Only Yourself For Women

Only Yourself chases Paris Hilton's Just Me, a fresh, easygoing fruity-floral from the mid-2000s. It opens with a juicy burst of raspberry brightened by bergamot, pink pepper and a powdery violet, lively and a little sweet without tipping into candy. The heart blooms into a soft bouquet - lily of the valley, iris, freesia, white rose and a touch of ylang-ylang - feminine and romantic, balanced rather than heady. The drydown is gentle and clean: soft vanilla, sandalwood and musk over light woods, just enough to round off the fruit. Where the original wears six to eight hours with an inoffensive, everyday radiance, this dupe keeps the raspberry-floral story but reads flatter and more synthetic through the bouquet and settles closer to the skin sooner. It remains a pretty, fresh fruity-floral - light, romantic and versatile - that wears beautifully in spring and summer, an affordable budget stand-in for the Paris Hilton.