Anthology Collection--Eau De Verveine De Toilette

Ya'll my know that a good fragrance is something I hold very dear to my heart. So I was looking into new fragrances, something different from my everyday scents, which are pretty similar to each other. I wanted to try out something totally different. So I found several fragrances that really stood out to me from the lovely Penhaligon's. I want to share my experiences with the different samples of Penhaligon's perfume I ended up with. 

Sample

This particular one is Verveine Here's Penhaligon's marvelous description:

"Originally created in 1949, Eau de Verveine is a grassy aromatic, with citrus and woods. The scent of an Indian Summer, shimmering heat haze, soft metallics, crumbled herbs, spices, musk and vanilla. In the distance echoes the evocative promise of rain.

Eau de Verveine was originally created in 1949 and has been resurrected as part of our 2009 Anthology Collection."

"Our fine fragrances are made in England using the finest rare ingredients; from hand-squeezed bergamot, to jasmine at twice the price of gold. Our signature Penhaligon’s fragrance bottle is to William Penhaligon's original design: clear glass with a distinctive ribbon-wrapped top."

 

The way Verveine smells to me & when mixed with my own skin's chemicals:


My very first impression of Verveine smelling it directly from the bottle was 'cleaning product.' Immediately after applying it on my wrist, that lemony-herby cleaning scent faded and it turned warm and cologne-like with subtle notes of pepper. The scent on my skin really reminds me of Old Spice.

The dry down is really a manly scent. This I think is mostly for men and it's certainly not the feminine kind of scent I prefer on myself. It has a citrusy, spicy and warm scent. And like I said, very, very Old Spice.


  After applying Verveine to my wrist, I no longer notice the scent after about an hour. Adding more would make it last longer, but it's somewhat strong.


 If you walked near me, you'd get a whiff of the cologne. You don't need to be up close, but it's not something that'll knock you down or cause your head to spin just from being near it or wearing it. It doesn't smell overpowering to me and the strength really fades to a sweeter, less noticeable one after a good few minutes. 


 The coriander is noticeable in the very beginning and it fades a lot  mid-wear.


Words that come to mind when I smell Verveine:
Old spice. Lemon. Lime. Manly. Bitter at first, then sweet on my skin. Almost baby powderish at the dry down stage. Not very lemon-verbena like I'd expected. Clean. Maybe slightly cedar-ish. I can't be sure, but I do think cedar at times.



 WHAT I PICTURE WHEN Eau De Verveine:

 

Head Notes
Lime Oil, Lemon Oil, Petit Grain Oil, Bergamot, Coriander, Clary Sage, Armoise

 

Heart Notes
Clove, Lavender

 

Base Notes
Musk, Vanilla, Cedarwood





 

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Penhaligon's Bluebell Eau De Toilette

Ya'll my know that a good fragrance is something I hold very dear to my heart. So I was looking into new fragrances, something different from my everyday scents, which are pretty similar to each other. I wanted to try out something totally different. So I found several fragrances that really stood out to me from the lovely Penhaligon's. I want to share my experiences with the different samples of Penhaligon's perfume I ended up with. 

Bluebell sample

This particular one is Bluebell. Here's Penhaligon's marvelous description:

"Blubell is a fine fragrance made in England. using the finest rare ingredients; from hand-squeezed bergamot, to jasmine at twice the price of gold. Our signature Penhaligon’s fragrance bottle is to William Penhaligon's original design: clear glass with a distinctive ribbon-wrapped top" 

"Created in 1978, this is the pure and unadulterated distillation of the scent of bluebell woods. The telltale earthy sweetness of hyacinths rises through the soft citrus Head Notes and mingles with rose, lily and jasmine at the heart. As it settles the flowers give way to spicy clove and cinnamon and the unique textural base note of bittersweet galbanum.

Tremendously evocative of wet earth, moss and rain, it softly detonates across your scent receptors and instantly transports you to the woodland, surrounded by dripping leaves, skin tingling with spring.

Perfumer: M Pickthall"

And although the packaging of a product does not normally sway my desire or feelings about the actual product, I can't help but love the bottle. What a precious looking design, huh? I collect gorgeous perfume bottles, so the beauty of Penhaligon's fragrances & bottles do stand out to me. 

 Bluebell's base notes are galbanum, clove and cinnamon. 

Bluebell's heart notes are hyancith, lily of the valley, cyclamen, jasmine & rose. 

Bluebell's head note is citrus.

According to the way Bluebell mixes with the chemicals in my own skin, the notes listed really change up. 

The way Bluebell smells to me & when mixed with my own skin's chemicals:

  The top notes to me smell only of a ginormous bush of hyanciths. My very first impression was tons of these flowers. This perfume is all floral! 

  After applying it to my skin (4 swipes of the applicator) I began to notice a subtle baby powdery scent. Thankfully, this is sweet enough for my tastes without the powdery scent really showing through. I dislike the scent of baby powder very much. This works though.

  On my skin, the "heart notes" begin to change from feeling as if I'm lying face down in a 5 mile long garden of hyanciths to a big, vivid rose bush. 

  The dry down on my skin are totally rosey, but subtle. I really don't smell much of the other notes at all, but during the phase where the Bluebell fragrance begins mixing with my own, there's a moment where I can almost detect the cinnamon. 

  In the beginning, for about 3 hours, the scent is very noticeable, but not overpowering. With the small swipes on my wrist of the applicator, you can smell me when you're close, but you don't smell me coming. It's enough to where hugging me will definitely cause you to sniff and linger a bit longer. This is how my lovie describes it anyhow.

If you were to stand in front of me with my eyes closed with this Bluebell fragrance, I would truly think you were holding a huge bouqet of flowers. Here's similar to what I picture in my mind when I sniff.  I feel like I'm lying in a field of these:

 What I love most about Bluebell is that it's a very clean and fresh, natural smelling fragrance. It comes so very close to the actual hyancith flower that I can picture them in my mind. There's nothing synthetic smelling about this, which is a rarity. 

Words that come to mind when I smell Bluebell:  Delicate. Absolutely, pure and delicate. I'm talking new born baby wrapped in pastel colors delicate.

Interesting little things :

 Bluebell is said to have been Princess Diana's favorite fragrance. Rumors say that the Queen of England also sported the Bluebell fragrance.

Bluebell to me, is a blend of quality, class and femininity. Very soft and beautiful, even if it isn't something I will want to wear everyday. It's a fragrance that I feel any girl that loves the scent of hyanciths or very floral scents will adore. I've had a friend tell me that Bluebell smells identical to the Bluebell flower, but sadly, I can't say yes or no since I've not been lucky enough to be in a field of Bluebells. I can tell you that my nose screams hyanciths.
















*Fore more info on sponsored reviews, see my disclosure page. I was not given any monetary compensation to review any of the products on my page. Everything is done at my own will and I've given nothing more than my true opinion/experience in hopes of helping others. See my honesty pledge at the top of page*