This season I was flipping through the annual “denim issue” of a popular women’s magazine. The magazine featured jeans from the True Religion brand, one of the hottest jeans brands around that is beloved by fashion models and Hollywood celebrities. This particular pair of True Religion jeans for fall that were shown in the magazine cost $341 per pair!
When I found out that True Religion also made a signature fragrance, I was intrigued and decided to try True Religion Perfume for myself. Would True Religion Perfume live up to the hype of Hollywood’s most coveted jeans brand?
True Religion Perfume: My Experience
The ads for True Religion Perfume feature a beautiful long haired model striding through a grassy field, wearing a bikini top, headband, jean shorts and boots. The mood in the True Religion Perfume ads is hippie chic and nonchalant glamour, but when I tested True Religion Perfume, I found the scent to be lacking in personality.
True Religion Perfume is sold in an interesting frosted curved bottle with cool silver accents and a crystal embellishment. The True Religion Perfume bottle, which almost looks like a collectible, would look nice sitting on your vanity and could be of interest to those who collect perfume bottles. However, the scent of True Religion Perfume is not spectacular. True Religion Perfume ads call the fragrance “fashion for the senses” with the intention of bringing the bohemian vibe of True Religion jeans to its perfume line.
But in my experience, True Religion Perfume and its blend of florals, woods and musks is rather nondescript. True Religion Perfume has notes of pear and apple, freesia, plum, red currant, cedar, Hinoki and amber. Surprisingly, with so much going on with this fragrance, True Religion Perfume was so subtle I could hardly smell it, and the scent didn’t last very long on my skin.
True Religion Perfume was a bit murky with so many competing fragrance notes, but it wasn’t terribly unpleasant. When the subtle sweeter notes faded away, True Religion Perfume left a bitter smell I did not care for. After sampling True Religion Perfume and wearing it awhile, I felt like this fragrance failed to make a statement and it wasn’t a perfume I would seek out or purchase again.
Where to Buy True Religion Perfume
If you would like to experience True Religion Perfume, the True Religion fragrance line is sold at department stores such as Nordstrom and at online beauty retailers like Sephora.com. The True Religion Perfume collection includes: 3.4 fl. oz. Eau de Parfum Spray for $79, 1.7 fl. oz. Eau de Parfum Spray for $59, 6.7 fl. oz. Shimmering Body Lotion for $27.50, and 6.7 fl. oz. Bath and Shower Gel for $22.
While the cost of the smaller True Religion Eau de Parfum Spray is similar to other popular eau de parfum sprays on the market today like Ed Hardy Women, in my opinion, True Religion Perfume simply isn’t worth the money. True Religion Perfume is marketed to those who would like the cachet of trendy $300 True Religion jeans at a more reasonable price, but I can’t recommend this forgettable fragrance.
Sources:
www.nordstrom.com
www.sephora.com
www.TrueReligionBrandJeans.com
