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08/18/2023
Exciter76
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Exciter76
4
A Cheap and Cheery Grapefruity Thrill That's Not Worth $100+
Originally written June 26, 2012:
This was the first in the Lilly Pulitzer trilogy I smelled—smelled out of the nozzle, not sampled or tried on my skin (hell, not even on a blotter strip). It was what drew me to the other two bottles and yet, it was the last one I picked up. I love, love, LOVE hesperidic scents and this one was no exception out of the bottle. How it played out on my skin, well, that was a different issue.
It begins with candied grapefruit. The grapefruit presented here is sugary sweet, without a bitter backbite and with minimal florals. It stays the course for a few hours then it turns to a sweaty, sour citric musk. The woods smell slightly of pencil shavings, ruining what could have been a nice, if not generic, citrus scent. On the plus side, this is very long lasting and punchy enough to provide great projection and sillage.
The price is shamelessly low enough to negotiate the odd drydown. I have found layering this with another citrus scent or complementary ancillaries helps take the edge off this scent and its very odd base notes. It isn’t a bad fragrance but the anonymous wood notes really hold this sugary citrus scent back.
Updated thoughts on August 18, 2023:
It's discontinued and the going rates for this are abhorrent. This was a slightly better than mediocre offering when I found it for $14.99 at Marshall's back in 2011. It's certainly not worth the $100+ it's fetching on eBay.
My recollection of this? Urinous grapefruit and pencil shavings. Save your money.
This was the first in the Lilly Pulitzer trilogy I smelled—smelled out of the nozzle, not sampled or tried on my skin (hell, not even on a blotter strip). It was what drew me to the other two bottles and yet, it was the last one I picked up. I love, love, LOVE hesperidic scents and this one was no exception out of the bottle. How it played out on my skin, well, that was a different issue.
It begins with candied grapefruit. The grapefruit presented here is sugary sweet, without a bitter backbite and with minimal florals. It stays the course for a few hours then it turns to a sweaty, sour citric musk. The woods smell slightly of pencil shavings, ruining what could have been a nice, if not generic, citrus scent. On the plus side, this is very long lasting and punchy enough to provide great projection and sillage.
The price is shamelessly low enough to negotiate the odd drydown. I have found layering this with another citrus scent or complementary ancillaries helps take the edge off this scent and its very odd base notes. It isn’t a bad fragrance but the anonymous wood notes really hold this sugary citrus scent back.
Updated thoughts on August 18, 2023:
It's discontinued and the going rates for this are abhorrent. This was a slightly better than mediocre offering when I found it for $14.99 at Marshall's back in 2011. It's certainly not worth the $100+ it's fetching on eBay.
My recollection of this? Urinous grapefruit and pencil shavings. Save your money.
