Tory Burch Absolu

I love lily of the valley in Diorissimo. Lily of the valley is lovely by itself. Not always, but most often it's a note I don't care for mixed. Except for THIS PERFUME. This is what I crave more and more often now. I've settled into my "me" smells. They are most lovely, but versatile. They are just a "good smelling, lovely lady" smells. This is one of them. This is a favorite for sure. Perhaps even the one I would suggest as a perfect perfume for anyone at any age, along with Si Passione. It goes from teen to ninety in 15 seconds. How's that for a track record? I think we should just copy the page for Dolce and Gabbana The One and paste it here. This is all those things and more. This is Chloe, without having to wait for it to settle a few minutes. This is SO many perfumes, without their teensy dislikes. It's just The One to have for me! Thank you my sweetie pie son! Edit---This smells pretty much identical to my Chloe edp! I don't have the best nose to discern individual notes but I'm willing to bet you smell at least a bit of Chloe also!

I fell in love with this fragrance in 2015. Its very bright and elegant. Perfect year round and works great it heat & humid heat. I'm so sad this is discontinued. I stumbled across - Perfume de la Tierra by Ceremonia - and I must say there are a lot of similarities. Pdlt is more fruity but I still really enjoy it.

Thus far, I'm in the minority of people who actually really enjoy this fragrance! It is, for the $/mL, a little pricey and hard to justify... but looking at it objectively - a nice scent! While the original Tory Burch fragrance was entirely too sharp and citric for my liking, this Absolu flanker is like a cashmere sweater, retaining very little (read: almost none) of the original characteristics of it's predecessor. The initial spray is a bit of a jumble to get through - are we trying to be fruity? Sophisticated floral? Musky? Where are we going here. It's like hitting a six way intersection a minute into your roadtrip. The drydown is a delight though! Nice and smooth, but otherwise nondescript in terms of uniqueness, as others have said. No harsh, sharp edges, there's a bit of everything - some floral notes, some musk, that "soft, fuzzy, people-pleasing designer base of vanilla, vetiver, and wood"... you've smelled something like this before - Heck, I'M still trying to figure out where I've smelled this before! I think I'm drawing similarities to a mix of the Chanel Chance EDP, and maybe Miss Dior Le Parfum. That's the *feel* of this fragrance - a thick department store "luxury" scent, bottled sophistication, that was absolutely the aim of this scent - whereas the Tory Burch original scent feels more casual, every day, etc. The sillage is moderate, and the longevity is decent! About six or seven hours, one one to two sprays. I'm debating if this is full-bottle worthy! I don't have many scents like this in my collection, but it's also not something i'd wear all too often. Are there BETTER scents like this one - sure! This is just one that works for me which doesn't result in a headache! Definitely worth a sample from your local department store!

Tory Burch Absolu by Tory Burch is stripped of the originals citrus and floral top notes, except for jasmine – I do smell jasmine here. I get a very clean lily of the valley, some pleasant vetiver, a pop of pink pepper, and a very woody cedar wood that is more wood than cedar – it is rather dry. This was an interesting interpretation of the original because I was expecting a stronger citrus with a spicy woody base, but it really is just the base of the original. I do not find the potency to be any stronger that the regular eau de parfum. Whatever you do not base you opinion off of smelling this on paper, it is definitely meant to be worn and experienced on the skin. On the plus side I layers great with the original and other sunny citrus scents. I like it, but if they discontinued this and released a reformulation that smelled more distinct; I would support that!

I actually get a lot of pink pepper and cedar on my skin. The fruity aspect is more underlying, but there. I enjoy the airy floral aspect to this. I find this to be a very fresh and clean scent despite the woodsiness. Currently wearing a sample of it & chose it because it's a rainy, humid day and want something light, yet happy and nothing really too distinct. Probably won't purchase anytime soon, if at all, but would take small samples for random use like this. Only been wearing for fifteen minutes or so...I shall see how it develops :)