Florentyna White Flowers

I bought this today when M&S ran a 50% discount day in the lead up to Christmas. I really should have been buying presents for others but couldn't help treating myself as the price was amazing. This smells very like Flower by Cynthia Rowley which I also own and love. The opening is pure lily, my favourite flower, and remains unchanged for about 2 hours until it dries down to a lovely white floral. Very lovely indeed!

I was gifted this by my second mother who always looked after me when my mum was at work. She was about 80 at the time and M&S was, and still is always, her shopping destination of choice for Christmas gifts. I remember opening it and really not liking the scent, as someone else has said, it can be headache inducing and I felt that the fragrance was very mature for me (I was in my late 20s). The lily and jasmine really pack a punch here. I did persist with his though and I finished the bottle within a year or two. By the end, I did like it. It smelt clean, but old fashioned. I did love the cold frosted heavy glass bottle though, it was very tactile. I wouldn't repurchase this scent at all, it really wasn't me, but I do think that M&S have some good scents for their price range and the longevity on this wasn't bad at 3-4 hours.

To echo the other reviews, this is indeed lovely. Delicate, fresh, abit powdery. Straight-up floral and white, no woods, no greens, no fruits. Before checking the notes here, I thought I was smelling lilies and gardenias with a light touch of clean musk *shrugs*...close enough. It's cheap but the quality is very decent. Not something I'd wear outside the house as it's too simple and it does have abit of a 'room-mist' vibe going on (the good kind though, not the sharp chemical ones), but it would make a lovely comfort scent to wear at bedtime or around the house for a lily-lover like myself. I would use it to spray my pillows and sheets as well. It was a warm-ish night when I tried it, sillage is soft on my skin, longevity around 3-4 hours. I will get myself a bottle the next time I head to M&S.

This is a great flanker, well-blended white flowers that are soft, feminine, and classy. £12 for a large bottle, it lasts long, 6 to 8 hours, when people walk past you they will smell you even if they don't feel compelled to say anything. If you are the less is more type of girl that just wants a classy perfume for when you go out or everyday use and you want people to smell you but you aren't looking for complaints this is pretty perfect for what it is. Also, you will still smell this in any weather, hot, cold rainy, or humid.

Well it's called white flowers and that's what you get. I grow lilium orientale and this is a very good attempt at capturing that intense fragrance. It opens up really strong but it soon settles and is very nice. I find it perfect for wearing on a lovely spring day. I can only just about detect the jasmine. I think it's a great value cheapy and definitely one to keep in my wardrobe. Moderate sillage and longevity. .