Benevolence

Sexy!!! This was one of my first houses when I started my perfume journey I purchased the discovery set with the 10 ml samples on website sale for 75.00 I'm glad I got it. I didnt know how great of a deal that was. Love is in the air was my number one purchase then 2nd was benevolence. Keep in mind I was not familiar with notes at this time and I personally never smelt anything like this. It is so sweet and deep and just mmmmm!! Then I later learned what orange blossom was. So I think this is beautiful and if you have the money id reccomend buying it. I however, I now have 5 orange blossom perfumes from different houses ranging from 300 to 25.00 and to me orange blossom is orange blossom if its the dominant note ,all mine smell 98% similar. It's orange blossom. If you are new to perfumes and you want to try a cheap but great orange blossom perfume try "Or" from pascal morabito 20 bucks smells like orange blossom. Then if you want a more luxurious version go for This version . Or pdm's oriana or the one that started it all. killians love don't be shy. Happy shopping! God bless!

I deleted my first review because I wasn't being completely fair to the fragrance after having only tested it a few times. I've since worn a good several ml out of my bottle and I have new thoughts. I still think it's like a cross between Kilian LDBS and Au Pays Neroli Blanc Intense, but different and even better thanks to the chalky bitterness running through it. Benevolence is sweet, not as sweet as the aforementioned two. It smells very high quality. The thing about House of Sillage is they're a luxury house that makes appeasing fragrances. They're not innovative. They seemingly gather inspiration from already existing fragrances and put their own spin on them using high quality ingredients, often making them better. Nowhere does HOS make this clam, it's just what I've noticed. Where they excel is quality of juice and packaging. The bottles are special and feel like a treat, as they should. Benevolence is mouthwatering, sweet orange blossom goodness. I love it.

Looks like Fragrantica has the wrong notes listed for this fragrance, compared to what the House of Sillage website says. Anyway, figured I’d chime in on the comparisons of Benevolence to Kilian’s Love Don’t Be Shy: When I wore Benevolence alone, I definitely did think it smelled similar to LDBS, from my memory. They both give me notes of bubblegum, so they at least have that in common. However, the next day I wore Benevolence on my left arm and LDBS on my right arm to compare directly. Then, the differences were really obvious. Benevolence has an almond undertone that combats/tones-down the sugar sweetness a bit. Meanwhile, LDBS has a powdered-sugar-marshmallow note that absolutely amps the sweetness up to the max bearable level. So, Benevolence is like a muted almond-oil sweet Hubba Bubba, while LDBS is like a powdered-sugar bomb sweet Hubba Bubba. I’d call them only 60 to 70 percent similar when you try them side-by-side.

To the reviewers here who have complained that this fragrance smells like Fruit Loops: So What?? Sorry you’ve become so old, crusty, and bitter that you can’t enjoy sweet perfumes? Some of us enjoy scents that remind us of childhood. This fragrance gives me the vibe of a happy kid who just ate a bowl of Fruit Loops and then dressed up in mom’s formal clothes and sprayed on some of her mother’s sweet almond perfume. It’s a fun vibe, and great for gourmand lovers. While the crusty old haters are complaining about Fruit Loops and the price and “how dare they make the bottle cute and sparkly?!?”, I will use my brain to purchase when there’s a perfectly reasonable 50% off sale, and enjoy my sweet childlike happy fragrance.

Got this at 50% off wouldn't pay full price. Love love love. I would say it comes off fun, playful, girly girl. Smells like cream soda or rootbeer float. I get the almond, orange blossom and jasmine if I look for it. But otherwise, it's a rootbeer with vanilla ice cream on top. Something fizzy about it. It's airy too, floats and fills up the room. I get anosmic to it sometimes then someone across the room tells me I smell good so I know it's there. Wouldn't say holy grail by any means. Not even sure I would repurchase but would completely enjoy my bottle.