![]() ![]() I really didn’t notice it while I was with him, thinking I had sprayed it very lightly earlier. Naturally, I spritzed some on as soon as I bought it. The day I picked this up, I was on my way to visit my grandson. It just stays beautiful throughout its many hours of runtime. Hanae Mori is considered a linear perfume, meaning that altho there are three layers of notes, the perfume stays the same throughout its run. Wearing Hanae Mori you definitely feel this is a vanilla-based perfume. Blueberry, blackberry, strawberry and black currant work together with the middle and base notes to create the vanilla which is actually not listed. There are four fruits in the top notes to tantalize you. This is a season-less perfume with mild floral undertones that can be worn anywhere, anytime, as long as you don’t go heavy on the spritzing finger. It’s a heavy and thick musk with a sweetness that wraps around the vanilla with a gauzy scarf. Although its thickness can be somewhat off-putting to some, that quality gives it a unique, almost viscous feel. It will come back with the heat of your skin and tickle your nose when you least expect it. Hanae Mori is a thick perfume if applied too heavily. There’s a smokiness to it that’s not heavy at all but there, just light enough to mesmerize. The incense of this fragrance wafts around her innocently yet captures others. It’s a sensual perfume that begs to be worn by a Seductress. There is a sophistication and maturity to Hanae Mori that can be pulled off appropriately by the right woman if she’s flaunting herself naturally. It’s moonlit nights, eyeliner, jazz music and funky shoes. This vanilla is smooth, creamy, mellow, powdery, fruity and musky. It’s vanilla wrapped with a nutty feel but not a traditional vanilla. It’s a perfume I’ve learned not to overspray. This is one perfume that takes you places. That pretty much sums up Hanae Mori for me. This is what Hello Kitty might wear on a date! Charming as all get out - but I think my days of wearing it are sadly over.Sitting in misty, foggy woods, drinking a strawberry milkshake and eating salted almonds. So best to go light on the spray.Īll in all, a lovely fragrance - but definitely cutesy. It's also incredibly long-lasting - it really does go ALL DAY. I have had men AND women stop me on the street to ask me what I'm wearing because they want to buy it. I find men love this stuff - my husband said I smelled like a "vanilla cookie" when we were young and dating, and a gay male friend once exclaimed "you smell like vanilla witchcraft!" when he went in for a hug. There's a blended floral heart - I can't put my finger on precisely what - but I think there's a rose that melds with the strawberry, then you get that sweet almond and a slightly woody base. ![]() Top notes are red fruits - raspberry and red currant to begin with - and finally evolving into a strawberry. Mercifully, this wears off quickly - especially in the EDP and Parfum concentrations, which are far smoother than the EDT and much superior, in my opinion. It smells synthetic and tart to the point of being astringent. The opening is HARSH - it has been compared to windex and hairspray by other reviewers, and I don't think they're wrong. If you have ever been in a Japanese bakery that specializes in French pastry - and they have some of these in San Francisco's Japantown - it smells LIKE THAT. Together, this all gives an impression that's very similar to vanilla bakery + red fruit. There is a buttery quality like baked goods. The base almond is so sweet that it becomes like marzipan or an almond-paste filled croissant. This is essentially a strawberry-almond perfume. (At least I think so - Katie Puckrick calls it "stripper perfume!") It was designed in 1995, when Angel was everywhere and everyone was playing catch up - and it's definitely a sweet, sweet, SWEET gourmand scent that is a distant cousin of perfumes like Angel and (groan, yes, it's true) Pink Sugar - while not smelling exactly like them. Totally girlish and even childlike - and yet somehow it manages to be charming, comforting and a little sensual instead of trashy. Now, as a late 30s wife and mother with a more classic style - I feel that I have thoroughly outgrown it - but I still find it charming and adorable.Īs for what it smells like - this is a fruity oriental that is quite gourmand in character. This scent was PERFECT for me then - it evoked the Japanese-pop-culture-inflected gamine thing I was going for at the time. I carried a Hello Kitty wallet, worked in the videogame industry, dressed in girly little dresses & big motorcycle boots, had a short choppy red haircut and wore butterfly clips in my hair. I began wearing it in 1997 or 98, as a 23 year old girl in San Francisco. I like the EDP or Parfum best - not the EDT. I'll just admit up front that this was my signature perfume for almost 10 years. ![]()
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