Sottile 1.61

This is an incredible elixir. It smells alive! Absolutely intoxicating. I had the pleasure of meeting Yosh Han a few years ago. She is amazingly intelligent, perceptive, and lovely, and she is an inspiration to me. She is a perfectionist, and each one of her fragrances is filled with details and atmosphere, and elicits stories of her adventures. I don't think I've ever tried a Yosh fragrance that didn't shock me into vivid scent recollections and/or fantasies. I'm a rose gardener, and I love roses with a passion. I've had hundreds of rose bushes, and I always look forward to growing more. Sottile 1.61 is very special to me, because the first time I smelled it was soon after my daughter was born. In a literal translation from English to Italian, the word "sottile" means "subtle". It can also be transliterated as "thin", but that does not describe this fragrance. Sottile 1.61 truly smells like a newly bloomed Double Delight rose in a dewy summer garden. It's pure, fresh, and clear, and, in a natural, non-imposing way, it's subtle. However, it not not a faint or thin scent. For me, it's an antidepressant in a bottle. It's just a radiant, realistic perfume that causes many people to look around them wondering where is the rosebush they smell. It is perfect for wearing while gardening. I received a bottle of this from my husband, so I find this fragrance to be sweetly romantic. My Numerology number has been 1 my whole life, even with changing surnames after marriage, so it seems this suits me in the way the perfumer intends.

I woke up so happy this morning. It's Friday. It's summer. I am young and healthy. I live in a gorgeous city where the sun shines all the time and people come here to vacation. I just felt like wearing a happy, sunshiney fragrance. I jumped into my car, put the top down and felt the sun on my face. The radio was playing one of my favorite songs, The Isley Brother's "Living For The Love of You". Right then, I remembered that I just received a new perfume in the mail that I wanted to test, so I put it on and was completely blown away. I knew in one sniff and I can tell this is special. It's one of the freshest, truest, happiest, softest, loveliest rose fragrance. It's like bottled sunshine on warm rose petals. The lily of the valley gives it some innocence. There is a deep green scent in the opening that smells like the rose leaves and moss. I could have sworn it was oakmoss (but there is no oakmoss in this) and it adds depth and interest. Just as I closed my eyes to inhale, the Isley Brothers sung the lines "Lovely as a ray of sun That touches me when the mornin' comes Feels good to me, yeah My love and me Smoother than a gentle breeze Flowing through my mind with ease Soft as can be, well When you're lovin' me When you're lovin' me" Those lines sum up this fragrance perfectly. Sunshine, gentle breeze, and being in love in a bottle.

I just got my samples from LuckyScent, and I'm already in love with Sottile! (Perfumed Court, my usual sample source, doesn't carry Yosh) To me the lily of the valley sort of sits just above the rose, floating on top of it like a wave. Every so often the rose scent breaks through, but is always tamped by the lily. And yet the lily is not artificial at all; neither is the rose. They both combine to smell like a fresh spring garden. A VERY appropriate scent for summer, so I suppose I'll be out the $100 to order it from Barney's :-) I also got a sample of Stargazer, and that will probably become my fall scent.

Sottile is a delicate green floral that feels like an elegant silk shawl around your shoulders, the scent hugging you close for at least 6 hours. Lily of The Valley and Rose are perfectly blended here. For those of you who tried the original Clean EDP and wished it were a wee bit feminine or floral, you’ve got your wish with this gorgeous fragrance! It’s spring-y, fresh, and so lovely!

Very, very pretty scent. Summery rose, very clean and green, not at all powdery.