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I have it: 261 I had it: 238 I want it: 78 My signature: 4
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I have it: 261 I had it: 238 I want it: 78 My signature: 4
Soft Musk, on the market since the 80s, is an intimate and warm musk fragrance with additional notes of jasmine, rose, spices and vanilla. Sexy and deep, it is available as 50 ml EDT. Soft Musk was launched during the 1980's.
Perfume rating: 3.74 out of 5 with 390 votes.
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I am 55 and started using this fragrance since I was 13. Have never used anything else. It is discontinued but I have a lot. Anytime I see it on Ebay or Amazon, I purchase it. I just bought 2 bottles last month. One was 18.00 & the other was 24.00 with free shipping. If anybody has some at decent price, let me know. I will not pay more than 30.00 for 1.7 oz bottle.
I remember this when Avon was always the perfume for people in my village. The local rep who was called Eve would bring her book every week and me and my mum would delight on a treat. I went on line and bought this again after many years absence from the 1980's My mum used to buy it for me. Well it was just as beautiful and still love the smell and everyone in my work comment when I wear this.. Its so cheap and smells as good as any expensive perfume. Give it a try you will not be disappointed Kate x
love love love it! talcum powder on me. my potential signature scent.
Jovan's Musk could be overpowering on me at times. It was one of those that had to be used sparingly. Avon's Soft Musk was a good alternative. The musk was not strong on me, in fact, it was a somewhat medicinal and cleaner smelling musk (if that was possible). Because Jovan's version would give Hubby a bad headache, I switched to Avon's version. The softer fragrance only lasted a few hours, and it did not take over the room I was in at the time.
I'm finding this very powdery, floral, light like a talc scent. I don't love it.
i does not fit on me,actually i hate it,it is so so heavy
I have a bottle circa 2005, so I guess it's vintage and not diluted.
A very classical perfume, so soft and feminine; and like all of my aged Avon bottles containing musk (Night Musk included) it has a slight aroma of *whiskey* which I like. I don't see any woods listed in the notes, but I believe, I've always smelled a slight dose of sandalwood in Soft Musk.
I've literally bathed in it before I progress to the next bottle bought in like 2009. I don't know if it will be a new purchase, I just want to actually use up some bottles in my journey.
This perfume reminds me of the days when I was a "soft musk" girl, just before I've found my first "one and only, ideal" perfume, Narcisso Rodrigues for Her back then...
I got this when it was first launched and I was an Avon Lady!! I loved this as it was so soft and powdery that I used to put some on my baby and toddlers.. For me it was a lovely baby scent and so easy to wear. Then when I stopped being an Avon Lady and my kids grew up this particular perfume was forgotten.. Only recently in the past 2 years I bought it again and started using it. although it has slightly changed being more diluted,and the bottle is now sleak and simple it still brings back all those baby memories.. I will always love this because of my kids!
I'm certain that Avon Soft Musk was launched in the 70s not the 80s. I remember being about 11 or 12 and scrounging the samples the Avon lady had given to all my mates' mums. This was my first signature scent. Not my cup of tea nowadays but still love to sniff it for old times' sake.
I'm going through a musk phase right now and have just received the 9ml purse concentrate. Soft musk yes, but so so so soft that I just about have to shove the rollette up my nostril to to catch a whiff. Of what I can smell, I love it, but come on Avon, please put some sillage back into your colognes and "concentrates". It's more spicy than Jovan. I love both, but until Avon puts some strength back into its fragrances, I will stick with Jovan. Or maybe try the Skin Softener, as these seem to have the sillage and longevity lacking in their colognes.
Soooo glad I bought this as I think this has been discontinued in th U.S. ...BUT Avon Night Magic Evening Musk is this one's twin!!!! So I can still enjoy it when this runs out!! Yay!
Musky perfection!
First impressions - sour talcum powder. Very cheap smelling to me. Sillage seems soft.
i like musk but this is like sour spicy musk. Not my kind of musk just isnt for me
Yes. Very definitely reformulated. Why do they do this? Can't they just keep making the original and up the price if need be, if the materials used to make the scent are getting more expensive?
Anybody want a bottle of the reformulated stuff? I won't wear it. I agree with whomever said it smells like baby wipes - that's what it smells like on me. Moving right along...
I have got a bottle of this because a friend of my mother was working for Avon and highly motivated me to buy an Avon perfume :) it is not bad. wearable.. musky fragrance for daily use.. Actually do not wear it very often.. It has very poor longevity..
first time i tried I really hated it was like old lady smell I all I detect was musk but after I smelt it again I truly deeply liked it , it is soft warm powdery vanilla rose musk feels like a soap not for summer nor spring sure but you will enjoy it in winter and autumn weather day and night very long lasting poor projection
I guess it is reformulated with cheaper ingredients. i remember it being a more sophisticated scent 6-7 years ago than the current one. while it was an old-school, elegant and "soft" scent, it is now bursting with powder. sadly, now it is just like baby powder and nothing else.
Takes me back to high school. Everyone wore this or Avon's Tasha. I remember it being one of the few Avon perfumes that didn't set off my asthma, along with Sweet Honesty and Moonwind.
Soft, gentle and powdery; but just "sexy" enough that the guys would notice. Avon needs to discontinue a lot of the sillage bombs they have out now and bring this one back!
And am I crazy thinking there was something called Moonwind? Maybe I don't remember the name correctly, but I sure do remember wearing it in the early 80's My Avon lady used to laugh, because even though it was a women's fragrance I was the only female she knew that wore it. Most of the buyers were men, who would say they were buying it for there wives, but really was for them.
