Gucci's new Bamboo is a woody floral apparently inspired by the brand's Bamboo bags (and other bamboo accessories, from jewelry to eyewear to shoes): no, it does not smell like bamboo. It looks to be geared towards about the same market as Gucci Première,1 that is, a bit older than Gucci Guilty, with perhaps a few more dollars to spend. The advertising is the standard reverse bait-and-switch the luxury brands churn out for aspirational buyers (no, you can't afford the couture or the vintage car, but for $100 you can have the perfume). The ad copy goes to some lengths to link the diverse attributes of bamboo to the Gucci woman:
Strong and graceful, one of Gucci’s most recognizable design signatures has defined references in today’s Gucci woman. Bamboo flourishes in extreme conditions. Able to withstand a hurricane’s force, its natural strength compares to steel. Slender and elegant, bamboo soars willowy over other vegetation. The modern Gucci woman shares bamboo’s characteristics.
So what does that smell like? The juice seemed to land right on "slender" and "willowy" and skip the rest: Bamboo is a soft, clean floral, rather wispy, with the slightest touch of creamy powder. (The notes: bergamot, orange blossom, lily, ylang ylang, vanilla, sandalwood and amber.) It teeters on the edge of the white floral family, but it's nearly too light and soft to matter, and all of the flowers have had their edges removed by modern chemistry anyway. The lily is perhaps the strongest floral note, and for a few short minutes I thought Bamboo might turn into a (fun!) lily bomb, but that stage didn't last, and once it settles on skin, it's arguably even less lily than the minimalist lily of Cartier Baiser Volé. The base is a pale sweetish musk, neither as woody or as warm as I'd expected: it smells like it was meant for an early spring launch.
Verdict: If you've been looking for a conservative / ladylike modern floral musk, not too strong, not too sweet, hyper-clean enough that others might not be able to decide if you're wearing perfume or just the remains of some body product,2 Bamboo might suit. It's less fun than Gucci Flora (I liked Flora), and miles less distinctive than Gucci by Gucci or Gucci Première, which might be just what they were after. I am guessing most perfumistas will find it too bland and too prim, and frankly I'm going to be very surprised if it's a huge seller anywhere, but you never know. As always, do comment if you've tried it, and feel free to tell me how wrong I am.
The lasting power is reasonable enough, or at least, the musky base lasts most of the day on me. Still, it's awfully close to the skin after a couple hours. If I didn't know, I'd have pegged it as an Eau de Toilette instead of an Eau de Parfum.
Gucci Bamboo is available in 30 ($70), 50 ($92) and 75 ($115) ml Eau de Parfum and in matching body products. (Update: there is also a 7.4 ml travel spray for $33.)
1. Première was meant as a replacement for Gucci by Gucci, which did not sell to expectations. And perhaps Première was not as much of a hit as they hoped, I don't know.
2. On a paper blotter especially, the dry down of Bamboo smells just like what I imagine a Dove Lily Musk gofresh deodorant would be if they made one.
I Liked It! A LOT! To me it has an actually quite Distinct Bamboo presence to it, i know it’s not one of the notes in the fragrance, but the way that the other notes have been manipulated cause quite the bamboo effect, very much in the vein of Calvin Klein “Truth” for women which has an actual, prominent Bamboo note… Gucci’s is more like a Washed version of that Bamboo note, but I Smell it.
To me, It’s one of the few fragrances that Jibe with the Adverts… this reminds me of what I would imagine a Jet-Setting, Naked Piano Playing, Backless Sequined Gown Wearing Euro wearing… It’s Classy, Elegant, and Sensual without being Stark-Raving Sexy!
Glad you liked it! That should be another poll: what would you wear while playing the piano naked 🙂
What would I wear while playing the piano naked? Clothes!
Playing the piano naked reminds me of Terry Jones of Monty Python.
LOL!! Good point.
I thought that scene in the commercial was unintentionally funny even w/o remembering the Terry Jones thing — but I thought the whole commercial was kind of unintentionally funny.
OMG, I just watched the commercial. Unintentionally funny, indeed!
Oh boy. I’d love to be able to play the piano, naked or clothed.
