Which Rimmel Powder is best?

Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 hour powder foundation, or Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder?

That is the question. They're both very good products from Rimmel London.

Firstly, Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 hour powder foundation. I bought this product about a month ago, after having used Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder for a few years, I felt maybe I should branch out and try a new pressed powder.. yes I know I didn't branch out far with the brand, but it's still something slightly different. I got this powder in the shade 001 Light Porcelain, which I find to have a slight pink tinge to it which I dislike, but I can deal with it. The first thing that disappointed me was it has got less in it, with only 7.0g, and is also more expensive (I purchased it for $14.99 at Chemist Warehouse). I like that this product comes with it's own mirror, and sponge. However I don't use sponges for powder, I prefer a brush so I guess it's a bit of a waste for me personally. I am quite disappointed with the coverage of this powder, and I find that I have to apply a far amount to my brush in order for it to do anything. In a pervious post where I review the liquid foundation of this powder, I said that I use powder to lighten up the foundation I use, this product doesn't exactly do that for me because of the pink tinge and it's difficulty with application. 

Now Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder, I get this powder in the shade 001 Transparent and I am 100% satisfied with this shade. As I said above I have been using this product for a few years now, in actually fact, I've been using it ever since I first started wearing make up. I chose this product due to it's reasonable price of $9.99 (at chemist warehouse). Unlike the product above, this contains more powder, doubling the other product with 14g. So you get more for a better price which is already a thumbs up. I am incredibly impressed with this powder, with it's great coverage of acne spots and elimination of lines on my face. I honestly can not rave more about this product, it is really an 11/10 kind of powder, especially for a product you can pick up from your local chemist / pharmacy. I highly recommend this product to everyone, and would hands down chose it over the Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 hour powder foundation.

Yours Truely,

whothefuckiseh?

xoxo

Beartooth's New Singles

So for the past couple of weeks one of my favourite bands Beartooth, have been releasing new singles including “Aggressive”, “Loser” and “Always Dead”. This is just a little bit about what I think about the new songs. 

Beartooth are one of those bands that you either love or hate, there isn’t really an in-between (no pun intended). The same goes for their songs, individually, you either love or hate it. On their album ‘Disgusting’, I can definitely think of a handful of songs I really love (e.g Beaten In Lips, One More, The Lines, Body Bag), but there are also some songs, I will without a doubt, skip every time I hear the first riff play in my earphones, for example Sick & Disgusting, Ignorance Is Bliss, and I Have a Problem. That’s just me personally, and by all means i’m not saying you shouldn’t listen to them. I guess music is all about personal preference at the end of the day.

So another example of the love and hate of Beartooth songs are their three new singles ‘Aggressive’, ‘Always Dead’ and ‘Loser’.  

“Aggressive” starts off with the singer sounding quite exposed, very similar to their song Sick & Disgusting. Over all this song just reminds me a lot of Sick & Disgusting- (keep in mind I said I don’t like that song above), -although the chorus doesn’t so much. The choruses are  catchy and sound very classic beartooth which I love. So I love the choruses in this song, but the start and versus not so much. I’m undecided on whether I classify this song to be in the love or hate pile as of yet. I have to listen to it a few more times, I think i’ll be leaning more to love though.

“Always Dead”, jumps straight into the song with no mucking around, it’s almost a little overwhelming, don’t get me wrong I love heavy music but this song is a little too crazy. I find it to be a little bit all over the place, I can’t depict a definite structure while listening to it, and all in all it’s very aggressive, with the repetitive lyrics ‘Dead! Dead! You’ll always be dead to me!’. In saying that, there is an aspect of the song I don’t mind too much. Starting from 1:55, there’s a more instrumental part to the song, with the inclusion of shouting the word ‘dead’ every so often. This is probably the only part of the song I actually really like. And considering the song goes for 2 minutes and 18 seconds, that’s 23 seconds of the song I actually like, so It’s best to just say overall, I don’t like the song and I wouldn’t include it in a playlist of mine. It’s one of those Beartooth songs I can’t love. 

Now to get the negativity out of the way, their new song "Loser", is a really catchy, classic Beartooth song, and kind of reminds me of their hit song Beaten In Lips. Similar to Beaten In Lips it also has a very personal message in the lyrics that can also reach out to its audience in a very emotional way. Unlike Always Dead, it’s not as jumbled up and all over the place, the riffs in this song are really great, and quote my best friend “make us want to head bang, ‘It’s a real headbanger’”. This song is a really good one by Beartooth and I’m certainly impressed with their newest single.

