Harvey Prince Ageless edt review

First off, I finally ordered a new camera, so hopefully this is my LAST post with these crappy webcam pics!  YAY!!

But anyway... ever since I finished off my last bottle of Pink Sugar, I've been in the market for a new perfume.  Yes, I still love Pink Sugar and intend to buy another bottle, but I've been using it regularly for the last 2 years and I just want to add something new to my routine.  The only problem is, I live hours from a Sephora or similar store, so it's a lot harder for me to get my hands on samples than it is for most people.

Happily, I was chosen a winner of See, Shop, Love's Harvey Prince giveaway!  My prize was a bottle of Ageless, which I had never tried.  I was given the impression that the prize would be one of the small bottles, like roll-on sized.  Even now, when I read the blog post, it states that the prize is a 50 ml bottle - no ma'am, Harvey Prince sent me the big guy!  3.4 oz/100 ml.  I was surprised and excited!

Here, Rowan's helping me model the size, and the cute box.

 I just recently learned about Harvey Prince when I received a sample of Yogini in one of my Birchboxes.   They're a really cool company!  It's run by two brothers, and they describe their products as "Pure, inspired scents of purpose".  I love that each of their fragrances is based on science - including scents that studies have shown to serve a specific purpose.  Even better, they are cruelty free and free of parabens, sulfates, GMOs, and other nasty chemicals.

As I said, I had tried Yogini and really liked it, but for me, it's not a scent I'd wear out to work or running errands, it's more of an at-home relaxation scent. It reminds me of incense, and not my general sort of scent.  So I was excited to try another of their scents (actually two, they sent me a sample of eau flirt as well).

Ageless is a scent that is supposed to make you smell younger.  Not in a candy sweet way, but it actually includes notes that have been proven to cause people to perceive you as younger.  It smells good, too! I love fruity scents, and this is definitely one.  It has already become my everyday scent, to be honest with you, and that's saying something. The awesome box lists the fragrance notes on it.

Since it's hard to read thanks to my crappy webcam (soon!!), it states:

notes:

top

pink grapefruit

pineapple

mango

apple

leafy green

pomegranate

mid

jasmin

lily of the valley

cherry blossom

peony

dry

soft musk

precious woods

vanilla

Now, I'm not a perfumista.  I can't sniff a perfume and pick out a laundry list of notes.  But I can tell you that when you first open the bottle and spray, the very first smell is the fresh pink grapefruit, and then other fruitiness.  I can't say that I specifically smell every fruit listed (I do detect the apple!), but they combine into a nice fruit scent that manages to still smell clean.  I think that is the leafy green.

It does go on a little strong, but I find that most, if not all, perfumes do, and this one mellows out in just a few minutes.  There is a moment (just a couple of seconds), right after the grapefruit, when it actually reminds me a bit of DKNY Be Delicious (which is a scent I like very much, so I'm okay with that).

I was a little concerned about the mids because I dislike strong jasmine smells, but I am happy to say that it's subtle and fresh, and doesn't really smell overwhelmingly floral at all.  It mellows to a sweet, clean scent.

The dry down is nice!  A few hours later, the fruity notes and the mid florals are still there and subtle, but you start to detect these softer notes underneath.

I can still smell this scent on my wrist after several hours.  It smells nice with my body chemistry.  Do I really smell 8 years younger?  I don't know.  But I'm thankful to have received this, because now I have a new scent to liven things up.  And yeah, this is gonna last me a while!  This is definitely a fragrance that you need only one spray of at a time.

(Sorry for the dog, he was feeling very model-y today.)

Rowan checks it out and approves.

Love that the bottle is simple and pink! And huge. And the dog is posing again.

Got a sample of eau flirt, as well. Haven't tried it yet, but it has pumpkin! And Rowan is fond of his profile, I guess...

In all, I am impressed by this perfume and I hope to try the rest of Harvey Prince's scents.  They're a cool, different company, and I definitely recommend checking out their scents if you're looking for something new!

*NOTE:  I won this EDT in another blogger's giveaway.  I was not paid or compensated for this review, and all opinions are my own.