Pleats Please

There is a single perfume store in my big city that still has a tester of this, which is located in a small, otherwise boring mall. For months I was always trying that tester when I was in the area and wasn't sure if I should buy a bottle. During the lockdown I finally gave in and ordered it online for a super cheap price. And wow, I was surprised to find out that the new bottle smelled better than the tester, fresher and less sharp! Every perfume should be stored in a cold and dark area, but this maybe even more so. Pleats Please is a very wearable, but not boring fruity floral. It's a more refined take on the pink sweet pea scent that is usually found in body sprays and drug store products. The nashi pear in the opening is so juicy, dewy and refreshing, almost citrusy. It's one of my favorite fruits in real life and really well-done in this perfume. The indole note might sound scary to some, but in my opinion this isn't very indolic. It has white floral aspects similar to a sharp orange blossom and jasmin, but nothing really dirty. The base is a sweet doll-skin vanilla with some fresh and clean patchouli and musk to ground the fragrance. This is such a fluffy fragrance with just the right amount of tart notes to cut through it and make it even better. I think it's perfect for spring, but it could be worn year round.

A blind buy, and so glad I have this in my collection. I love the smell of Sweet Peas, so this is a winner for me. At first spray, it opens with pink peony and pear, and when I first wore it I was disappointed because I thought I had been had, that no sweet pea was in this, just purely pear and floral, and although it was beautiful floral I was disappointed because I have so many floral, it was Sweet Pea I was searching for. So carried on throughout my day.....2 hours later whilst at work, I caught a whiff of myself and thought I smelled gorgeous, and whats this? the most wonderful sweet pea smell that took me back to my younger days at school when we had the sweet-pea school festival. Yes I have sweet pea and it is truly glorious, and though it was late to the party, it stays right until the end. Pleats Please lasts a long time on my perfume devouring skin, and for an EDT its truly amazing....we're talking 10-12 hours here! My bottle is a 50ml as it was a blind buy, but it is on my christmas wish list, and if I dont get it I will be buying myself a couple of 100ml bottles as back ups. I love it.

Totally wasn't expecting what I smelled, I was expecting something lighter, not that it's heavy, I just was more focused on the sweet pea note && expected something like the B&BW Sweet Pea... any who what you have is a pretty fruity floral with a touch of sweetness w/o being overly sweet. I'm not certain if I really got the comparison to JC'S CC...It was a quick test, but I'm sure it might have an undertone that's reminiscent I'll have to revisit it. I got a brightness from it that makes it perfect for the spring & summer months && it's sweetness makes it fun && youthful. It's deff. worth the try I think most will enjoy it if they're in search for a new break of spring && summer scent. I know they have 3 diff versions of this out && who needs another flanker right, but I'm interested to see a whole line...I love that bottle && I think it be nice in a light green color..."Pleats Please L'eau" or maybe even a winter version or like a "Pleats Please Noir" with a black cap...Idk lol, is it noticeable I want to be a designer && create scents...haha go give it a try! :) Overall: 9/10

Sort of a crumpled bottled look. Not the type of pleats I envisage, but being familiar with Issey's garment designs of the 90's I see where the idea came from, though personally I prefer crisp perfect pleats myself. Anyway the fragrance, Perfect for summer. A Melbourne summer. On me the fragrance does not last long at all, an hour tops. Hint of musk at stumps. As a hint of musk after the final drydown. I probably will have to purchase the an EDP, though as a summer scent the EDT should surfice. The fragrance reminds me of a field full of market flowers. Lovely and freshly sweet. I smell the freesia over the other notes then the musk. I don't like the bottle cap. It;s like a fallen flower. But again I see the design principle behind the bottles design. Very reminiscent of Miyake's cumpled oversized designs of yesteryear with geisha type models. I recall the garment designs quite vividly. But I do like this over L'Eau Issey. Even though I absolutely love the way L'Eau used to smell on me. Cheers T.

About that bottle. I'm usually more focused on the perfume than the bottle so when I first got Pleats Please the bottle was my least concern. After owning it for a while I've realised that this bottle gives me an inordinate amount of pleasure when I pick it up. The way the pleats are indented in the front creates a perfect thumb grip making it a delight to hold. Sometimes I just pick it up and put it straight back down again! Several times! About the perfume. I think it falls somewhere between Elie Saab (as do many others before me) and Moringa from The Body Shop. I like Elie Saab but it feels too "dressed up" for me. Pleats Please is more my style. It's smells fresh and laundry white. It's sweet and sparkling, a bit like a honey nectar fizzy drink. And it's got patchouli. I think there's quite a bit, more than the pyramid will let me give it. If I ever decide to give it away someone else is going to have to pack it for me because if I pick it up I won't let it go.