eM Perfumes from Foliem

  The photo above is a little paper with 4 eM Perfume samples from Foliem. I'll give a description of each below. Starting with....

 Empassioned

 "Love without limits, be eMpassioned" Dance as if you’ve never danced before, move with the grace of a ballerina, and feel as if the DJ is playing just for you. Through the use of natural scents containing strawberry and vanilla, eMpassioned elevates the soul to new levels of desire, lifting a women to her true potential."

eMpassioned is the little sample vial you see in my photo with a pink color behind it. I believe this is my favorite out of the four. 

My first impression of eMpassioned is somewhat licorice-like, smelling it straight from the tube. Once applied to my skin, it takes on an extremely baby powdery scent, which happens almost instantly. It's a delicate, floral-ish scent. 

A couple of swipes of eMpassioned on my wrist and I was able to get very faint whiffs of the fragrance at certain times like when I had my wrist near my face. It isn't a strong scent at all. It smells so very sweet, which is something I like, but I'm having a hard time putting a finger on any particular notes in the eM perfumes!  

The dry down of eMpassioned is somewhat  vanilla, only possibly musky scent. It definitely has a subtle incense type of smell going on, and it plays it out really well.The base notes must include some kind of amber going on because it's a little noticeable.

It reminds me so much of Bath and Body Works lotion called Dark Kiss. Only to me, Dark Kiss is so horribly strong that a tiny application of the lotion to my legs will send a migraine right my way quickly. I like the scent, but can't ever wear it without a killer headache. Since eMpassioned is much more subtle of a scent, I don't experience the headache. It's the almost musky, super sweet powder scent and I'm not usually a fan of that type of scent, but this is a nice one for me. My skin brings out the sweetest notes in any perfume, so this may not be as sweet on everyone.

Empowered

"Write your own rules, be eMpowered" Let this scent take you away to a world with nothing but aromas found naturally on planet earth. Containing clean earthy scents including patchouli and jasmine, eMpowered locates your inner confidence and showers it upon everyone around you. Whether on the town or business as usual, this aroma is ideal for nearly any occasion."

My first impression of Empowered is again the licorice-like scent. I have noticed that in a few of these. However, it usually fades and transforms into something totally different once you've passed the first stage of wear. 

Like eMmoral, Empowered too reminds me a lot of a Penhaligon scent. Empowered smells so woody on my skin upon first applying. Then it gets extremely soapy or men's deodorant like. It's slightly bitter, not sweet at all and has a tiny tinge of that Old Spice odor. I definitely notice Patchouli and a bit of earthyness, but it's mostly manly, like a man's deo. 

eMmoral

"Nobody's Perfect, be eMmoral"

Find ecstasy in doing whatever you wish, and forget your obligations.  Lose all inhibitions and find nothing but pleasure.  With a combination of captivating ingredients such as cedarwood and geranium, eMmoral is a fresh new scent that provokes a feeling of rebellion."

 

 While that little quote/description of the perfume isn't exactly enticing, the actual scent is. 

I really, really like eMmoral. My first impression is very woody. Like fresh cedar almost. I adore that scent. It's a clean, fresh fragrance. Kinda makes me picture walking into a new house. 

The drydown is unfortunately a tad bitter on my skin, but geranium tends to do that on me. eMmoral reminds me a lot of one of Penhaligon's citrusy scents, I just don't quite remember which one it is. It's very similar though. The cedar wood is a beautiful fragrance though and to sweeten up the almost bitter dry down, adding either eMpassioned or eMpowered layers wonderfully.

Out of all four of these fragrances, I think eMmoral lasts the longest. It's a tad stronger than the rest and I love that none of these give me a migraine. eMmoral lasts a few hours on my skin, but certainly isn't as long lasting as something like Nollie. 

The dry down seems to have notes of roses.

 

 

 

eMpulsive

"Live your life, be eMpulsive"

 

Aimed at those who do whatever they want, this exciting new scent brings you back to the moment where anything imaginable can happen. In our Oriental addition, eMpulsive captures a soft hint of pear combined with rose and other essential oils to result in a particularly invigorating fragrance."

 

eMpulsive is a unique scent. I don't think it smells like your typical fragrances. My first impression is citrus-y, nothing sweet at all really, but not exactly bitter. I also smell something licorice-like in this one too. 

 

Once on my skin it takes on an almost sweet tart-ish scent, while still holding on to the licorice. And the dry down -- which by an hour's worth of wear, is hardly even there any longer --  is sweeter than it began and has the tiniest powder-y scent. I don't really notice a specific note in this. I think it mixes nicely with eMpassioned, which reminds me of Dark Kiss. So these are definitely worthy of layering, especially since for me, the eM Perfumes do not last long. In fact, I find that my $14 Nollie lasts for an entire day longer. If I spray Nollie on (3 spritzes), even after a shower, I'll still have small hints of the dry down occasionally. eMpulsive totally disappears in less than 2 hours.