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I put this on after work yesterday and these are my notes from last night.

Water of Notre Dame. Brings peace to the spirit, a sense of calm and fulfillment, and attracts the aid of beneficial spirits.

In the Bottle: Smells the most like commercial perfume of any I致e tried so far.

Wet: It痴 a strong note but I知 having a hard time placing it. Is this the elusive 努atery� scent? What the heck does water smell like anyway?

Drydown: I applied the same tiny amount as always, a gentle dab with the wand, but Georg noticed it as soon as he walked into the room. Usually I have to hold my wrist under his nose to get a reaction. He pronounced it 田hurchy� because it 電oes and does not smell like church incense.� I have no idea what church incense smells like, but incense is the last thing I would have come up with for this. It痴 way too clean and soft for that.

I guess this is what people mean when they say a scent turns 都oapy.� After a half hour it does kind of smell like soap. Actually it reminds me of taking baths as a kid. Is it baby shampoo? It痴 been a long time since I smelled baby shampoo, but that痴 what I知 thinking of.

It痴 a nice scent, but too strong. Thank goodness I didn稚 put it on before work today! It痴 努afting蚤bout me, which is definitely not the effect I want. As I said to bummble earlier, I want the scent to be so light you would have to invade my personal space to even know I had it on. This is so strong I could be in Stinky Perfume Lady territory.

As advertised, it is very calming. As in 菟utting me into a languid stupor.� Which is not good because I wanted to get some work done tonight. I feel like I知 drifting in a cloud of scent. Maybe this is what Georg meant about church incense.

Lasting: After 3 hours the soapy smell has mostly faded. What痴 left is .. grassy? How did we get from water to church incense to baby shampoo to grass? I知 not complaining, it痴 very nice. Too bad we had to go through that soapy phase to get here. (After 4 hours Georg claims to still smell soap, but not as strongly as before.)

Repurchase: Probably not.

Overall: Even if I loved this to death, I壇 hesitate to wear it again because I知 not ready for such a strong scent. I think this one goes into the swap pile. Maybe I値l give it to someone, since it was a gift to me.