London Rain Rain & Angelica

It's not every day that the Jo Malone counter gets a visit from me when I am at the store/ mall. When Rain and Angelica came out together with the other limited fragrances, however, the counter saw me quite more often than your favorite dim sum place. I fell in love too late with this fragrance as all the store ran out the moment I realized I wanted to take it home. Rain and Angelica does remind you of the peaceful smell of falling rain and the sweetness of angels (or something like babies, like angels...). It's unique and soft, but not mushy corny and yeah-it's-something-I-already-have-at-home kind of sweetness. It has that Jo Malone twist...but it lasts longer than their other scents. Luckily, I bagged my Rain and Angelica bottle from Nordstrom online. Awesome ! I love this fragrance. It is longer-lasting, very pleasant, sweet, and slightly addicting.

This is my favorite of the London Rain set...This one I must have! It starts out very watery with a touch of lime, Then the angelica becomes more prominent, like standing along a riverbank lined with angelica, cool and minty refreshing, and herbal, gets powdery. It's an angelica lover's dream! Sweet angelica blowing in the breeze...Like the soft billowy clouds rolling by on a lazy summer afternoon

I just picked this up at Neiman Marcus and it is really fresh and warm at the same time. Sorry I can't give very creative description, but I am glad I bought it and dry down is even better than the opening.

Beautiful perfume. Perfect for day wear. When layered with l'agent provocateur, it becomes mysterious and deep enough for evening wear. Rain Angelica brings the freshness to the combo!!!

Rain & Angelica really surprised me. Not only is it a hated aquatic, but it's significantly different to the kinds of scents I usually like. It opens with a tart, yet juicy lime note, that is instantly summery and fresh. The 'rain' note is strong almost immediately, cooling this scent and moving it away from a summer sun mojito vibe. It is like lime infused rain water, which is somehow delightful. It is not long however before the heart note of angelica comes forward and takes centre stage. This is where it gets tricky, as I think if you don't like angelica you probably won't like this at all. Angelica to me is very herbal, but can also be a tad bit cloying - I feel its familial relation to anise. It's what ultimately put me off the beautiful L'eau d'Hiver by Frederic Malle, as with the sweet purple flowers the angelica became sickly. But here with the bracingly fresh water and lime the angelica works much better for me. This stage dominates the scent, the lime eventually fading out, but the water accord remaining. Finally the earthy vetiver at the base makes itself known and it is at this stage, with the green bite of the angelica and the rain water note, that it really smells like a city after rainfall. You step out with your umbrella ready just in case and are hit by the scent of wet concrete, a slight waft of the dripping shrubbery and a hint of the damp soil. Definitely unisex, this scent surely isn't for everybody, but is well worth a try. To me this was the only one of the collection which really struck me as a 'rain' scent. Also, another surprise, this one just stays and stays on me, at least 8 hours. I assumed it would be gone in two, but no. I'll have my bottle a long time. Another gem from the wonderful Christine Nagel.