05/15/2013
Gold
541 Reviews
Gold
Its possibillities are endless
"Lively citrus, warm spice, intense florals and sensual musks combine to create a fabulous, cosmopolitan fragrance" - that's the commercial blurp.
Should I say that once for a while it's true?
Well, "London" is an astonishing perfume - and a bargain. To put it bluntly - it's one of the best cheapies I've ever tried. This is a fragrance which does not presume to automatically open doors, but it will help you if you understand its tactics. Take a good look at the bottle it comes in. It's simple and quite stylish. Easily the best bottle a Marks&Spencer fragrance ever had the luck to find itself in. "London" opens with notes of green sap and citrus, but then quickly adds some flowery aspects, freesia, I guess and white narcissus. Warm spices, coriander and pepper join in. The scent becomes warm and penetrating, certainly not reticent about its presence, but not in the least vulgar.
It immediately appealed to the salesperson who worked at the lingerie-department, when I went there after having applied "London", she asked me which "wonderful scent" I was wearing and was surprised to hear that "London" was sold on the same floor she works on. "I always thought our fragrances are below average", she said. "But this one seems different."
This inexpensive fragrance also made an impact on my German friends back home. It positively shines... and it's sort of "laid-back". Like London, the city I love and will always return to, this perfume unwinds me. London, the city, a delta of untold possibilities and horizons... - "London", the scent, a simple flask to see me perfectly equipped for my sojourn through the great safari of my life.
Should I say that once for a while it's true?
Well, "London" is an astonishing perfume - and a bargain. To put it bluntly - it's one of the best cheapies I've ever tried. This is a fragrance which does not presume to automatically open doors, but it will help you if you understand its tactics. Take a good look at the bottle it comes in. It's simple and quite stylish. Easily the best bottle a Marks&Spencer fragrance ever had the luck to find itself in. "London" opens with notes of green sap and citrus, but then quickly adds some flowery aspects, freesia, I guess and white narcissus. Warm spices, coriander and pepper join in. The scent becomes warm and penetrating, certainly not reticent about its presence, but not in the least vulgar.
It immediately appealed to the salesperson who worked at the lingerie-department, when I went there after having applied "London", she asked me which "wonderful scent" I was wearing and was surprised to hear that "London" was sold on the same floor she works on. "I always thought our fragrances are below average", she said. "But this one seems different."
This inexpensive fragrance also made an impact on my German friends back home. It positively shines... and it's sort of "laid-back". Like London, the city I love and will always return to, this perfume unwinds me. London, the city, a delta of untold possibilities and horizons... - "London", the scent, a simple flask to see me perfectly equipped for my sojourn through the great safari of my life.
