Stella McCartney: Sheer Stella, Eau de Toilette

As one of those people who is always searching for my perfect signature scent, I was pretty chuffed to stumble upon this gorgeous perfume while wasting time in the duty free. With its pretty but substantial pink, frosted bottle with elegant etching, this is the perfect summer fragrence. It has a subtle floral note with a hint of rose, but is not overpowering or synthetic smelling like so many other perfumes on the market. I have tried other Stella McCartney perfumes in the past, and dont have a bad word to say about any of them, but this is definately the cream of the crop. Not that I could afford it, but I dont really like Stella McCartneys masculine ...  Read the complete review

Stella McCartney:sheer Stella is the ultimate summer scent. The packaging consists of a long light pink box and long pink bottle made from from frosted pink glass, both the bottle and box feature a line rose design motif and the bottle has a white simple lid. The fragrance contains the following notes; granny smith apples, frosted lemon, peony, roses and amber. The initial scent is very light fresh and fruity, but the fruit scents blend nicely together and don't overpower each other and combine to make a contemporary summer scent. Although light, the fragrance doesn't fade throughout the day, and a couple of a spritz will last around 8-10 hours, also the perfume isn't ...  Read the complete review

I'm a relative latecomer to Stella McCartney's perfume range - to be honest, I'm not a fan of the woman and thought her perfumes would be strong and quite masculine. However, the range is girly through, using Rose as the basis of each scent, and her original perfume is now my 'signature scent'. I love perfumes which are floral but find that you can veer on the side of old lady-ness if there isn't a different scent in there as well to give a bit of a twist to it and Stella's perfumes do this really well. Each summer Stella releases a limited edition summer scent (always the same scent as far as I can see, just a redesigned bottle) which is a little lighter than her ...  Read the complete review