Description
Botanical Essence No.15 is inspired by the aromas around the world. The scent is fresh oriental – spicy. It includes 15 botanical ingredients.
The website states, “A seductively elegant ‘olfactory jewel’ handcrafted by award-winning French perfumer Alienor Massenet, Botanical Essence™ No.15 was created following numerous customer requests for a more sensual fine fragrance, and formed a brand new fragrance family: The Fresh Oriental.”
Top notes: pink pepper, cinnamon, elemi, bergamot and clove. Heart, Damasc rose, cedar, patchouli, cypriol, sandalwood and vetiver. Base: guaiac wood, benzoin, tonka bean and bourbon vanilla.
The bottle is available as a 50 ml eau de parfum spray.
Botanical Essence No.15 was launched in 2012.
dimbas – :
A very nice warm spicy fragrance. It is very heavy on the cinnamon and vanilla but not overly sweet. It is a warm and cozy fragrance to wear when its cold and miserable outside. I think there is some kick provided by the cloves.
The pepper tickles my nose along with the vetiver so it is not a smooth silky fragrance like for example Ivory Route by Xerjoff.
I think its a unisex fragrance but with the sweetness it leans a bit towards the feminine.
I can just about make out the warm tonka, benzoin and guaiuc wood in the base which keep this scent lasting for many hours. The sillage is moderate.
reewCheefly – :
I really love this warm, easy going fragrance which was an unusual find for me in John Lewis.
I say unusual as it was a John Lewis ‘home’ and doesn’t normally stock cosmetic or fragrance products but this was among the few that were in store.
The opening is one of fresh spices, clove, cinnamon, pink pepper and a host of other lovely stuff which is never overbearing for a second. You’re immediately immersed in a softly edged vanilla, milky sandalwood, and guaic. Quite stunning really.
Lasts okay and dries down to a sweet vanilla, I was reluctant to buy because there was no price on the bottle and I figured it might be expensive but I would definitely wear this delicate scent and have my eye on it.
Awlon – :
Really quite lovely. A guy could easily pull this off too and the bottle looks perfectly unisex.
oks36 – :
A woody, mildly spicy, sensual, warm botanical concoction of a scent! Wow!
I recently stocked up on my Liz Earle skin care while in Europe and on a whim tried this fragrance on my wrist. It didn’t take long to make up my mind about purchasing this because I could not stop smelling my wrist all day! Although it may very well have been the balmy October autumn weather, but this fragrance was a perfect wear for the mood and atmosphere, from day to night.
I usually don’t spritz fragrances on my rest/at home days, but this is on me as soon as I step out of the shower every day. Also great for layering because it settles mild and is not imposing.
almizat – :
I am a huge fan of spicy woody fragrances and for me this is the ultimate blend. Love at first smell, from that first spray to the dry down, with the added bonus of good sillage and amazing longevity on my skin. It’s up in my top 10 favourite fragrances.
vanyusha.h – :
This is probably the only spicy, sweet gourmand I can wear that doesn’t give me a headache, that works well with my chemistry, and that doesn’t make me feel sick or like a bimbo. I love it. All notes found in perfumes like Avon Far Way to Mugler’s Angel are far better blended in this fragrance that is a joy to wear from start to finish.I occasionally wear men’s and unisex fragrances. The comparisons to Paco Rabanne are a little off the mark. They may share a few notes but the ugly blatant jarring undertones of the PR fragrances are nothing like this balanced and ever-evolving fragrance.