Make sure you check out Beartooth and let me know in the comments what you think of them, and what songs you love or hate.

Yours Truely,

whothefuckiseh?

xoxo

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Foundation

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Foundation

I decided to trial this foundation about a month ago, as I was feeling like I needed a change from the one I was using. I got this foundation in the shade 100 Ivory, which I find to be slightly too dark for my skin but with the mix between this and a lighter pressed powder I find it does the job. I am prone to having sensitive skin, especially on my face, and this foundation doesn't irritate that at all, so I would recommend for those of you who have sensitive skin. I also find that this foundation has an over all great coverage and hides majority of my acne spots, in saying that I do have to spend a bit of time to achieve the great coverage. As well as this, the foundation doesn't settle into pores or fine lines which is great as I do tend to get lines from smiling above my lips, but that is very minimal with this foundation, which I am very impressed with. It states that this foundation lasts up to 25 hours, which personally I haven't tested out as I usually take my make up off before going to sleep, however, when I apply this foundation at 7 in the morning, it is still going strong by 11 at night. So what 16 hours? I have complete confidence this would last another few hours and possibly live up to its expected '25 hours'.

My only criticism I could think of about this foundation is it can tend to look a little heavy up close (I guess that would probably depend on the way you apply it), and it has a limited colour range of only six different shades, which is annoying for me as the shade I have is slightly too dark and the shade before is far too light.

Overall great foundation, especially for a product you can pick up from a chemist / pharmacy for under $20.

Yours truely,
whothefuckiseh?
xoxo

That's The Spirit - Bring Me The Horizon

That's The Spirit is quite a new sound from Bring Me The Horizon, if you listened to this album straight after listening to Suicide Season, you'd probably question if you're even listening to the same band. However, with that said, I think that it's perfectly fine that Bring Me The Horizon have experimented with their sound. People have said that they're doing it to sound more 'mainstream' in order to get more fans.. then more money. What I think though, is so i'll give you a little comparison. When you were 5 years old what was your favourite tv show? Is that still your favourite or have you matured and found something new? You may still really love that tv show from when you were 5, but it's unlikely to be your favourite. As we grow we develop more and more, we start to enjoy different thinks and develop our interests. So with that being said, Bring Me The Horizon started off with 'This is what the edge of your seat was made for' and have slowly been developing more and more to get to where they are right now, each one of their albums is very different so that's evidence that they didn't just randomly change their sound. It's been a process. While it very well could be for the money, who cares right? Being in the band is literally their job, and we're not the only people who have to benefit from it.

So anyway, enough of that rant. Lets talk music. This 11 track album is jammed packed with a bunch of songs about depression and how it is often romanticised, and are absolute gold.

1. Doomed
This song, being the first on the album we hear, really sets their new sound up. It's a lot more electronic than their previous music, and the lyrics at the start remind me a little bit of their song 'Can You Feel My Heart. When I click on this album, even though this song is at the top, it's not the first one I choose to listen to. It's not my favourite Bring Me The Horizon song, however in saying that, it isn't a bad song.

2. Happy Song
Every album has a song that basically defines it, quite often that song shares the same title as the album, this isn't named after the album but it sure sounds like it could be with the constant chant of 'That's The Spirit". This song's lyrics and melody are extremely catchy and I find after listening to it, I am usually left humming the tune

3. Throne
This song proves what I was saying about the album being filled with 'gold', it's really just amazing.

4. True Friends
I really like the message behind this song, Oli stated that the lyrics of the song are about "certain people about a situation that really caught [him] up. But to be honest, it applies to a lot of people I've known throughout my life. I don't hold anger or hate towards anyone, maybe I used to but it's just too draining of an emotion. And this song is about making peace with those situations. It's about letting those people know that [he] can forget but [he] will never forgive. From here on out, [he'll] always keen tham at arms length.

5. Follow You
This is probably one of my favourite songs on the album. It's quite different from the old Bring Me The Horizon, as it's a love song.. and so goddamn sweet.

6. What You Need
What You Need is another really catchy song, and also kind of relaxed. Lyrically this song is about close minded people who only accept what they've learnt in school or been bought up by their parents. They refuse to open their ears to an alternative. People like this frustrate me so much, so I understand completely where Oli is coming from in this song.

