Yardley English Lavender by Yardley of London for Women Eau De Toilette Spray, 4.2 Ounce

The product arrived in the expected time frame, was well packaged, and, best of all, smells wonderful!

Its hard to believe this is not for sale for $100 or more. I can see why people would be expecting it to smell like soap or lavender oils (since there is not just one type of lavender flower) because it is Yardley. I love analyzing smells against the BaseNotes website, and I think this fragrance has a slightly alcohol scent in the bottle, but transforms once it is sprayed. There is definitely a strong Chanel #5 rose/aldehydes smell from beginning to end of being sprayed on, but there is also that woodsy/earthy bouquet that is melded into this one that will remind you of the best parts of Aromatics Elixir. For the price, I was thoroughly impressed. Will be buying this for other people.

Great

Dear Yardley: You may have been "trusted for generation" but not any longer, for you have deceived your customers by pulling a 'fast one' onthem. You changed your English Lavender scent without warning! It is, absolutely, no longer the light, natural and fresh scent of lavender you have provided for decades! I am so disgusted! I ordered a bottle via Amazon and was in shock by the phony, over-powering smell. It is so strong it smelled through the cardboard shipping box! At first I thought the box picked up the strong & unfamiliar scent from the factory, until I opened the bottle. It is no longer a clear spray, but purple in color with a different 'look' to the bottle, let alone a completely different scent. I am sending it back as I cannot tolerate the phony smell. I shopped around a bit more and found another "Yardley English Lavender" perfume that depicts the original look of the spray bottle (as shown here in Amazon)....the one I've been buying for 30 years. So, I figured there must be 2 different lavenders(?) and I ordered what was shown in the picture. Now I have a gold color spray, again with a strong and very different scent than the original Yardley English Lavender, (even different scent than the 1st bottle of the phony knockoff) and with a totally different look than what is depicted in the picture. Now I have to send this one back as well. Shame on you! I found another brand, through another very dissatisfied customer, that still has the fresh and natural scent of lavender. As far as I'm concerned, the name Yardley is synonymous with deception! I hope your hopeful-money-making scheme fails and you lose many of your 'original' lavender-loving customers. I posted a photo of both bottles I received. Notice how different it is from the one shown in Amazon..

I wish the Lavendar perfume was stronger. It does not last very long.

exactly what is advertised

Received this today and tried it out. Just like it has always been. Nice light scent, and not too heavy.

I have absolutely gorgeous smelling lavender body wash and shampoo, therefore I decided to give Yardley's a try based on the lavender scent. Unfortunately, I did not find Yardley's to embrace that beautiful smell that other lavender products I have represent. The smell to me is very musky, but off. I'm not one for colognes or perfumes that smell like chemicals and Yardley's is just strange. I had heard so many good things about it, I thought maybe I got a bad bottle or something because I was shocked that I disliked it so much. There seem to be some lighter after-notes (did I smell vanilla?), which are more pleasant but the initial "lavender" smell is not. The good thing is that once it's on, it doesn't permeate everything so you don't smell horrible all day. I didn't really care for the bottle either, it's pretty bland compared to some of the cool things they do with packaging these days. I think I'll stick to my body wash (Dial's Lavender and Twilight Jasmine is to die for) and my lavender shampoo. Too bad the Internet doesn't have smell-o-vision, it could have saved me a few bucks.