Un Air de First

Air is so well crafted and so gorgeous- it smells like you're worth a million bucks in a completely effortless way. It's suitable to wear almost any time of the year at any time of the day. I feel like I'm radiating a mist of golden sunshine mixed with pure grace or some other comparison equally as cheesy yet completely appropriate of a description. To be a bit more specific it's like a modernized version of fragrances like Tea Rose (which smells like freezer burned potpourri to me, or a flower shop freezer when it's time to throw away the rejects that didn't sell) They attempted to capture flowers and stems but for whatever reason the weird aldehydes used left the fragrance cold and I can't imagine any man saying it smells sexy or clean. What Air does right is managing to make the adlehydes seem warm and glowing. The green from the galbanum takes away some of the intensity of the white florals and touch of peach and vanilla give it a sweet clean smell that makes it modern. I can see it being compared with Beautiful but I like this better because of the fruits and citrus which keep it from reminding me of my grandma (who wears Beautiful) I love it!

God, yes! This one really needs to age for a while in order to present its best. I fell in love with it under the impression of an old tester bottle, bought it right away and got hugely disappointed once I opened my fresh bottle. What I got from the old tester was some kind of an extra nutty Noa. I loved my Noa, but that coffee kick was so short lived within the opening, whereas I wanted it to stay forever on my skin. This one provided, but not the freshly opened one. On the contrary, my fresh Air was like a sterilized Noa. Gentle, airy, clean, nice and all, but no organic life within. More like a washed and air dried white cotton pillow case. Now this today, years after I just let it sit in the back of the closet, checking on it occasionally just to make sure it's still that sterile clean, instead of that nutty Musk I was hoping for... it finally worked! Gosh, I've never had a fragrance aging so gracefully 🙂 I don't know if the weather today has anything to do with it, but just for the record: it's dry and super hot.

I agree Mooniq, this fragrance takes a place amongst my top scents. It really works. And is nothing compared to the 1st by Van Cleef...(which i personally kind of dislike) This scent is fresh, and feminine, gives you almost a sparkling feeling when you wear it. Not soapy at all, at first its a little lemony, then settles into a magnificent mystery. I love the fact that its not way too popular, and not many people have it, so they always wonder what im wearing. 'Is it DKNY? Nope, is it Narsisco? No...(thats straight musk and boring), (not to mention brutally expensive round here)' If you like fresh scents, and out the shower feeling types, but dont want to own 'common' frags like Tommy girl, or DKNY energizing, get this. It will NOT disappoint you! :) This fragrance just blows my mind everytime i have a sniff.

This wears extremely well. Surrounds you in a cloud of elegance without you even being aware of it. Light, but heavily creamy too. Not the kind of creamy that makes me feel sick, which is unusual, because most backgrounds of musk and vanilla are nauseating for me. The green aldehydic floral opening only lasts a few minutes, unfortunately. What follows is different, but beautiful. I would describe it as the most silky satin white dress you can imagine. You think the perfume has gone, but then it wafts past you over the next few hours. And hello - so does the green! This is an exceptional perfume. Was a rare blind buy for me. Nothing like First, except for following its legacy of elegance. Totally modern. And the aldehydes? No biggie - at least not to the woman whose favourite perfume is Chanel No. 22...

What a beautiful perfume. Fresh and elegant. It is a modern take on a classic. Green with jasmine and aldehydes. I know that this will become a favourite in my collection. I can not add much to what has already been written here except to say it is a must have in your wardrobe if you love the more classic type of scents. The bottle is beautiful and comes with an atomiser spray so loved by ladies of bygone years. Silage is moderate and longevity good (about 5 hours on me) Pure, white, gossamer wings, all these come to mind when smelling this. A blind buy at a great price, I am a very happy bunny today and for less than £20 for 50mls EDP what is not to love?