7. Avalanche
The drums at the beginning of this song always make me either tap my foot, pretend to drum with my hands or sort of shake my body side to side along with the beat. I think that the song uses a perfect balance of sort of relaxed instruments during the verses and in the chorus' and it picks up and makes me want to dance and sing along.

8. Run
When I'm in the mood to get outside and exercise, or even when I'm indoors on the treadmill this song is always on my playlist. Not just because of the name of the song, but also because the beat and rhythm of the song is perfect for the pace I like to keep.

9. Drown
The first single of the album, with a slightly strange video clip. Drown obviously sounds like a hit song, it's catchy, and personally makes me want to dance.

10. Blasphemy
This is my absolute favourite song on the album. The message in the lyrics about religion it shares I completely agree with. And the song it's self is just brilliant in my opinion.

11. Oh No
When this song first starts, it sounds quite different and almost reminds me of Twenty One Pilots. This song is quite relaxed and also catchy like the rest of the album. I personally feel like it ends the album on a really good note.

So all in all, a truely magnificent album by Bring Me The Horizon. Make sure you have a listen if you haven't already. 



Yours Truely,
whothefuckiseh?
xoxo

Soundwave

Saturday 21st of February 2015, a.k.a the best fkn day of my life, I attended soundwave (Australian music festival) for the first, and sadly last time.
The day started off with little sleep, due to excitement. I stayed at my best friends house with two of my best friends. We quickly got ready, tied our hair back and wore shorts and band shirts. My friends parents drove us to the Melbourne Showgrounds, as we figured public transport would most likely be quite busy.
The weather was absolutely beautiful, meaning it had already made me so happy when I woke up (good weather is always a good start to the day). When we finally arrived at the venue, after a slightly long drive, we came face to face with the biggest line I've ever seen in my life. I can't remember how long we actually spent in the line waiting to get into the venue, but once the gates opened it did move quite quickly and soon enough we had passed the gates into an unforgettable day.

The three of us had studied the line up and when every band was playing the night before, and had all agreed on which band we'd see when. First on our list was Dayshell at Stage 3. This band was an absolute must for me to see, as they'd helped me through a bunch of shit the year following up to this day. And it really was a great way to kick off Soundwave by seeing them. My two best friends had never been to a concert or festival so the first band they saw live was these guys. As it was only the start of the day, the crowd was awfully shy and just stood there and watched the guys play. That or they were watching and had no fkn idea who these amazing people were. (I seriously 110% recommend listening to dayshell if you haven't already, cause they're so good!)
It came to the second last song of their set, and I was slightly horrified that I hadn't screamed along with their songs, purely because no one else was and I didn't want to be the only one in the crowd singing.. I didn't want to look like "that fan girl". But my next decision did not help me with that. In between the songs, the lead singer had stopped to get a drink of water, and I took this as my opportunity to scream "I love you Shayley!" However, now I was not aware girls voices could do this, but my voice broke like a 12 year old boy's, which caused, no joke, every one in front of me to turn around and stare at me. Probably one of my most embarrassing moments in my life, but my friends found it hilarious. So after that we didn't stay for the last song, but that wasn't the reason why. The night before we had agreed not to stay for their whole set as This Wild Life  was playing at the same time and we wanted to see them as well.
This Wild Life were playing on stage 5, that was the only one indoors, and even though it was still the morning.. well basically lunch time, it was already getting very hot in there. We got to see them play a couple of songs, including their cover of Bring Me The Horizon's 'sleepwalking' (which was amazing). If you're looking for a band that's really, really chill.. like the sort of music you could listen to before you go to bed, or to calm you down before an exam, listen to these guys. I really don't understand why their genre is listed at pop-punk as it's all so relaxing and calm.

