Hot on the heels of Gwen Stefani's so-cute-I-can't-stand-it Harajuku Lovers line of fragrances comes Benefit's Crescent Row, a new trio of scents based on the personalities of three lovely ladies, Sofia, Lee Lee and Gina, all neighbours on the fictional street, Crescent Row. Each eau de toilette taps into the ladies's distinct personalities, with notes channelling their individual tastes (kind of like those "What's your scent personality?" quizzes we've all filled out in women's magazines). Laugh with Lee Lee, for example, is the classic scent: a woody floral with notes of cassis, melon, lily and amber. Something about Sophia, an oriental floral, is for the well-travelled bohemian girl, with notes of freesia, jasmine sambac, musk and vanilla bean. And My Place or Yours Gina is the Mae West seductress of the bunch – a woody oriental with pink pepper, peony and patchouli (its pink pepper note immediately called to mind Givenchy's Very Irresistible). I'm partial to Laugh with Lee Lee, with its pretty, sweet smell of flowers. But my favorite is Something About Sofia, which is heavy on the florals, but that, with notes of musk and vanilla bean at the bottom, feels mysterious and complex. I love that they're eaux de toilettes, so they're softer than most perfumes and wearable even for summer. But beyond the scents themselves, with their covetable, martini-shaker packaging and uber-feminine, vintage-y bottles, these are really like collector's-item toys for the ladies. (Boys can have their Star Wars figurines; we can have our pretty little fragrance trinkets.) Want to know what your scent is? Go to Benefit's microsite and do their quiz to find out.
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