Great Scent, Stiff Price

My mother and I love Philosophy products. So much so that we exchanged Philosophy gift sets on Christmas! I received the Amazing Grace set from her, which included the amazing grace spray fragrance. The bottle is petite and very beautiful. Normally I store my fragrances under the sink, so my bathroom won’t look cluttered. However, this bottle (along with the others in the set) is so cute and nicely crafted that I set it on my bathroom sink.
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t is very easy to spray and gives a great mist. There is no clogging from the nozzle, nor have I ever had an offensive jet stream blind me in the eye. It sprays very evenly and distributes enough in one spray for the scent to be noticed. The scent itself is wonderful. It smells fresh, clean and not to fruity or “cheap” like some body-splashes may smell. When people catch the scent they will think/say “Wow she smells great” NOT “Wow her perfume smells great”. That’s an important distinction to me. I want to smell lovely, and not have my perfume be too strong.

I would compare this scent to baby powder with white roses. I’ve heard complaints that this scent doesn’t last long. On the contrary, I think it lasts a long time. My boyfriend smelled it 4 hours after I put it on (and loved it). It doesn’t however, radiate around the room and knock people’s noses off when you first put it on, or at any time. If that is what you are looking for, I can tell you that you will be disappointed. If you are looking for subtlety, this is for you!

Now for the price. The price for the fragrance is 40 dollars. I don’t suggest buying it separately. I find it too expensive. It is usually a better deal if you purchase two or more items from philosophy. My Christmas set was around 60 dollars on flex pay (twenty dollars a month) from the TV shopping network called QVC and came with five items of the same fragrance. So separately it isn’t worth it, but with some other pieces I think it is. However, it will last for a long time. It mists the scent, so I predict that this bottle will last for about 6 months, used normally.

Overall I love this product and I have only two complaints. One is the lack of accessibility. It is available in a limited selection of stores (one being Sephora). Otherwise, you must order it on-line or from a catalogue. The second thing would be the price (if it is purchased alone). Otherwise, the quality is impeccable and the scent is irresistible!