Reviews of Sensuous (2008)
by Estée Lauder

Let me start off by saying that I have been looking forward to this fragrance launch for months. I really love Estee Lauder, but for me, they haven't done anything that I find unique since Spellbound, and from reading various descriptions, I just knew that this one would be 'it', the one to finally break them out of their floral mold. Unfortunately it doesn't even come close to being 'it'. While it isn't a floral, it's also not an oriental, or a green, or... anything really. It's just a big messy bundle of 'blah'. The molten woods and amber are so far down into the mix, they may as well not even be there. And the one note that is VERY striking, and not in a good way, is the black pepper. The only thing that kept it from being nauseating was the incredibly soapy smell of the honey. So between the black pepper and soapy-honey, I guess this reminds me of a kitchen, mid clean-up. There's nothing at all enticing or alluring about it in any way. I can smell that every evening right after dinner. Yuck. This is just another major disappointment from the Lauder house as far as I'm concerned. At least we have Bali Dream to look forward to...... I think.