On A Date

This isn’t my daily wear nor do i think it works fantastically with my skin but it will probably be something with a special place in my heart for years to come. I’ve never had a scent that I’ve placed emotional importance/value in (besides the near empties my flatmate gave me as we were moving out after uni ended) besides this one - i tried it in the airport as I was heading home after graduation and the smell stayed for the entire 20-hour journey, developing from a juicy grape-y rose to a more musky floral over the different times i sniffed it on my wrist. I couldn’t stop thinking about it, so I got one off a secondhand marketplace. My first designer fragrance — if you could count this as one. I literally held back from using it because of how the longevity was jackshit from the Hong Kong summer humidity, but in true fashion of living up to the fragrance’s name I had it on the last time I saw a guy I really liked because it was a declaration of my feelings even though only I knew about it. The time we met before that I went into his bathroom and found his only two scents in the same bottles as this one — when the rain stops smelled heavenly on him and I suppose that also compelled me to want to match with him, even though I don’t think he knew. It all sounds a little stupid but on a date reminds me of when i’m on a date. Not any date but a date where in the moment you know you’ll remember this for months to come, so you start trying to remember every single fleeting moment and you unconsciously start grieving the time passing you by. The sweet opening of this scent can be a bit cloying for the first second, but the rose and pink pepper comes forward immediately and it’s something I want to smell all the time, but also sparingly because it’s so intensely sultry and decadent that I can’t handle it on me every day. It’s the only bottle that evaporates a little and I can smell from my desk in my room, and whenever I catch a whiff I think of those summer nights in August where I’m sat by the sea having a really good talk and at the same time looking over at my company every ten seconds or so as if I could see on his face if he wanted to kiss or not. I don’t normally like rose scents - they’re usually either too sharp or too dusty, and it’s not my style — I’m a soapy, clean, fresh spicy kind of person, but this is the one sweet floral fragrance I have and love with all my heart.

. ~ imagine the song, 'days of wine & roses' in a bottle? here she is. how romantic! 🌹🍷🥂🍾🥀 . a blind buy. the scent story takes you to the vineyards of provence, france. perfect concept for me, because i love wine! ive worked in wine, as well as visited many wineries and tasting rooms. despite being an eau de toilette, the performance is good. lasts on my skin for as long as an eau de parfum. noticeable on clothing for even longer. . reviews warned that this is a mature scent. they are correct. i find 'on a date' very reminiscent of mid-century vintage fragrances. a dated elegance. quite feminine, yet, i think a well-dressed man could wear it too. im not usually interested in this style of fragrance for my personal taste. however, this one offers a number of beautiful notes that i really love. imagine a fruit-forward sparkling rosè. a freshly uncorked chilled bottle. you taste the notes of cherry and strawberry. the zip of pink peppercorn. crisp champagne swirled with tannins. settling in is a dark sweetness from black currant liquor and concord grapes. aromatic elements from davana, a medicinal herb from india. this is a plant id be interested in finding live someday. devana is known to replicate the scent of dried fruits, with balsamic undertones. i see why the perfumer added this note to 'on a date.' . on the first spray, im greeted with a heavy dose of powdery english rose. a fragrance description by maison margiela reads, "the delicate yet decisive character of wild roses." the dry down leaves lingering green must of bergamot and patchouli. tangy vetiver sinking in. this classic performance is something one would find from inside a half-empty macereted bottle at an estate sale. maybe a frosted glass perfume placed on a vanity tray. . i love how bunches of ripe grapes smell. grapes set in the sunshine heat up and produce the best fruit fragrance. as a limited seasonal product, trader joes sells cartons of rouge-blushed golden grapes. these cute 'honey pearl' grapes remind me of 'on a date.' the grape flavor retains a honeyed sweetness, with floral notes of lychee.

The vial for this one has automatically been the one I’ve consistently reached for in my discovery kit. Which really REALLY sucks because the atomizer on the vial is completely gone. All the fragrance gets stuck inside the actual atomizer cap, and I have press down the atomizer to fill the cap just so I can take it off and dab it. VERY inconvenient, but I still am willing to do solely because I genuinely really like this. I myself have never really smelled a black currant fragrance, but to me this smells almost like a woodsy vetiver with a subtle sweet-earthy rose. This is masculine, strong, and it stands on it’s own compared to a lot of the discovery kit which is mostly aldehydic linen fragrances, which I actually really like. But I feel like this one standing out so much says a lot. I honestly couldn’t tell you this had rose in it before seeing the pyramid, the deep, rich note which I could only describe as possibly being the black currant. I originally confused this with Under the Stars, which I can most definitely say I DO NOT like. But this, luckily, is a whole different beast. This is what I imagine an older, silver fox of a man who dressed very plainly but well, sweaters, chinos, chukka boots. He is rather unassuming, not too tall or too short, but something just tells you that even if this man is a bachelor for his age, he has his whole life together. By far the best fragrance in my discovery kit, next to By the Fireplace and Jazz Club. The only difference is between those and this one is that On a Date is much more versatile year round, whereas those two aren’t so much.

I love this fragrance i picked it up yesterday and i adore it. It might become my signature scent even tho i have 30 other perfumes. To me it smells like rose wine, champagne, sour rose, a little bit of blackcurrant with vetiver and a little spice. For me it lasts 24 hours on skin if i dont wash it but for 6-8 hours its pretty good sillage. I love this smell, the brand, the bottle that is refillable with a atomizer you can screw off that is really unique. I also like the box that is minimalistic but still artistic. This is really art. If you have ever been to a open garden restaurant in a grape vine field or anything of this sorts this is how it smells like. Really bougie, reminds you of something but you cant really put your finger on it. Its like a distant memory from your childhood that is slightly blurry and only remembered. I got this in a 100ml bottle for 75$ but i do recommend to smell it first even though i havent met someone that doesnt like the smell of this yet. If you like moschinos toy boy or you re an alcoholic you ll love this, also if you love grapes. The smell of this is a 10/10 for me, price 9/10, sillage 8/10, longevity 10/10, bottle 10/10, box 10/10, overall for me even though it might be biased to some people 9.5/10. But for a date 10/10 since if you re on a date just like the name suggests, you want it to be discovered not for it to ambush the other persons nostrils😭. Overall very nice👍🏻. Btw if you re attractive its really a bonus, if you re chopped it doesnt add anything since appearence and hygiene comes first.

It's strange how many negative reviews there are considering I get constant compliments every time I wear this perfume from men and women (and normally I get none even with expensive/well-liked perfumes). Considering the stark opposition between online opinions and my personal experience, I'd say this isn't a safe blind buy but definitely worth sampling if you're looking for a mature rose scent. I don't find it too sweet like candy as some people describe, nor do I understand how people are getting a cat piss smell. To me, it's a somewhat warm, photo-realistic rose. The wine and blackcurrant do give it a subtle syrupy sweetness that I much prefer to powder, but it's balanced by the earthiness of the moss note. Pretty much equal parts floral, sweet, and herbal. It's not giving grandma like a lot of rose scents but it also isn't a teenage pick. Perfect for young adulthood. Sillage isn't bold enough to offend anyone, but projects so that people you pass will stop and ask what you're wearing. You also don't need a whole layering routine. A couple sprays alone will have people leaning in obsessed. I wear it to college and work. I think Replica is best for day-to-day and not big events. It lasts through my eight hour shift as a busser, and despite all the sweating and sauce on my apron, people will still tell me I smell good at the end of the night. Nothing compares, and I wish more people would try this scent so I don't feel crazy for loving it. I think it just doesn't work on everyone's skin, but when it does it's heavenly.