One of the Classic Good Quality scents from AVON.
I wish I could find it again, because I would definitely stock up!
It brings back good memories on my high school and college days.
Very very comforting soft musk scent indeed!
Though its musk, its still so feminine.
For me, its sooo good, I can't stop smelling myself!
Definitely a 'Favorite'.
Always with me:) i like it since i was a teenager and still,25, one of my favorites.it's one of classics of avon for years,i love...soft,clear,warm and full of musk:)not long lasting and that's the only flaw.
I just have a little vial of this. I have a soft spot for Avon fragrances because they remind me of growing up in a little country town where even teenagers had Avon parties. Going through an Avon catalogue still gives me a jolly.
To me, this is a nice and simple sweet musk scent. I also catch hints of baby doll/My Little Pony plastic, which are not actually unpleasant, but certainly give somewhat of a synthetic vibe. Unforunately this does not last very long on my skin (around 1 hour) and the sillage is soft, so that I can only really smell it if I put my nose near my wrist.
My daughter and I were cleaning out her room and found a small spray bottle of this. I bought it about two years ago. She tried it on and it is wonderful with her chemistry. I find her skin is a bit salty-scented and Avon Soft Musk smells heavenly on her. It is musky floral. So beautiful so I tried it on too and it was not good. It was flat and earthy like mud. The florals did not sing like it did for my daughter. I'm glad for her and will buy a larger bottle for her if it ever returns. Hopefully the new reformulated version will smell good on her too.
One spray on me:
Sillage: Skin scent which makes sense for this musky perfume
Longevity: about 3-4 hours
Rating: 2/5 on me but 5/5 on my daughter
Gifted to me on my ninth birthday in 1992, Avon Soft Musk was my first perfume. I loved it. It was so warm and soft. Something about it was also "churchy." I continued to receive Avon Soft Musk as a yearly birthday present from my aunt throughout elementary and junior high school. I remember my teachers coming to my desk to help me with school work and saying, "You smell nice." I was so excited when I saw that Avon was reissuing Soft Musk in star decanters. My mother-in-law bought me one of those Soft Musk star decanters in Christmas 2011. Sadly, it was not what I remembered. It was pure alcohol with no softness to it. Jovan Musk for Women concentrated spray is as close as I can get to soft musk, but it lacks the depth I experienced in Avon Soft Musk as a child.
Oh Soft Musk, what have they done to you. This must have recently undergone a reformulation since the last bottle I purchased just over a year ago, my latest bottle smells very alchoholic, is missing the rosy--ylang-ylang/vanilla notes and smells like baby wipe solution on me, infact it is more like Night Magic musk on me which is much too synthetic for me to pull off. A blast of isopropyl alcohol to baby wipes in a matter of seconds. They had better not reformulate Imari as that is my absolute Avon fave! I have moved onto Jovan as this just doesn't work on me anymore.
I just ordered this and found one of these floating around the office. Um, what was a I thinking ignoring this great little fragrance for years? Let's not even talk about the price which is crazy inexpensive, but it is flat out a pretty fragrance in a very understanted way. Pretty/understated/timeless/comfortable this will be a nice little addition to my collection. I think the last of them are getting scooped up so if you're a fan reach out to your rep now.
This was my first fragrance that I wore daily. I had the entire set, a gift from my mother. This is a perfectly nice perfume for a high school student to wear.
soft & gentle, a 'mumsy' fragrance. First spray starts off quite strong; a spicy muskiness, settles after 15 minutes into a powdery musk scent with prominent rose, which is lovely. I do detect jasmine sometimes in this although not too often. I don't detect any vanilla maybe its overpowered by the spices. It does remind me of baby powder now and again.
I do like it, but its just too safe for me. It's casual comforting and non offensive. Suitable for all ages despite being a favorite for middle aged women. I bought 2 bottles for £12 a few years ago, even though cheap i wouldn't buy this one again. For me it's too safe and too plain. Nice enough though.
This is my fragrance for those days when I don't know what to wear or what I'm going to be doing. Its an everyday scent, suitable for all occasions. A soft and gentle musk, light, familiar, slightly powdery, subtle. There's a slight underlying floral hint, but its not a complex or mysterious fragrance, Its a gentle, comforting fragrance like getting a hug from an old friend.
Too much rose and powder, very reminiscdent of products actually used on babies. Not unpleasant, but I wouldn't like to smell like that.
Two words ===> BABY POWDER !
Gentle, inoffensive musk, more redolent of the fresh crisp sheets my mum pegged out on the washing line than post coital bliss sheets. I like my sheets fresh thankyou very much, so for me, this is a sweet little keeper. Stop being silly Avon. Get it in the "classics" list asap, along with Moonwind and Occur!