Gucci, according to the fashion press, is moving its overall image from a less brazenly sex on display to a more refined style. Maybe this fragrances is part of that move.
Interesting…I knew Frida Giannini was gone, but didn’t know a darned thing about the new guy, Alessandro Michele.
The fashion establishment has decided that it’s now OK to like Gucci, mostly because Michele is Fashion in the way Giannini never really was. That said, I do like his romantic nerdiness very much – it’s a bit like pretty Prada.
If you are interested, here’s the link to the debut show: http://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2015-ready-to-wear/gucci#collection
Thank you so much for the link! I’m afraid I have never been Fashion either 😉
Me too… I’d happily be naked and drenched in Gucci Bamboo if it meant I could play the piano.
I made a NST-related resolution the other day: to comment more on the reviews (as I do appreciate them so much and should signal it somehow), rather than just tell everybody what I’m wearing, like a self-absorbed boor. But I’m afraid I have nothing to contribute on this one, other than to say I’m not surprised and I’m sure you’re right.
Well that’s very sweet, and I forgive you in advance if you don’t stick to it 🙂
And I myself am terrible — I read all over the place and rarely comment anymore.
I will cosign Anniky’s “I’m not surprised and I’m sure you’re right” with an added, “And I appreciate your smelling so I don’t have to!” Touchy sinuses of late appreciate the detailed info, so that I can prioritize my to-sniff list!
Hope the sinuses improve!
Much appreciated!
Please don’t worry, Anikky, I always enjoy your observations about perfumes you are wearing!
Me too!
Thank you! It’s very nice of you both to say so.
Your review mirrors my reaction, Robin. I sprayed some on my inner elbow at Sephora a few weeks ago. My reaction was “well, that’s pretty and ladylike and that’s it.” If that is all I get from the scent, it is the “kiss of death” for me. I like pretty scents (Jour d’Hermes Absolue, Rose Perfection, Elie Saab, etc.), but they need to be more interesting and exciting to hold my interest.
I do wonder if they decided Premiere & Gucci by Gucci were too “assertive”, and if the Frida Giannini “masculine base notes” thing was off-putting to some women? This one just seems so different.
What I thought right away was that if I wanted this sort of thing, I’d just wear Love, Chloe, which is likewise pretty and ladylike but I think far prettier (and less body-product-like) than this one.
I would love to see the business plan behind scents like this. Very curious whether it’s a matter of it being pretty hard, as you say Robin, to predict big hits, so instead they throw everything at the wall to see what sticks, then the one successful launch pays for three or six or 10 duds? (Like the film industry, basically.) Or does most every launch bring in some money, so it’s more important to keep offering something new, and even if it’s not a generational hit, it’s still more than nothing? (Maybe more like clothing companies?)
Especially since yes, it doesn’t not sound like they are primarily trying to target the deep-cuts perfume crowd (how many more exciting lily fragrances could we name!), what is the revenue stream, exactly? (I mean obviously there’s a huge non-perfumista market for perfume, I’m just curious to know how exactly it works…)
Gosh, excellent question that I know nothing about. Did Gucci actually LOSE money on Gucci by Gucci? No idea, although I doubt it. But it must hurt to have a string of losers, because a) a successful launch must by extension help the brand’s other fragrances and b) clearly department stores give up on some brands entirely and/or give them less counter space & promotion, which makes matters worse.
Look at Fendi — basically their entire back catalog, gone. So I assume it is not the case that it’s always worth keeping poorly performing fragrances in production because they make “some money”. If I had to guess, I’d guess nobody is actually producing Gucci by Gucci anymore, and what is still being sold is existing product (and from what I’ve been told, production runs for mainstream fragrances are far huger than most people assume, so that product sitting around years later might date from the launch. If that’s true, our idea of fragrances being ‘discontinued’ might be a bit off the mark).
