Covet

This is the most intoxicatingly odd clash of scents. as it opens you’re hit with lemon, lavender and dark chocolate at equal strength, three big personalities trying to walk through a door at once and cramming together at the shoulders. This feels like it absolutely should not work but somehow it really does. It’s quite a dark, thrilling scent. Glam and villainous, opulent and more than a little twisted. It feels like a lush, green but deadly plant. Something that would dilate your pupils and numb your lips as you succumbed to it. It’s decadent but dangerous in a way that makes you feel as though you’re in a trap. Like an enormous carnivorous plant knew that humans were drawn to delicious things and heady florals and secreted a nectar combining a bizarre blend of random temptations likely to draw us close, hoping to ensnare us. Surrendering to this scent feels like being lured into the belly of a massive pitcher plant by a rich narcotic nectar. it's both shadowy and vibrant, with the warm dark earthiness of a foreboding forest laced with hypnotic, lethal acid green like a toxic vine or a poisonous frog. old animated films would have depicted this as a vivid curling green smoke, something exhaled out of a potion bottle with a skull on it or spun into the air by a witch's spell casting hands. Projection is strong, it’s designed to turn heads and pique curiosity, its magnetic. Longevity is quite good, as it progresses the lavender and chocolate meld warmly with the woody base on my skin and the poisonous green of the top hovers above it like mist hugging the ground. it toys with the idea of tapering off and letting the florals have more of a moment but never fully cedes its territory. the lemon/chocolate/lavender concoction hogs the spotlight, insistent and stubborn. while the heart and base are certainly more accessible than the peculiar top, they are ultimately altered by it. like it corrodes down into them or coats them like a poison apple. even when it dies down to a skin scent this fragrance maintains much of its original character, if you're not a fan of its opening you're not going to escape it at any point in the scent's lifespan. if you're not on board i could see this being a very disappointing blind buy or even a headache for you. i took the risk and i blind bought this as it was cheap and the commercial's dramatic, unhinged energy always made me wonder what it could possibly smell like to warrant such a name and characterisation. fortunately i'm in love with it but the risk may not pay off for everyone. i can see how this could be polarising. This makes me feel like I’m in a wicked fairy tale, the old kind with gruesome endings. i'm very impressed by the amount of personality and atmosphere it has, i had no idea it would be this captivating. I’m truly bewitched by this, an instant favourite.

Covet is a my go-to comfort scent. And it suits me all 4 seasons throughout the year. I’m wearing it today. The fog is heavy and the rain has finally subsided. I like her for days like this when the sky is gray and overcast with gothic undertones and the nostalgia kicks in. I was reminded of when I first received this perfume. I was looking for a unique gem, something outside the box, and at the time I was also experimenting with perfumes with chocolate notes because I learned that they almost always work out beautifully on me. So naturally Covet, and for the price, was an obvious choice. Upon receiving it, I took it to my bedroom. My daughter, who at the time was about 8 or 9 followed behind me and sat on my bed. I opened the box and pulled out the bottle and she was immediately intrigued at the green juice and jewel like cap. I let her hold it and admire it and then asked her to hand it over so I could test. And boy! Was I taken back upon first spray and not in a positive way. It was absolutely NOT what I was expecting at all. In my mind I was like what the hell is this? I was sadly disappointed. She could see it written all over my face. My daughter asked me, “What’s wrong... does it stink?” I said, “Well it definitely doesn’t smell like chocolate like they say it does.” “It’s supposed to smell like chocolate?” She asked. I said “Yeah” and handed her the bottle to smell for herself. She did not spray, but she curiously sniffed the nozzle and the cap a few times. A few moments went by as she happily sniffed away, then she turned to me and said, “But mom, it does! I smell it.” I reached for the bottle again,“Really?” I was shocked that her little nose was able to grasp what I couldn’t. I smelled from the bottle the same way she did. “Oh my goodness baby, you are right. It does!” What a happy surprise! We both laughed. How the hell was I so put off that I missed it? I suppose it was the pungent and polarizing first spray that assaulted my olfactory. She was absolutely right! And I was so proud of her and her little nose. I waited a bit for it to dry down on my skin and everything developed into a floral, chocolate, fluffy cloud. It did smell like chocolate and flowers, surrounded by warm musk, light spices, herbs and dark woods. I am so happy she was there with me to test it. Had she not been, I may have just tossed this beauty away. I have worn this perfume faithfully for years ever since. Now, my daughter knows me for this perfume. This is her mom scent. And I am happy she will forever associate it with me and me with it.

