Boyfriend

I must confess when I heard about this fragrance, I was not overly excited or even intrigued. Once I got the PR and saw who the marketing company was and had never heard of the Nose who created it, my expectations fell even lower. With a name like "Boyfriend", I expected a pretty "meh" fruity-floral meets a musky sweaty linen accord kissed with hints of a generic male heavily musk-laden cologne accord. Nothing could be further from the truth... The listed notes (other than myrrh) seemed pretty common, and I never even really searched this one out. A dear friend included 30 mls of the dry body oil in a swap package. I figured I would at least try it. I am SO glad I did! When I first applied what I thought would be a greasy viscous fluid to my skin, I was amazed at how wonderfully it was absorbed into my skin leaving NO trace of anything (other than a heavenly scent), not even a shine! As this mixed with my male skin and wafted to my nostrils, I actually sighed with pleasure. A creamy fruitiness (vaguely like coconut, though it is not listed) blended with sexy jasmine and fresh green florals billowed around me. Rich plums, neither masculine or feminine, add a dark yet enticing sweetness. Underneath it all, an oriental smoky myrrh teases you; as it blends with the dry golden aroma of amber. Definitely NOT your average fruity-floral, and not exactly a "floral woody musk" (though ALL of those things are present); Boyfriend is more of a dark and fruity chypre. Though the listed notes are linear, it does have some development. Hints of sheer spiciness appear and disappear throughout its wearing and the oriental base is so yummy I would have sworn there were tonka bean here! To be quite honest, this knocked my socks off. WAY OFF!! I tend to roll my eyes at marketing like "for him" and "for her" or just plain ignore it. Do yourself a favor and ignore it as well. This is one of the best (if not THE best) celebrity scent release of 2011. This leans more toward the feminine, but could easily be unisex. A delightful blend of subtle femininity with a warm and sensual woody dry down kissed lightly with musk! I am reviewing this two days after wearing it and the aroma still clings on my hoodie, just like Kate wanted it too. Sillage: very good Longevity: excellent Overall: 4.25/5 For her first scent Kate Walsh has outdone herself. In a world of bland celebrity scents that come out faster than we can keep track of them and an endless bevy of flankers, Boyfriend truly stands out! I am very happy with this dry body oil, yet when I see this for the right price I will definitely want to get a FB of juice, somewhere down the road. I hope that she comes out with a male perfume as high quality as this one. The only problem is: if she goes and calls it "Girlfriend" for Men, I fear that no matter how great it is; no (straight) guy is going to buy it!

Holy Hell!! I'm gonnna tell you guys something right now. This is BEAUTIFUL!!! One of the few fragrances (of the hundreds that I own)...that legit blew me away. It's deep. It's beautiful. It's warm. It's almost got like...a luxurious body oil smell. It smells so good. I ordered a ton of the tiny .05oz spray vials which equaled half an ounce of this perfume and I'm gonna order more. I've gotten tons of compliments on this one. Matter of fact I wore this to the gym one day about two weeks ago and a very clean cut looking African American guy came up to me and was like "Are you wearing cologne? What is that?! It smells amazing!" I explained to him that it's actually technically a female fragrance and he was shocked but replied, "I don't care, write that down for me so I can order me some." The vials I ordered, the listing specifically stated "Original Formula" so I can't comment on the resurrected "Boyfriend" which you can buy the 1.7 ounce bottles on Macy's website. But I'd imagine it smells the same. But anyway...the scent is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I smell all of the notes listed except the plum. I don't get any plum. But this is just so beautiful. I can't get over it. And it lasts and lasts. I get 6-8 hours out of this depending on the amount of sprays. And it lasts like 2 days on fabric so give your shirt or coat a spray or two. Easily one of the best celebrity perfumes out there. Matter of fact...one of the best smelling scents period. This could easily be an expensive perfume. I can't get over how good this smells. It's so complex. It's woody, it's warm, there's sweetness in it too, but not like candy. Like a deep sort of sweet. And I love that the amber isn't that dry, powdery amber. I hate when amber comes off that way in some perfumes. Amber is a tricky note for me and it is so well done and well complimented in this perfume. It really is a sin that this wasn't marketed as unisex. This will actually be too masculine for a lot of women who like super feminine smells. This is so unisex...appropriate for absolutely either gender. This perfume makes me feel so confident. I highly recommend all of you try this. It's got such character, so much depth. It's amazing. I assure you it'll get you noticed. I literally have noticed people walk by or near me and inhaling a deep breath to get as much of it as they can lol. Huge thumbs up to Kate Walsh and I hope this perfume never gets discontinued again. Projection - About 3-4 feet. Longevity - I normally get 7+ hours out of this one but it lasts on clothing for days. One of the few perfumes I absolutely rate a 10/10. Absolutely stunning.