It depends on whom you listen to and how jaded they are… I stroll through not only Saks, Neimans, Nordstroms AND MACY’S And ALL of the Gucci Fragrances (Guilty, Gucci By Gucci, BOTH Premieres, Flora, and I will assume Bamboo next time I visit) are all still on the selling floor. So the sales COULDN’T Have been that bad, even though Gucci themselves said that It’s answer to G By G was Premiere because the former did not sell to projected numbers, They haven’t discontinued it or stopped selling it in any Store that sells the scent, Including their own stand alone stores… so someone one might just be Projecting when they say the scents LOST Them money…
The problem was mainly, No one Liked Giannini and her Fiance (Now Husband) Monopolizing and Running Gucci the way they did, so a lot of the “Terrible Sales” was mainly in the way of throwing Shade at Giannini! If they had been such bad sellers… you wouldn’t find the scents on their website or all over the Sales floor of your local Mega Store or rife in their Boutiques!
Such a good point about back catalogs eventually dropping off (if not precisely “discontinued” as we imagine it!) in many cases. That does really make me think that a lot of the business model has to do with capitalizing on the publicity value of offering something new, and then, well.
But yes, nevertheless, I can’t imagine it’s good for business to go too long without a hit!
You know, for a very long time Victoria’s Secret was just churning out a new scent every few weeks, seemed like. I figured they just made their money that way — quick bucks, attract customers with “newness” even if they only got repeat business on a few popular pillars. But very suddenly this year they’ve stopped, they’ve slowed down tremendously. Would love to know why, if they’re rethinking the strategy or … ? Or maybe the whole VS business is in trouble, I wouldn’t know.
Oh that is curious. Had always assumed their fragrances did well, given their ubiquity!, but indeed, maybe volume was a sign of the opposite…
(I feel like I’ve recently become the honorary owner of a VS scent, thanks to my new bottle of HdP Sexy Angelic. On the other hand, that came in a mason jar, which is not quite the same sensibility 🙂 )
in the case of Vicki’s Secret… I think they were just being pressured from their customers for churning out TOO MANY Scents in a year’s time that there was simply a Glut and Sensory Overload. I heard from one VS sales associate that most of their customers flat out ignored many of the releases and bought only the couple they liked, because when you include the House Fragrances, and the NUMEROUS “Body Refresher” fragrances… there were upward of 35-40 fragrances being hawked by VS.
One thing I noticed as well, the Quality of their scents improved as well, so maybe they are spending more money on Quality and making something of Value that will sell rather than assail their customers with too similar products!
I smelled this the other day and it was one big “Meh” for me…sad, really, coz I liked the bottle right away, when I saw it on an add and even better in real life. I feel kinda depressed these days with the mass market scents. There is no fun or danger in them anymore. I miss the late 90/early 2000’s more than ever. That period of time, they were daring and I was happy 😉
Well, I admit I don’t think this has been the absolute best year…but it’s not all dismal, right? Have you tried anything mainstream that you’ve liked this year?
Sadly no..or a little yes..I do like the new Miu Miu fragrance, but it will not be a “must buy” for me. I was tempted to buy it, simply because of the lovely retro bottle. Perhaps if I see it on sale one day, I might buy it.
I like the opening phase of it..they first 15 minuts of the whiff is so lovely..but then it turns into a tame musky detergent and I don’t really feel like smelling like that 😉
I am still looking forward to see if there will be a Louis Vuitton perfume in the near future. I think they could come up with something interesting. But the hopes are very low..
That one is supposed to be coming in 2016.
Let’s hope it does 🙂
I have a dream about how it will look and smell like, but I am pretty sure, I will be disappointed, so my hope is low 😉
I have a soft spot for Dove so I will test this ..but I am not holding my breath . I suspect it will smell as per normal … dept store. I sound so biased …..
I agree with littlecooling… I miss the times when mainstream scents were more daring …..
You know I meant the deodorant range and not the soap, yes?
This one does smell resolutely mainstream department store.
Yes …and the deodorant range doesn’t smell the same as the soap …oh drat.
Oh well, as i pass by Macy’s I’ll have a sniff anyway .
Frankly ,I have a hard time telling many of the mainstream scents , apart. They all have an undercurrent of *blah*
It is worth a shot, just in case!
