![\"Aerin](\"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/aerin-iris-s.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I wasn’t sure what to expect when the Aerin<\/a> fragrance brand launched in 2013, but after smelling the first five, I got the general drift. The latest two,\u00a0Iris Meadow and Waterlily Sun, are in the same easygoing light floral mold as Lilac Path, Ikat Jasmine and Gardenia Rattan<\/a> (the other two, Amber Musk and Evening Rose<\/a>, had a little more heft). None of them are the perfumista-bait some of us had hoped for, but they’re wearable enough, and I’ve come to think of the Aerin brand as a sort of mashup between the (early) Jo Malone<\/a> brand and the (later) Guerlain Aqua Allegoria<\/a> range: (ostensibly) material-driven, clean, youthful and easy to wear. The bonus factor, I suppose, is the casual-luxe “Aerin lifestyle”, which seems to be the key selling point of the advertising<\/a>.<\/p>\n If Prada Infusion d’Iris<\/a> was too much iris for you, Iris Meadow might suit your purposes (and if I’d paid more attention to the Eau de Toilette version of the Prada, I could tell you how it compares to Iris Meadow, but alas). The opening is light blackberry + citrus, the heart is a wisp of jasmine-ish floral, very soft and clean and transparent, and the dry down is a pale but warm musky woods. All of it is wrapped in a little veil of creamy iris powder. The lasting power is fine, but after about 30 or 40 minutes it smells oddly flat on skin. I found it competent but lacking in charm; of course, you might love it.<\/p>\n I did not expect to love Waterlily Sun, and I don’t \u2014 it’s easily my least favorite of the seven fragrances so far. It’s a green watery floral with tropical fruit accents, sharp (and loud) in the top notes, and sour in the dry down. I wore it three times, but the third time, I gave up and washed it off \u2014 it reminds me of stale air freshener.<\/p>\n My overall favorite so far is Evening Rose, but the $110 asking price seems ambitious, and the timing of this new launch is a puzzle: both\u00a0Iris Meadow and Waterlily Sun seem better suited for warm weather. Perhaps they’re for cruise wear?<\/p>\n Aerin Iris Meadow and Waterlily Sun are $110 for 50 ml Eau de Parfum. There is now a limited edition coffret with 10 ml bottles of all seven Aerin fragrances for $130, and the brand has introduced matching body creams.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I wasn’t sure what to expect when the Aerin<\/a> fragrance brand launched in 2013, but after smelling the first five, I got the general drift. The latest two, Iris Meadow and Waterlily Sun, are in the same easygoing light floral mold as Lilac Path, Ikat Jasmine and Gardenia Rattan<\/a> (the other two, Amber Musk and Evening Rose<\/a>, had a little more heft). None of them are the perfumista-bait some of us had hoped for, but they’re wearable enough, and I’ve come to think of the Aerin brand as a sort of mashup between the (early) Jo Malone<\/a> brand and the (later) Guerlain Aqua Allegoria<\/a> range: (ostensibly) material-driven, clean, youthful and easy to wear. The bonus factor, I suppose, is the casual-luxe “Aerin lifestyle”, which seems to be the key selling point of the advertising<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2365,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-118054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-aerin","8":"tag-iris","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Iris Meadow<\/h3>\n
Waterlily Sun<\/h3>\n
![\"Aerin](\"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/aerin-waterlily.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n