The name says it all - a soft musky floral without a lot of complex notes, but just works for some reason. Soft Musk was around forever before it suddenly got discontinued. I have a small bottle from the 1980's and a new one from the new limited edition star shaped bottles, and I was curious how similar they were so I wore each version on a different wrist. I think they are very close. Any changes are either quite subtle or imaginary. If anything, the newer Soft Musk is a tad more floral. This is a skin scent, simple and comforting, as many Avon scents are.
not nice at all
and no powdery notes what's so ever
this smells like a cheap imitation of chanel no 5 which I also dislike by the way
sooooooooo disappointed :(
Oh, what a sweet and well balanced musk! It is "musky", and there is a lovely floral hint from the roses—in fact, this kind of reminds me of Marshmallow by MOR, but it is not as sweet and feathery-light as Marshmallow; Soft Musk is a little heartier, a tiny bit earthy (but not spicy, as some white musks are). If you (like me) have a growing collection of "the many faces of white musk", this is a great addition. I could imagine wearing this in any season, on nearly any occasion. This is one of those unique fragrances with impressive sillage that will, at the same time, never be offensive or overwhelming. It is simple, but I don't find it boring at all. I have the new holiday release, not a vintage; it's from the star shaped dab-bottle. I hate the bottles, but I love when Avon re-releases these gems!
I have always loved musk as a dominant note or a basenote in perfumes. Floral Woody Musk is my favourite olfactive group. This said, I thought Soft Musk by Avon would be just right for me and I wasn't disappointed. Moreover, my expectations were even exceeded. This is by far the best musk I've ever tried. The flowers complete it in a wonderful way, making it sweet, rich and a tad sultry, while it remains airy, warm and cozy as you would expect.
The bath and body products from the Soft Musk line are a quality addition to the fragrance. They're also a necessity to prolong its projection as that is its one weak point, but I don't mind - I've never appreciated sillage and longetivity much.
If you like musk too, don't hesitate to try this one!
elizabethari, I was just going to ask if anyone remembered the Peach Soft Musk, or if it was just a figment of my imagination. ;) I hope they don't bring it back because if they do, they will surely ruin it, as they have all of their fragrances that they "bring back" (see reformulate).
I love wearing this in fall weather and my boyfriend loves this scent on me! I always stock up on it when Avon brings it back for that reason............:)
The only musk perfume which I loved ..I am not into musk much, more of a floral girl but this is one of the first Avon scents I had had back in the 90's when Avon came to my country ..Even the girl in the catalogue looked beautiful & chic ..I don't know why Avon keeps discontinuing such pretty & unique fragrances ...
Update : It seems my lucky day , I bought an old favourite & saw Soft Musk in Avon 's catalogue this month :)...Yes, it's coming back to my country ,but there's no offers for it this time ..A little bit pricey for a 50ml Avon fragrance ..but gonna get it when it goes under discount.
Update : Got a bottle from my great friend Rouu who is on this site as well , so amazing , great sillage and longevity , specially for Avon fragrances ..Still as beautiful as it is and I will get another one ;)
I own two bottles of Soft Musk, an original from the 1980's and a newer one from the 1990's. The original from the 1980's is without a doubt the stronger formulation and has clearer notes in it. I get a sprinkling of all of the notes, a layering of florals, a hint of spices with a swoosh of warm vanilla enveloping it all in my original. They all blend easily enough to make a comforting scent that's not overbearing and gentle enough to wear for daytime use. The later rendition seems to be diluted and less strong in the florals and spices and more powdery to me, which is still a nice, comforting scent. Lasts surprisingly long, a few hours, and the sillage is good with two sprays of the older bottle. A nice winter or cooler night air scent for any gender.
This totally loses to it's discontinued flanker, Peach Soft Musk, which was one of my favorite fragrances. I would pay twice what it's worth if they would being it back!
Very nice musk that I still wear occasionally, a tad too much rose for me to really love it but still good enough to keep and wear, have worn it since I was a teen, so about 30 yrs..
What are the chances that today a girl in the office who is a thrift store queen came in with an old bottle of avon perfume and didn't know what it was.
I took one sniff and knew straight away it was Soft Musk. Its a vintage 1980's bottle. My gosh, these two are VERY different.
The modern incarnation is very weak in comparison and the musk smells very synthetic. More like a body spray strength, quite weak with quite poor sillage. It is quite pink, fluffy and largely inoffensive - except to my mother evidently. I do find it a bit boring to be honest. Jovan musk is a better modern choice. More wearable and less cheap smelling.
But the vintage version - a completely different fruit altogether... Oh my... Stunning, gorgeous sweetness. If you know Australian musk lollies - this is what it smells like. Sweet, ambery, romantic, womanly, the sweetness and the amber are like nothing I've ever smelt before. The Sillage is enormous and it smells... expensive, edible, ALMOST gourmand. Two hours after first spray and it is not relenting. It is, however, quite linear, but I am fine with that, I love all the notes. So beautifully well blended.
Really worth hunting for a vintage one! This I would trawl through ebay for hours, I wouldn't bother with its reforumlated version.
I bought this one 5 years ago and really liked it. I wore it around my mum who almost started wretching asking who was wearing that horrible perfume - thanks ma. She told me to wash it off as soon as we got out of the car and made me promise to throw it out. Never had such a strong negative reaction before! Funnily enough I never wore it again.
Very powdery fragance, absolutely my type. It´s not made for everybody, though.
Love its classy aroma and long lasting power for a very low cost! :)
Very nice, calm, soft, clean, expensive- smelling.
also i must ask,,if they did bring it back, does it smell the same as it does in the 80s or 90s?
wow, did they bring Avon Soft Musk back????I thought it was discontinued..If they brought it back that is great!!! I have been wanting it..i better call an avon rep..
wow, did they bring Avon Soft Musk back????I thought it was discontinued..If they brought it back that is great!!! I have been wanting it..i better call an avon rep..
Calm and comforting, much better indeed than both Body Shop's White Musk and the screeching banshee Jovan Musk. Warmer than Jovan White Musk, imagine roses in place of white flower.
