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verter73 – :
Bought from the Laura Ashley site.The nose knows. It is an insult to compare this cheap knockoff with the original Emma. Smells like it came from the dime store. Who the hell developed this sickening scent.? They are obviously too young to have ever smelled the original. and by the way, that powdery scent you replaced was part of the original appeal. Call it something else, because to call it Emma is deceptive. What a waste of 50 bucks. I live on my social security income, and I am a very unhappy camper! Came today and already gone in the bin.
bazzbanny – :
The current Emma is no doubt a floral, mostly flowers from a citrus tree, I can’t tell which, but neroli is listed, so it must be that. The neroli isn’t as sharp as usual, as this fragrance also has a bit of the fermenting fruit sweetness going on. At the same time, there is a kind of in your face heaviness with what I think is patchouli, but could be the oud.
The heaviness I’m refering to reminds me of Narciso Rodriguez For Her or Chloe Chloe, with all their heavy in-your-nose seductive florals. Not at all something that would make you smell shower fresh, or innocent. It makes me think of a body that has been perfumed in neroli/patchouli and has been through a whole day and beginning to get a little sticky and oily, but not necessarily in a bad way. I’m just surprised as the name and the package designs made me think it would be different from this. Read the review by A.Rose123 below; after experiencing the perfume, I can relate to that review completely and think it is very well analyzed.
VladaVladislavovna – :
I received a sample of Emma, very floral, can smell gardenias which I love when light…dry down nice, still floral…I would love to smell original. I would buy this.
sa2275 – :
Neroli, neroli, neroli! Neroli is the star, here but whereas the note on its own can be pretty waxy and even develop an oily, sebum-esque undertone, the other notes in “Emma” keep it bright, sweet and fresh, while maintaining that neroli, watery orange flower and orange oil feeling, throughout.
Though not listed here, my nose registers a strongly Orange Flower vibe, style and feeling. Orange flower is a nectary, distinctive note that people usually adore or dislike, right off the bat but “Emma” pushes this boundary a little by attempting to please both camps.
It’s sweet, here but not candy tarts sweet, not thick and powdery, not almost to the point of over-ripe decay in the way that Orange Flower can sometimes turn-off some noses to it (or flamboyantly loud style of the note).
The orange and lemon water feel of the neroli in “Emma” stays thin until drydown, pushing its metallic, golden sunniness against, grassiness and “elegant creamsicle”. It all maintains “Emma’s” sunny, Summertime mood.
zd all – :
I had the original fragrance from 1984. It was one of my all-time favorites. I miss it so much, but it sounds like the new one is a completely different fragrance.
lebigmag – :
Everything is So Austen here…