After we saw This Wild Life, there weren't really any bands playing that we were extremely keen to see live so we took this opportunity to get some lunch. Mind you, the food at Soundwave was ridiculously priced. near the food area we saw a giant shed and wandered down to it. This shed was where the meet and greets would be held, I can't remember exactly but I think you had to pay $2 to meet your favourite band (well not all the bands were doing this). Unfortunately there was limited places and they had mostly been taken up already. So if I can give you any advice for if Soundwave ever comes back, go here first to assure your place! Anyway so we ate our lunch while sitting on some plants, Yes on plants, there weren't any free seats around where we were. Then we wandered over to the free water area, filled up our bottles then went to have a look around the tents filled with an amazing amount of merchandise. After we had bought some shirts and what not, we went over to Stage 2 where we waited for Tonight Alive. To me tonight alive were one of those bands I loved but not very openly. Like I didn't have any of their merch or posters and *cringes* Only knew who Jenna was in the band. So when I saw the crowd they pulled I was so shocked. I never realised just how big they were. The performance they put on was seriously so good. They're really an 11 out of 10 kinda band, especially when it comes to playing live. If you ever get the chance to see them, 100% do it! So because their crowd was so huge, AND it was that time of day when it was the hottest I learnt the hard way not to wear so much make up in a mosh pit. All of my foundation was dripping off my face and into my eyes along with my mascara and eyeliner. So I had very, very irritated eyes. I did not purposely cry the first time seeing Tonight Alive. I just could barely see them cause my eyes hurt so much.. and it didn't help that I was rubbing them. Everyone's sweat was making this mosh pit feel more and more like a swimming pool as we jumped and slipped around off each other. It's totally gross thinking back at it now, but it was just kinda normal at the time.. and we could't exactly help it.

Straight after Tonight Alive played, All Time Low were playing on Stage 1. We could still see Tonight Alive from stage 1 so we went over there to get a good spot for All Time Low. (We did take a quick detour to the water stands so that I could wash my face and fix my eyes). All Time Low had been number 1 on my "have to see live" list for a really long time. They were my gateway band into this music scene. So you could only imagine just how happy I was seeing them. I was beginning to feel quite exhausted from having the hot sun on me and doing intense cardio all day, but that didn't stop me from enjoying them. Jack and Alex shared their usual banter on stage, Alex ripped a hole in his jeans and the crowd acted like they were at a death metal concert when really they're just pop-punk.  My friends and I were in a spot in the crowd where all the crowd surfing was being done, so I did get an extremely sore neck.

In the photo above, my friends and I are standing to the left of the guy who's down on his hands and knees, it's impossible to tell which ones we are though cause there's so many people. After All Time Low played, I felt sad that they'd finished but totally complete that I'd been able to see them. They put on a really good performance as well.  We then wandered around for awhile, seeing parts of several bands sets including: Papa Roach, Crossfaith, Millencolin, and Coldrain. We caught up with some friends that we'd bumped into in a crowd of 35,000 people. Then sat down in the grand stands to watch the start of Marilyn Manson's set. He pulled the biggest crowd i'd seen so far, but later it looked like it was beat by Slipknot. We weren't overly keen on watching his whole set although he was amazing we were hungry, so we went and grabbed some dinner. Just more overly priced, unhealthy food. But it tasted so good. After we ate we headed back to the stage we started at, which was Stage 3. We saw the end of Escape The Fate's set, got dragged into many circle pits and walls of death and happened to loose one of our best friends because of them. We found her at the end though. Then we waited for Of  Mice & Men to come on stage. I'd seen this band previously when they'd come on tour to Australia with Bring Me The Horizon so I sort of knew what to expect in the sense of the rough crowd and extremely angry looking Austin Carlile. Even though I sort of knew what to expect, it was so much worse than what I thought. The crowd pushed each other so hard that I couldn't breathe. Also being short and surrounded by people taller than me it was only hot, sweaty air around me to breathe so I struggled with that too. I had people crowd surfing over me, and while I was busy trying not to break my neck I lost my best friends and found myself surrounded only by tall, rather fat, sweaty, middle-aged men. To say the least, I was a little scared that I may die. Even though that sounds like I'm over reacting, don't judge until you've been in an Of Mice & Men crowd. The guys around me went absolutely nuts, I got quite beat up by their limbs that were swinging in the direction of where I was. I had my hair pulled at, my shins kicked at, my shoes stood on so much that they ripped and I also walked away with bruised ribs. Other than the terrifying crowd the band was really good live, and like I mentioned earlier, for those of you who are fans of Of Mice & Men, you'd know their lead man Austin Carlile is the sweetest guy ever, but then when he's on stage screaming into the microphone, he is one of the scariest looking dudes ever. 

