Almost Innocent

I did not axpect enything good of it, because I don't like it sweet. I was just more curios trying. But what a delicious scent! It smells on me like milk with pepper and candies. So tender and girly but with complicity. I can't wait to get a bottle of this magic "substance" Love it!

You can easily divide this scent into two parts: the beginning is a gorgeous light and peppery sparkling freshness whith heady flowers and something I cannot name (a smokey "new books" smell?) that gives it an slightly androgyn character - I'd call it contemporary and very noble - nothing less than "Wow!" A daytime scent with character, good to wear in business when you want to smell good and classy but not just feminine or sexy. Sillage is middle, won't offend people. But after about 3 hours it starts slowly to become more and more all about vanilla, not very sweet but like you powdert yourself with custard powder all over. Thats when Cinderella has to leave the party or everyone will see the little girl under that business dress ;) So it's about your timing how to use it. I still like it for the "wow" feeling each time I spray it on.

Almost innocent opens quite fruity and in my opinion -quite summary. I had expected some other (tropical?) fruits to be there first, but it appears just to be lemon and citrus. Soon it settles down much more quit en creamy, it even seems to remind me a bit of Jil Sander's Style. The fruits are almost gone, and the pink pepper and cedar are making this little weard spicy note as a compagnion to the vanilla. If you feel this fits your personality, I think it would be quite a good all-year-'round one to wear.

I liked this better than it's counterpart. But after test-spraying it, it went the same way on my skin: cheap and sweet. Somehow artificial, alcoholic and you better go without any scent than with such a scent.

Thank you flannelman for a chance to try this fragrance! It was a big surprise for me as well. Because it is so good? No. Because it is so bad? No. It's because it is almost identical to John Galliano fragrance, particularly the base! Who copied who?!? I was amazed. The top notes are more citrus fresh, but soon they become softer, warmer, "cosier" leaving the John Galliano base which smells like hot mint tea with lemon on my skin. Pity I don't have JG fragrance for test right now, it would be very interesting to find differences because for now I find none. The bases are exactly the same! Nice fragrance, I like it!