R.E.M

I was surprised to see some of the perfumes in the reminds me of section…what???! Rimabaud?? Coffee Break??? Just because these all have lavender doesn’t mean they smell similar. But scent is subjective so what do I know 🤷♀️ . Anyway I really like this perfume. It’s the only AG perfume I own. The lavender is soft and not bracingly herbal and the salt balances out what would make this an overly sweet perfume otherwise. I think reviews saying this reads masculine just because of the lavender (which is a traditionally masculine perfume note) are way off. This is a sweet, feminine, fruity musky scent AT HEART! I also do not find this very powdery..maybe a tiny bit from the sandalwood +tonka combo but I would not describe it as powdery. The opening and the first couple hours is where it shines because that lavender+salt combo bring such an interesting twist. Once into the drydown it becomes a typical sweet,fruity,girl bomb …but it is still pleasant as the sandalwood brings some depth. I get a good 5-6 hours of wear so longevity is really good. I mostly wear this around my home before bed, but I do really enjoy it. If you want something a little outside of the norm,but that has a familiar easy feminine profile “safety net” at its heart…this might be a good perfume to try. (Wearing tonight almost a year’s past when I wrote the review. Admittedly the first 10 minutes or so come off very “barber shop” due to the lavender being bracing and fresh initially (yes I know I am contradictory here). BUT it very quickly softens. Again …love it. I am almost done w my travel size and will purchase another. Smells nothing like Rimbaud or Coffee Break. Stand by that!!!)

R.E.M. is stunning but it comes into the same pitfalls that a lot of "clean" scents do: you can become really easily noseblind to it. I remember initially purchasing it on my birthday, but I did not come around to using it until a few months later. By the time I finally opened the package, I was confused as to why I chose this scent in the first place. I couldn't smell anything, and if I sprayed too much it smelt like I doused myself in alcohol. However, I continued wearing it because I knew others liked it, and eventually I started smelling the notes again. Caramel and lavender feature heavily, but I like the use of salt and sandalwood to give it some more depth. My advice to anyone looking to purchase this is to a): wear a lotion underneath to keep the smell for longer, and b): be careful of using too much, even if you feel like you can't smell it.

Starts off as a lavender powder bomb, it reminds me of the lavender and chamomile scented calming baby powder. It also smells a lot like Aveeno Stress Relief lotion for the first bit. After about 5 minutes it calms down and the sweetness starts to develop, especially if I remember to moisturize, just a plain unscented moisturizer seems to really help the sweetness come through for some reason. The sweetness is very dry like light, fluffy meringues made with lavender sugar. It's a soft and pretty fragrance which is great for bedtime. After about 5 hours it is gone for the most part, maybe a slight lingering sweet musk. I like that if I put in on before bed I can choose a new fragrance in the morning and be on my way.

I tried this in store on a whim and completely fell in love with how salty the dry down on my skin is. In the opening I get briefly the quince, than caramel and probably the zefir (a very airy light sweetness). But the dry down is mainly salt and lavender, then some caramel and creamy sandalwood at the back. Positively addictive scent, I keep smelling my wrists whenever I wear it. I wouldn't call it a unisex (because there is some sweetness that I associate with feminine perfumes) but I think it would smell fantastic on a man.

its one of her more mature fragrances, to me it smells almost identical to miss dior edp. very clean smelling and slightly floral so i love it! its perfect to wear all day