Revisiting Divine fragrances because a POL’ers generous sharing of samples with me reminded me of 3 of them.

Divine by Divine is the favorite Divine fragrance of a lot of people. It was the last of the women’s fragrances I tried.

It bears trying more than once.

What did I think?
My first thought was that this was not for me. But wearing it at the moment I first wrote this review, I was changing my mind.

The notes

D I V I N E opens with a fruity note peach lightly spiced with coriander passing through a cloud of full and tender flowers gardenia, tubereuse des Indes, May rose finally to reveal a warm and sensual chord of oak moss, musk, vanilla and spice.

The spice combos
There are some interesting spice combinations in it.

What is the Peach like?
But this does not smell like the spiced peaches my mother used to serve at holidays. The peach is very fleeting. It is not like Femme.

What about the flowers?
The white flowers are the heart of it, but the tuberose is toned down.

Is it gourmand?
The vanilla is barely there. It is not gourmand, unless there is a food that would correspond to it in a rustic kitchen with bouquets of flowers.

My take
Quite yummy, actually. I don’t wear Femme well, but I do love peach in a fragrance. Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has several peaches, or did, as I have samples of them. The Body Shop also.

How about you?
Do you wear this one?

Karin
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Bond No 9 has created its first non-specific NYC fragrances for Saks 5th Ave. Both are worthy creations — modern, elegant and large, said to

capture the fashion-forward essence of 21st century Saks, while at the same time expressing the eclectic downtown spirit of NoHo-based Bond No. 9.

DNA for women is a classic, large gardenia scent. If you love gardenia, you will love this fragrance. A little goes a long ways, because it is long-lasting. On me, the dominant note is gardenia. Anything else is hidden among the petals.

DNA For Her
Gardenia, sparkling jasmine, vetiver and vanilla.

I love the scent of gardenias, brought into the house. I float them in bowls.

This scent is true to real gardenia. So many perfumes are not.

DNA for men is an elegant aqua scent, with a classic masculine ambiance, through the notes that are generally thought to be part of men’s fragrances.

DNA For Him
Sicilian bergamot, cardamom, amber and cedarwood.

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What makes this eau de parfum metro-modernity is the addition of notes that are new to luxury perfumes: a marine accord, fiery chilies, seductive incense and soothing guaiac wood from South America.

While it is said to be for both men and women, it leans more masculine to me. I would like to smell it on a man. It is perfectly wearable for a woman, once the top notes develop into the lower notes. But the top notes are decidedly masculine. If you are a woman who wears it, tell me how it develops for you.

If you are a bottle collector, the bottles are quite, quite lovely, dramatic black and white, echoed in the new SAKs shopping bags. The women’s is white with black; the men’s is black with white. They rank up right up there with the Chinatown bottle, which is red and white. You won’t be sorry to add either of these bottles to your collection, and if the man in your life wears it, it will be an added plus.

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