I personally don't wear fragrances that have "musk" in the name, because quite often they trigger a migraine headache. However, my Mom loved this scent and wore it in the 1980's and until it was discontinued (sadly she is deceased and hence cannot enjoy Soft Musk now that it is back, and apparently smells the same).
I actually liked smelling it on her, and it did not give me a headache. Mom was also not a "musk person", but my sister, who was selling Avon at the time, gave her a bottle for Mother's Day because Mom had liked a sample of it. Then she wore it all the time. Dad loved the way she smelled when she wore Avon Soft Musk.
It must be the softer notes that make this different from some of the headache musks lol.
I noticed that a Russian lady said it reminded her of a Polish scent they have in Europe. Well, that might explain why Mom loved it, because my maternal Grandmother was born in Poland and my maternal Grandfather was born in Vilnius back when that was owned by Russia. Some relative, one of the Aunts or something (Granny only wore Coty Muguet), must have worn that Polish scent when Mom was a child.
UPDATE: A dear friend just gave me a 1/3 full bottle of Avon Soft Musk!!!!! She switched to Rare Pearls and said I should have the Soft Musk because my Mom loved it so much and I would feel close to Mom when I wore it.
I saw Soft Musk on offer in a recent Avon brochure here in England and was amazed at how cheap it was (£3.99 for a 50ml / 1.7oz bottle - approx $6.00!). I haven't worn a musk perfume since I was a pre-teen and in my early teens so I was a bit hesitant at first in case it made me feel quite so young and immature again! Having read the good reviews for it here though I decided to give it a shot and because the price was so insanely cheap I decided to get 2 bottles and two of the matching talcs as well!
Well, they arrived today and I'm SO happy I got them! It's a really lovely perfume and pretty much as described by a lot of the reviews here - it's soft, powdery, clean and cuddly. It smells the way it feels to snuggle up in a soft cashmere sweater (maybe with a nice hot water bottle for extra warmth!), settling down on the sofa with a steaming mug of hot chocolate, some yummy snacks to hand and watching a girly flick such as Steel Magnolias ..... VERY nice indeed!
Despite it's soft cuddliness, I spritzed it on once this morning and it's now almost 5pm (about 7 hours later!) and it hasn't faded yet. Amazing!
It's an ideal anytime, anywhere kind of perfume and, even though I don't normally specifically wear perfumes to bed, I think it definitely would be nice to spritz on after a shower, and just before bed, as it is so soft, comforting and not overwhelming at all.
So, hopefully this hasn't been discontinued by Avon here in (very chilly right now!) England and they will continue to sell it, and hopefully at the nice cheap price I got my 2 bottles for! What a bargain!!
I have to say Soft Musk is one of the best Avon perfumes I've smelled and, contrary to what one reviewer here has said, I think it's actually much better, and more likeable, than Pur Blanca, which I've never been keen on because it smells cold and very unsexy to me! Also, contrary to what some other reviewers oin here have said, it doesn't smell cheap at all to me. I actually think it smells subtle and classy, and more expensive than some of the horrible smelling expensive perfumes I've smelled and / or tried! Just because it may not be the most complex perfume, with countless different notes in, does not mean it smells cheap in the slightest. Sometimes simple is best!
Big thumbs up for Soft Musk from me!! :-)
This reminds me of cuddling my Mam and Nan when I was a teenager - I'm now 42. I thought it had been discontinued so was pleasantly surprised to see it on offer in a recent Avon brochure. Curiosity about whether it would smell the same, and a great price, prompted my purchase. Now normally I'm a bit of a perfume snob - Dior, Mugler, YSL and the like and I adore heavier, oriental or gourmand scents but after the first waft of Soft Musk, I fell back in love with its soft allure. It's a smell that makes me feel like snuggling into a warm fluffy jumper. The first phase has a slightly sharp edge from the Jasmine I think, the middle phase develops into a sensuous powdery softness of the deeper musk notes and blowsy roses with a hint of vanilla. This is when I keep sniffing myself! The final phase is a subtle, gentle concoction that transports me to a place of warmth and comfort. I think Soft Musk has the ability to appeal to ANY age of woman. I may be sniffing myself for some time!!
I have smelled musk in all of its possible combinations and I have to say, please, NO MORE! apart that... reminds me of Johnson's baby shampoo. I didn't like it.
Oh no !!
I have just read several reviews below, saying that Soft Musk may be discontinued? If so thats a real shame. Ive only just discovered it in autumn 2012 ( in the UK avon cat , so maybe its just discont'd in some countries) and Im very pleased with it.
I agree with the comms that it is a perfect "cosy" soft scent that goes with the furry/fluffy winter wear !! i also wear it in bed , very soft and soothing smell. Not too overpowering , I have been reaching for this one a lot while suffering with the flu as my other scents would be too heavy and SM makes me feel clean , calm and cocooned in soft powdery goodness !
I shall have to ask my Avon rep the offical status of SM in the UK. . . if indeed it is on the way out , i will be stocking up off ebay while its still going cheap.
It's good to see all these positive reviews for this classic perfume staple. Its just as good - if not better - than expensive designer scents of the same type.
This perfume has all my favourite key notes in it from Rose, Vanilla & Musk & very feminine indeed. It's a very calming scent & enjoyable to wear due to the powdery musk which makes it an ideal skin scent. I find a lot of perfumes over powering but Soft Musk for me is nose friendly and doesn't cause me any headache's. Clean & fresh and with the talc and skin softener i find layering is fun, it rubs off on your clothes so you can't help but feel all snug especially in this cold weather. Great Value & a priceless classic but so underrated which is a shame as it's a good quality fragrance that smells pretty & soft.
