Happygeisha

as soon as i sprayed this on, my man said flatly that i smelled like a dude. we laughed. he then got more descriptive... "you smell like one of those euro guys, the kind who like to wear those pointy shoes," which made laugh even harder.

ok, so maybe it was an inside joke but it was true... at first whiff ARMANI CODE FOR WOMEN totally smelled like one of those swarthy fellows in colorful satin shirts and gold chains who douses himself in way too much cologne.

but after the dry down, things totally got real.

HEY-OH! it transformed before my very nose!

it became instantly feminine and lovely... as if i'd soaked in a bath of honey milk and then dusted my skin lightly with honey dust. honey is indeed the dominant note here and this girl loves her some honey. RAWR. but orange? not smelling it. and i'm huffing my wrists pretty deeply hahaha. maybe its my chemistry? no idea but its a gorgeous scent. mmm i promise.

SNIFF mmm SNIFFFF ... i'm not gonna lie, there is some heavy amber up in this bitch. it reminded me of obsession pretty much immediately because of its overwhelming amber fumes but this composition is way more modern. its like less incensey and complicated than obsession and more floral with orchid and jasmin. OH! and woody. yes now i'm smelling woods. its very sultry. i want to scent a sachet with this and leave it in my winter wool socks drawer. its just so sweet and penetrating. a perfect winter fragrance!

of all the 5 new scents by NEST this one is literally intolerable to have on your skin. i agree with the other reviewers, it smells like an industrial cleaning product, with an almost artificial, sickening overuse of bergamot and lime. its the kind of scent you spray in a house to cover up even worse olfactory offenses. i may add this to a spray bottle and keep it by my toilet. no really... that's just about all its good for. you've been warned. steer clear of this one unless you are a sadist and enjoy giving yourself full-blown migraines.

so i foolishly doused both my forearms in this at Ulta because all the reviews said that it faded quickly and i was going to make sure that didn't happen to me. yeeeeaaahhhhh...no. big mistake, hahaha. not only was it ever-present and potent and migraine inducing but i ended up walking around for the rest of the day reeking of a GIANT human cinnamon stick. i'm now turned off from that spice, like, forever. UGH.

uggh. no i just can't. it's gross. it makes me think of strippers and trophy housewives who only wear the color pink and carry around tiny purse dogs. zero sophistication, zero originality, this scent makes me want to slap someone.