In 2007, after the huge sales success with Lovely, followed by the flanker Liquid Satin, it was the time for Sarah Jessica Parker to announce a completely different fragrance: Covet. Covet came to the market presenting something unexpected, completely different from the innocent or musky florals of the time. The perfume was inspired by Sarah's passion for layering contrasting fragrances. Thus, carrying sour and gourmands accords, its innovative side was perceived and the fragrance was highly commented, during the first months after the release. With notes of Sicilian lemon, green and moist foliage, geranium, lavender and chocolate, it touches the skin in a green and bitter way, frightening and at the same time refreshing. It looks like a handful of grass dipped in many aldehydes. Then, the heart beats floral, with notes of magnolia, honeysuckle and lily of the valley. At this stage, the lily dominates and the fragrance begins to gain smoothness, but still retains the green aspect. Then, begins to appear a powdery facet, very subtle. After a while, as it by magic, Covet changes completely and begins to become a semi-gourmand perfume. Its base features notes of musk, cashmere wood (today, we already know it is cashmeran compound), teak wood, vetiver and amber. The word that defines Covet is intriguing. I met Covet in 2009, through a sample, and did not rest until I got my own bottle. It brought me the same contrast between green x gourmand that, until then, I had only felt in another fragrance: Vetiver Oriental, by Serge Lutens. They are very different fragrances, but the innovative aspect is the same and they still enchant me until today. Covet reacts very well on men's skin and, surprisingly, it seems that the chocolate note is at the base, because that's when it gets more noticeable. But it is worth remembering that it must be tested on the skin, since I have witnessed experiences without any gourmand aspect and I also have read reports of people who can not feel the denser base, getting only the green and bitter side of the scent. Covet has Eau de Parfum concentration, projects very well and has high durability. The only thing I particularly do not like is the bottle. I should see a flower, but whenever I look, I remember a sink faucet. What can I do? I won’t lie.

10 july 2018 Several years ago ( maybe 8 or so) i have won a gift set of Covet on one Facebook page a recieved a 100ml perfume plus shower gel and body lotion set. I have smelked it back then and i couldnt make up my mind how i feel about this fragrance so i gifted it to my mom. She rarely uses perfumes so she never used it so when i came to her place one day this spring and didnt have any perfume on and wanted to put something i have found nothing that i could wear from her fragrances and then i have found this gift set still not used. She didnt like it... i sprayed myself with it during cold spring day and from that day im obsessed with this fragrance. It is soooo unique in my opinion, i cant think of anything else like it. Its crispy, zesty and buttery bitter at all the same time at once. That lemony note with musk and geranium... oooh.. aaah.. yum!! Sooooo delish... and the body lotion was still intact after all these years and its soooo gorg... long lasting and lingering.... i still dont smell a chocolate note that much... but it suppose to be dark chocolate so it has a very modest smell itself. Main notes i smells are lemon, geranium, musk, lavender and a hint of magnolia. But all yogether its a unique blend of notes that i strangely like now and not back then Niw during summer im using body lotion on my legs and perfume on mh hair and its so freakingly intoxicating in a good way... honey child, where have you been all of these years, my lovely (ok, i loove her Lovely as well, one of my all time favorites). I read that its made now not by Coty, but i guess i still have one of the original batches and its simply amazing. Now i finally understand raving reviews about this fragrance but i didnt then. I had to have it indeed, so its now mine!!!! :)

I blind bought a FB simply because I absolutely love the bottle, and also I love dark chocolate, and I love wood scents but this isn’t that. It’s not what I expected but I love it anyways. This is primarily a magnolia & honeysuckle perfume :) This is NOT dark chocolate! It’s a lemon infused white chocolate. And it’s NOT woody. I found this fragrance to be primarily white chocolate, amber/white floral, and a soft soapy musk. The floral note I smell is primarily honeysuckle, but magnolia is also present, and it does have a delicate watery sweetness that can be interpreted as lily-like, but very gentle. The dry down many hours in, once all of the top and middle notes have faded, is definitely a soapy musk. I personally do not enjoy soapy fragrances, and I am very picky about musk as well, but this soapy musk is not bad, it’s pretty nice. It was just surprising and caught me off guard, because I was not expecting it given the notes voting here on fragrantica. It’s unique! And inoffensive. I don’t think it’s fair or accurate for everyone to vote this primarily a lemon lavender chocolate scent when those top notes don’t even last 5 minutes. Well actually the lemon note does last a bit longer but is not straight lemon, it’s very musky and floral. You will like this fragrance if you like sweet & delicate watery florals with soft soapy musk. It’s weird but it sometimes reminds me of envelope glue & marshmallows?? but combined with honeysuckle and musk, and white chocolate infused with lemon. There is absolutely no vetiver and there are no woody notes. Edit: i’m falling in love with this soapy scent. I never thought I would like a soapy scent let alone one that’s also musky and white floral. :)