Just spotted this in my Avon catalog--looks like it's back for Christmas, in a pretty star shaped bottle (along with Perceive, Rare Rubies and Peony Soft Musk). I like musks, so I may invest in a bottle--$10!
I have been wearing this off and on since the 80`s. One of the few Avon scents I have really liked. I have received quite a bit of compliments ( from men, especially) when I wear this. I , like another member, also have layered this with the old staple- Jovan Musk, also with Victoria`s Secret Vanilla Lace body spray. ( As well, I have paired the Jovan Musks with Vanilla Lace) The latter, I prefer. I feel soft, inviting, non-intrusive, not too sweet, not too musky. Delicious and comfy cozy. Perfect for fall, and winter , goes well with the furries and the fluffies of the season. It`s too bad it has been discontinued, but I will pick up an unopened bottle online, or my sister will find one and present me with it.
I love it so much and pur blanca of course, i dont really like avon's most perfumes but this one is very elegant musk for me..
But i suprised with bottle pic in here, maybe this is an old bottle but i ve 2 soft musk and never look like this ugly one.. Pretty powder bottle..
My mother smells lovely in this simple and comforting fragrance.
To my nose, it is almost a powdery rendition of Jovan Musk for women.
When layered with Jovan Musk Oil, the fragrance gains longevity and depth.
I love the powder here. Really, it is a beautiful scent for the price!
Very easy to wear and purse friendly too! I find that the scent lasts longer when layered with the Soft Musk powder by Avon.
If your trying this product for the first, its really old and theres no way it still smells like it did when bought new! I love this musk and have never found another that even comes close to it. Wish Avon would bring it back!
I really love this !
This is a nice soft smell quite like body shop white musk. Its pretty, but i think dated. I bought it for my boyfriends granny this year on her birthday, she seemed to like it alot. A clean scent.
I love it it reminds me of Johnson Baby powder and sometimes of Chloe love....A lot better than The body shop White musk.....
nice smell .that is great reminder for me
This is a true skin musk scent, less soapy than Jovan and more powdery and less chemical/metallic than the Body Shops white musk. A great lay round the house/active weekend scent or when all other fragrances are causing you a headache or just not sitting right. This is unoffensive but clean and fresh and always works. Lasting power isn't amazing but it is a cologne and cheap as chips. Layer with the powder/lotions/sprays as they are dirt cheap and just as lovely while adding some stability to the fragrance. I have to have at least a body spray or purse size of this at all times. It is the ultimate summer fragrance when it's too hot to want to wear any other fragrance.
I loved this best when it came in a little pot of creme, it really was a delicate soft musk. The cologne spray is stronger but still good.
I wore this as a Teenager and it is still available from Avon (Australia 18/04/12 - in current catalogue). It's soft & musky. It's uncomplicated and really I don't think it's a very sophisticated scent. It's for young girls, teenagers, or atleast ones who wish to be reminded of being one once again. It takes me back to the 80's - the days of high hair & big shoulder pads. Yes, it's best left behind for me ... lol
Just ordered a purse size and what a disappointment:(
I wondered if this was the right stuff ( after reading many of reviewers talk about being soft and musky but I find it completely opposite).
Strong oldie powdery and synthetic perfume.
I find this too strong and cloying, and it reminds me of women smelling unbearably strong from an ancient era.
L'air du Temps twin sister?
Typical of many oldie perfumes that smells like too many things that crawl up into nostrils and it cannot be escaped.
I can see someone for their time wearing this and smelling right, but that someone ain't gonna be me.
I have worn this since it was first released. I always kept a little inventory of cologne, powder, perfumed skin softener. One day I ran out and found out it had been discontinued. I am so disappointed. I hope they bring it back. It is similar to Jovan Musk for Women except I find Jovan's to be colder and cloying on my skin. Avon Soft Musk is warmer, deeper and softer. It really melds with my skin
I have been wearing this parfume for so long I can't remember a time when I didn't have it on. It has become a part of my identity if fits my personality..i's not sweet, too flowery or too overpowerting. I prefer the nice light woodsy smell. People have identified me with this smell for well over a decade. I want it back!!!
I am saddenend Avon has discontinued it, and have already appealed for its return.
I think it smells nice. [2]
I think it smells nice.
it classic..he buy for me..he is the fist man that buy perfume for me...first time i use it..it smell nothing but when the second time...it smell something ...it soft ..... and tender ... love it ...
i don't understand know how anyone can hate this perfume it is so soft and lovely on a summer day keep you cool, lovely for bedtime, nice at the office...try the hold range,from shower gel, talc power, skin softer and roll-on.
Very soft and lovely!
My mother has this perfume and - to me- is anything else than a soft musk! It's a thick, 'watery' musk that brings me nausia after some minutes.
Very flat and 'basic' structure perfume.
Sorry, I don't like it.
I heard many good comments on this perfume from a friend. Was really excited to try it out. But before buying it, i asked my friend to bring her perfume for me. Let me tell u that i was VERY VERY VERY disappointed after smelling it. It smells like incense, sth which i dnt like to smell! Also smell like a baby cologne. No lasting power at all, it smells like powder after 5 minutes! I do NOT recommend it if u are looking for a good quality perfume which has long lasting power
As it's name suggests, this really is a soft musk- no harshness or chemical smell to me. It is a warm snuggly scent- yes, sexy but in a girl next door non-threatening way! I love to wear this when I put my fuzzy PJ's on in an evening- fresh from a hot bath- and I love the way it lingers on the PJ's so I can enjoy the base notes the next morning when I get out of bed!