After getting beat up at Of Mice & Men, I needed to sit down and just catch my breath and also look at my injuries. Before I sat down I bumped into another friend, this one I went to Primary School with so it was really cool to see how his taste of music was now fkn amazing all this time later. Straight after Of Mice & Men, Slipknot was playing on Stage 1, so we headed over in that direction.. just like sheep as seriously that's where everyone was going. We got seats in the grandstand and I relaxed for a little bit. We watched two of their songs before one of my friends asked to leave because she was scared of clowns. The part of their set I did see however, contained two of my favourite songs by them, a giant crowd, and lots of fire included into their act. At the same time of Slipknot playing, Fall Out Boy and The Smashing Pumpkins were on, so we firstly went and head a quick look at The Smashing Pumpkins (mainly for bragging rights) and then spent the rest of our night at Fall Out Boy. I was far too sore to get into the crowd, I even struggled walking from Stage 1, to Stage 4, to then Stage 3 where Fall Out Boy was playing. Even though the whole day was so amazing, I feel as though Fall Out Boy was the highlight of my day. I stood back from the crowd and really took in the atmosphere. Surrounded by people like me, listening to music we love, made by people who aren't so different from us. 

I walked away from Soundwave with my two best friends, the tiredest I've ever been, the sorest I'd ever been and the happiest i'd ever been. I'm so devastated that the festival has been cancelled, but at least my first and last Soundwave experience was a really, really extraordinary one. It's a day I'll hold with me for the rest of my life, as it's the best day I've ever, EVER had. 

Head muk - 20 in 1 Miracle Treatment

Hey guys,
I feel like i've basically just been reviewing things a lot lately, perfume, concerts, books etc so here's another review to chuck in with the rest of them.


head muk - 20 in 1 Miracle Treatment

'The complete leave in treatment for all hair types. 1. softens and smooths, 2. adds incredible shine, 3. prevents frizz and fly aways, 4. nourishes dry, damaged hair, 5. helps prevent split ends, 6. reduces hair breakage, 7. protects against premature colour fade, 8. won't weigh hair down, 9. detangles, 10. protects against thermal styling tools, 11. helps strengthen hair, 12. adds volume, 13. protects against salt water, chlorine and environmental damage, 14. reduces blow-drying time, 15. moisturises, 16. locks out humidity, 17. defines curls, 18. increases hair's elasticity, 19. soothes dry scalp, 20. enhances natural body passionfruit and watermelon fragrance.'

From the list above you can see that this product is apparently jam packed with all the good stuff that does everything you want to hear for your hair. Whether all of this is actually true, I'm unsure, but there are some points listed there that I can assure you are true as I've been using this product for roughly five months now. 

I used to straighten my hair every day, sometimes more than once, I bleached my hair every few months and seriously had the worst split ends. My hair was a disaster. 

My hair was quite long, reaching down to exactly in-between my belly button and shoulder. One day when I went to the hair dresser they told me that my hair was just so badly damaged all they could do was cut it off up to where the split ends went to, so I walked out of the salon with shoulder length hair and a very sad face ( I totally cried my eyes out when I got home). A year went past and I'd started to straighten my hair a lot less, and also stopped blenching it, but I still wasn't seeing much of an improvement with the length of my hair, the split ends and the dryness. So that's when I went to Hairhouse Warehouse and asked them what they suggest I try doing. That's when I bought this 20 in 1 miracle treatment for $25.95. 

After using it for the period of time i've found that it does soften and smooth my hair, it definitely prevents frizz and fly aways (one of my serious problems with naturally curly hair), it has nourished my dry and damaged hair, helped prevent split ends and hair breakage, it defines my curls, increases hair's elasticity and smells great at the same time. The smell is very subtle, you can definitely smell it when you first apply it, but to actually smell it in your hair you'd actually have to put a lock of hair to your nose and even then it's hard to notice. Personally I haven't used it to detangle, protect against thermal styling tools and protect against salt water, chlorine damage, but I'd be interested to see if it is true that it does that. 

I know that there's so many hair products on the market that claim to do all of the things this product does, and at some point I do plan to try new products for my hair (if you have any suggestions make sure to mention them in the comments please and thank you!!), but for now this product is really great and I personally love it. 

Yours truly,

whothefuckiseh?

xoxo

Top Five Books

Last year I went through a phase where I just read ridiculously, I was seriously reading new book every week. I found it as an escape, putting all of my focus in the world inside a book rather than the one around me. I read so many books so I've decided to narrow the many down and take my top five favourites out and share them with you.

5. The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby (1925) is a novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel focuses on the mysterious, young, millionaire Jay Gatsby's passion and obsession with the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. 

