I can stomach Sui Love, and I know that doesn’t sound like much but given my utter boredom and borderline repulsion with another of Ms. Sui’s fragrances, Sui Dreams, being able to not vomit when I smell this one is an unambiguous step in the right direction. The first discernable note I can distinguish when I spritz the juice is a bland little hiss of passionfruit, vaguely juicy, fairly satisfying with a pulpy feel and a little tartness, but entirely predictable. When the passionfruit vanishes, (this happens in less than 60 seconds), there emerges a passable powdery floral note that, although extremely dull and nothing I haven’t seen a thousand times before, does it’s job and is relatively pleasant. It could be jasmine, could be tuberose...it really doesn’t matter as the scent becomes so very faceless that I’m simply too bored to care.
I am told there is a pink pepper note somewhere in amongst the perfume’s heart, but try as I might (and I certainly do), it just doesn’t show itself. If the pepper had been well implemented (think Armani Mania) it may just have been enough to intrigue me, but alas, twas not to be. The fragrance groans on, drying down from a dusty sweet floral heart to a bland vanillic base with not a single daring note in between. As I expected, Sui Dreams has a poor lifespan. Mine survives for around five hours, give or take, but the point is that this doesn’t upset me because I simply don’t care about the fragrance.
Once again, Anna Sui has created a scent that will be adored by tweens around the globe, but Anna, when will you design a perfume for grown-ups? There seems so much potential in the Anna sui brand, with her quirky chic designs and general whimsiness (not a word, don’t care), to release a fragrance that is carefree and childlike yet feels adult. Maybe that’s what Ms. Sui aims for here, I certainly cannot comment, but I can say for sure that Sui Love is just another saccharine fruity-floral in a very pretty bottle.
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