I Love My Man

Initial wafts of roses just edged with cinnamon and carnations was absolutely delightful. This soon gave way to a rich powdery mix of rose, sandalwood and tonka bean which lasted several hours, the rose and sandalwood vying for attention. Rose won and a further 6 hrs on sits there gently on my skin with just a faint touch of that initial delightful carnation. This is a very romantic floral conjuring up images of summer weddings and garden parties.

Thick rose mellowed by tonka with a lovely sandalwood dry down. The hint of carnation spiciness enables rose to become overbearing. It smells simple but in reality I doubt it is. This house excelles in perfumes with beautiful textures. They remind me of the highest quality fabrics, they are luscious, some cold, others warm, but all are exceptionally comfortable. My problem is that I like perfumes that are more temperamental, bitchy if you like, these are way too serene and appear (to me) artificial and static. They are all quite accomplished and utterly likeable, especially to people who appreciate muscs and understated everyday high quality comfort.

I like rose, and spices... I appreciate this perfume. The rose in all its states, Bulgarian rose and Centifolia, with the tonka bean and a touch of sandalwood. To my opinion, nice for winter, spring and fall. More female, but you know perfumes... 8/10

Today I cleaned up my samples and found a sample of I Love My Man that I ordered before I was on fragrantica. I think the notes on the site where I bought it were different from here. I remembered that I wasn't impressed the first time I tried this perfume, but I sprayed a bit on my arm anyways. At the first moment I wondered what was so bad about it... I smelled cinnamon and pepper and spices, and of course, rose. Soon I remembered, though. The scent quickly becomes very powdery, the rose is not a juicy or jammy one, but a bit soapy. Also a note like violet or iris appears for some reason and makes the scent extra powdery - in a cold way, not in a warm way like tonka does. I Love My Man is not really bad... Just not my style at all. I find it a bit old fashioned, and I prefer warm scents. Lovers of powdery florals will surely appreciate it more. By the way, these are the notes on the site I bought my sample from: Top: Rose, pepper, coriander Heart: Geranium, Bulgarian rose, hawthorn Base: Cinnamon, raspberry, tonka, sandalwood, patchouli

Tried a sample of this and wore it all day today but I still can't say I like it very much. I like the initial smell which is very unusual and really strangely reminded me of my nan when she did her makeup and the smell of her cosmetics in her makeup bag which is a lovely childhood memory for me. I thought to myself I just have to have this and then unfortunately the smell gave way to strong cinnamon and ruined the whole experience. I found it to have quite a good projection - my work colleagues could smell it a few feet away and I did get complimented but just too much cinnamon for me.