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ZOOM 44 – :
I don’t know why but everytime i wear this fragrance, it gave me something almost like a sad feeling. it must be the prim and serious geranium. the blackberries and thorny roses only accentuate the contrast.
When taking a stroll on a vast grass field studded with little white chamomiles, smelling all those sweet wild bushes and shrubs that are flowering vehemently, their scents cannot hide wholly what has been lying underneath, smoke seeping through ancient rock stumps, the traces of human civilization that’s been long abandoned and forgotten, which has now become history.
beautiful.
undiVIDEd – :
This has been my work perfume for a few years now. I’m ready to change my work perfume… but am struggling to find a better fit than this! It smells just like the leaves of the lemon geranium (pelargonium) plants that I like to keep on the windowsills in my house, so when I spray it and walk through the cloud it’s like I’m taking that smell of home with me to keep me grounded no matter how stressful the day is.
In general I’m having trouble with Lush scents at the moment – a shame, since they’re the reason I ever got any hope about perfume at all – but this one is love forever.
Attaitadozy – :
Basically, this is a geranium EDC. I find it quite a wearable piece in this category for men, in spite of the overall opinion here. I decided to try to get on friendly terms with geranium, and Flower’s Barrow was of much contribution to that.
Breatling – :
I’ve got a small spray of this, I liked it in the shop and geranium was a scent I loved. This I find difficult. Some days I find it quite pleasant, others (and this will sound silly) I find this kicks something off in the pit of my stomach, almost anxiety inducing. I realize that sounds odd, it’s the best way I can describe it. I’ve been trying this fragrance often but I think it’s going to have to go, I’m finding it quite headachy too. If anyone wants to swap me for a sample of anything Diptyque or Byredo then do let me know (if that’s even possible). I also have Sikkim Girls to go too.
Igor_Izmail – :
The name comes from the Iron Age hillfort, built over 2.500 years ago and located on the south coast of England. This is another perfume that hit the market at the beginning of 2013, as part of the line of fragrances called “Volume 2” (released in 2012).
It is fresh and floral, with a hint of freshness from the region of Dorset on the English Channel coast. In its composition, we have notes of geranium oil, rose absolute, blackcurrant absolute, oil of Roman Chamomile, sage and thyme, as well as chemical compounds like Geraniol and Farnesol, which enhance the floral aspect, Limonene, etc.
On the skin, Flower’s Barrow is the most luminous among the Gorilla Perfume fragrances I ever met so far. I’m not saying that is ideal only for summer and hot days, but in my head, it conveyed to me the idea of a beautiful sunny day.
Now, try to imagine a scent that possesses essential oil of geranium (which already has an aroma very similar to the roses) mixed to rose absolute? I know, you are thinking that this is a mega feminine fragrance that smells like roses, right? Wrong! Flower’s Barrow is more than that.
In its evolution, what prevails is a floral nuance of roses, which is very sharable. But the presence of Chamomile is vital in this composition, because the herbal and slightly bitter smell persists and creates a balance with the roses. And we still have the acidity-fruity of the blackcurrant and an aromatic touch, which appears after a few minutes of application.
Unfortunately, for being more “luminous”, also gives me the feeling that exudes less, evaporating faster when compared to other creations of the House, which are extremely strong. But the durability and quality remain the same.
I can say that Flower’s Barrow is the kind of scent that should be sold in bottles of 300ml, because pleases the whole family. It’s delicious, joyful and different!
konschug – :
According to Lush website it has chamomile not sage..
slic – :
This is the jammiest rose I have ever smelled. There is sweetness, there is tartness, a slight peppery geranium tang and a citronella twist. BUT it reminds me of turkish delight more than any other perfume yet. It is full on, heady, deep, slightly fresh and has natural herby goodness. It morphs and sways just as much as Aramis Calligraphy Rose. I am going to go as far as to say that I prefer this. It is less sweet, but still jammy…oh rose how I love thee! This is delicious! A little goes a long way, this is sillage supreme. The drydown is herbal, fresh, green and spicy. Beautiful. Not a linear scent.
kqt811Unlogrere – :
I have recently started collecting perfumes in the attempt to find that ellusive “signature scent” that everyone but me seems to have since my allergies are a bitch to work with. The description of this sounded really nice, but honestly I didn’t even have any idea in mind what this might actually smell like as I checked out online. After excitedly taking the cap off and spraying, I have to say that this is the closest to tears I’ve ever been over a smell-memory. This smells exactly like my great grandmother who kept me every Summer as a child. That’s not to say this is an unpleasant “old lady” smell, because she wasn’t that kind of grandma. It’s not at all cloying or choking or living-on-a-set-income type smell. It simply encompasses everything that was her life – lots of garden flowers and sunshine, wooden chests filled with clean folded clothes, warm hugs, and just two bottles of perfume sitting on her vanity. I’m not sure I’ll actually wear this, as it’s not really “me,” but I’m so happy to have this, as it lets me have her just a little bit longer.
malaya999 – :
I like the freshness and the herbious scent of the perfume but on my perfume locket. My body kind of absorb the fragrance like a thirsty person draining the glass of water. But to be fair, I am having flu today. So my review isn’t the best at time.
