I wanted to love this. The description sounded just like something Id like and i hoped that the toilette parfum would be light enough to wear to work and not offend anyone. Plus I have used other products from Crabtree and Evelyn and been pleased. Alas, it was not to be. I have a sensitive nose, overly sensitive probably. But this was all kinds of no. No with a capital NUH uh. The was to lavender as banana popsicles are to bananas. I adore a good fresh lavender but this was not a clear astringent lavender, it was a chemical maelstrom of lavender. It has a heavy alcohol top note, which is to be expected with a toilette water but it hung on much longer than I wanted, but the powdery middle note was just odd and it lasted much too long in that middle range of too strong to be two hours old. Then the bottom note is too much Grandmas hankie drawer for me, though it was more in the muted range I expected.