I copied part of my comment from the SOTD thread here, in case it helps someone try it that might otherwise pass. GB is nothing new, of course, but for myself i find it to be probably SB (small bottle) worthy. Will be on the lookout for another sample, at the very least 🙂
“Wearing Gucci Bamboo, have one more application left in my sample, and pondering small bottle.
On me this starts with burst of citrus and white flowers, then quickly dries down to sweet wood.
I liked it at first try, and it’s become a bit addictive. There’s something about it that isn’t for everyone, particularly if you are looking for complexity or richness, but the longevity is great and is not too sweet or gourmand. I’ve been wearing it a few times this week while I’ve been visiting family in Florida, and it holds up!”
Thank you so much, saw your comment there and almost left you a comment back but didn’t want to create “work” for you.
Just realized there is also a “travel spray” on Sephora, $33 for 7.4 ml, if that helps!
Oooh – 7.4 oz would be perfect! Thank you for the tip and review!
🙂
Drained my sample this morning, and it occurred to me why GB hits my sweet spot: on me the drydown wears like a light and airy sister to EL Sensuous. Instead of thickly honeyed woods, it is a softly sweet nectar woods, with the lily (which i didn’t even recognize as such until reading this post – how fun!) and musk playing airy notes in the far background. Lovely.
Counting myself lucky it plays nice for me! 🙂
well, since you didn’t say it, I will, prettily boring.. I think I would rather save up the money for the bamboo bag, if I had to chose
You will have to save an awful lot more $ 🙂
In a fantasy world . ..
🙂
I like the idea of ‘slender strength’ – that bamboo can resist hurricanes. There’s a nice angle there on the empowerment of women. I’d like to see a perfume that explores that idea. Sadly, with Gucci Bamboo itsounds like the creativity is confined to the copy writing.
I’ve just remembered that I have actually tried Bamboo but retained no memory the scent. I think i filed it under ‘generic floral, walk away and forget’. Quite a big category, that.
A huge category.
And agree — you could do something way better with the bamboo theme re: the empowerment of women, but despite the stuff about “when she talks”, it really just seems to be about her clothes and fantastic lifestyle.
Am I the only one who thinks it’s treading dangerous waters to compare anything to bamboo? If you’ve ever had to dig up the stuff for fear it will uproot your foundation before rushing down the street to engulf dogs, minivans, small children, etc., then you know what I mean.
Ha, good point! They are not after the market that does its own gardening 😉
Let Me Ask??? What Constitutes as something that is not…. MEH? What does a fragrance need to do for you to enjoy it? I was having something of a Psuedo-Debate with Kevin in his Review of “Sauvage” and virtually everything that comes down the pike it seems is just cast aside as “Uninteresting” or “Meh” or the one I hear ALLLL The time “Like Everything Else”
Do you think it’s more a case of Being Jaded and perhaps a little Snobbish about something that actually smells quite nice, but if it isn’t a Frederic Malle Creation or something from some Niche Boutique or a Clive Christian MegaStravaganza worth as much as an Engagement ring, it’s just summarily dismissed as unworthy? The industry isn’t just always throwing together Dreck after Dreck AFTER DRECK! at some point we might be “Perfume Snobbing” ourselves out of enjoying something because we either have Outlandishly High expectations, or Unless it’s a Vintage Masterpiece we turn our noses up (Pun Intended) at anything that CANNOT POSSIBLY Live up to those older scents? The world has changed, we cannot expect a Lanvin Scandal or Diorissimo or L’Huere Bleue from fragrances any longer, But we can appreciate what IS the moment w live in!
Well, I suppose it needs to be well done, or fun, or have some spark of life, or something? Or be prettier than Bamboo, I guess. Have not smelled anything new like that in the last couple weeks, but did like the new blue tea from Bvlgari, which I reviewed a few weeks ago — no, it doesn’t have to be a Frederic Malle, and I frankly think the Clive Christian scents are mostly meh.
Anyway, this is hardly the first time you’ve left some variation on this comment, and don’t know what to say except that we obviously have both different tastes and different attitudes towards the fragrance industry in general. That doesn’t bother me and not sure why it bothers you, but if it pleases you to call me jaded and snobbish every so often, that’s fine too.