Update: Still love this perfume after so long.
sisdifftumfet – :
The so called 2nd generation of LUSH/Gorilla perfume has the worst bottle design ever. No sprayer is provided regardless of the size.
Love this geranium bomb tho!
Dobr90 – :
Got a chance to smell this tonight. My coworker applied it to her wrist, and she said fragrances always get sweeter on her skin, more sugary. This was true, that it was even sweeter on her, but even smelling it out of the bottle, on its own, Flower’s Barrow is moderately sweet. It definitely also smells like Blousey, the shampoo!
Also, I guess I just haven’t learned what geranium smells like enough to distinguish it in a complex fragrance, but I can attest to blackcurrant and rose in this, and an undertone of chamomile, too.
Катюня – :
I’m on the fence with this one. Like many of the other offerings from Gorilla Perfume, Flowers Barrow comes packaged with an extremely intriguing description and backstory. And even more so for me personally, after more than one reviewer likened it to the gorgeous, haunting Swedish film that is the Seventh Seal. I was sold before I tried it, especially as a lover of dark berries such as black currant.
Unfortunately too much of the promised atmosphere is sacrificed in place of sheer sweetness. I’m all for wearing whatever you want regardless of gender, but Flowers Barrow is 110 percent feminine on my skin. Too much for my liking, and even as the juice evolves, the sweetness doesn’t budge. Basically it’s a geranium bomb. Make no mistake, it’s a very pretty scent with a pleasant herbal quality, but at the end of the day I don’t see a guy pulling this off. And that’s fine really. I’m just a bit disappointed because the description really lured me in. If only their perfumiers were as good as their writers.
AnVlBr – :
the geranium and herbal character in this is just too strong for me. i love rose and blackcurrant, but they are merely in the background of this scent. it’s almost pure thyme and geranium on me, and i’m not a huge fan of herbal scents, so this doesn’t work for me personally, but i am glad i got to try more lush scents!
sandy – :
I really enjoyed this when I tried it, even if my boyfriend said it smells of some specific homeopathic herbal cream. It’s all about geranium but in a pleasant natural, herbal direction. Projection is good, not too strong or light. Somehow I associate the scent with grandmothers and a healthy farmlife. There is something very nostalgic, romantic and idyllic – and, I guess, totally feminine and nourishing – about it which I find lovely and would like to experience again.
SUDAK – :
I wanted to like this scent. Unfortunateley all i get on my skin is nauseating geranuim oil and a little black currant/rose. real herbs i like but i have yet to find a perfume that does them justice… on my skin anyway.
BabOragodor – :
Geranium, Rose & Blackcurrant. Yum, yum & yum!
This smells like a walk past a wildflower hedgerow by a field after a summer downpour of rain.
Lush also have a shampoo called ‘Blousey’ with the same scent.
nоsоk – :
This perfume opens with a powdery rose and blackcurrant on me, but then dries down into a very warm Roman Chamomile, as a previous poster mentioned above. It’s an unusual scent that I like, but perhaps one that I wouldn’t wear every day or to formal events. There’s something comforting and familiar about this scent that is perhaps more suited to a day spent outdoors, where you can catch whiffs of the scent on the breeze, I find that wearing it indoors is sometimes a bit too much for me.
vgikv – :
I do believe this fragrance smells completely different on everyone who tries it, which means you will have to brave the olfactory bombardment that is a Lush store! But do, and do try this and the other perfumes in the series. If you have a store handy, run in, try and Gorilla perfume, run out and see how it develops on you throughout the day. I bet you will find something surprising that you come to love. Lush’s creators and noses, Mark and Simon Constantine, really are out and out rebels and geniuses. What you will get is a fragrance with very good quality ingredients. So back to Flower’s Barrow. On me, this has an initial lemony, almost citronella smell, not unpleasant. This fades down into a wonderfully complex soup of herby smells, of which my nose cannot pick out dominant notes! It’s evolution through time is quite profound as it changes so much from start to long finish. I wear this perfume for any occasion, day or night. This fragrance is subtle, not overpowering, complex, grown up and sophisticated. Stale perfume can sometimes smell quite horrible, but I love catching the old smell of this on, say, a scarf I’ve worn. It makes me run upstairs and put some one! I adore Flower’s Barrow and wear it a lot. I love almond fragrances (I am still searching for the almond ‘one’ that lasts) and detest floral fragrances so this one is a real departure from the norm for me. I think I will wear this fragrance forever.
