****** - Verified Buyer
4.5
I use this every day, and every time I spray it on I think how really GLAD I am that I bought it - though it's expensive.It's light, but not sweet (I hate sweet.) It's fresh, but has some "base" to it. Maybe due to ambergris**, which is sometimes described as "earthy" or "marine" -- which sounds contradictory, but somehow is not.In fact, ambergris figures in Dolce & Gabbana's "Light Blue" -- which I also own and love.True, this eau parfumée is not like a cloud you swim in as you cross a room, and that suits me just fine. Perfumes that are exuded (as they meld with oil on the skin) and hang heavy in the air make me sick. (As a kid I got sick in church -- yes, sick -- sitting next to a lady with a scent that really "lasted." In fact, it went on and on as my grandmother disapprovingly manhandled me out of the pew and down the aisle into the blessed fresh air.So, emphatically "yes" -- this is a subtle scent, and customers who complain that it doesn't last very long are not completely wrong. Only sort of. You could say that "Eau Thé Blanc" becomes "part of you." It changes the way you smell.Note on its use: I spray it in my underwear drawer, and sometimes on the clothing I'm going to wear. Try that and see if you're happier with this perfume's staying power.** Just chatted with rep on Bulgari site. The "ambergris" used in this perfume is created in the lab -- it is NOT the naturally occurring substance, which is a product of a Sperm Whale's intestinal tract.