I know Avon comes under fire from the fragrance enthusiasts, but for me, you like what you like- and I like this as much as I like my Guerlain, YSL and L'Occitane fragrances.
I love a nice, warm non-fruity musk. It is close to one's skin with the slight animalistic and primal smell. It shouldn't be cloying but comforting. Ideally musk is what we probably think we should smell like when we perspire. Avon's Soft Musk is perfect for everyday wear. Tom Ford's Urban Musk is very sexy and not appropriate for work or anywhere else where a conservative approach to fragrance is required. I think it is great for night and if you are brave, you can wear it during the day. Soft Musk is a perfect alternative to Urban Musk.
Now, I know Avon and Tom Ford are polar opposites but they've both formulated a perfect musk. Soft Musk starts off with very obvious yang ylang that overpowers the musk but this note fades quickly. The rose, vanilla and Jasmine ever so slightly soften the primal musk and make it feminine. One is left with a feminine musk appropriate for work and casual occasions. One can add Urban Musk without it clashing. In comparison to Kiehl's Musk Oil I think this is a great alternative. I love the Kiehls musk oil but not the spray. Soft Musk is exactly what I want in a musk during the day.
Far better than The Body Shop's White Musk.
Just got that one, it smells like musk as I have always known it, not special thus. I have the body cream, shimmering powder and now the perfume. I smell a pure musk with alcohol.
I'm finally getting it I hope it is beautifull as the name suggests. I'll post my opinion in 2 weeks when I have the perfumeD:
I like this, it smells very much like Jovan Musk but has a slightly fresher more floral feel to it, which I prefer. It feels clean and comfortable, very nice for the price!
This is a good old classic from Avon which is not subjected to reformulation.
It's comforting, light, and as the name suggests, soft. It has a surprisingly good sillage. Good to combine with the body cream.
Soft Musk also reminds me of old days. I wear this occasionally when I like to feel particularly younger.
beautiful smell reminds me of the past
Asked for this when I was twelve and got it for christmas. It's all warm and furry like snuggling in bed with the cat. I get quite a sticky synthetic musk from this, which if you spray it and breathe it in by accident, you can feel coat the inside of your mouth. But I get the same thing from Nu by YSL and I like that too.
Easily recognized, don't think the formula has changed? Don't really want to be reminded of being twelve but a fresh unjaded nose ought to like this. What's not to like?
Soft spicy musk, rose, jasmine and vanilla. Lasts very well for the price.
I was excited to get this because I was looking for something that I could wear in the day to so to school, the grocery store, w/e. When i opened the box and saw the bottle I thought it was very simple but nice, however when I sprayed a bit on my wrist I was taken aback by how weird it was. It smells strongly of deodorant and baby powder but has a slightly urinlike smell. I decided that maybe it was just the beginning and it might change into something nicer, but it didn't it just gave me a headache and I now have a perfume I am disgusted with. I will probably be the grinch and give it away to some poor unsuspecting family member for xmas, lets hope they like it more than I do, because its pretty bad, and cheap smelling.
I love this stuff! It smells like a fairy tale- maybe Sleeping Beauty. It is soft, powdery, and romantic. I love to wear it to bed. Like so many others this was one of my first perfumes given to me by my mother. I'm in my late 20's now and I still love it. It's a classic.
I couldn't stand myself after trying this one,, it's awful... smells like johnson baby talc but stronger
this is my everyday signature scent. my go - to perfume. been wearing this musk for years. my favorite out of all musks. very soft and comforting. next in line would be jovan. i always stay with this one tho. the dry down is so sensous and warm, not hot tho. it just smells so good.
A soft powdery musk. Very unintrusive. Every so often I get a whiff of this fragrance on someone else and it reminds me how much I like it. I wear it for a few days, loving it, and then I lose interest and go on to something else. What makes it unintrusive also makes it easy to let go of.
I used to like this fragrance years ago, when my aunt used it. It had such a romantic air that would suddenly get you daydreaming. I couldn't help but sniffing my aunt's bottle. Then one day I got it for myself. But I put it on three times at most before I gave it to my mother. I don't know why but it felt way too romantic and feminine and the dry down became sweat-like and cloying that I just couldn't bear it at the time. All I can say about it now is that: It's. Just. Musk -surprising, isn't it :) Just powder and musk... Its lasting power is medium by the way.
This baby arrived todIay at my house and I'm impressed. This smell reminds me of someting related with my childhood but I cant remember what. Probably somebodys house. I think its lovely, soapy, a perfect skin scent, it will be my bed time perfume. It opens with a white musk and jasmine note, but after a while I can smell the rose the woods and in the end the vanilla. Its quind of a talc powder scent, but beautifull and soft...I love it, its the perfect scent for a new mum too.
Sexy in a certain way, it reminds me of the skin of a woman after making love. Its amazing 5*
Update: It can be a little bit boring because its linear. I love the smell of it on my hair (the mix with m honey shapoo its really nice), but on my skin I can only smell the white musk, the jasmine, rose and vanilla notes were gonne sudenly
Wow! so unexpected!
At first it reminded me of an old Polish perfume that was very popular in Russia when my Mum was a young lady - it was called May be, smelled nice and non pretentious, but lasted very little.
