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Derby
Cologne
Let
me start by saying that this is my best friend's favorite
fragrance right now - so much so that she requests it
for every holiday from her husband. Because we always
agreed on what fragrances were the best, I was very
surprised when she told me that she loved the Derby
cologne! I first became acquainted with this fragrance
when I received it as a Christmas present two years
ago. I received the Derby cologne in a gift set. I loved
the scent at first and was thrilled with it.
The
scent of the Derby cologne is definitely very feminine.
Its fragrant nature explores essences of tangerine,
chamomile and freesia. Blended with notes of ginger,
violet and oakmoss, the Derby cologne is a romantic
fragrance. I would definitely agree with the above,
but the tangerine is one note that I can't really detect.
I would describe this fragrance as just very floral
with nothing in particular standing out, with the exception
of possibly the violet. My Derby cologne spray came
in a heavy, clear glass bottle that is 4" high
and just over 3" wide including the cap. The cap
is silver metallic plastic and just pulls off, exposing
the spray pump. The spray is a natural spray and is
not aerosol at all. The bottle is somewhat awkward and
can be hard to hold while you are spraying it. If it
were narrower, this problem would be solved. I have
had trouble finding the Sensuous Body Moisturizer that
I received in the gift set under that particular name,
but I suspect that it is just the Body Lotion with another
name.
When
you take the cap off the bottle of the Derby cologne
and smell the fragrance, it smells wonderful. However,
this wonderful fragrance doesn't last! I have a VERY
keen sense of smell and can smell a hamburger cooking
on someone's back porch in the next county - but I can't
smell the Derby cologne on myself an hour after I spray
myself generously with it! I never get compliments on
my fragrance when I wear the Derby cologne. After about
a year of wondering why, I figured it out - because
the scent fades so quickly! I can't even say that using
this fragrance spray with the Body Moisturizer helps
to prolong the scent. I definitely like to layer my
fragrances (using first shower gel, then scented moisturizer,
then spraying on the scent itself) in order to deepen
a scent and get more staying power, but doing this with
the Derby cologne has really not helped.
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