Jasmine Blues

Ok. This is my very first time writing a review for any perfume ever, and I've been a long-time lurker here on fragrantica, so that feels pretty special to me. But so does this perfume. Honestly, I'm a gourmand girl through and through. Yum boujee marshmallow, ariana grande's 'cloud', bianco latte - I just wanted to smell edible. I wanted the most popular perfumes because I wanted everyone to love how I smelled. But as I've gotten older, and grown more into myself, I found myself cringing whenever I sprayed my favorite perfumes. But i couldn't figure out what else i would want to smell like. Then one day, I stepped out into my laundry room, which is just off of my back door and only separated from the outside with a screen door. Spring had just started, and my neighbors tree was just starting to flower - pretty little white buds of a tree i've never bothered to ask the name of. The entire backyard smelled like it, and it was all i could smell while I sat there and threw my laundry into the washer. I was completely enamored. All i could think of was what i would give to smell like that. like a fragrant, tiny little blooming flower right at the beginning of spring. So, i hunted for floral fragrances. Everything fell completely short. Too artificial, too alcohol-y, too geriatric - it just seemed like my skin chemistry wasn't built to hold such a beautiful, natural fragrance. Maybe I'd be stuck with marshmallow-vanilla vibes until i was locked up in a nursing home and could finally give into the 'older' smelling florals. Admittedly, i stalk the orabella website pretty frequently, considering i haven't liked any of the fragrances enough to buy a full bottle. I liked to fantasize about being a woman who could pull off such complex, unique profiles. Alas, I was stuck with the tiny trial sizes, indulging in a small spritz on my wrist that i would sniff at until i eventually showered it off so nobody would ever smell it on me. But then, one day, I decided to go onto the orabella website again. Completely on a whim. I had no idea that this fragrance was a thing. And something in me just told me to go for it. 100ml seemed intimidating, especially given my track record with orabella's types of fragrance. But I counted down the days anyways until it got to my door, and i was practically snatching it off my porch the second the mailman dropped it off. When I tell you that I was transported to that very moment in my laundry room the second I sprayed it on my skin and took a sniff....I was obsessed! This is genuinely the most beautiful-smelling, naturally floral perfume I could have ever asked for. I can't even begin to explain. I feel ridiculous typing out this entire thing when i look at the reviews and see how underwhelmed some people are by this fragrance. Maybe I'm overreacting. But i think its safe to say that, for me, this is a keystone fragrance. Seriously beautiful. Soft, ethereal, unprocessed - "safe" in the way that spring is safe. A pretty flower is well-liked by everyone. I feel like i've transformed into the woman from the old Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo Commercial from 1971. Swimming around, surrounded by flowers and birds, 'smelling like a first day of spring'. I agree with some others about the longevity. It doesn't last. But the only heartbreak I get from that is knowing that this is a limited time fragrance, and at some point i'm going to run out because i keep reapplying it. Honestly, in a way, i find it poetically fitting for the fragrance itself. As beautiful as my neighbors tree was, its flowers only lasted for a couple of weeks. Spring is transitory - so is this perfume. Doesn't mean it shouldn't be appreciated for the beauty it gives. TLDR: Perfume good :)

Strangely enough I disagree with everyone that it's a real jasmine scent. I walk by jasmine bushes all the time on my walk home when it's in season and jasmine is much sweeter than this. This is very dry and clean. Smells a bit like the scent left after an ozone machine has cleaned a room. It's very laundry. I typically would hate this but it's grown on me. I bought it once, tried it for 3 days, didn't like it, returned it, then got FOMO and bought it again and loved it. The bottle color is so beautiful. I typically wear this alone to bed, or I layer it to go out. It has the same kind of vibe as Beach Walk from Margiela. It's nice with a sweeter scent layered. But I don't think it's a realistic jasmine. It's also very artificial smelling hence the laundry feel.

My favorite from Orebella's entire collection! I really wish it wasn't a limited-edition scent. I'm probably going to stock up just in case, but they need to make this a permanent scent! Beautiful jasmine perfume that doesn't turn into a grandma white floral. Very sultry. Not the greatest longevity but still love!

It’s a stunning photorealistic jasmine perfume that melts down into a soft musky skin scent. Truly comforting and the bottle is gorgeous! Sadly it doesn’t last very long or project, but if that’s not a deal breaker, I’d say try it! The cap twists off so you could keep the bottle and reuse it for other body oils.

Love this fragrance but it is a bit weaker and much lighter than her other fragrances. Layers well with her other ones, especially Blooming Fire or Window2soul