Hilary Duff With Love Eau de Parfum Spray

'''Launched:''' 2006
'''Group:''' Oriental Spicy

'''INTRODUCTION'''

I don't normally buy celebrity fragrances as they tend to contain exclusively synthetic ingredients which I have to say do not provide the same olfactory experience natural substances do. At the beginning of this year towards the end of winter I was exploring modern fragrances that belonged to the oriental woody or oriental spicy category, finally, ...
...bottle of With Love Eau de Parfum online.

'''THE PACKAGING'''

The outer packaging is a light blue carton box with a purple base. The bottle itself is a multi-faceted glass, sort of like a diamond. It's fairly light glass, not one of those classic, chunky and heavy perfume bottles so I'd be careful of dropping it. The translucent, golden-colored plastic lid which looks like a bar clicks firmly onto the atomiser, making it ... more

Launched: 2006
Group: Oriental Spicy

INTRODUCTION

I don't normally buy celebrity fragrances as they tend to contain exclusively synthetic ingredients which I have to say do not provide the same olfactory experience natural substances do. At the beginning of this year towards the end of winter I was exploring modern fragrances that belonged to the oriental woody or oriental spicy category, finally, based on positive reviews online I bought a fairly inexpensive bottle of With Love Eau de Parfum online.

THE PACKAGING

The outer packaging is a light blue carton box with a purple base. The bottle itself is a multi-faceted glass, sort of like a diamond. It's fairly light glass, not one of those classic, chunky and heavy perfume bottles so I'd be careful of dropping it. The translucent, golden-colored plastic lid which looks like a bar clicks firmly onto the atomiser, making it safe to carry around in your handbag.

THE FRAGRANCE

Top notes: spices, mangosteen fruit

The opening of With Love is fruity and woody, giving it a fairly sweet start. The main note I detect is some sweet citrusy odour mixed with spices such as cinnamon or clove. The fruity - woody and somewhat spicy accord is sweet but not overpowering, it's upbeat and different from the usual sticky fruity openings.

Middle notes: mango flower, cocobolo wood

The spices gradually fade after half an hour, however, some of the fruity theme continues with now more of a floral theme. The woods are equally present. Having tested a few modern oriental - woody compositions this summer (e.g. Sensuous by Estee Lauder), in terms of woodiness With Love was possibly the best. It's markedly woody but also soft, dry and juicy at the same time, it blends in well with the exotic - fruity feel and anchors the otherwise fleety impression. This phase lasted for about three hours.

Base notes: amber, musk

After about four hours, the fragrance seemed to have disappeared from the skin when I smelled my wrist, though I could still feel its woody - ambery sillage around me. Strange, I thought! Then I realised how synthetics play this game. They are unable to bind to the skin's oils like natural essential oils so they will just float around where you sprayed it. The remaining sillage felt strangely sweet, milky and ambery while still being woody at the same time. This woodiness felt like cashmeran, as its name suggests, a warm, cashmere-like, milky and musky sytnthetic skin note which was not so much present on the skin but on the clothing which had been in contact with the skin where I sprayed it. It was faint but still detectable upto eight hours after application. Having said that, the actual longevity will be no more than 4 - 6 hours.

CONCLUSION

I was pleasantly surprised by the composition, which is light, airy and sweet but because it has a marked woody - ambery feel, it makes it stand out somewhat from the countless fruity-floral synthetics. You can tell there are only synthetic ingredients as the fragrance doesn't react to temperature or with the skin's oils itself. It'll practically evaporate entirely as sillage so to make it last as a decent Eau de Toilette (6 - 8 hours), spray it on clothes. Synthetic fragrances perform badly in winter as their consistency is often weak, I recommend wearing it as an evening fragrance for summer nights or a dinner out where staying power is less crucial.

PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

I got my 30ml Eau de Parfum from CheapSmells.co.uk (based in Guernsey) for £10 + £1.95 international shipping this spring. Prices have dropped considerably since, you can get 100ml Eau de Parfum for £12.99 on Amazon.co.uk.

Thanks for reading.

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