Im a wannabe Ginger! (Lush: Ginger, Eau de Toilette)

Member Name: sweetpea01

Product:	Lush: Ginger, Eau de Toilette
Date:	10/08/09 (24 review reads)
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Advantages: Smells gorgeous, handy sized bottle

Disadvantages: Pricey

I have never been a big fan of ginger, the smell, the taste, it never did anything for me, in fact I turned my nose up at it. However, I have never had a bad experience with ginger so I have no idea why I did not like the scent. About a year ago I was given a sample of Lush's Ginger Perfume and it took me until now to actually use it (maybe I left it a bit too long!) but I am so pleased that I did, to the point that I could actually see myself regularly wearing! Ginger does not come in the usual fragrance bottle that Lush use, instead it's in quite a plain, straight up straight down bottle with a cute/ chic pink label.

I genuinely believe that most peoples' disagreement with this perfume is based on a simple misunderstanding. You see, Ginger is named after one of its ingredients; but that ingredient isn't Ginger's base. Rather, ginger just kicks everything else into gear, lending a saucy air to what could otherwise have been a rather typical floral fragrance generally suitable to one personality type (namely great grannies who thought the Victorian era was the bee's knees).

But instead, what you get with Ginger is a reserved floral elegance with a modern twist of citadine chic and attitude. The best analogy I've ever been able to come up with for Ginger is Sex and the City: you know how each of the lead characters seems so different, yet when combined they represent all women rolled into one?

Likewise with Ginger, a combination of elegant rose and innocent mimosa (Charlotte) with spicy ginger and heady aphrodisiac jasmine (Samantha), plus sweet geranium and carefree ylang-ylang (Carrie), all topped off with zinging juniperberry (Miranda). No matter which character you've always thought you were most like, Ginger manages to ceaselessly serenade you with Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman." And frankly, dahling, she couldn't be more right!

What Lush say:-

"Imagine how exciting it must have been to sail to the Spice Islands and discover tastes and scents you never knew existed, to eat ginger for the first time and feel it warming your body and giving a sense of calm satisfaction. We take ginger essential oil to warm and spice up Ginger fragrance and combine it with fragrant flower absolutes - mimosa, geranium, rose, ylang ylang and jasmine - beautiful scents which are traditionally used to keep you feeling calm and serene. A touch of juniperberry adds a vibrant, fruity note, just to keep you on your toes. It's the perfect blend of naughty and nice to waft a cloud of eastern blooms and West Indian warmth all around you".

Ginger fragrance will cost you £29.50 which for a brand which basically sells soap I think is quite expensive if not too expensive really, considering you can spend a few more pounds and probably get a fragrance from Gucci, Paul Smith etc. However, this is lovely fragrance so if your looking for something sultry and sexy then you may want to add this onto your birthday list.

Summary: Sexy and sultry all in one bottle