Recently one of my favorite scents has been the edp formulation of Narciso Rodriguez for Her. As you can see, this is an award winning fragrance from 2006. Weirdly, I wasn't overwhelmed by this fragrance when it first came out (and trust me, I enjoy sampling everything). I'm old enough that the immense scents of the 80s and early 90s represent my youth-- some beautifully (Lou Lou, by Cacharel, which I adore) and some not so beautifully (Giorgio, I'm talking to you).
According to descriptions, this is a pink chypre, or a fragrance that is built on one of the oldest structures in perfumery. It has a very ambery dry-down, explaining why I like it now (many of my favorite fragrances have amber in them).
NR for Her is sometimes described as being akin to Sarah Jessica Parker's very nice Lovely, but the two are not similar on my skin. Lovely is more floral and less "metallic". There's a slight metallic smell in NR for Her-- which may or may not be helional, I'm still trying to learn-- that gives it the feeling of very good silver underneath the amber, mosses, and slight floral overtones. NR is a very comforting scent for me and one to wear when I need that.
The scent also comes in an edt-- the black bottle-- and this one is described as being quite a bit different on the skin. My semi-educated amateur nose felt as if it had more floral notes and less of the amber/metallic/musc quality that make the edp so interesting and wearable for me.
Lesson learned: don't be afraid to try a perfume again.
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