I am not calling anyone names, Robin, that is not even the position I am taking in my response. I am posing a question about perhaps all of us, MYSELF INCLUDED, I know I summarily Dismissed the Arianna Grande Fragrance without even taking a look at the bottle or a sniff of the fragrance and then when i accidentally did smell it, (someone was wearing it at a friends house) AND I LIKED IT, I questioned myself as to why was I being such a Snob that I just closed the book on the scent and HAVEN’T EVEN SMELLED IT!
I think we as perfume lovers have become guilty of doing that a lot, that our expectations have actually taken over our noses… that if a lot of things we didn’t know what or who designed it and just smelled it on someone, we’d judge it much less harshly. That is all I am trying to say.
Well I will go on being a snob…I am fine with judging things harshly and having high expectations. There are some brands doing a really good job for a good price, but IMHO there are many, many more who are making sub-par product for a luxury price. This fragrance is not good enough for $92 / 50 ml, in my opinion…people can do better.
If people disagree with me, of course they are more than welcome to say so — I am pleased when they do, because as a consumer, what I want to see is a variety of views. But you always seem to want to stifle the voices that don’t agree with you, even other commenters. In other words, it isn’t just that you say a fragrance is great when the reviewer or commenter says it isn’t, that is fine. It’s that you explain in great detail that only a jaded snob with unreasonable expectations would think it isn’t great. That’s not so fine.
I may well be repeating myself, but I rather think Robin is a rare populist in the luxury goods world! Especially in my trying-to-finish-grad-school budget crunch, I feel so indebted to NST for pointing me toward good perfume that won’t break the bank: favorable NST notices led me to a $28 bottle of Cartier Zeste de Soleil, an $11 solid of Lush Lust, $16 Demeter Gingerale, an SJP Lovely gift set for $8 (!!)…
Not even counting the solid, that’s some 200ml of perfume, which would take me four or five years to get through! And total cost for these was $63: less than Gucci is charging for only 30ml of Bamboo. When there’s so much fun stuff to enjoy for not too many pennies, I’m glad to have a head’s up when it seems, at least to one knowledgeable perfume person, that a new release is hawking underwhelming juice for a good chunk of change! It’s not a guarantee Robin and I will have identical preferences (and I don’t think she expects we would!), but concern for how much value folks get for their money seems like the antithesis of snobbery to me.
C.H., you have so clearly expressed the gratitude I also feel toward Robin and the other commenters on this site!
Hi TheNoseKnows,
I am always so happy to learn when someone likes something that I do not because it reminds me of how subjective scent is. Me? I really like the first Prada Prada (Amber) scent that NO ONE ever praises and dislike Prada L’Eau Ambree, which some perfumistas deign to acknowledge. So it goes…
I am certain that most of those who dismiss Bamboo (and Prada (Amber)!) as unworthy are speaking from the perspective of sampling dozens, even hundreds (thousands??), of fragrances… and the more you sample, the harder it is to find one that stands out, that really says something different but in a very pleasant way. I don’t think that is snobbery.
I live in a food-centric part of the world and lor’ folks can yammer on and on about the newest whatever. Yesterday I bought a $4 6 oz coffee from a MACHINE! Yes, it has been quite the rage in Rockridge all summer (http://www.buzzfeed.com/melissaharrison/nitro-cold-brew-coffee#.xnaeDydoYN) and so I finally got around to trying it. My first thought was “weird,” then “hmmm,” then “meh” and then “yuck.” Probably the same trajectory of many perfume reviews!
I’m not a snob about coffee, I just happen to live in a place that has independent coffee joints coming out its ears! I taste sooo much coffee that is now hard to shake me out of my coffee groove. Yet, if I was stuck somewhere that only had one coffee, and that turned out to be Peet’s, I would be fine with that. Peet’s is good. It tastes good. I prefer Peet’s darker roasts, because I think the company is not as good in how it roasts and stores light and medium roasts… but I digress.
Really, with the exception of Room 237 (!), most perfume is pretty… It seems like on NST there is a wide variety among folks about whether something is pretty original, or pretty fabulous, or pretty redundant, or, yes, pretty meh.
