1000 Kisses

Simply delicious. Mandarin orange and deep resins create a warm but light cloud of deep orange colour around you. One of these scents that simply make you feel good. Complicated enough to keep you interested. Deep enough to have some staying power. Its yummy, like an exotic mandarine apricot jam with spices, the kind of rarity you can find in Italy, made by an artisan, wrapped in a handmade tie around the top, sold in a shop with antique wood panelling. Really enjoying this one.

I had never tried a Lush fragrance before. (Thanks LittleRed for the sample!) If this is what osmanthus smells like -- sign me up! I like this! Such a juicy, juicy flower! I think Vie Cafe's review most closely resembles how I feel about this fragrance. I, too, want to say it has a mint in there; however, now that I know it's geranium, it makes more sense (I'm surprised it isn't listed as one of the readers' top notes, actually). For me, apricots are the prominent fruit in 1000 Kisses. Yes, there's something sweet about it, but not in a "baked cupcakes" way -- more along the lines of B&BW's Cherry Blossom. At first dab I thought it might be too strong, too odd and quirky, but I was hooked after 2 seconds. The drydown comes quickly enough, leaving such a different-smelling musk behind.

If anyone has a sample of this or any other lush perfume (besides love and the smell of freedom) let me know, I am really digging love and would like to try this and many others (orange blossom, lust, cocktail, icon, karma) I do order from the site, but many of the smaller sizes of perfumes are sold out. I'll gladly compensate:) just PM me to arrange something.

Review for the liquid perfume: As with all Lush fragrances, this one is a weird one. The initial blast is a soapy-sweet orange. There's a rather odd note in it, a note that I can't quite pinpoint. Neither pleasant nor vile, but quite unsettling. Then 1000 Kisses Deep dries down to something I can only describe as golden Coca-Cola. It has the same happy, joyful, dark fizz with big synthetic scents and flavours. But fruitier and even more happy. A bit more natural as well. I think of it as a cross between a big cold glass of iced tea (not the lipton kind, but homemade tea) and a glass of Coca-Cola. Smelling this perfume was a very special experience. Never before had I enjoyed the olfactory equivalent of such a physical phenomenon as the bubbles in coke. The sheer happiness in this perfume made me long for spring and summer.

I thought this was going to be a fruity, sweet sugary scent. But not at all! It's light, airy, fresh and musky. It reminds me of Clair de Musc from Serge Lutens.