I loved this novel for the style of the era it's set in and how wonderfully the author portrayed the Jazz Age. I also found the story to be very intriguing, with the lavish parties and the love story between wealth and beauty. I recommend reading this book, even for those who aren't a huge fan of reading as it is a small book but absolutely brilliant. 

4. The Mortal Instruments Series

The Mortal Instrument series by Cassandra Clare consists of six novels, as well as three prequels: The Infernal Devices, and three sequels: The Dark Artifices. The series follows Clary Fray as she discovers  her link between a supernatural world; the Shadowhunter world.

I started this series after watching the film adaptation of the first novel The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. I finished the third book in the series The Mortal Instruments: City of  Glass right at the end of last year and I'll admit I haven't had the chance to pick up the fourth book and continue on with the series. In saying that, that isn't because I didn't find the series captivating, I just haven't had the time with other commitments getting in the way. If you're really into supernatural themes, complicated romance and lots of action, these books are basically all that. I've loved every second of reading these books so far, so I would highly recommend this series to anyone who enjoys the three things I mentioned before.

3. Harry Potter series

You'd have to be living under a rock if you haven't heard of the Harry Potter series, but i'll give you a quick brief anyway. Written by J.K Rowling, the Harry Potter series follows protagonist Harry Potter as he discovers life as a wizard while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story concern is Harry's struggle against antagonist, Lord Voldemort, a.k.a The Dark Lord.

I've read this series I think three times all the way through, last year being one of the times. This is by far my favourite series of books and I would highly recommend reading the series to everyone.

2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999) by Stephen Chbosky, is a novel about a shy, introspective, highly intelligent and socially awkward teen named Charlie. Charlie narrates the novel by writing letters to an unknown recipient, entailing his day to day struggles with being a socially awkward teenager amongst a very harsh and judgemental society. 

This novel was absolutely brilliant. It took me on a rollercoaster of emotions and even made me cry I got so attached to the characters. This novel was made into a film for those of you who aren't keen readers, and the film does do the novel justice (*cough* especially with Emma Watson *cough*). I found it quite an easy read as it isn't too long, but when I finished the book I wished it had of been longer.

1. The Catcher in The Rye

The Catcher in the Rye (1951) is a novel written by J. D. Salinger. The novel is narrated by protagonist Holden Caulfield and is set over a period of three days after he rebels and leaves his boarding school without his parents knowledge or permission. 

I can easily say this is one of my all time favourite novels, purely because J.D Salinger created an absolutely amazing main character. It's sarcastic, ironic and even funny at times so all round it's a very enjoyable read.

Yours truly,

whothefuckiseh?

xoxo

Black XS by Paco Rabanne

Good morning / afternoon / evening to you all.

Today I'm going to be doing my first product review of a perfume I've been absolutely in love with.

The perfume that I just can't get enough of is called Black XS by a Spanish fashion designer called Paco Rabanne.  It comes in a cute, almost cerise shade of pink bottle with a black lid. That shade may be a little bit off so I'll just include a photo for you to decide on the shade for yourself. The bottle fits very comfortably in your hand, and it has a lid with a slightly, satisfying 'pop' when you take it off and click it back on.

Upon appearance I assumed this perfume to have a sort of musky smell as the packaging looks quite masculine, however, one must not judge a perfume by it's box. The smell is quite strong, so really only one spray is needed and it lasts a while. I just love the scent so much that I spray it a couple of times at once and also reapply it during the day, i'd say the scent probably lasts around 4 hours. 

The scent of this perfume is actually quite pretty and sort of feminine (unlike the look of the box), smelling of a prominent hint of jasmine and vanilla, but also a touch of cashmere wood, hellebore rose and almost a sweet chocolate sort of smell. 

I got this perfume from my uncle (who probably just thought that the black box with a pink rose looked cool), for christmas in 2014. Ever since, I request it for christmas each year because I just love it so much. I don't use it every day as I like to change my smell up a bit, and there's also other perfumes I love. So I find that a bottle of this only just lasts me a whole year. If I didn't spray it as much as I did, it would definitely last. 

I definitely recommend this perfume if you're looking for something as described above. It is a little bit on the pricey side, but I'd say it's totally worth it as it smells a lot more expensive than just a perfume you can buy from your local pharmacy / chemist.

Yours truly,

whotheuckiseh?

xoxo