Either I am feeling extra jaded lately (a very distinct possibility) or there are even more frogs* than usual crowding the department store perfume counters this spring. Today, I’ve got quick reviews of two recent mainstream fragrances (Oscar de la Renta Something Blue and Kate Spade Live Colorfully), but as neither is likely to set perfumanity on fire, I’ll go ahead and put my quick poll question at the start: have you smelled any really great new mainstream scents this year? Do tell. If you can’t think of any, go ahead and tell us about a new fragrance that’s just comically bad.

Oscar de la Renta Something Blue

Something Blue is Oscar de la Renta’s bridal-inspired fragrance for spring 2013 — the tag line is ‘from this day forward’ and the bottle includes a removable ring — and as you’d expect, it’s a romantic floral. The opening focuses on one of my favorite floral notes, linden blossom, with accents of lily of the valley and stephanotis as it moves into the dry down…

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