English Bluebell Contemporary Edition

I wore this to work today (I work as a fragrance specialist for Dolce & Gabbana at Ulta) and I got 3 compliments on it. Bluebell is such a unique sweet-blue scent. It's not sugary the way a sweet rose scent can go. It's more similar to a sweet white floral, but a bit deeper. There's something both youthful and sophisticated about this fragrance that should make it appeal to both women and young women alike. It's very feminine leaning, but that doesn't mean a guy can't wear it. It would just have to be worn confidently. A true gem of a fragrance. Wish it came in an EDP though.

I really like this scent for at home relaxing days as it is light, airy, delicate and comforting, but does not last, but since I am home, I can respray to my heart's content without lugging the bottle around to its potential detriment. I like Yardley in general, especially their Lavender and the very hard to find in the US, Floral Essence shower gel in Peony Ylang Ylang. I love that scent so much. I discovered it on eBay and wished they had matching body lotion and EDT or body spray. Alas !

To people asking "where is the bluebell in this?" – from what I've read, English bluebells are meant to be very difficult to extract fragrance from and so their scent has to be approximated by combining other accords – whether these are other flowers, or sweet or green notes. I've never smelled real English bluebells (we tend to get the scentless Spanish bluebells near me) so I have tried bluebell fragrances, including Penhaligon's and Jo Malone. These tend to have a fresh, almost melony scent. I found this similar and very pleasant in its fresh-floral-sweet scent, but it is very light and doesn't last long. For me this is intriguing and elusive, rather than a marker of the perfume's pissweakness. None of the Yardleys last long in my experience – they are eaux de toilette that I use for a quick burst of light fragrance.

If I'm slightly under the weather or feeling meh or undecided, this is the one I go for. I can spray on sheets, as it doesn't last long and doesn't disturb my partner either. Sadly on myself , its a very fleeting scent, a tad metallic too. I do tend to use it as a pick me up, there's no reason, I just gravitated to doing that. It's fresh, airy, and 'shouldn't' give headaches to anyone, and my nose mostly picks up the middle notes, of hyacinth and lily of the valley but they're light, not dense or sweet like in other perfumes. I'm not sure if I'd repurchase as yet, but I am a quarter of the way through after 14 months use, it depends how you see it as value for money. At time of purchase it was to me good value but the other way it could be an expensive body spray.

Very light, fresh and nice. It smells like of freshly picked flowers. I have no idea what english bluebells smells like IRL, so unfortunately I can't tell if this EdT smells right or not. To me, Yardley English Bluebell is a well blended floral, maybe a bit too light - it disappears very fast even for an EdT. But it's a very nice freshener and I like it. I don't smell the hyacinth, or the jasmine etc - I smell a mix of all the flowers. I could buy another bottle, yes.