Wisteria Blue

I get why people say this is similar to J'Adore- it sort of is. I do think it's closer to Dolce than anything else due to the extra florals. I like those both so it stands to reason I like this one as well. If you've never smelled Dolce think of J'Adore with a spicy floral kick at the end. This drydown is better than Dolce IMO, sweet with a punch of Wisteria/Lilac. I just ordered a $50 sampler pack of Nest fragrances thinking I'd like Indigo based on reviews, but this one blew every other one out of the water for me. I had been looking for something Lilac and never thought to search instead for Wisteria- and here it fell into my lap when I was looking for something entirely different. This is the scent of spring personified- somehow both delicate and strong without smelling falsely chemical. I have been looking for a new floral scent but I'm picky about them - Coach Poppy has been the only other floral I've purchased. Flowerbomb by V&R is like an assault to my senses and Gucci Bloom just seems like a knockoff of Dolce and nothing special to me- couldn't believe the price tag. This is what Dolce and Bloom were trying to achieve but better- Nest chose a singular floral to have the final punch of longevity, and they chose correctly. Wisteria, boom. FWIW the scent on my skin was far superior to paper. It smells sweeter on paper and I get the comment about alcoholic drydown- it is a bit sharp at the end, almost like pencil erasers? Which sounds bad but it's not somehow- an inch away from my skin I get nothing but Wisteria. Nose pressed to skin? A little sharp maybe. But this? This I'm buying a full bottle of. This is strong businesswoman wearing a fashionable rain trench in spring, dashing between puddles. I intend to be that woman.

The Glam Twinz brought me here! I've been on the hunt for a new, fresh aquatic scent now that summer has arrived in the air fryer climate that is the San Fernando Valley. After stumbling upon some aquatic scent recommendation videos, Nest Wisteria Blue came up. I always wanted to try this brand, and I have to say, I'm officially a fan! This is one of the most delightful fresh florals I've tested. Wisteria Blue is in the same vein as Chloé or Clinique Happy Heart–a sweet, fresh, aquatic floral with clean, watery notes and airy flowers, with just a hint of fruity juiciness. Although ethereal wisteria is listed as the top note, Wisteria Blue is more rose-forward to my nose. The jasmine note is soft and slightly vanillic, much like the star jasmine that grows wild in my neighborhood, rather than skanky or indolic. There isn't a stray dirty note here. The water note is also subtly sweet. Although not listed, I detect just a hint of cucumber in the drydown. These notes together are just pure catnip to my freshie-obsessed self. On top of all of this, Wisteria Blue is one of the best performing fresh scents, EVER. My skin absorbs perfumes like you wouldn't believe, but Wisteria Blue defied all odds and lingered on my skin for a good five hours before gently fading. I'm totally head over heels in love with this. This would be so good for the office, bedtime, or just whenever. The Glam Twinz were right about this one. I'm officially a Nest fan!

Update: I saw someone else mention a rose note, and they are right. This actually smells like Ellis Brooklyn RRose and Pure Poison had a baby. Wisteria Blue, to me, smells like the dry-down of Pure Poison with aquatic notes and a little less jasmine. In my opinion, this actually smells better than PP, and PP is one of my all time favorites. I noticed with PP, the opening is very bitter/sharp to my nose, but within 3-5 minutes it settles into a heavenly jasmine blanket. With WIsteria Blue, you receive the dry-down in the beginning, and it stays that way. PP is more jasmine centric so the dry-down is a little stronger and smells more of jasmine whereas WB turns into wisteria, water notes, and a soft kick of Jasmine. I think WB will be an intimate scent, with weak to medium longevity, but it's so beautiful. I'll need to wear it for a whole day before I can elaborate more on it. I would wear this all year, but it smells more like a fragrance meant for Spring and some Summer days. It's a light scent, but there is a powdery note in there that I imagine being cloying when the weather is too hot.

A Perfume with all the viscus qualities of a water nymph waiting to embrace you and potentially drown you. Either way, she'll end up dragging you to the bottom of the pond with her. Clean, soft floral, aquatic without being oceanic, and elegant with a hint of darkness and coolness. An aquatic floral if there ever was one. Maybe not groundbreaking to some, but I love it. I'm especially thankful to have this in the unbearably hot triple degree weather right now. The air being heavy with dry heat amplifies the watery note and makes it less sweet and floral. In more mild weather the wisteria remains more prominent and diaphanous. The sweetness dies down after the first hour. The longevity was impressive, spraying it at around 6:00am and still noticeable at about 2:00pm. It reminds me a little bit of Flower Fresh from Clean, but moody and 'blue' instead of bright and 'pink.' If you like a fresh aquatic floral this might be one to try, but it might be cloying to some. Sometimes soapy, but in a good way.

Lovely, dewy purpley floral scent. It is cool and lush, like you're in a secret stone passageway in a garden, sunny outside but very dark and damp inside, the entryway ceiling and walls dripping with flowers in full bloom. I don't know the scent of actual wisteria enough to say whether that is the blooming flower this fragrance represents, but it's so pretty. Thankfully there is no bug-spray element that usually emerges from my skin when there are rose notes in a fragrance. As it dries down, it loses a little of the florals and gains more of the stone, almost a clay or mineralic tinge. I am just finishing my little 9 or 10 mL rollerball, so it stays very close to the skin for me, not sure if that's because of the application method or just Nest fragrances in general as suggested by others.