Laura Ashley Green Meadow perfume

On one of my many recent trips to Laura Ashley to purge their sales I noticed a small collection of 3 perfumes sitting on a glass table, I thought the bottle of the perfume was beautiful, and being a lover of how any candle or insence stick from Laura Ashley usually smells, I couldn't resist going over to have a sniff! The perfumes were named 'Pink Petals', 'Floral Heart', and of course, 'Green Meadow'. With names like this I almost had an idea of how I thought they would smell before I picked them up, thinking Green Meadow would be a really fresh summer smell - and it is! To be honest, just by smelling a perfume I would never be able to tell you what its high notes etc. were, and you'll never decide if you like a perfume from imagining its smell from a blog post, but I went on Laura Ashleys website to find out for you.

"Our new Green Meadow fragrance features top note higlights of soft fruits combined with a passionate heart of flowers and hot amber and musk as its base."



This perfume to me is really feminine and clean, usually I like very heavy perfumes (Kim K), but this is very light and. It really makes me think of fresh green feilds, summer breezes, just summer in general! If you're in your local Laura Ashley at any point I recommend you go and have a little smell. The bottle itself is gorgeous aswell, it looks very luxurious and high end, I don't know why but I always thought Kim's felt kind of cheapy when you picked it up?! Could be just me! But this is definetely good quality packaging. I even thought the box it came in was really pretty, it won't be everbodys cup of tea, but since I'm not a major girly girl I was pleasantly surprised that I liked it!

If this sounds like a perfume you would like you should definetely go and try it out for yourself. I like to recieve perfume for my birthday as sometimes I think it can be quite pricey and at £48 this perfume is no exception. Luckily it still is on sale at the moment for £34.56 ( on their website anyway, which you can go to here ) so now is the time to go and have a look if you're interested.

Love, Hol xxx

Kim Kardashians perfume..Love it or hate it??

A few weeks ago i was at the metro center with my mam and stepdad in debenhams when i came across a Kim K perfume stand. Being a huge Keeping up with the Kardashians fan and a massive lover of Kim (she is so gorgeous!) naturally, i was dying to try it out. For some reason i never expect celebrity perfumes to be too amazing because i think theyre made mainly for profit rather than for making an actual nice perfume! Having said that Hilary Duffs perfume was actually my favourite perfume ever, it was usually only £15 a bottle in superdrug and everyone used to ask me what i was wearing because it smelled so good, for some reason it never seems to smell as nice anymore, they might have changed the formula slightly or something.



Yay for reflections and chipped nail varnish...



Kims states her perfume contains: Mandarin, Honeysuckle, Orange Blossom, Pink Jasmine, Tuberose, Gardenia, Tonka Bean, Jacaranda Wood, Vanilla Orchid, and Sandalwood.

I wasnt particularly taken with the packaging when i first saw it, sort of thought it was a cheap go and making a perfume bottle look expensive but still i thought its the smell that counts! I sprayed it on my wrist, had a smell, and immediatly felt like my nostrils had been violated! It was way too strong and way too heavy, also felt like it smelled a little bid old fashioned, like a grandma should be wearing it!

A little bit later on after visiting various makeup stands and having a little wander around i had another smell of my wrist to see if it was as bad as i remembered, i was pleasantly surprised it had died down a little bit to still a very heavy, but nice smell! I came to the conclusion that i had judged the perfume way too fast and also thought that the first time you spell a perfume that you dont know practically straight from the bottle, its going to be a tad overwhelming!

I would love to hear everybody elses thoughts on this perfume as it has appeared to have split people right down the middle! I must say now its my current favourite perfume and im already on to my second bottle :) According to Debenhams website, Kims perfume retails between £23 and £40, but i think i payed £30 for mine.

What are your thoughts?

Love, Hol xxx