Nectarine Blossom & Honey

When I was a young teen, there was only one perfume I'd touch. It was a peach colored, peachy-smelling perfume, in a simple round bottle, from Victoria's Secret. Mmm, it smelled so delicious and clean...my favorite Christmas and Birthday present to recieve. I just recently decided I must find a new perfume along the lines of that oldie-but-goody. I've always gravitated towards simple, linear scents. Jo Malone fits that bill with some of her fragrances... in a very high-quality way. I was also interested in a musk-free peach perfume, which this appears to be. I just submitted a review for Jessica Simpson's Fancy Love, because it was a step in the road that led me to this. I tried NB&H last night, and purchased a full bottle. It gives me the peachy pleasure I wanted from FL, without numb-nose (see FL review), or the strange bitterness some musks turn into on my skin. The opening is heavenly to me. Sweet, juicy, fresh, a tiny bit floral... my beloved long-lost peach teen perfume!! Yay!! It settles into a light, fresh, honey-sweet peach on my skin, that gives me that same confident, fresh, just showered/shampooed feeling that I got so many years ago from my peach treasure. Today was my first day of wear, and-as I hoped-several compliments, and 3 people got the name from me, and plugged it into their phone. I wear perfume for myself, but I'm not gonna lie...when others gush over my scent, of course it makes me love it that much more. My husband says it is very "me", (agreed) and my little boys said "Mmmm" when I hugged them. I'll probably always try peachy fragrances, but this satisfies my craving. Simple, sweet, and peachy. :)

Opens with a green stem and leaf scent and a prominent peach/nectarine scent. There’s not much else here. It smells super fresh and juicy like freshly picking fruit. I wore this while seeing Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. It felt super fitting as there is a storyline about a peach which begins with freshly picking one. The scent is a love for me. So pretty, juicy, fresh, projecting, and long-lasting, especially for the concentration. I find it to be a linear wear. KKW Nude Silk smells extremely similar. It’s now a discontinued line but some bottles may be out there still. When I smell them side by side, the KKW opens with more alcohol and is clearly the cheaper scent. However, that wears off and it also has that green and fresh nectarine scent. I’d say it’s less photorealistic compared to the Jo Malone. These differences are so small that you won’t notice unless you smell both up close at the same time. For that reason, I’ll keep using my KKW bottle and not spend the high Jo Malone prices.

FIRST IMPRESSION REVIEW: I will not review the longevity since I've only been wearing this for an hour now (for your information it still lasts after an hour so I don't share the 5 min max complaint). I have never tried a cologne before. I'm usually into EDP but I had to try this. As a EDP girl I was so confused after the first spray on my wrist. It was just like water with a very subtle scent. I might have oversprayed a bit on both skin and clothes to really get the scent. I think it's lovely. It's clean and simple. It's more office friendly compared to the rest of my collection (again it's a cologne). Whether or not it's worth the price tag.. Hmmm.. I'm very aware that I paid for the brand. I'm a sucker for luxus products and obviously willing to pay for the experience: The appearance of the packaging and the bottle itself is simply beautiful. The fact that I know that I wear something a little extra. It's just something I enjoy more than buying budget perfumes.

I cannot say enough in praise of this perfume. It is Paris in the summertime. Not the tourist Paris, the real, lived in Paris. Walking the outdoor farmer’s markets, smelling the fresh nectarines and flowers. The crisp, morning air. You take a deep breath and you know for a fact, it is going to be a good day. Perhaps a simple and sweet day, but a darn good day. This is optimism and pure joy in a bottle, for me. It is clean, pure, natural, and real. Fresh, and happy. I have never smelled a perfume as beautiful, sparkling, and filled with joie de vivre as this. It’s the scent to wear to a summer baptism. It’s an outdoor birthday party. It’s Mother’s Day brunch. It’s wearing your Sunday best to church on bright, sunny day. To date, it is the only perfume I have repurchased. The only perfume I have used the entire bottle. And the only perfume I have worn for over a decade. I hope I never get too old for the optimism I smell in this bottle.

I use this one every chance I get because of the photorealistic fruit tree scent from soil to canopy! Jo Malone did wonderfully well with this series of perfumes in general, with a few exceptions. Nectarine Blossom & Honey is beautifully light and airy and very very mixable with sweet, overly sweet or wood heavy scents. This perfume smells like a clear & warm sunny day with a gentle breeze drifting over flowering fruit trees that have just been watered, emanating fresh life & wet grass into the mix. Every part of the plant is perfectly captured in this formula, the greeness of the roots in wet earth, the woodiness of the bark, warm sweet sap, delicate blooms & the newly budding leaves at the tips of each branch. Instant love at first sniff. 🥰 10/10 Would pay full price to buy this again!