PHLUR Strawberry Letter Eau de Parfum - Travel Size Perfume Spray - Strawberry Gourmand Fine Fragrance (9.5mL)

Scent is a bit strong but is not unpleasant, if that’s what you’re going for. Scent notes an under smell of tobacco. Like strawberry scented pipe tobacco. Again, I don’t think it’s unpleasant it’s simply a bit too masculine for my taste. I really think this product can be marketed as a unisex cologne. I probably will wear it occasionally but not often because it’s strong for my taste.

… and I’ve learned my lesson! I kept seeing the ads on Facebook and Instagram about Phlur fragrances and Body Mists. I know better! I created SEO content for major brands for a decade and am one of the jerks who used all those fancy key words and inserted them into ads just like the ones Phlur uses to suck gullible consumers like myself, into buying something. Even worse, I’m a fragrance snob who usually sticks to what I know works with my body chemistry. But nope, I ignored my own gut telling me this was NOT going to be a fun and fruity scent. Initially I ordered the Mango and another fruit scent via Phlur’s site after caving in to the ads. Then I read through more of the comments and kicked myself. A LOT of people said to order off Amazon if ordering Phlur scents because when ordered straight off the brand site, orders were never received or were coming from Scandinavia and Europe in general. I ordered this scent, Strawberry Letter, via Amazon as so many suggested doing. Received it in two days (still haven’t received order directly from Phlur). Upon smelling the perfume in the bottle itself, it was a bit acrid smelling (reminded me of the sharp, unpleasant smell that Glossier’s “You” has) and then a super sharp cheap strawberry wine scent hit me. Yuck. TLDR … I guess my body chemistry laughed and said, “So you decided to FA & you FO …” It smells like Baccarat Rouge 540 which I loathe! It smells like cheap men’s cologne and curry on me. This Phlur Strawberry Letter stuff smells like the Baccarat fragrance but with sour-milk-swamp-booty notes that dry down to stale- curry-and-old-man-in-the-Deep-South. Save yourself some disappointment and a potential headache (like the one I’ve got) and go to Sephora - the only retail store that carries Phlur- and smell/sample this stuff BEFORE you buy it. I am going to return this and pray that the “Heavy Cream” scent (also Phlur) that I blind-bought on Amazon and gets here Friday, smells better, and that I receive the other stuff ordered from Phlur directly and that it doesn’t make me shed massive tears of fragrance-regret.

Honestly was pretty disappointed, it doesn’t give off strawberries in my opinion. I was looking for a new strawberry scent but this one was not the right one for me. It smells good but doesn’t really give me that fruity scent I was hoping. My bath and body works strawberry poundcake scent works better. I’m giving it a 3 since the packaging is pretty cute and smells nice.

My favor scent by Phlur! I have tried several others and this one is one of my top picks. The strawberry scent comes threw more than other perfumes that I have tried. It is also parable with other scents, if you like mixing.

I’m not sure I love this as to why I bought the sample size. I’ve always been a fan of angel, but this doesn’t quite smell the way I was hoping it would smell.