Passiflora

I had worn this several times and it was alright but not one I would consider a favorite. I even considered it quite odd. Until I put it on this morning and realized exactly what it smells like. I got a rush of memories that perfume can sometimes summon from your past. This is the scent of my brothers and cousins and I as children playing in the grass until we got so exhausted and crashed laying flat out looking at the sky. This is that moment when you breathe in a big breath of the hot humid summer air, the scent of the grass that has just been trampled by a dozen small feet and the perfume of the thousands of tiny flowers dotted among the grass. This is the scent of the summer days of my childhood, of wild freedom and youth and outside and grass and humid air and tiny flowers and pure childhood joy. It is a strange scent yes and it is strong. I understand the negative reviews but today I do believe I've fallen in love with this perfume. It takes me to happier times of my life.

Picture a nice thick lush carpet of grass. It's the type of grass that is light green and with thick fat blades. Your sitting on the grass and there is a fine layer of dew covering every blade as far as you can see. Burying your fingers in the blades you smash the grass into a fist effectively crushing it. That scent that lingers on your hands in the smears left behind... THOSE are the opening notes here. It brings to mind elements trom the "Tokyo Milk" Dark fragrance "Crushed". The separation between these fragrances comes on the dry-down. The flowers take on the center stage and carry off the rest of the show. Light and flouncy this to me is perfection but you have to be able to chemically accentuate this concoction.

I'm sorry to see so many negative reviews on what I consider one of my favorite fragrances. To me, Passiflora is the embodiment of a mild, rainy spring--with an emphasis on wet, green notes that never quite dry down. I see a lot of reviews talk about it smelling grassy or like weeds--but I feel like that is too 'spicy'. The green smell is more like plucking a new juicy leaf off a passiflora shrub. The hyacinth and lily of the valley complement put never overpower the green notes. I can wear this all day and still smell as strong as when you first applied it (so don't overspray!)

I can understand why people might hate this. It has a fermenty-sweet smell at first spritz. It's similar to sweet, rotting vegetation, or like a watermelon Charms pop. But for me, that "sweet" smell translates into the melon rind smell that you get with fresh mown grass. The green notes totally dominate, which is what I wanted! I discovered this after trying Miu Miu L'eau Bleue and I wanted to branch out and try more "fresh" and "green" fragrances. This did not disappoint, it's just a sweeter green to me. It's fresh cut grass and some rain on a sweet flower garden.

I know Midnight Fleur is everyone's favorite from this line, but I really love this scent too. It's green and floral and really beautiful. I don't know how to describe it. It has a roundness to it that I love.... Round as in well blended, smooth, and substantial. Not overpowering, but be careful to not overspray. It is a very realistic scent, which i always love. This is a must have in my book :) Also, my skin drinks scent like a dying man in the desert and all of the Nest fragrances last for at least 6-8 hours on me! It's pricy, but worth it.