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  • Why You Should Buy Lattafa’s Amethyst Bade’e Al Oud

    My teenage son is building up quite an impressive fragrance collection. Body sprays, mists, eau de toilettes and eau de parfums. He seems to have more than me! Some I’ve purchased for him, but he’s at that age where he can and does buy fragrances himself. He has a pretty good idea on what types of scents he likes and knows how much he is willing to pay for them. One fragrance in his collection which I’ve used often is Lattafa’s Amethyst Bade’e Al Oud. And I’m going to explain why you should buy it.

    Lattafa’s Amethyst Bade’e Al Oud
    Packaging

    100ml of fragrance comes in a weighty, purple opaque bottle with gold detailing on front, sides and lid. Although I don’t think it was the intention, the gold pattern on this fragrance makes me think of art deco pieces, thanks to the lines and shapes its made up of. The bottle comes boxed, which is the same colour as the bottle, with a clear window on front. Presentation is excellent!

    Fragrance

    Lattafa’s Amethyst Bade’e Al Oud has a deep, rich, smell to it. Florals, mostly rose but definitely mixed with other florals too. Vanilla and amber is in the mix as well. What this fragrance is is a punchy, strong, warming and seductive scent. I can see why this would appeal to women, because I personally enjoy wearing this. But also for men too. Not too floral for men, in fact it has an almost fruitiness to it. And not to amber heavy or musk like for the ladies.

    Strength & longevity

    This is strong! One spritz gives an immediate hit of fragrance. It’s not a delicate scent. Longevity is just as great. I apply this in the morning and it’s still there hours later. It does fade slightly. I forget I’ve used this and think something smells nice…oh its me!

    Price

    When my son originally bought this, which was months and months ago, it was under the £30.00 mark. Thankfully, it still is and well under on Amazon currently £21.99 at time of writing this post. So very affordable considering the quality of this fragrance.

    Recommended?

    This has got to be one of my favourite fragrances I’ve tried over the last few years. And one my son loves too. It’s a gorgeous smelling fragrance, strong and long lasting which is just what I want. Is it truly unisex? As I’ve already mentioned I can smell why it will be liked by many people. But it all boils own to personal taste.

  • How Good Is Tiger Moon’s Vanilla Orchid Body Mist?

    I am NOT that person that needs anymore body mists. I have PLENTY. BUT occasionally, like a beacon, a body mist will call out to me, I cave, and I buy! It could be the packaging, the price, but most of the time the fragrance description is what draws me in. And this is why I bought Tiger Moon’s Vanilla Orchid Body Mist from ASDA. But is this any good?

    Tiger Moon’s Vanilla Orchid Body Mist
    Packaging

    I think there’s alot of body mists on the market that are ‘inspired’ by a certain well known brand and this body mist is one of them. This fragrance comes in a clear but tinted purple plastic spray topped bottle and finished off with a white lid. It’s not the most stylish looking body mist I’ve ever seen, or the best copy of THAT particular brand. But, it still caught my eye!

    Fragrance

    When I saw the words ‘Vanilla Orchid’ I had to stop and have a cheeky sniff, which I did. After smelling it I threw it straight into my basket. It has that sweet, creamy vanilla scent to it mixed in with light florals. This combination does give it a slightly exotic feel to it, it’s not heavy and it’s a stunner!

    Strength & longevity

    Strength starts off as a medium and lessens. But what I will say is it doesn’t totally disappear as I still get a hint of this at the end of the day, although it’s faint. So longevity not the best.

    Price & size

    This costs £2.48 for 100ml. Compared to similar products on the market it’s fair and still affordable. Size wise I wouldn’t want a body mist to be any smaller as there wouldn’t be much point. It will have a weaker formulation compared to an actual perfume, so this size means you can be generous with application.

    Recommended?

    YES! As a vanilla lover I love this! The mix between this and floral makes this smell pretty, feminine and for me it’s that type of scent I will smell it, inhale and smile. Which is what you want from a fragrance. You want to smell nice but you want to feel good wearing it and I feel good wearing this. Could it last longer and be stronger? Of course it could. But that’s what the extra spraying action is for! Despite this I would happily repurchase Tiger Moon’s Vanilla Orchid Body Mist.

