bottle (which isn't terrible but I had already spent my "perfume" allowance for the month.)This one surprised me because A. I don't gravitate towards this type of scent but I really loved it..and B. It did not smell similar to anything that I already have in my collection or anything that I've smelled recently...and C. I find it to be unique in a sea of similar fragrances. ( but that's just my opinion ;0)

I've had all kinds of perfumes, from higher end to total cheapies. This was a total cheapie GEM. I just finished my bottle after having it for many years, and I miss it already. It's absurdly hot where I am, 100° or more, and a scent like this is all I want. Oh, and AC. This was not a jasmine scent for me at all, it was a completely cool, watery and fresh woody scent. Very minimal floral appearance, if any. Fresh, but not cold or typically aquatic. Not warm for me, at all. Clean, but definitely not laundry clean. Musky, but not deep. Light in every sense. It was sooo cheap, had a silly name as it's not exotic in the least, and the bottle was eh (I contemplated scrubbing off the lettering with acetone just to have it be simple pink glass) -- but if it was still in production, I would 100% buy another bottle. A big one, if they made it. On hot days like these, something like this was (😭) my go-to. I absolutely adore l'eau d'Issey on other people in the summertime, but I personally can't wear it, so my basically-full bottle sits in my cabinet, all forlorn and unused. Halle's EJ was my hot weather cool me off clean and freshie, and now I am suddenly without it. Sadness. *Deep sigh* I am usually a de-clutterer and don't keep old, empty bottles. But I may be keeping this one. There's nothing else like it out there.

I purchased a small bottle of this perfume since I have always wanted to try it out. First off, the bottle is beautiful. That is always a plus. As for the scent I have a bit more on that. When I first sprayed this I got a very strong blast of pure freshness. The florals just jump out at you, clean and fresh, reminds me fully of freshly done laundry. It's just so clean smelling. It has a very light sweetness in the start and then it mellows into a very gentle floral. The floral smell I get the most is the water lily. It has that aquatic style freshness. On me this frangrance lasted me over 12 hours. I was pretty shocked about that! As for projection it was poor. Right after I sprayed it the projection was at about a foot away and then it died down to be so close to the skin. However, being right up against someone (hugging mainly) it got noticed right away. It also had this odd lingering effect. Once in a while I could tell someone could smell it after I had walked by. Very interesting. I have never been one for such floral perfumes but this one is just so nice I think I may start trying them out more often.

A lovely, delicate perfume. To me, seams more Floral than a Fruity Floral in that the raspberry isn't noticeable on my skin. I am not keen on berry scents, so I find that to be a plus. I sampled it in the evening, and by noon the next day I could still detect it. The word I would use to describe Exotic Jasmine is "gentle". I plan on purchasing it and would wear this as an everyday sort of frag and to work as well. It's a cosy, comforting sort of scent. My initial reaction was that it wasn't complex enough, but I am won over after sampling it for three days. Edited to add in Nov 2013: I agree with the poster bellow in regards to the notes. The notes listed on Fragrantica as of Nov 19, 2013 are completely incorrect. The member orionleo has posted the correct notes as per the Halle Berry website.

I was heartbroken to find a small bottle I had of this had turned stale. The.few bottles available online are outrageous. It had a classy and warm jasmine and musk smell, along with another note I can't identify that takes me back to my childhood. Wish I could figure out what that note is. And get my hands on another bottle. Maybe the violet leaf? The cedar? I've tried some frangipani fragrances and while they're lovely (and some remind me of stepping off the plane in Hawaii), that's not the note that's in my head, heart, and memory. Still have a little hand lotion and body wash that haven't turned, but when those are gone, they're gone. Wish I could find something similar.