Eau de californie eau de parfum by celine

Such a beautiful, woody fragrance. It leans towards more masculine imo. It’s definitely a skin scent, but I can still smell it by the end of the day. I can’t stop smelling my wrists when I wear this.

This is my favorite from the original lineup. Beautiful woody palo santo and powdery orris. Very classy and likeable (i.e. inoffensive) as well as totally unisex. It smells really really good but I've been asking myself: is it worth the money? I've gone through over 10ml in samples which were kindly provided to me by my SA in the boutique at multiple occasions. While I love the scent, I just can't bring myself to buy a full bottle. My biggest issue is the performance. The longevity is nothing to rave about. It lasts a bit and projects decently for maybe 30 minutes, but the overall performance is simply not good enough to warrant the price of over 2€ per ml. If I pay that much I expect to be able to still smell it at least 3 hours after spraying.

I'm in love with this fragrance. Easily the best example of a Palo Santo fragrance i've ever tried. It has that slight sweet woodiness, more like the unburnt sticks than the burnt smokiness. But as others have mentioned, its performance is shocking. I'm so disappointed as even with the high price tag it would have been an instant buy, but for a skin scent that you really have to bury your nose into within an hour or so of applying, it cannot be justified.

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME - i've been searching high and low for something that comes even close to this which is either more affordable OR just more powerful. Does anyone have any leads?

This is the one I was most excited to try and while I agree with Elirone below, it is nothing groundbreaking, it also did not disappoint me as I was hoping this would be the lovely combo of iris and palo santo that the notes had me imagining when it was first released. I am happy to report that it is even more beautiful than imagined with a perfect balance of powdery iris atmosphere to soften the burned wood of palo santo. The name is really fitting and anyone familiar with the smell of the desert, wood cooking in dry sun, will appreciate the connection. If you love palo santo but want a more refined take, a less smokey hippie vibe, something you can wear anytime anyplace, it’s worth a try. Samples are hard to come by still but I found two places online selling for $14 ml (yikes) and since we won’t be allowed to travel for awhile this was my only chance. I am sampling the whole line but this is full-bottle worthy to me. Marc Jacobs owns this one according to something he posted on Instagram FYI trivial bonus info.
Oh and I guess I should add that the only drawback I can see is that I couldn’t smell this on myself after a couple of hours. My husband still could but I couldn’t. I was only wearing about .5 ml though so this could be one that requires a heavier spray.
Update: Bought the bottle and I still love it, wear it everyday. I really load it on in the morning, skin, clothes, hair, and no matter how much I spray it always remains light and subtle, a gentle sillage. Quiet green citrus brightness fades into the perfect balance of iris and smokey palo santo. I love this so much that I can’t help but be devestated by its’ evaporation 2-3 hrs into the day. It has a gentle presence to begin with without any heavy base notes to anchor it longterm. So it’s performance is rather like a very successful, tenacious cologne rather than an EDP. I still adore it and will take this scent any way I can get it. Perhaps I can extend its’ performance with a little palo santo oil.

My very best perfume, and I have zero issues with performance -- still very much there after 5h, and will stay with me for the rest of the day albeit a bit softer. I guess it comes down to skin chemistry.