Milk

Disappointing

I have the original Gold. Original Gold is perfection but I wanted to try something new that gave a similar impression based on the notes and reviews. I first tried the Archive discovery sample pack and liked none of them so I took a risk and purchased Milk expressive to use the coupon I had from the very expensive discovery kit. I had a sample of Milk personal and liked it but found it to be extremely faint. Based on the smoky element of Bold, it seemed expressive was the best choice. However I found the fragrance to be disappointing. First off the strength and staying power isn't there compared to original Gold. One spray of original Gold and you smell it all day, more than that is too much for me, since I can smell things very easily. But Milk Expressive falls short. It's not strong out of the bottle and just not impressive. It is sweet. A little too powdery. Sophisticated but in a grandma way. Like a wealthy smelling grandma. Comforting in the same way but not a fragrance I want on my body as a person in my 30s. I can't imagine and a younger person liking this fragrance. But many do. After trying the discovery kit and trying other samples, I feel like the company is trying too hard to be unisex which loses the soft feminine touch to their fragrances. My recommendation is to get samples before buying a large bottle. I took a risk to use a coupon. It's my first purchase with the new takeover of the company and them changing their products to the scent experience line. It's just too big an expensive miss for me to say I'll be making another purchase in the future. I'll treasure the original Gold I have for as long as I can, especially after reading reviews that the Gold expressive scent experience isn't quite the same as the original, even though it claims to be. I'll also only buy fragrances from places I can return them if I don't like them. That should be how it is for online fragrance companies. They could at the very least refund samples when someone doesn't like a single one enough to purchase the larger bottle.

Really great perfume i had got the personal a while back and thought this would be the same, it’s slightly different. If you want the real milky scent go for the personal. I guess expressive and the + mean they have different scents but they’re all really good perfumes and they last all day

Absolutely love it!

I took a chance and purchased this without having previously sampled it. I normally favor fresh and summery fragrances so I was a bit skeptical of the lactic notes. That being said, I believe it is safe to say that I have found my new go to fragrance. I really love the toasted sesame note that mellows into a warm powdery note as the day progresses.