Elizabeth Arden Always Red Femme Eau de Toilette 100ml Spray Hair Mist the kind of warm-sweet base

the kind of warm-sweet base that sits on skin rather than announces itself

It's a true matte finish

The base settles into vanilla and musk

Emerald Haze opens with galbanum and ginger — that green-tinged spice that tastes metallic on the back of your tongue

The mist goes on before foundation

Elizabeth Arden Always Red Femme Eau de Toilette 100ml Spray Hair Mist the kind of warm-sweet baseRose and red fruit open the show that soft, jammy warmth rather than the high pitched berry note you'd expect. Amber and cedarwood tether it to the skin, so it sits closer to feminine than sweetly floral. Eau de Toilette, 100ml spray. Four to six hours from skin, longer on clothes and hair. Two sprays is the right amount; one feels like you're testing it.