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12/07/2013
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The Spice Cupboard has Been Robbed!
I kept checking the bottle label and sample and Sales Associate to make sure she hadn't mix these samples up! This is very light on the Nutmeg- so if that's what you're after (yeah, sometimes I like a fragrance to just tell me what it is in the name- Nutmeg & Ginger is a Summer sprizter, rather than a piquant spice blend. It is almost undetectable to my nose, which is typical very sensitive and literally begins to burn in the same room with someone wearing a single spritz of Amariage, Christian Dior's Poison or even D&G's the One. Well, this scented water sits on the other side of the galaxy, like a distance planet capable of sustaining life, but not currently interested in sustaining life. This is beyond tepid in its use of Nutmeg and Ginger...it's less gingery than Canada Dry Gingerale and less nutmeggy than a 10 year old nutmeg locked in a bank volt in a remote Inuit village thousands of miles away.
What is in this big bottle? Sort of imagine a watered down version of green mandarine, grapefruit, lemon, petitgrain, clove, cinnamon, ginger, pink peppercorns, geranium, lavender- pinch O' wood- i.e "Diptyque's L'eau de L'eau". It is clean, transparent, zesty totally office appropriate, clean- did I mention clean? A unisex citrus splash with a touch of sandalwood in the dry down- which happens approximately 30 minutes after application. And then, the real magic happens- Presto! Et Voila! It completely disappears. Not a bad after shower splash on those hot humid muggy days- but not worth it and not going to fix my nutmeg and ginger addiction at all- I'll stick with "Origins Ginger Essence" for the Summer and Bois 1920's fantastically rich "Sushi Imperiale", Serge Luten's "Five O'clock aux Gingembre" or "Comme des Garçons Original EDP" for my ginger and nutmeg fix, Thanks.
What is in this big bottle? Sort of imagine a watered down version of green mandarine, grapefruit, lemon, petitgrain, clove, cinnamon, ginger, pink peppercorns, geranium, lavender- pinch O' wood- i.e "Diptyque's L'eau de L'eau". It is clean, transparent, zesty totally office appropriate, clean- did I mention clean? A unisex citrus splash with a touch of sandalwood in the dry down- which happens approximately 30 minutes after application. And then, the real magic happens- Presto! Et Voila! It completely disappears. Not a bad after shower splash on those hot humid muggy days- but not worth it and not going to fix my nutmeg and ginger addiction at all- I'll stick with "Origins Ginger Essence" for the Summer and Bois 1920's fantastically rich "Sushi Imperiale", Serge Luten's "Five O'clock aux Gingembre" or "Comme des Garçons Original EDP" for my ginger and nutmeg fix, Thanks.
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