Pilot22M3 – :
The Lush store always smells overwhelming, so when I passed by it earlier, I just had to go in. Gorilla perfumes always aim to be unique and unlike any other. Flower’s Barrow is no exception.Lush fragrances, it seems aim to let you picture a scene, they seem to be able to bottle places. Flower’s Barrow reminds me of the train ride I had across Europe last Spring– Windows down, the aroma of grass and flowers on a windy day. This is one fragrance that evokes a sense of adventure.
This is my first herbal perfume. One where ingredients are few (I can actually understand what’s on the ingredient list!) It is a minty floral, rose and geranium grounded by black currant. Fresh, yet surprisingly complex. This is unlike any other fragrance in my collection (I have around 70!). Totally wearable–the sillage is moderate, it won’t suffocate those around you. The lasting power is amazing,due to the high concentration of essential oils.
The only downside is that it has no sprayer, i had to buy a sprayer, immediately after i purchased my 30 ml bottle of this wonderful scent.
tcaturyan – :
Opens smelling kind of minty, but not in a chewing gum way. I’m not actually that familiar with geranium as the ones in my garden are scentless, but I think that must be the geranium.
There’s plenty of rose, but it’s not overwhelming or ‘granny-ish’. It has a nice sweetness, but I can’t say I really get the black current. As it wears the thyme comes through, giving it a little depth but not overwhelming it. Overall I really like this, it’s very wearable and comforting.
It projects and lasts well. It doesn’t quite replace The Bug as my favourite, but it’s certainly the next best LUSH scent I’ve tried.
murffleve – :
There is one note that isn’t mentioned in the database: Roman Chamomile Oil, and that ‘s the note that’s dominant after the drydown on my skin.The opening is very smoky, like a lot of the new gorilla perfumes, but after the drydown there is a nice soft chamomile-with-rose-scent.
sljunin – :
Nice scent. Really a blast of rose with the geranium close on its heels. Love to get a real geranium fragrance.
gbc175Negeltzex – :
I don’t usually post reviews, but I have to for this fragrance. What I smelled on paper and from the bottle were not necessarily an instant “love”. However, after maybe 30 seconds of applying this, I recognized an old familiar smell – THRILLS gum, the soap gum. I’ve been walking around sniffing in the air all day. Glad I wasn’t in my own neighborhood.
I love it, now I think I’ll go listen to my old Kiss, Cheap Trick and Bob Seger albums, and then I’ll watch Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Song Remains the Same on video.
dyugary – :
Chilly, haunting and atmospheric; after a wonderful discussion with the lovely ladies at Lush, I decided this one reminded me of abandoned churches, bare barron landscapes and oddly enough, the Swedish landscape in Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal. Very unusual – I cannot pick out individual notes in this as I usually can in fragrances, but this is a very well blended fragrance which conjures up magical mystical images…finding out the inspiration from this since in the description only adds to the wonder of this fragrance.
BlackN1ne – :
This is hands down THE BEST and TRUEST rose geranium perfume out there and I have tried so many- Frederic Malle, Miller Harris, Parfums de Nicolai etc! I dabble with therapeutic grade essential oils and have always wanted a perfume based on rose geranium whose scent I adore much more than roses and I can say that I have finally found it!
Flower’s Barrow does the rose geranium justice. It does not try to tweak or “control” it or even gender it like many perfumers do even with their unisex offerings. Geranium, like lavender, is wonderful, complex and GENDERLESS in nature. This perfume respects rose geranium, accepts every facet of this plant and allows it to shine. If you love geranium, especially the rose geranium variety, you have to try this.
This refreshing scent is herby, spicy, aromatic and slightly floral (just like the real thing) with some bubbly semi-sweet blackcurrants thrown in. It has moderate silage and amazing lasting power!
Meamr776Diobtetty – :
The best of the new Gorilla Perfumes. This is a beautiful rose geranium scent which reminds me of long gone rose geraniums (such as Floris).
Janecasinos – :
My favourite from the new Gorilla Perfumes (though both Devil’s Nightcap and Sikkim Girls gave it a run for its money). Flowers Barrow starts green and almost muggy, then the black currant gives a strong entrance, and the geranium freshens the scent; in the end, Flower’s Barrow becomes sweeter. All in all, I think it is best described as an almost dark black currant-rose scent with herban undertones. Wonderful.