Kate Spade New York

Think Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl... or Elle from Legally Blonde, or even Jenna Rink from 13 going on 30...remember the pink slip, coat and handbag combination? What would they have in common?..... This scent. Imagine living in a busy city, wearing a cute business casual outfit (there’s a shade of pink on your outfit, any shade - but it’s there) and catching a yellow cab with a friend to go buy a cute (but expensive) new bag. This perfume is seriously pretty, girly but womanly at the same time, fun and yet so sophisticated- that’s the ambroxan note coming through. Sweet and innocent but smart and serious when you need to be. The wild strawberry is gorgeous, it almost sparkles... it’s not a cheap smelling strawberry and to even allude to that would be insulting, this is grown, refined but unbridled. The citrus provides that sparkling effect and keeps it vibrant, the freesia and rose note add a very sweet touch and the ambroxan and cashmere warm it all up and lends the sophistication. There are definitely fresh spicy (pink - peppery) and mild woodsy notes to this but beautifully blended so it only adds complexity to the floral zing of this perfume. Smells like freshly sprayed 6 hours in but with a bit of warmth, it still lingers on clothes so beautifully, even the next day. It would last about 3-4 hours on skin before it faded away. This will leave a scent trail if you spray more than 4-5 sprays but I cannot see anyone complaining as there are no cloying and overwhelming properties. Something about this perfume smells like money (having lots of it). I think of strawberry champagne, a bouquet of pink roses with little white flowers, a cashmere sweater and a sparkling diamond ring. Wear this to a high tea with friends, a day picking strawberries with your lover, a walk in the botanical gardens with your child, but definitely shopping in the city on an early spring day and when you are happy and excited for life!

The sillage is amazing! I don't know how they did it but you can feel the strawberry (and a bit of citrus) for hours and not by sniffing your wrist, it is just there, like a sweet strawberry cloud. At the beginning it is a bit sharp from the citrus but it is nice and refreshing. After about 5-10 min the citrus settles in the background and the scent becomes more sweet and, at first I found it a bit too sweet but maybe I just sprayed too much (5-6 sprays), next time I only sprayed 3 times and it was nice. I did not find much development after that - it is just a sweet, crispy strawberry. Honestly at no point do I feel florals, maybe a bit of softness from the cashmeran but it could be placebo. Another amazing and slightly unexpected and maybe a bit weird thing is that this works for the ...gym. Hear me out. So it was to sweet the first time I sprayed but during my workout, mixing with the sweat, it actually got better with the slight salty and sour note. When I started, I was worried that it would make me nauseous but NO! It actually made the exercise more pleasant, so another + for this amazing fragrance. One thing to note is that I am not sure I would call the strawberry note a wild strawberry. It is not completely off but if just doesn't feel like wild strawberry if we compare to Coach Love. I guess it would go as an unripe wild strawberry or one you would grow in your house garden - a domesticated wild strawberry - heh. It just does not have this intense flavor you get from wild berries ... maybe if it was rainy and cloudy all week. I think it could be due to the citrus but it reminds me more of strawberry chewing candy. Not bad, just a bit juvenile. But with this, it makes sense that it is considered a citrus scent even though the strawberry plays the main role.

The initial hit is strawberry candy. Sweet, tart, light and green. Im not sure why its called new york though.... to me it's the antithesis of NYC. It's innocent, clean and juicy. NYC is.... well darker.... grimy and on the flip side glamorous, serious. This is far too playful and carefree to evoke NYC. It certainly grows on you, and its a very uplifting, sparkly scent. Regardless, its an EXTREMELY feminine scent.... its sort of a classic lolita girl scent I think. The citrus adds a tartness to it which I really enjoy and the dry down is quite musky, almost reminds me of cloud by AG. The dry down has that plasticy sweetness like cloud does. Which isn't a bad thing. I think if you enjoy cloud you'll like this one. I don't sense the rose or fressia overly. I think they must add to that green/dewy element to the scent. It lasts quite a though. I'd say 5 hours? Is it an extremely complicated scent? No. Is that a bad thing? No. Its something that is just uncommon enough that it could become a signature scent, but is also likeable enough its not polarising for the common nose. 7/10 Edit* After spending some time with this fragrance I can officially say I am in LOVE. In LOVEEEE!! Its like biting into a fresh wild strawberry in a spring field. Its slightly tart with that citrus but that beautiful wild strawberry really brings that lush juicy sweetness. Its innocent yet sexy. And I am absolutely obessesed. Give this one time. At first I thought it was just a cheery sweet scent. But overtime ive come to understand her complexities. New rating- 8.7/10

Very lovely. I wouldn't have gone for a strawberry nor a rose fragrance normally, but having smelled this at the store and being happily surprised, I gave it a go since relatively cheap. I am quite satified with the purchase so far. Not especially fond of the strawberry opening, but it dulls out enough after 15 minutes and leaves a sweet blend with citrus and rose in the background. I was also unsure if I would like this sent because of the rose, which normally gives me a headache when too strong. Although lovely and glamourous, I had to get rid of my Chloé perfum for that reason. In Kate Spade, the rose is more subtle and is supporting the sent through about 4-5h without being strong. It seems it will be the one rose based fragrance I can tolerate. Hopefully this Kate Spade doesn't age to rapidely and becomes overwhelmingly rose with time, as some in my collection have. This one seems mild enough that it will stay quieted for a while. It is a very "youthful" fragrance due to the strawberry and sweetness, but saved by a sophisticated twist of rose and citrus. There is however a slight chemical sent still acceptable because relatively hidden. Kate Spade could have certainly avoid this and elevated the fragrance, but luckily, it is far from being a Betwey Johnson. Catastrophe averted. Overall I would recommend it.

I loved this so much upon the initial spray, I immediately bought a backup bottle. This really reminds me of a mix between Angel Nova and James Bond 007 for Women #2. It's light strawberry rose with an almost brown sugary base. It doesn't have that punch of tart raspberry/strawberry with the same intensity as Angel Nova, however it does remind me of the mid-dry down once the fruits have faded and the warm-praline-brown sugar-esque base comes out. I know those aren't listed in Angel Nova but that's what I smell in the base. Bond 007 for women is pretty similar to Kate Spade New York. It's also a light berry rose with a sugary base. I find Kate Spade to smell better because it's a bit more smooth in my opinion. KSNY has fairly strong projection and lasts surprisingly long on my skin. It stays pretty strong for at least an hour which is odd because most of my fragrances dissappear on my skin after maybe 10 minutes. I spray my clothes and on clothes I smell most of my scents until the next day and this one is no exception. I could smell it when I woke up. So anyways, I find this to be a really good spring and summer scent. I guess you could wear it all year around, I probably will. However the strawberry note screams spring and summer. Ugh I love it!🩷