Gold

Tous Gold is so under-the-radar, I think! Tous is a Spanish jewelry brand that was founded in 1920, and is perhaps better known in Europe than the US, where I live, because I'd never heard of it until SHANA-J mentioned it on her YouTube channel. Tous is a floral aquatic in the same style as Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue or Estee Lauder Beyond Paradise, but doesn't really smell like either one of these. It opens with this very clean, almost starchy, slightly bitter, laundry-like floral scent, more reminiscent of Salvatore Ferragamo Pour Femme than anything else I've smelled, but has more sweet gardenia than the Ferragamo (though it looks like the main note they share is peony). TG is very clean, elegant, and "ladylike." Sometimes I just can't get enough of the loveliness! My only disappointment with both it, and its sister scent, Tous -- a more musky version, along the lines of Cacharel Noa -- is longevity. The longevity is sadly brief and I keep having to respray every hour or two to prevent it from becoming merely a skin scent. If you're a floral aquatic lover and don't mind light scents or the mild hassle of respraying, Tous Gold is definitely one to try. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edit: 9/9/22 Well, I've somewhat solved the problem of poor longevity with Tous Gold, thanks to another reviewer whose name I can't remember. She had the great suggestion of layering Tous Gold over Dame Perfumery Gardenia oil. It's true that Tous Gold is gardenia scent and Dame Gardenia is one of the most GORGEOUS and STRONG pure gardenias I've ever experienced. Tous Gold brings some other pretty stuff over top of that pure gardenia, and this amazing oil does a nice job of extending that scent.

This is what Elizabeth James (Natasha Richardson, rip) in Parent trap smells like. She has been one of the fictional characters I looked up to, since I was a little girl (her as a fictional person not the awkward love story and custodial agreements) I’m a new mom and now I understand why certain fragrance profiles are associated with being “matronly”. It’s because as mothers We have to be sensitive to our little ones noses, and often choose clean skin type scents. My daughter doesn’t snicker when she smells this one on me. Many of my heavier deeper perfumes are displeasing to her, so I am now trying to stick to light and creamy white type of perfumes. This perfume opens almost exactly like Nina Ricci love in paris, sharp, sparkly notes- but it dries down immediately to a creamy fresh floral lotion scent. It is absolutely beautiful and definitely maternal, clean and cozy. My husband loves this on me, as he does Nina’s love in paris. I’ve noticed that he always has preferred sparkling clean bright with lotion Ike dry down fragrances. It can be worn any time of the year and for any occasion-a perfect signature-let’s see how this plays out over the year ahead, as it might just be my go to. Update 2024: this will always be in my collection. A perfect signature. It’s uncomplicated but still brings up bright and sunny emotions. Wearing this is like having Natalie Coles “this will be” as the soundtrack that follows you everywhere. Perfect for errands, for work, for daytime weddings, for crowded small spaces, after the gym, on a hot summer day to refresh you or a cold winter day to cozy you up. And it lasts forever and a day on skin and clothes. Love

Thanks to Covid-19, I got a hold of this bottle randomly. I was sent a full, untouched bottle by a seller on an Ebay-like site just because I had bought another perfume from him and this bottle was chipped at the bottom and was to him, unsellable. So it came as a surprise. I had no idea TOUS made perfumes. I looked at the bottle and it looks really nice, super cute little bear that made me smile. I honestly thought it would smell like a generic cute perfume. I sprayed twice it on me. 1) INCREDIBLE smell. Very feminine, very fresh. This could easily be my new signature perfume. My husband is absolutely enchanted with it. His favourite on me used to be Insolence by Guerlain but now it's this one. I smell rosewood, peonies, musk. It's a very delicious and well-blended composition and not too sweet. You really feel like an elegant, high-class woman. 2) VERY long longevity. It's Saturday morning. I sprayed myself on Friday noon and I still smell this scent on me, my hair, my clothes. 3) The sillage is incredible! It absolutely filled my flat (2 rooms + kitchen). Conclusion: a keeper, a gem in a cute bottle at a rather cheap price. Just because a perfume is cheap, it doesn't mean it's bad.

This is good! Its bones remind me a lot of 5th Avenue, but its structure is smoother; softer some way. Well balanced and possessing symmetry, Gold is assertive, and sillage is strong, but still manages to be very pleasant for the wearer. It combines two heavy, woody fragrances, rosewood and cedar, yet those notes don't seem to dominate, and unless one were looking for them individually, they have integrated themselves into the center point of the fragrance, to strengthen the entire. In fact, it seems inconceivable that they are able to camouflage so well, until we look at the floral chords. Brazen use of gardenia and rose, are the perfect counterparts to the arrangement, and go toe to toe with the strong aromas of wood. Mindfully composed with softness from iris and musk, and sweetness from orange blossom and red currant leaf, a roundness develops; cylindrical in composure, full and complete. It is hard to dive deeper into that lovely shape captured in scent. A perfect bubble: It is smooth, woody floral, simply sweetened and oh so soft in its completeness.

So beautiful! I’m wearing this so much lately, I can’t help it! I had Covid nose and could barely smell this when I first got it. I was probably only getting 10% of its notes. Then I got better and one morning I sprayed it and almost died of shock- she was in her full glory!! This is the perfume equivalent of a fluffy teddy bear big enough to give you a full body hug. Cuddly, clean, soft. My husband smelled it and said he’d like a hotel room to smell of this when he walks in so he can go right to sleep. Does that mean I’ll go around smelling like my partners dream hotel room? I guess. I really enjoy clean, soft scents since I wear fragrance for comfort a lot. The florals and soft woods are dreamy in Tous Gold. I don’t get baby powder at all. It does not smell of a dated “granny” floral either. Soft, subtle, but still retains a lush floral feel. I can’t pick out certain flowers. So I don’t know which ones are doing what? I highly recommend trying this out.