I just worry that people may self-censor if they are concerned that they will be labeled a snob. We are a very very weird bunch to begin with who devote so much enthusiasm and time to thinking about fragrance, without having to watch out for the snob moniker being pitched about.
How much does marketing play into our perceptions of fragrances? I bet most of us would say ‘quite a lot.’ But that doesn’t make anyone a snob, just human.
I, for one, am now on a mission to try Arianna Grande Fragrance!
I love Peet’s, especially their dark roast 😉
Now help me find a coffee scented perfume that I can love.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment. One thing I notice a lot on blogs is that if a reviewer dislikes something, people who dislike it too will join in and comment at length. Same goes in reverse: admiring reviews collect a whole lot of comments from people who agree. So I worry a bit that people with dissenting views don’t express them. I always admire the minority who pipe up and disagree.
Totally agree…most people would rather comment when they agree with a review, and I so appreciate when people who have different opinions join in.
I agree with all of the comments and I agree to disagree as well! However, not having sampled any of the above scents Bamboo or Ariana, I will have to defer any comment. I doubt if I will even have the ability to sample either of them as I seldom go to department stores or to a mall. I find most of my perfume loves in samples. Right now I am taking a break on new things (except for Salome) and revisiting the classic Germans.
Ha, that covers all the bases nicely 😉
I think your right. It is always easier to chime in than to buck the trend…
Hat tip and glass chink to the dissenters!!!!!!
Ha! Robin, I must have been writing at exactly the same moment you were… my comment is now redundant 😉
Hey, the more the merrier, right?
Hello Oakland Fresca,
I had planned on writing this Long Missive and try to defend my original point, Which has been OVERWHELMINGLY Misconstrued, But that would only lead to further Incomprehension, and further portraying, I fear, of me as Juvenile Cry-Baby who cannot take criticism or only wants others to agree with me. None of that was the point of what I was writing nor will it ever be.
All I can say and I will stand by it, I think we have closed our minds to even something being simply, Pleasurable. Not everything has to be, ASTOUNDING, or reasonably close. That that opinion or me being steadfast in that opinion gets me labelled as whatever, Then Fine. I think, in this field we all love so much, I’ll find a lot more enjoyment by keeping an open mind than a limited one!
Dear Oakland Fresca,
P.S. I do appreciate your very Articulate Response and was replying with what I said to yours because I found it so intelligent and Eloquent!
Actually, I think you said it best: One will “find a lot more enjoyment by keeping an open mind than a limited one!”
Now let’s go get a drink 😉
I so do agree with your comments, on reflecting on the changing times in the world of perfume.With the tide of the times and every where you go signs saying not to spray your fragrance,it is becoming impossible to even were perfume .
I believe the artistry behind creating a beautiful fragrance has become alike to finding the holy grail…they always discontinue the real beauties ,so we are all running around ever searching for the real deal !!!
I am a true lover of a white floral so draw near when a new creation has arrived on the scene . I have yet to find a true love to replace my (Une Fleur De Chanel or Le Jasmin De Chantecaille) I somehow believe that is the whole point!! that the industry has us running around being totally manipulated by pop media culture.Why else have a perfume based on your line of accessories??? makes no sense other then to drive the agenda of Gucci’s clothing line etc
It is up to us ,,,(The lovers of perfume) to keep the standard and speak out against the failure to deliver with integrity and value …its a sign of the times!! WAKE UP !!
Thanks for the review, Robin. It was much more eloquent than my reaction of “hmpff.”
It’s too bad that Gucci by Gucci is gone. I liked that one.
Oh, it’s not gone! Still for sale on the Gucci website.
Heh 🙂
I actually liked this one reasonably well. Need to spend more time with my sample before deciding if I want to get it since I have more than enough things that I don’t wear much. I get a reasonable amount of lily from Bamboo, but it is softer than Baiser Vole since it doesn’t really have the green, crunchy part.
Glad to hear another “yes” vote, and agree it’s quite less green and spiky than BV (although I like that part).