Soft Musk is a more intense version of this nostalgic scent, and also more complicated and powdery.Classic, powdery but not overly so, and utterly lovely.Sweet, gentle musk combined with some resinous notes with an old fashioned rose and intense jasmine in the background. Lasts forever, costs little and it is one of the most pleasant latest finds of mine.
This is a oldie of Avon that has been around for a long time. Another teen love story for me very sweet smelling
This is a lovely fragrance and smells exactly like its name Soft Musk. It has good sillage and lasts four to five hours on me. It is blended very well.
The longer I wear it, the better I like it. It smells really, really good. Such a deal! I like it so much I just ordered the body lotion from eBay.
I love Soft Musk by Avon!! I started using this when I was like 12 or 13 it was one of my very first perfumes. Recently I bought a few bottles on sale at Avon and it's actually better then before to me!! I use it as an upper body spray and perfume. So deep and musky true with just alot of depth great for true musk lovers like me!
Faithful wearer for years..I love this, it is so soft and musky and fresh like i like it.
It was my signature scent in my highschool years in Europe...and I didn't even know it :) ..it was packaged and named differently.
I also remember it being a stronger scent, but it's still lovely. A warm comfort scent, refined as opposed to notes screaming. It's not a vanilla scent, not sweet, not dry, it has a dark dynamism to it.
Very warm and comforting. Powdery, but not "old".
smells like lovemaking on a hot summer night or fall evening that's how i smell it
best very best from avon smells young sexy beautiful my new favorite
best one for me from Avon,, such a comfy perfume, you just end up smelling yourself like mad!!!!! cant find it very easily anymore,, although i have not asked a rep from my country, just looking on the net!!! great,, the vanilla in it sooo different!!
lovely perfume. Not overpowering but very comfy to wear. Its a classic for me. very soft and powdery musk.
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From Amy Thomas, author of Paris, My Sweet. A love affair with Paris, New York, sweets and, now, a little girl named Parker.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The poetry of two out of three
In Sex and the City, they said you could have only two of the following three: an amazing apartment, an amazing job and/or an amazing boyfriend. (Or am I making that up? Was it just me and my friends who thought that? In any case, I think it's a common New York truism.)
Similarly, sadly, (tragically?) Kenneth Koth proclaims that you cannot have love, work and friends—only two of the three are simultaneously possible.
As my weeks here in Paris ebb and flow with excitement and exhaustion, I can't agree more. It's something I'm trying to crack: do I give up my freelance writing for the rest of my stay here in order to free up some time and lessen my stress so I could enjoy "French life" a bit more? The thing is, it's always been how I measure my success, so the thought of doing that terrifies and depresses me.
And yet, I can't keep grinding away at work 9 or 10 hours a day and also pursue the freelance. If I stubbornly decided to keep doing both, I'd have to give up the friends. Which, with friends like Mel, Jo, Sarah and Michael, is just not happening.
And love? When that flutters outside your window, you certainly don't bat it away. It's too rare and precious and one day, I may be so lucky.
Meatloaf profoundly put it this way: Two out of three ain't bad. This poem is, well, more poetic. Now the question is, what I am going to do about it?
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- AnonymousFebruary 23, 2010 at 2:03 PM
Give up the freelance writing for the remainder of your stay and experience the things that flutter outside your window. You can always write about it later.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousFebruary 23, 2010 at 2:12 PM
Kenneth Koth:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
This is a crock of shit
And you know it too!
Roses are blue
Violets are red
When you were young
Were you dropped on your head?
;-) - AnonymousFebruary 23, 2010 at 2:14 PM
Do it the French way: give up the exercise classes and take a lover. That will give you all the exercise you need. Two birds, one stone.
ReplyDelete I think about this all the time, too! How much longer do you have in Paris? Seems like you have been super busy - enjoy the city more if that's what you feel you need right now and *especially* if you're only here for a limited amount of time. You've proven your freelancing mettle ten times over already! (And if you feel guilty about it, send some of the freelance work my way - I'll gladly take some of it off your hands :)
Best of luck. Love your blog.


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Of course there's many design and height and density factors that come into play with what pillow for your child, and some 'childrens' pillows are appropriate for children three to four, while others cater for children from five up, and others for kids 7 and over.
The key is the even distribution of weight between the neck and head, ensuring the natural alignment of the spine is encouraged during sleep. In other words keeping the neck supported, and the head cradled, and aligned to the spine's natural curvature.
When selecting your kid's pillow, imagine your child in the preferred side-sleeping position (less tension on the spine), and check the gap between your child's shoulder blade and the base of his or her neck, and also factor in how far your child's shoulder sinks into the mattress, and then selected the pillow on that basis after further allowing for the distance your child's face sinks into the pillow of choice.
So, to sum up, it is the cavity that is left between the shoulder blade and the base of the neck that has to be filled if the natural alignment is to be maintained. Try and calculate what this is and you have the ideal platform for your child through the night.
It's not hard. Just press your fingers into the mattress, check the density of the pillow and allow for the sinking, and hey presto you have the equation down pat!
But be sure to get a contoured pillow, because if not your child's spine won't be naturally aligned during sleep. A contoured pillow supports the neck and cradles the head. An old-fashioned regular shape oval pillow simply supports the head and not the neck, and during the night is pushed further and further from the child's head. No good for your child's posture!
