Wind Song

My relationship of Wind Song has changed so dramatically over the past few years. Every time I go to Walmart I smell this perfume, even though when I smelled it it smelled so horrible to me and my virgin nose. But now, when I go and smell it, it really appeals to me, as if I had to aquire a taste for it. I sprayed the cheap aerosol can on my arm, and after it settles down it becomes this floral powdery smell. I'm 26, my boyfriend smelled this on me and said, "On anyone else it would smell like an old lady, but on you it smells nice." I really like vintage fragrances because I love the vintage style, I wear pearls and pencil skirts almost every day of my life. But my point is, I don't think it's fair that fragrances get bad raps for being "old lady." I think my problem was before I had the mindset like every young person my age that there are perfumes we can't touch because our grandmothers wore them, but once I opened my mind to being unique, I found I love a lot of the vintage perfumes. I'm trying to convey the message that each person has their own version of a fragrance based on their body chemistry, so don't knock a fragrance just because it doesn't smell good on one person, you may surprise yourself and find one (Like I did) that you absolutely love! PS I tend to grow tired of a fragrance very easily, so I have a lot so I can wear a different one every day. But with Wind Song, I have worn it for two solid weeks consecutively and I'm still not tired of this fragrance. I have the EDP and the dusting powder and just adore both! It's definitely a fragrance I wear for just for me and not to please others, so it's definitely a plus when it warms on my skin my boyfriend tells me I smell good when he hugs me! Score! lol UPDATE: 11/30/2015 I just recently purchased a vintage bottle on ebay, and I'm so surprised at how much more in-depth Wind Song is compared to the newer version I purchased at Walmart. You can tell they're both the same fragrance, but with the vintage the soapy note stays with you longer, whereas the new formulation is more powdery. I love both dearly, so I'm not disappointed in either, just goes to show how differently they made perfumes back then. I've fallen in love with the bath powder for just-out-of-the-shower use, it's not strong, just a nice fresh powdery smell that my husband always compliments me on. I hope they don't stop selling it!

This is my second review for this perfume, but I can't help it, I'm soooo in love with this perfume! I want to make it clear this is for the current version of this perfume; I own the vintage and current. In current, I have the perfume, body spray, and dusting powder. I fell in love with this fragrance last year when, for years, I would turn my nose in disgust; mainly I found out my great aunt Libby wore this and I wasn't about to wear the same fragrance as a GREAT Aunt. Well she certainly knew something I didn't at the time...IDK if my nose changed or matured but after a while I recognized this was a unique and lovely fragrance that no one else I knew wore; what ultimately pushed me over the edge to buy it was a found out that this was supposedly Patsy Cline's signature scent,so of course I had to get it since she's my all-time favorite female vocalist. I find that this is floral, and very fresh/clean on my skin. I especially love combining April Showers Sugar Vanilla lotion (which is $1 at Dollar Tree) with the body powder straight from the shower, and it somehow works together. My husband always compliments me, and I've received compliments from a few people with Wind Son. This scent isn't by any means sexy or seductive(well, depending on the person, I suppose...), but if you're looking for a cuddly, floral, powdery scent, a scent that sends you back to a time when ladies wore perfumes to smell lady-like, wore crinoline-petticoats, left a lot to the imagination instead of having everything hanging out, and when couples actually "courted," I would recommend this 100%!BTW I'm 27 so I have never experienced that Era that is long gone but not forgotten, but wouldn't it be fun!?

The guest review below was mine... This was my first blind buy based on MisterCrazyLeg's review. This scent opens very soapy with a serious citrus zing from the Bergamont, mandarin, and lemon. There is a hint of greenness too, from the orange leaf maybe. It's a bit sharp and almost too soapy but you can sense the spices and creamy bouquet hiding under the citrus punch. After about thirty minutes the extreme soapiness fades away with the citrus opening and we are left with a very lovely heart. There are two very distinct things going on here. A spicy side and a creamy floral side. The spices are beautiful blend of the coriander, cloves and carnation. The carnation lending a nice peppery bite to it. The other side of this is the creamy bouquet. Jasmine, and Ylang-ylang with a bit of sweetness from the tarragon and amber. It truly is lovely. There is a smooth creaminess that prevents the florals from being sharp and clashing with the peppery spices. I believe this creaminess is from the benzoin, sandalwood, and amber. I didn't get any rose. The dry down is less floral and more of the spice side of the heart. Cloves, coriander and peppery carnation. It's also a little powdery from the orris root and there's a pop of musk and creamy amber and sandalwood. This is a truly classic and beautiful scent. It has the complexity and ability to evolve on the skin that you would expect from a high end niche perfume house. I cannot believe I paid so little for it. It's cheap but smells luxurious. The sillage is nice and personal. Not too loud but someone standing next to you will smell it. Over all it lasted about 10 hours on me but was a skin scent after about 6.

So it had been soooo many years that I'd smelled windsong (maybe 25 or more), that I'd forgotten what it smelled like. Fast forward a couple years back when I was admitted into the hospital for a spell, and before I began collecting frags, a lovely nurse comes into the hospital room I was sharing with another patient smelling of pure heaven! Her beautiful aroma permeated the entire room and I had to ask what in the world she was wearing. Emagine my surprise when she said (Windsong!). This nurse was such a sweetheart and her aroma completely matched her energy, making meeting her such a special part of my hospital stay. Now windsong is very inexpensive, but it does NOT smell cheap imo. Id honestly thought she was wearing something new in the market. Windsong just smells so very fresh and inviting I had to grab my mom a bottle. My mother does not like very strong fragrances, so she uses her bottle sparingly as a bedtime fragrance bc its so nice after a shower. I suppose its for mature noses, but that nurse was not an older woman (say about 30) and again, matched her personality perfectly. Windsong has moderate performance, but wearing it on clothes makes it last longer ofcourse. Ultra fresh, spicey and floral/soapy, this fragrance leaves an impression and I highley recommend it to woman over 25 bc its not juvenile, playful or sweet, but is very pleasant. And the pricetag is unbeatable. Wimdsonh is a beautiful, timeless dna and I definately recommend it.

I just can't say enough good things about this fragrance. I wore it quite often in my 40s, and simply loved it, but wanting to try some new scents, I wandered off in search of something newer, faster, better. After not having it for a few years, two days ago I picked some up from Walmart (actually, only the body spray, as they were out of the cologne), and ONE SPRAY on my wrist and my husband was like, "what is THAT?!" He absolutely loves it. I had to remind him that I wore it all the time a few years back and that, really, it's as close to a signature scent as I'll ever find. My husband thinks it smells like I stepped right out of the shower. And he's right -- if you like fresh, clean scents, look no farther than your nearest WalMart (if they have it in stock!). I am amazed at how long lasting this is, and the sillage is incredible for such an inexpensive scent. It stays on my skin and at the end of the day when I'm getting ready for bed, I can still smell it on my skin. In some ways it reminds me of Clinque's Happy, and Wind Song makes you feel just that -- cheerful, optimistic, happy. It doesn't weigh you down or make unreasonable demands of you; it wants to be your friend, to be a welcome companion, to be a scent you love to see coming, not wish would hurry and wear off already. It's the one scent that seems to represent my essence and personality so well. This scent is truly a treasure, and I love that it's a timeless classic.