The Forest

I like The Forest. Or perhaps I should say I'd like it on my husband (if he wasn't glued to his favorite cologne already). This smells like hiking in the Maine woods. Pine sap, sage, moss, and dirt. Similar to Love & Toast's Juniper Gin, but a little more woodsy and dirty, and it doesn't last as long. It's fair to call this a unisex scent, but I feel like it leans a little more to the masculine side.

This is a rather masculine fragrance that I find is very easy to wear any time of the year. I get a bit of vetiver in the dry-down, which I quite like. It's clean and appealing, but not especially nuanced; nor is it very long-lasting. I'm enjoying my bottle but would not replace it when it's gone.

I was really excited to try this fragrance, but it just smells like men's aftershave on me. I don't get anything other than the sage, which is nice, but I don't think sage = forest.

I purchased a discovery set of Library of Flowers perfumes at a discounted price from TJMaxx, and The Forest is the first one I'm trying. I like it. It's super fresh, completely unisex, no sweetness whatsoever. I wasn't expecting the dryness in here; it's herbal and lemony in the way that leaves can be when you snap them open. This has the same zippy green bite that I love. It is foresty - perhaps not the whole forest, I don't smell flowers or soil in here, but just the trees or just the bushes/shrubs in a forest is in this scent. Not bad! Sometimes I struggle with green perfumes, but this one has that tartness (instead of sweetness) that keeps it fresh, not overwhelming.

I have the parfum crema version of this scent and it is gorgeous!! I agree that there is a similarity to Juniper Gin but they are sufficiently different that I do not feel that I have purchased a duplicate scent. Once the crema warms with my skin the scent blooms into a sharper and more brisk forest scent - just like a refreshing walk in the woods!!! I'm in love! I haven't tested it enough to talk about longevity. But I think that I like this crema formula, it is stronger than many perfume oils on me and it makes my skin feel soft and smooth, like putting on lotion.