Halle Pure Orchid

Wow, I am wondering if I am wearing the same perfume that everyone is reviewing...I have read through a number of reviews and it seems similar, but not. So here goes-- after the initial spray, I get fruity floral. There's some kind of berry and fruit mixture floating around on a warm balsamic-vanilla breeze. After the berries/fruit wander off, abut half an hour into the scent, the spicy anise and orchid saunter in. They hang out, for about two hours or so. Then, the balsamic chocolate/tonka bean arrive. For some reason, on me, tonka bean is not freshly mown hay with almond facets. It is chocolate and balsam. My son [who's six] loves my "candy" scents. He can also smell the chocolate or tonka bean in all of them, and he smells the chocolate in this one immediately. So after 3 to 4 hours, this becomes a soft skin scent, that is sweet, lightly floral, but rich balsam and chocolate. This is two squirts on the wrists, which get dabbed on inner elbow and behind the ear. The scent behind my ears, if I rub my arm on it and smell again, is still stronger and in the more floral phase. I think this stays within arms reach for the initial spray, and through the heart. The dry down is skin level. This is a spicy little number, and I am trying it during the winter, I think this would be a great nighttime summer scent, and a good day scent for the colder months. I get no grape, and it's not overly sweet. It isn't overpowering. It is quickly becoming a favorite, and at that price, wow!! Why not give it a spritz? **Update** This perfume is very temperature and body chemistry sensitive!! I can finally distinguish the amalfi lemon, which on me smells a bit aldehyde-ie. It's not terrible, but took a few days of wearing to figure out. After letting a lotion with lots of oil in it settle in [like 20 minutes after applying it], the scent takes 2 hours to get to the skin scent version of the drydown, it's really super cold today and it went through the cycle uber-fast. The scent lingers on me for around 6 hours. Yesterday it was 50 degrees Farenheit and the scent lasted longer and projected better as well. I love the spicy sweetness and scored a 3.4 oz bottle for $7.50 American!! Woo hoo for Kmart post-Christmas sale. :) Can't wait for the summer to test this out in some heat!!

A few years back, I started running really low on Pure Orchid, which was one of my main scents I wore (I only owned about 4 perfumes back then, all cheapies). When I went online to look at buying a replacement, I found out it had been discontinued, and the few remaining bottles being sold were outrageously expensive* (sigh). So, I began my search for a similar-type perfume to replace my beloved Pure Orchid, and thus began my journey into the vast world of fragrance... That's what I mostly think of when I think of this scent. I still have a teeny bit left of my original bottle that I intend to hold onto for nostalgia sake. I would describe this scent as a beautiful, sweet, powdery, soft spicy floral. But it's so much more than that, really. I agree with one reviewer who wrote that they hadn't noticed another scent like Pure Orchid on the market since it's release. I know I certainly haven't found anything similar enough after years of searching. My tastes have since moved on from the very sweet florals, though. I've found I gravitate toward strong white florals and clean scents like Dior J'adore and Chanel Gabrielle nowadays. *Ironically, I ended up spending WAAAYYY more money on perfume in the long run than if I'd just gone ahead and bought one of the expensive, discontinued bottles back when... 🤣

This is such a lovely scent but what a shame it doesn't have the lasting power-such a surprise,as when you first spray it on it is so intense ! It just seems to soften down so quickly,I can still get a hint of it after 5 hours,but only a light sweetness.The first spray gives an intense orchid and fizzy fruit burst, then the tonka bean and patchouli become more prominent with a whisper of anise,but then the whole thing softens into a sweet & soft floral. I love it so much,I am not going to use it until the summer months when I may get more lasting power from it than I am now. Either that or buy a giant bottle and re-apply every few hours :-)

This is a sugary-sweet white floral on my skin, and it actually works for me! I usually have such a tough time with floral fragrances. I don't detect any of the specific notes that are listed (most especially not the anise), but I admit I can "feel the effects" of lemon, papaya, cactus, orchid, tonka, patchouli, and sequoia. Honestly, if I had never looked at the notes, I would have guessed there was lemon, sugar cube, and jasmine in this...and maybe a whisper of patchouli somewhere in the background. I also get excellent longevity out of this fragrance.

Oh Wow!! I really like this perfume. I liked it in the bottle,On paper,spritzed in the air,On my clothes and on my skin.I really didn't think I would either :) The main problem is the lasting power.I bought a smaller bottle but it only lasted a very short time considering how many times i had to re-mist myself. I'd definitely buy this one again in a large bottle just to be sure it lasts longer then a week. The sugary scent in this perfume smells almost like cotton candy to me which is fine because Cotton candy smells goooooooooood!! :D :)