In Woman

Purchased La Rive In Woman based on these reviews, and because I absolutely love and adore Armani Si. I’ve been getting samples of Si from Sephora for years now and have yet to purchase it. Occasionally I read up on current reviews of my favorite fragrances and was reading Si reviews and noticed that La Rive In Woman was listed as similar to Si. Naturally I instantly read up on LRIW reviews and most, if not all, comments are favorable, and say it’s a dup of Si. That’s all I needed to click and purchase a 3 oz edp on Ebay for $20ish bucks. Just tried it on today and YES it is identical! I’m thrilled! It has longevity as well. I sprayed at 10:30 am and it’s now 8:20 pm and I still can smell it. Not offensive either. Sprayed my pulse points—wrists, neck and cleavage—5 short sprays. Lovely, beautiful scent! (Thought maybe silage wouldn’t last because I had purchased VS Noir Tease based on reviews that it’s similar to Viva La Juicy. It is similar, but it had no longevity at all—an hour tops.) Needless to say, I’m extremely happy with my purchase. I “kinda” feel bad for Armani though, like I’m betraying them, because I adore many of their scents and Si, but went behind their back and purchased another. Hmmm.. I may need to purchase Si too so I don’t feel like that. You can never have too many good perfumes, right? Lol....

This is my favorite La Rive so far. It is just so good!! Fresh, sweet with vanilla dry-down but not too sweet. The blackcurrant is blended nicely with some woods and rose. I can't get enough of this scent. Of course since it's a budget perfume, it is a watered down version of OG Armani Si, but if you layer it 2-3x, you will build up the scent and what an amazing fragrance it is. I only just sampled Si at the mall but for some reason, I prefer In Woman over Si. I love the feeling that I can just overspray this and it never gets too heavy or cloying. And I am only paying pennies compared to $$ for Si. It is worth every penny! I may get the OG in the future, but for now, I am immensely enjoying this wonderful version of it. Edit: I just bought Armani Si and I have to say that Armani Si's longevity is an abysmal 3-4 hrs only. And In Woman has a bit better performance. I take back what I said about In Woman being watered down, it really is not. It's not a powerhouse but it is definitely not a body mist either. It's a true EDP. The main difference that I notice is that Armani Si has more woodsy notes and In Woman has more vanilla. I prefer La Rive's version. I will be returning the Si because of poor performance.

I smelled Si at Ulta a while back, but I do not have it on hand to compare so I won't. I 'm pretty sure they smell at least quite similar. This is a gorgeous fragrance. The opening is so beautiful. It is sweet without being cloying. I found it to be fairly linear. 12 hours later it softened to a skin scent, but it was still clearly there. The vanilla and ambroxan to me smelled just a tad similar to Cloud or BR540 in the fluffy marshmallow bit, but this is so grown up and sexy. I'm not sure what ambroxan is supposed to "smell" like but all the fragrances I come across that have ambroxan listed as a note are sort of "cloud-like", fluffy, sweet. So, I am ASSuming that's what it is. My husband absolutely loved it and he'd get this dreamy look of ecstasy when the scent would waft over to him. I'm very pleased with the performance, silage, and the scent of this perfume. I loved La Rive's Tender, but I did not like their Sweet Hope as it was just flat and zero performance. This definitely fits along more of the quality of Tender. I think La Rive can have hits or misses, but this one is a huge hit for me.

All being said about the scent and its obvious similarity to Si, I can only add a personal note: after my beloved Indian Summer was discontinued, I'm still desperately trying to find a replacement. So far I've found two - totally UNLIKE my long-lost love but in the same "late summer" vibe: they're Far Away Bella by Avon and In by La Rive. They keep me from crying over Indian Summer - and that's already a success:) So if you're looking for a late-summer perfume that is perfectly inexpensive - this is the one!!! Oh, one more thing: Folks here are saying that this is an exact copy of Si. Well - I say it's much better than Si! My nose just loves it. In doesn't hold one irritating note that Si does - I'm not sure what it is. But In is simply more wearable alongside being equally long-lasting.

I bought IN WOMAN, because I love Armani SI, but because it's so expensive, and reviews tell me that IN WOMAN is a great likeness, then I ordered it, and it cost me £9 for 90ml. I can tell you that it is beautiful, and its exactly the same to my nose, as ARMANI SI.... even if you blind bought this and didnt like it, £9 for 90ml? its no loss at all, but I will not need to buy Si now because this ticks all the boxes for me, and its unlike anything that I have, so although I have a large perfume collection, this perfume is a fragrance like no other I own. So I know it will be worn a lot, and I will be buying back ups, it really is that beautiful. Its very long lasting on me, approx 10-12 hours. Longevity 10/10 Sillage 10/10 Si Likeness 10/10