I tried it and thought it was pretty nice. Something in the drydown didn’t work for me though. My friend asked me about it and I told her that it seemed more ” her ” than ” me ” and she should try it. Sometimes what smells good really depends on the person wearing it.
Very true! It’s really very musky — to me, a floral musk far more than a woody floral.
I’d like to see the guy who does Honest Trailers on YouTube take on perfume ads. I can hear his portentous film trailer voice intoning, “In a world where luxury designer brands believe every woman is on a quest for a conservative or ladylike modern floral musk, not too strong, not too sweet. Gucci Bamboo miraculously appears! So hyper-clean that others may not be able to decide if you’re wearing perfume – or just the remains of some body product.”
Here’s a sample video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gugBiEkLwU&list=PL86F4D497FD3CACCE&index=2
“For teenage girls who aren’t smart enough for the Hunger Games” — LOL!! That’s hysterical.
The Lion King Trailer is another one of my favorites. 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFtBjc1dz7w
I’m probably the only human on earth who never saw Lion King, but that’s funny!
R: count me in…never saw it either!
Well it’s probably exactly what is wrong with both of us 🙂
Me, neither! Fortunately, you don’t need to have seen the films to enjoy the Honest Trailers. 🙂
Hilarious! I saw the movie, I saw the play on Broadway and now, this.
I had not seen any of these before, thank you! I laughed SO HARD at the Lord of the Rings, especially the cast list, and Titanic was great, too.
I’m so glad the 3-D versions gave them an excuse to do these classics! 😀
I wish Dove made a Lily Musk deodorant. It would go with Passage d’Enfer.
I would probably buy it. Although I’m pissed at them right now because they discontinued the only fragrance they made that I liked.
I smelled this for the first time this past Sunday. A Nordstrom shopper was gushing about how wonderful it is and how it smelled like ::::mumblemumblesomethingFrench::::. On paper, it smelled meh, nothing distinctive and just like 9 out of 10 perfumes in the market. That said, I got a sample and will try it when I find skin time which is maybe around 2 years from now.
LOL…skin time is not so easy to come by, is it?
I call fragrances like this industrial perfume. They are competently done and made and fiddled with until they can appeal to the widest swath of people with mostly uneducated noses. Once in a great while, this huge group will bring something to market that is exceptional but it does not happen very often…..
I may be wrong, but I think the percentage of exceptional fragrances has gotten worse as the number of fragrances brought to market (and the sheer number of brands, which is now rather astonishing) has exploded.
This sounds terribly boring, if I happen upon a tester I will give it a sniff as it seems to have lily and I love Baiser Volé.
I’m wearing something else entirely and have been basking in the green glory that is Chamade.
BV is such a great scent. Hope we get another flanker for it, because those have been good too.
Well count me amongst the snobs then as well.Lol.I’m a snob for the extraordinary,the surprising,the odd and sometimes disgusting.I want something that will make me sniff my arm and sniff and sniff again.Like Fahrenheit on my boyfriend;I can devour him when he wears it,on me it’s just MEH.Lol.I have become more emotional about perfume recently,and my choices are much more considered than before.If it does not challenge my nose either positive or negative,I’m really not interested anymore.A mature parfumista.Lol.Gucci-except for L’Arte and Rush-is not my brand,so I’ll give this one a skip too.
Well, that’s pretty close to my philosophy too!
At some point we will have to assume that trolls visit NST too, please dont feed them!
Agree but don’t think this is trolling, really — just a long standing disagreement on what this blog ought to be. And I don’t mind that at all.
Full respect for you and your patience!!
I am a woman… soaring above other vegetation… parfume is neither here nor there but please who who who writes those copies???
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I personally like the scent. Light and airy. Perfect scent for the daytime. When surviving in my day-to-day work environment I personally prefer to wear a perfume that isn’t over the top strong. There is nothing worse than having that one co-worker that has an off-putting scent on. They may personally love the way that they smell, but to you it smells like they marinated themselves in cheap perfume. Thus the reason I like Bamboo. The scent isn’t over the top strong. I love to wear light scents during work hours. I feel pretty, and my co-workers aren’t subjected to perfume induced migraines.