White Iris

I've wanted it for a few months now and finally ordered, yey Update: GOT IT, this is powder!!!! Beautiful, delicate, light powder with flower tones that make it sweet and feminine. No completely sold yet but I'm gonna let it sit and also, just grow on me because at the end there's something that doesn't entirely convince me, something I associate with aerosol hair products. Before that moment, however, the image in my mind is of that soft purple tone of iris 2nd Update: After letting it sit or simply wearing it for a while, I'm completely in love with that delicate, comforting, pretty essence that it promised from the beginning but seemed to disappear after a few minutes on the first days

I love this one! It has a bright cherry almond vanillic powder smell in the beginning, which lingers on clothes, but on skin the dry down is mostly floral vanillic powder. It is definitely the strongest powder scent in my collection. I get great longevity as a bed scent and on clothes. I haven’t tested it in the heat because I think it would be suffocating. Sillage is large for the first couple of hours. I’m so glad I have this one in my collection. The scent is beautiful, but the bottle is also wonderful. Heavy glass bottle, heavy cap, nice sprayer, easy to hold and spray, and it’s pleasing to look at. My juice isn’t clear as pictured. It’s a light reddish purple. Very pretty.

Captivating! I guess it turns out that I adore iris! (And orris, violet, heliotrope.....) Follow the purple brick road.... La Perla White Iris feels like it can be worn day or night... perhaps not on a date night, for me it's more of a peaceful-evening-at-home scent. More casual and cozy than dressy. It does have a sort of dimensionality to it, like it smells thicker than the lovely purple liquid that it is. (The color of mine is a much deeper warm-purple than the clear-lavender pictured above.) Love the bottle and the heavy metal cap, it's fun to open and close. Sensory delight! Fragrance.net had it recently for a really good price and I'm glad I added it to my collection!

I love this one so much. On me this is powerful and long lasting, with the Iris, almond, and tonka most prominent. Very natural smelling cosmetics scent; the first powder scent in which I was able to distinguish the flowers. I can sense every note listed. Well balanced, soft but tenacious, comforting, cozy, grounded. It reminds me of shopping at Crabtree and Evelyn for almond hand creme. One of my male friends finds this maternal, and as a result decidedly unsexy, but for the same reason, I like to wear it for work.

this starts with a hint of violet along with stronger almond and heliotrope. a pretty powdery cloud. i get a hint of orris after a few minutes. this seemed SO familiar, and after awhile i realized that this very similar to victoria's secret cashmere vanilla jasmine, though i think that one is slightly smoother, if memory serves.