Comments on: Guerlain Samsara ~ perfume review http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/07/05/guerlain-samsara-perfume-review/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:48:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/07/05/guerlain-samsara-perfume-review/#comment-230709 Angela Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:14:54 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=40526#comment-230709 I wonder if you had sandalwood-scented soap when you were growing up? I know I can't smell orange blossom without thinking of soap. And yes, Samsara sure does stick around! Thanks for the mini-review! I wonder if you had sandalwood-scented soap when you were growing up? I know I can’t smell orange blossom without thinking of soap. And yes, Samsara sure does stick around! Thanks for the mini-review!

]]> By: Subhuman http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/07/05/guerlain-samsara-perfume-review/#comment-230700 Subhuman Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:22:34 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=40526#comment-230700 Sandalwood almost always reads as "soapy" to my nose, so perhaps that's why I find Samsara's drydown rather bathtime-ish. I actually do think it's spicy, but agree that it lacks the syrupy, resinous quality that makes the likes of Opium and Coco thicker than wet carpet. Samsara is comparatively stark, dry, and powdery - a little too powdery for my taste, particularly the eau de toilette (which borders on Red Door territory - ie. cheap woody/powdery '80s oriental, but perhaps that's just me). I have yet to smell the EdP or parfum but suspect that I'd enjoy them more. One thing your review didn't mention is Samsara's otherworldly tenacity. I gave my wrist one spritz of the EdT at a department store today, and after several hours and multiple hand washes, I can still smell it. They don't make EdT's like they used to, apparently! Sandalwood almost always reads as “soapy” to my nose, so perhaps that’s why I find Samsara’s drydown rather bathtime-ish. I actually do think it’s spicy, but agree that it lacks the syrupy, resinous quality that makes the likes of Opium and Coco thicker than wet carpet. Samsara is comparatively stark, dry, and powdery – a little too powdery for my taste, particularly the eau de toilette (which borders on Red Door territory – ie. cheap woody/powdery ’80s oriental, but perhaps that’s just me). I have yet to smell the EdP or parfum but suspect that I’d enjoy them more.

One thing your review didn’t mention is Samsara’s otherworldly tenacity. I gave my wrist one spritz of the EdT at a department store today, and after several hours and multiple hand washes, I can still smell it. They don’t make EdT’s like they used to, apparently!

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/07/05/guerlain-samsara-perfume-review/#comment-179075 Angela Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:50:25 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=40526#comment-179075 I'm so glad you got the chance to try it! It really is a one-of-a-kind fragrance. I’m so glad you got the chance to try it! It really is a one-of-a-kind fragrance.

]]> By: petitechatonne http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/07/05/guerlain-samsara-perfume-review/#comment-179072 petitechatonne Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:25:13 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=40526#comment-179072 I ordered a sample of Samsara edt from the perfume court the other day, and it just came this afternoon. It's even better than I expected after reading this interesting review. To my nose, it smells creamy and woodsy, with the sweet jasmine accent rising up like soft smoke. It also has an effect rather like smoke, in that it sort of "emanates" from your skin. I can see why people crossed the street to ask what Jean-Paul's "Englishwoman" was wearing. I'm glad I got a chance to try it! I ordered a sample of Samsara edt from the perfume court the other day, and it just came this afternoon. It’s even better than I expected after reading this interesting review. To my nose, it smells creamy and woodsy, with the sweet jasmine accent rising up like soft smoke. It also has an effect rather like smoke, in that it sort of “emanates” from your skin. I can see why people crossed the street to ask what Jean-Paul’s “Englishwoman” was wearing. I’m glad I got a chance to try it!

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/07/05/guerlain-samsara-perfume-review/#comment-172953 Angela Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:02:42 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=40526#comment-172953 Hurray! It's so nice to love something that's actually reasonably easy to find. Hurray! It’s so nice to love something that’s actually reasonably easy to find.

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/07/05/guerlain-samsara-perfume-review/#comment-172952 Angela Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:02:06 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=40526#comment-172952 All the benchmarks of a classic story: first the hope (will I win?), then the disappointment (but I don't want to win, because I don't even like my decant), then the happy ending (Samsara, lovely!). All in a couple of sentences. Brilliant! I'm glad you have a bottle that works for you! All the benchmarks of a classic story: first the hope (will I win?), then the disappointment (but I don’t want to win, because I don’t even like my decant), then the happy ending (Samsara, lovely!). All in a couple of sentences. Brilliant!

I’m glad you have a bottle that works for you!

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/07/05/guerlain-samsara-perfume-review/#comment-172951 Angela Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:59:49 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=40526#comment-172951 It really is singular, and I can imagine how that would be a problem in the years after it launched. Now, though, I don't smell it around much. Of course, as you say, now the sandalwood isn't the same. But it still smells good! It really is singular, and I can imagine how that would be a problem in the years after it launched. Now, though, I don’t smell it around much. Of course, as you say, now the sandalwood isn’t the same. But it still smells good!

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/07/05/guerlain-samsara-perfume-review/#comment-172948 Angela Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:57:50 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=40526#comment-172948 Fig is really popular these days, it seems. Sounds like it's worth a try. Fig is really popular these days, it seems. Sounds like it’s worth a try.

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/07/05/guerlain-samsara-perfume-review/#comment-172946 Angela Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:57:10 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=40526#comment-172946 I saw it--my bottle of Samsara is at the ready! Tomorrow the temp is supposed to hit the 90s. I saw it–my bottle of Samsara is at the ready! Tomorrow the temp is supposed to hit the 90s.

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/07/05/guerlain-samsara-perfume-review/#comment-172944 Angela Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:55:58 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=40526#comment-172944 Stay cool where you are! The temperatures out there are getting dangerously high. Stay cool where you are! The temperatures out there are getting dangerously high.

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