The initial woody spiciness quickly fades into a sparkling warm feminine fragrance that lasts all day and would not need reapplying until evening. The various phases remind me of a freshly poured sparkling Coca Cola in the early stages, chocolate and vanilla powder down late in the day. Never cloying, never cheap. I hope this is never discontinued. The packaging is lovely and informative. I normally bin it but I kept this box. All the fragrances in the range seems great but this is my current favourite.
nev844speagoessenda – :
At first, I loved it. Now when I spray it I think of aftershave. Surely this is unisex at the very least? Anyway, I think it’s the mood I’m going through at the moment, which is tending towards warm, feminine vanillas. Liz Earle 15 is exceptionally clean, fresh and incredibly spicy. Definitely get cloves. Possibly ginger. It’s a winter scent through and through.
kylukitage – :
This is a genuinely lovely fresh, spicy aromatic fragrance, with decent longevity. I would have considered buying it but I recently got Bottega Veneta Essence Aromatique and while they are by no means identical, they fulfil the same role (fresh, airy, spicy with some vanilla in the base). Maybe when I run out of that I’ll return to this.
olympian – :
Very beautiful fragrance, a bit spicy on me as when at the same time sprayed on my friend’s skin it smells like a different perfume – softer, more well rounded, more magical. But I love it anyway. Stays on my skin around 3-4 hours so needs to be reapplied.
It’s true that you either like N:15 which I do, or N:1. If N:15 stays on my skin for couple of hours then N:1 was gone within 1st hour! So it’s N:15 for me. Definitely.
калян – :
i am not going to harp on about the different notes and it’s silage…this is a beautiful, intoxicating perfume .
Kyzmich13 – :
You either love this Liz Earle pefume, or you love botanical essence number 1. I love this one. Gorgeous, spicy and unusual. It’s on the list to be my next perfume purchase. It’s beautifully complicated and smells divine!
smeamsles – :
Smells like aftershave, and develops into a perfume! lovely fresh oriental fragrance, mellows close to the skin, doesn’t project well, but that’s ok, don’t want to announce my arrival from 40 paces away!
Cleppartita – :
I don’t like this. I find it stuffy.
getaleaky – :
I really hated Liz’s No.1 fragrance so was not really expecting much from this one.
After spraying No.15 on my skin, I was not overly impressed – it smelled a bit woody & aftershave-like for me.
BUT… after 10 minutes the smell was HEAVENLY – powdery yet spicy, sweet yet not cloying. VERY sultry & sexy, yet fresh at the same time.
I couldn’t top sniffing my arm & have worn it everyday since! It is completely addictive & I LOVE it. Lasts all day on me too…
If you didn’t like No1, this is worth a try – Just don’t judge it at 1st sniff!
sergey 986 – :
This smelt amazing on someone I know so I bought it for myself but alas it was way too strong on my own skin so luckily she bought it off me! I teach this lady and everytime she wears this fragrance I love the waft it produces (so sad it didn’t work on me. Wish Liz Earle would make a candle that smelt like this!
biba57 – :
I love this fragrance, a beautiful spicy scent with good strength and longevity. This amazingly lasts all day on me, no need to top up.
I would classify this as an oriental spicy fresh fragrance, so if you love orientals then you must give this one a try. Apparently it has been created using 15 quality botanicals, all of which are derived from natural ingredients (which is certainly reflected in the ingredients list). How they have managed to do this at an affordable price is really quite intriguing.
I would say this perfume remains quite linear throughout it’s development, never really changing much. The spices are warm, sweet and woody, and to my nose I get a massive dose of pink pepper with underlying clove.
The drydown on my skin becomes slightly sweeter as the vanilla makes a full appearance, but it never becomes too sweet as many orientals can do.
I agree with truffles’ comment stating that people either like No. 15 or No. 1; I personally don’t like No. 1.
No. 15 is very different from it’s sister, so if you weren’t a fan of No. 1 don’t dismiss this. I have become addicted!
This perfume smells very much like Dior Ambre Nuit. The resemblance is uncanny.
wasia0992569792 – :
I smelled this in Lewis’s after it came out and immediately made the ‘scrunchy face’ – it smelled like clove aftershave to me.
My sister really likes this so bought herself a bottle (I like No.1, she hates it).
Having smelled it again, it’s not as bad as I initially thought – maybe the tester was a funny bottle or something but my sister’s smells peppery/gourmandy and I don’t mind it but am not mad about it. Might be a grower though, I’m minded to give it another try sometime, I think one thing about it is that it has a nice ‘trail’.
It seems that people EITHER like No.1 OR No.15, so if you didn’t like No.1, give this one a go!