I've got hayfever! (Lush Flower Market Fragrance)

Member Name: sweetpea01

Product:	Lush Flower Market Fragrance
Date:	10/08/09 (25 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: There really isnt any

Disadvantages: Far too expensive

Because I have spent so long as a devotee to Lush, it almost seems the norm to have received samples with numerous mail orders I have put with Lush. Quite a few years ago I received a sample of Flower Market (which has since been discontinued in 2000). I'm a huge fan of floral fragrances, just because they tend to be so light and delicate and basically you can wear them all day, everyday. They happen to be very versatile. So when I received my sample I was really looking forward to wearing it and potentially buying a full sized bottle! Lush's original perfumes came in a slim shaped bottle (unlike the nicer, fancier bottle they now come in) and Flower Market had a simple green label with the items name in a yellow simple font. Quite simple for Lush, unsuprisingly!!

Flower markets generally carry the over whelmingly glorious colour and scent of almost every flower under the sun. Lush's Flower Market Fragrance however, primarily consists of carnation. In fact, its scent is so heavily centred on carnation that rather than calling it "Flower Market" I have personally renamed it "Cheap Bouquet Market" just think of the bouquets you can get at petrol stations. You know the ones: your man has forgotten your birthday or anniversary, and at the last minute, picks up a quick fix while filling his tank on the way home from work.

Alongside carnation, you're also hit with the damp, musky woodland fragrance of Middle Eastern galbanum oil combined with an initially potent whiff of nose-tingling alcohol. (And with alcohol being found in higher doses than any other ingredient in Flower Market's recipe, those with sensitive skin are warned that this perfume can sometimes leave you to suffer quite a painful burning sensation once contact is made.)

Over time, sweeter florals such as anti-depressant ylang ylang and sedative violet leaf come through, teamed with the spiced citrus of carefree tropical elemi oil. And yet, even as these notes gradually reveal themselves, Flower Market remains decidedly unsophisticated. Though it aroma-therapeutically succeeds in calming and clearing the mind, as a whole, it takes such a simplistic approach to what can be a most alluringly romantic aromatic genre that it generally fails to authentically capture the true spirit of its own inspiration: London's Covent Garden flower market, where Audrey Hepburn's Eliza Doolittle spent her days peddling violets. As Eliza
herself says in My Fair Lady, "The difference between a lady and a flower girl isn't how she behaves but how she is treated." Lush chose to treat Flower Market as the latter, and depending on what you're looking for in a fragrance, this could indeed be seen as a slight on her character.

Before Lush discontinued this fragrance back in 2000 it retailed for around £35 for 40g (50ml). Which I think is a tad too expensive considering the lack of certain scent. There was far too much going on for what should really have been such a simple fragrance. I've noticed more recently with Lush that with their perfumes, you either love them or you hate them, there seems to be no in between. Now fellow Lush lovers should you not of tried this perfume then fear not you really have not missed out, you certainly won't lose any sleep over this one!

Summary: Its fortunately unavailable!