  • Who Stole My Limited Edition Halloween Pumpkin Spice Body Mist?

    One word? My daughter! I bought Superdrug’s Limited Edition Halloween body mists in the fragrances of Fruity Sour Apple Mist and Pumpkin Spice. Only ONE I have to use because my teenage daughter stole the other one! I’m not surprised. She saw it, smelt it, said how great it smelt and said it was hers! And it’s been in her school bag ever since. So what makes Superdrug’s Limited Edition Halloween Pumpkin Spice Body Mist so temptingly good it gets stolen?

    Superdrug’s Limited Edition Halloween Pumpkin Spice Body Mist
    Packaging

    100ml of fragrance comes in a small but perfect formed plastic bottle. Tinted orange, which runs with the pumpkin theme perfectly. Cute pumpkin inspired label on it which makes this body mist look fun. This is the ideal size and shape of body mist to throw into a jacket pocket in work and clearly ok to live in my daughter’s school bag!

    Fragrance

    This does have that typical pumpkin spice scent to it that most of us will recognise. But what comes through more than anything is the warming spicy notes. This gives off a ginger, cinnamon. mixed spice sort of smell, which is very comforting and in keeping with this time of year.

    Strength & longevity

    When I first used this (yes, I actually have got the chance to use it!) it had a medium strength to it. This type of scent rarely is a subtle one. But what I would say is the strength goes down along with the longevity quite quickly. I didn’t find this lasted as long or as strong as Sour Apple Body Mist which surprised me. Bare in mind I only apply fragrance onto clothes rather than skin. So how this would perform on skin could be different. But I did expect and hoped would it perform better.

    Price?

    £3.49 but regularly on some form of promotion. At time of writing this post its on a buy one get one free deal. Sometimes it can be half price, which works out the same cost individually if you grab the multi deal.

    Superdrug’s Limited Edition Halloween Pumpkin Spice & Sour Apple Body Mists
    Recommended?

    Despite the fact this wasn’t strong or long lasting enough for me, I actually would recommend it! It’s affordable enough to keep reapplying when needed and small enough to carry, so using isn’t an issue. It smells great, not too sickly and heady as some products scented in pumpkin spice can be. Nicely packaged, and a joy to use. This clearly gets the vote of a 14 year old, so would appeal to younger body mists users and the older ones too.

  • Superdrug’s Limited Edition Halloween Fruity Sour Apple Body Mist

    It’s always great to find a fragrance product which is a bit quirky, especially when it’s affordable. And I found this in one of my latest purchases from Superdrug in their Fruity range. Sour Apple Body Mist is a limited edition fragrance for Halloween. So how good, or bad, is it?

    Superdrug’s Limited Halloween Fruity Sour Apple Mist
    Packaging

    It comes in a very simple but practical plastic spray top bottle. I love the fact the plastic is tinted lime green and the label on it is fun, eye catching and matches the scent name perfectly.

    Fragrance

    This is sweet, fizzy, apple scented but in a sweetie sort of way. This isn’t a delicate, soft, sophisticated scent. Opening up a bag of sugar coated sour apple flavoured sweets is literally how this smell, and I love it!

    Strength & longevity

    Strength wise this starts off as a medium. It’s not a shy scent, but I do find myself spraying A LOT of this on myself. Why? Because I love how it smells! It’s a body mist. So it won’t have the same strength or longevity as an actual fragrance, so it does fade quite quickly. But it doesn’t disappear fully. So longevity isn’t amazing although not bad, but performs as I expected.

    Price

    Usually this, and other body mists in the Fruity range, retail for £3.49 each. When I purchased this it was on a half price promotion when using Superdrug’s loyalty card so I paid only £1.79 (size 100ml). At full price, considering this is limited edition and very unusual scent, the cost is fair. But for half price? A bargain!

    Sour Apple & Pumpkin Spice Body Mists
    Recommended?

    If, like me, you love your fragrances on the sweeter side, this is a must! It smells amazing, it’s different and did I mention it’s a great one to layer with? Hint…vanilla! Although it doesn’t maintain it’s strength and longevity as much as I would like, that’s sorted by just spraying it more and regularly! I’ve been very generous using this and there’s still loads of it left so still good value.

    If you want this, remember it’s limited so won’t be on the shelves or online forever!