Scentzilla!

Falling in Love wears as a laundered blackberry fragrance. I perceive it to possess a slightly saline infusion, which softens the berry into a gentle clean watery fruit note. The innocenct pastel suggestions of this fragrance is not likely to woo those seeking refined colognes. I don’t feel it’s the most exciting scent, and usually don’t wear it by itself, instead chosing to layer it with Alan Cumming’s Cumming. But as fall really sets in and transitions into a chilly damp winter, it comforts me to spray it on as a “pick me up.” The soft blackberry nicely reminds me of the unavailable fruits of summer. The corresponding lotion and body wash mimic the cologne spray, but with an added touch of twiggy wood at the base.

I’m not really sure what the name is getting at exactly. The actual juice in the bottle almost indicates a children’s scent rather than a grown-up’s butterflies in the stomach and fireworks in the mind “falling in love” feeling. *Shrug* It is pleasant, though. Beauty.com is running a special at the moment for a free $45 Falling in Love set containing their shimmer fragrance and a body lotion with an $80 purchase.

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