Furze

Furze is an Old English word for gorse (derived from another OE word from an Indo-European root, meaning "rough or prickly" which refers to its sharp thorns). Furze is commonly found on uncultivated land in Britain and is similar in appearance to broom, which often grows nearby and also bears bright yellow, sweet-smelling flowers, but has no spines or thorns (and which I can testify hurts a lot less when you fall into it. And no, I wasn't drunk). I wish I had £100 for every comment/review I have read on Fragrantica regarding the names of perfumes and their unfortunate meanings or connotations in different languages. Seriously, I would have a lot of money in my bank by now. It really is something we should all get over - come on Fragranticans - we are all adults and we should be better than this! That aside, I bought a small bottle of the EDP today and am wearing it now. I dabbed it on initially, but just decanted some into an atomiser and sprayed it, which causes the sillage to increase exponentially. This is lemony-coconutty heaven, but somehow stays out of gourmand territory. I completely understand the description (above) of "narcotic" (although I'd be hard-pressed to explain exactly WHY?). I love it.

Perfect summer perfume DOES exist. I saw Furze on the shelf in my local Lush store for years and stupidly didn't even bother to test it until I spoke about coconut scents with one of their customer assistants. Can't believe I was SO ignorant for years, this is a holy grail. First of all, these fragrance notes here are completely wrong. There's a lot of gorse flowers and coconut in these. There's some green sharpness here as well making it smell so unique. It's summery, sunny, coconuty and comforting without being too sweet and cloying. There's no sunscreen-like smell here, this fragrance is so unique. I want to drench myself in these and lay on the Aruba beach for days watching crystal clear water and enjoying the sun.

I don’t know why Fragrantica has the only notes listed as Mimosa and Neroli because those notes are almost non-existent in Furze. Furze is a coconut scent. I don’t know what Gorse smelled like. But Lush Furze is a nice coconut fragrance. It is creamy coconut milk and vanilla. I don’t get any other notes - no floral, no powder etc. It is a very nice coconut scent. It is not synthetic at all. It is lightly sweet but not super sweet and artificial. It is just a really nice, creamy coconut-vanilla scent. Perfect for summer. Lushies who are fans of the scent of Sympathy for Skin lotion would definitely enjoy Furze as it is a similar soft, creamy, vanillic scent.

One of the best scents from Lush's Volume 2 collection! Reminds me of the long 90's summers, when i was a kid and my dad would smother himself in Hawiian Tropic bronzing oil - makes me smile every time i smell it :) Furze is a legitimate name for Gorse, It shouldve been named 'Gorse' in Germany. Buy this if you love coconut scents! Great in summer but also in the depth of winter, when the warmth of the sun is a distant memory... Wear this and smell of sunshine!

Straight up playdough scent, but in a good way. It's so unusual, but I can't stop smelling it. Tried it on my skin at the store and it smelled even better. I would consider it a lactonic fragrance. Doesn't smell exactly like coconut, but has the same vibe to it. Very long lasting as well, which is nice. Never expected I would want to smell like playdough, but here I am. Might not be a safe blind buy because it's such an unusual fragrance.