Random Thoughts on Philosophy, Schweppes and Vera Wang

I have to agree with Susan that Philosophy puts out some great products. But you have to be in the mood to use them because the scents are typically quite heavy. One Philosophy 3-in-1 gel that I purchased last December was a holiday Macy's/Nordstrom-exclusive scent called Spicy Gumdrop. I loved it! The scent itself is hard to describe, because what does a spicy gumdrop really smell like? And how is that any different from a sour patch kid or a nuclear sq-worm? But it was just more soft than what I'm used to with Philosophy and it had a nice shimmery green color for the season. It was lovely.

Q: Do you ever use Philosophy 3-in-1 for shampooing or conditioning?

Another new product that I recently purchased is the Schweppes Ginger Ale candle from Sephora. I got the big one since the travel-size smells a little off, not sure why. It really makes a room smell fresh! And it's just like ginger ale with a lime twist. The scent is long-lasting too. Sometimes I burn it at night and I can still smell it the next morning in my room. Overall, great candle. I highly recommend it.

Lastly, I would like to talk about a perfume from Vera Wang that I came across last weekend. It's called "Look" and it has a really refreshing citrus smell. Very orang-y. I liked the scent immediately. However, I did not like the bottle, it's ugly. When I looked it up on sephora.com, it says that this is "new," so that's probably why I haven't noticed it before. This will be really pleasant for light summer daytime wear and I think that I may purchase it once the weather gets a little nicer. So give it a sniff next time you're in Sephora, and let me know what you think!

Turn The Beat Around

Excellent question. I think there is a big difference between summer day perfumes and summer night perfumes. And even beginning-of-summer perfumes and end-of-summer back-to-school perfumes. But sticking to the topic of the poll, I would say that my summer night perfume is now Burberry's The Beat. Lindsey got it for me for my birthday, and I was very pleased with it. It's a nice solid scent that tends to have some tropical-smelling undertones which keeps it summery. But not like a straight-up coconut, there's a big difference. Just potent tropical flowers/light suncreen. The Burberry website says woody and floral. I think all perfumes are some ratio of floral/woody so that wasn't totally helpful. Sephora.com says bluebells in a dense forest - I like that! But take a sniff for yourself. I think it's great!