Elderflower & Gooseberry

Elderflower and Gooseberry is a pastel purple and green My Little Pony doll, with a very long tail... The sweetness goes on and on... E&G is a powdery sweet and slightly tart, soft fruity floral. I think this one is very pleasant, but the elements are not true to life, though that does not bother me in this fragrance. Perhaps it would have been slightly more interesting if the notes were more realistic, but I'm working with what I've got. Even with the CGI Fruits and Florals, it still doesn't smell anything like lipstick to me like some other reviewers noted, especially not after smelling Prada Candy, which to my nose has an outstanding waxy-lipstick note in the opening. When I was a little girl, my mother gave me perfumed powder to use, instead of an alcohol-based fragrance. It smelled mostly like powder, but with the added soft sweet dimension of something vaguely fruity and flowery. I think the longevity with E&G is pretty good for Jo Malone, and it projects very well for the first few hours. I could see this being a great brunch fragrance, or as Rosecat suggested, for afternoon tea. When you want to wear something soft light and fresh, but don't want it to interfere with your mimosa, poached eggs, spring salad, and goat cheese spinach croissant, E&G is a pretty safe bet.

You've never smelled anything exactly like this. And I do think there's some appeal in smelling "unique". I do agree with the lipstick effect, but only a few lipsticks smell like this, and they are lipsticks I spent ages sniffing. They're one of the first perfumed things I started to really notice. This is an amazingly lovely slightly spicy sweet scent. The opening is like walking through a garden full of spicy and powdery elderflower, while nibbling on a ripe and sweet gooseberry on a hot summer day. Perhaps while wielding a frilly parasol to protect you from the sun rays. Like I said before, it opens with spicy and sweet powder. There's no creaminess like you might expect from a dessert-inspired perfume. The perfume stays true to it's soul all the way through, and dries down to simply sweet powder, without the spicy bite I pick up in the opening. This is one of the few fragrance samples I wore to death, and I am now dying to get a bottle of this. Words can't explain how much I love this.

I was very fortunate to try this collection, and whilst the others are great, I really want this one. Its a beautifully smooth light floral gourmand, and unlike the other Jo Malones. I eat both gooseberries & use a lot of elderflower & elderberry so I am very familiar with them. Its captured the softness & sweetness of these but neither of these notes stand out to be obviously recognisable. Its creamy, powdery & sweet, likened to say elderflower cordial and gooseberry cake dusted with suger and cream, that kind if cake sweetness. Perfect for an "Afternoon High Tea" outing but you may be mistakenly put on the menu! or imagine wearing this on a warm spring day swanning around in pretty dresses. Its a beautiful gourmand worth trying or those after something soft & cuddly.

Upon spraying it rang a bell... lovely summery, creamy, tranquil scent, not flowey or juicy on my skin. But very cream-like. Loved it! Several hours later, this perfume cloud, that surrounded me discreetly, hadn't faded yet, as is the case with some malones. And then it hit me: Nivea body cream! At its finest! Not a dupe, of course, but same dna, at least on me! Very very nice!

One of my all time favorite perfumes. Very nostalgic and reminds me of my strawberry shortcake dolls from the 80's. Very sad that it's been discontinued, but I recently found a dupe that's almost identical - Divain 602.