It took me a long time finally getting the fragrance (I'm not from the US), but the wait is totally worth it. The EDP opens with a juicy plum scent and fades into woody vanilla after a while. Unlike the vanilla of Taylor Swift's Wonderstruck (which is unfortunately way too sweet for me), the scent is rich and yummy, yet kept a fresh feel with its woody and fruity notes. I honestly could not help sniffing my wrist. If I were to choose one word to describe the scent, I would probably call it comfortable. It doesn't have the obnoxious headache-inducing sharpness that some floral/fruity fragrances possess, and there is no sticky, shimmery mess where you sprayed it (unlike some other EDPs). Not a fragrance that you could smell from a mile away, but it does draw you in. Now, I stop smelling this on myself after two hours max, but apparently others around me can still sense it. (Though, the scent is definitely still around, if I sniff my clothes at the end of the day.) And this brings me to the next point: I'm usually at a loss as of when should I refresh the fragrance with the pulse point oil. This travel-friendly item pushes more of the vanilla note (which exacerbates my wrist-sniffing compulsions), but I'm afraid it doesn't seem to be as long-lasting as the EDP. Then again, see point above re my inability to smell anything after a while. As for the dry body oil, I was initially hesitatant about the idea of spraying what I figured would be grease onto my skin. And damn, was I relieved to realise the liquid is pleasantly light and easily absorbed! It again leans more towards vanilla compared to the EDP, and smells so addictive that I was even rubbing it on my fingertips to smooth the dry skin around my cuticles. (This kind of becomes a problem though as I then don't feel like washing my hands at all, ha.) Coming to the body creme, I just have to say that this is the best I've used in a long while. It fills your nostrils with the wonderful musky vanilla notes, and is so readily absorbed. I usually wash my hands after applying other body cremes, but this is not sticky at all. In fact, even coupled with the dry body oil, I could still put my clothes on right away without worrying about stains. It's truly wonderful. News is that Kate Walsh will be coming out with more Boyfriend products in February, and I for one am looking forward to the release. Hopefully I would be able to get my hands on them, this time with a shorter wait...

Warm, sweetly-spiced, inviting, impressive: warm amber, bit of a plum note, & a sweet myrrh blend = delish! <3 The first time I tried this I wasn't all that impressed w/ it initially. Warm, sweet, sugared myrrh, dare I say I detected a touch of something almost playdoh-like in the first 10 mins? However, about 15 mins in some nice, richer animalic undertones become apparent (labdanum based amber?) and an hour and a half later it kept wafting up from my wrist (through my jacket put on after the fact) in the cold of winter and had me seeking it out to shove my nose in it and inhale deeply. But alas, it is a scent that smells MUCH BETTER from a distance. Upon putting it close to my nose the magic seems to vanish, but again from an arm's length or so it was beautiful warmth and a tad of pungent/sweet plum and myrrh. EDIT TO ADD: this was one of the first perfumes I really sought out after trying my 1st round or 2 of samples I ordered online at the start of really getting into perfume/notes. It doesn't impress me so much anymore as something of this deep/smoky/sweet genre, but it is exceptional for a celeb perfume at least and does have great lasting power. I find it a bit lacking in depth nowadays... but there was one day I had this on one wrist and Elixir des Merveilles on the other and that was magical. May try that as a combo. Also something I don't usually comment on: it only seems to shine in cold weather. And I find it entirely feminine vs the 'smell of men's cologne lingering on a woman'. If I want that I'd go for Fille en Aiguilles or something else heavy on pine or cedar or tobacco! There's no doubt this is a warm, feminine resinous scent to me.

This is a fragrance that I had been searching for without even knowing it. That is a first for me. I concur with one of the reviewers below: I could bathe in this stuff! There is a hit of sensual dark fruit at the top, then it's a comforting, delicious, hypnotic, warm, balmy ride through slightly sweet, vanillic wood, resins, and musk. It makes me feel cozy and sexy at the same time. This is pure heaven on me, and works exceptionally well on my skin. It has a mystical feel, but there is also a familiarity to it which took me some time to put my finger on. After a few wearings, I figured it out: it evokes the smell of a sauna - the smell of hot, moist wood that I loved as a child. While I appreciate the concept behind this perfume, I honestly couldn't care less about it, nor its status as a celebrity fragrance. I can see how smelling this amongst the women's fragrances at Sephora would put some people off. It's very different from the majority of fragrances on the mainstream market (which is part of why I love it). It's not an ultra-feminine floral, it's not especially fruity, nor will it make you smell like a cupcake (not that there's anything wrong with that). Give it a try if you're looking for something different. It's not a sillage monster, but I can still easily smell it on myself 12+ hours after applying. It's one of the few fragrances in my collection that I actually have to stop myself from wearing because I'm afraid of going through it too quickly. It's that addictive. It also smells amazing on your clothing days later.