Sniff, Sniff…Ahhhhh!

It’s been a really long time (at least two months) since I have fallen for a new fragrance.  But, folks, I am slightly smitten with Coach’s new fragrance, _______…Coach?

While I’m not smitten with the name, Coach Perfume, I do love the smells that the (obviously Coach) bottle houses.  When I buy perfume, I generally like to buy from places where I won’t be attacked by fragrance samples…aka, not mass-marketed department stores.  But, I just can’t resist Coach’s new fragrance (which is sold at Coach stores, Sephora and department stores).

I first encountered the sweet nectar à la magazine fragrance strip.  I sniffed, I sniffed again, and then I appropriately rubbed the scent strip on my wrist and neck, almost slashing my neck by way of a nasty paper cut.  By the time I had perused my fashion mag, I had fallen madly in love with the scent. 

Coach’s namesake fragrance retails for $75 for a 1.7 oz bottle and is made up of the following notes:  green mandarin, guava, violet petals, water lily, genet flower, honey, orange flower, mimosa, jasmine, sandalwood, amber wood and vanilla.  I personally smell gardenia, one of my favorite scents and it smells almost identical to one of my favorite fragrances, Kate Spade by Kate Spade (another super original name) which just happens to be empty, except for a few drops of perfume that have gone bad…like two years ago.

Coach’s fragrance is not sophisticated like a bottle of Chanel No. 5, but you don’t need to worry about smelling like your mom just hand-selected your first bottle of perfume either.  The fragrance is light, playful, and pretty.  It’s a scent that will leave people lingering, and you smelling like a freshly bloomed flower…and that’s a good thing.