Curve

This is a perfume I've been curious about not for years, but decades. I've just never tested it or bought it until now. It opens beautifully, but freshly, and utterly youthfully. Not maybe this generation's youth, but as a Millennial, mine. It's cleanly floral, aquatic, with just the right amount of sweetness. A burst of juicy fruits and citruses, it's basically impossible to tell what is what. It's just a blend. It settles into a lovely, nearly violet-y peony. That's weird to say, but it has a gentle powdery quality. Something about it makes me feel hopeful, yet it also smells nearly of naivety. It feels somehow blue, and I find it congruent with the bottle's color. Ultimately, the base is so well blended and soft, it's difficult to know what's happening beside the fact that it's a plushy, clean, sandalwoody pillow of feminine woods. It ties in gorgeously alongside the florals, and feels comforting, yet also substantial. It lasts impressively well for a fresh fragrance. And even hours later, there is a hint of juice even among the powderiness. This makes me think it would be best worn in summer, I suspect it would sing in the heat. This is an example as to how fragrance can significantly ping on your heart...because I smell this and have a nebulous, but meaningful emotion of wistfulness and nostalgia, despite never wearing it myself. It smells like the 90s, and I'm so happy that it does 🥰

I smelled this at a small shop once and was totally enraptured by the smell. I realize now that what I had smelled was basically the note of lily of the valley, which I have recognized now as one of my absolute favourite scents. Yes, this is the womens' Curve and leans somewhat feminine due to the white florals, but I think it can in fact be unisex. I smell a lot of heavy note of lily of the valley mixed with jasmine, along with hints of lemon and lavender and some sort of fruits (I think peach and blackberry). The lily of the valley here is ethereal, mystical, and reminds me of a melancholy lagoon for some reason. It has moderate leaning strong sillage and longevity on my skin. Overall this is an extremely pleasant white floral perfume which I enjoy even though I'm a male. I actually wore this to a movie theatre one time and now it reminds me always of good movies and storytelling. 4.5/5

Curve is just a perfectly lovely, casual and clean perfume, without the prices of larger names on the market. It is cheap, cheerful and possesses both a respectable longevity and sillage. Grapefruit and mandarin take on the tangy top notes, followed closely by blackberry and peony tart loveliness. Soapy notes move in towards the heart in the form of lily of the valley and cyclamen. Wood notes in the base are whispers of melodies, and never aggressively consume the dry down, like others seem to. This is the lighter, airier, younger sister of brassy, yet beautiful Jessica McClintock. So if the latter is too profoundly saturated in florality, Curve will offer a more gentle option.

This was my first perfume. My cousin gave me a small sample bottle when I was eleven years old. I thought it was the most glamorous thing in the world! This perfume will always have a special place in my heart because it was my first and brings back memories of youth. I think this is a wonderful fragrance. On my skin it is fresh floral. It smells like flowers but not overwhelmingly so - there is something fresh about this fragrance. You can wear this anywhere and anytime - to work or school or out at night and it works for all seasons, especially summer.

This was a favorite of mine in the late nineties, when I first started teaching. I purchased it because I thought it would be a great work scent and I was right. It was perfect. Loved it! I may want to revisit it again as I'm thinking about it and don't have anything quite like it in my collection. Also, I'm growing a fondness for musky-florals. I remember this to be one, with some added fruit mixed in subtly.