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There's music for large ensembles on this edition of New Sounds, with tunes from The Industrial Jazz Group. Their recent CDs, which some listeners have tried to put into words as, "Thelonious Monk goes to the circus drunk," put bebop alongside the avant-garde, with melody-driven stuff that wouldn't be out of place in the "downtown" or "west coast jazz" scenes, yet the music is fun, multiple-metered and sometimes even includes theremin.
Also, hear the prog-jazz of Either/Orchestra, who stir the soup of old-timey ballads and swing madly while doing so. Then there's Edward Ratliff's jazzy-snakey-smokey-Latin blend, hopefully from the CD, "Barcelona in 48 Hours." Plus, listen to Brian Woodbury's foray into worlds beyond jazz, with Latin percussion, big band horns, pedal steel guitar, banjo, fiddles, accordion & then some. On his most recent release,"Variety Orchestra," Woodbury seems to draw from nearly everything - Zappa, Mexican bands, Spike Jones, Charles Ives, you name it.
PROGRAM #2327 Large bands (Wed. 9-29-04)
The Beat Circus |
Ringleaders Revolt |
Contortionist Tango [7:00] |
Innova #623** |
The Industrial Jazz Group |
City Of Angles |
Interlude In Krupa [3:00] |
Innova #571 |
The Beat Circus |
Ringleaders Revolt |
The Mack [4:30] |
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Either/Orchestra |
The Half-Life Of Desire |
Red [11:30] |
Accurate #3242** www.accuraterecords.com |
Edward Ratliff |
Barcelona In 48 Hours |
Sintuba [7:00] |
Strudelmedia #008 strudelmedia.com |
Brian Woodbury |
Variety Orchestra |
Venice, Italy [8:30] |
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Year of the Snake |
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Friday, March 16, 2007
Futuristic scenario: reporting from Baghdad in 2027
From the the March issue of Chronicles magazine:
16 Mar 2007
The War on Terror Ended
. . . And the Winner Was Not the United States
by Leon Hadar
Baghdad, 2027 (Year of the Goat). Special for the Shanghai Post (proud member of the Global Murdoch Group).
Unlike some of my readers, I'm old enough to remember the time, during the American occupation of Baghdad, when this part of the city was known as the Green Zone. It was renamed the Yellow Peace Zone ten years ago, after Iraq joined the China-led Association of South-West Asian Nations (ASWAN). In fact, I'm digital-delivering this report on my Chinese-made RedPeony from Ali Baba's Pagoda Hotel, which is located near the embassy of Greater China and which was built in 2015 in exactly the same location where, two years earlier, a devastating explosion triggered by fighters allied with the al-Sadr brigades destroyed the gigantic U.S. embassy, forcing thousands of American citizens to flee Baghdad and make their way to the Turkish-controlled northern part of Iraq.
Indeed, I was there in Baghdad on that historic day, October 12, 2013, and I watched as Lauren Bush, the last U.S. ambassador to Baghdad (and daughter of Neil Bush, a brother of former President George W. Bush), as well as other U.S. officials and Iraqi public figures, including Ahmed Chalabi, were evacuated. That last U.S. helicopter left the city on its way to the aircraft carrier USS Richard Cheney, which was positioned somewhere in the Persian Gulf. It was a sad and traumatic moment for many older Americans, recalling memories of another humiliating evacuation of U.S. diplomats and citizens from Ho Chi Minh City, following its liberation by the People's Army of Vietnam on April 30, 1975 (an event the Americans refer to as the "Fall of Saigon").
Long before the Americans decided to end their diplomatic presence in Baghdad in May 2013 (Mexico, a member of the North American Union, represents U.S. diplomatic interests in Iraq now), American pundits had already started debating the question of "Who lost Iraq?" After the Americans decided to close their last naval base near Haifa in Israel-Palestine, on September 17, 2016, the most popular topic at major conferences in think tanks in Washington, D.C., became "Who lost the Middle East?"
As an old Middle East hand, I was invited to address one such conference, at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2017. The event, held in the Richard Perle Auditorium at the Leo Strauss Building and sponsored by the Weekly Standard, was bursting with symbolism. After all, it was in the offices of this think tank that the so-called neoconservatives, in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington of September 11, 2001, had drawn up the plans for the ousting of Iraq's Saddam Hussein and for "remaking" the Middle East under U.S. leadership. The neoconservative agenda of trying to establish U.S. hegemony in the Middle East—or an American Empire, as some had referred to it—as a way of advancing American interests and values was embraced by the administration of President George W. Bush. That, in turn, created the conditions for the collapse of U.S. power in the Middle East. In the aftermath of the Five-Year War (2008-13) between Iran and the Arab-Sunni Coalition headed by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Syria, the Quartet (China, India, Russia, and the European Union) helped bring some stability to the region, with Turkey playing a leading role in ending the civil wars in Iraq and Lebanon.
The conference at AEI brought together some of the surviving neocons, including former Weekly Standard editor (and advisor to failed Republican presidential candidate John McCain) Bill Kristol; Michael Ledeen, who, with aging Italian politician Alessandra Mussolini, is now running the Gabriele D'Annunzio Institute in Rome; and Paul Wolfowitz, the president of AEI, then writing The First Neocon, his biography of Leon Trotsky. Unfortunately, Perle, after whom the auditorium was named, passed away three years ago after choking on a bone in a fish restaurant in Paris—although some conspiracy theorists allege that he was poisoned by an agent of a "foreign power" who was worried that Perle was planning to reveal in his memoirs new details about the events that led to the U.S. decision to oust Saddam.
The title of my address was "The Gulf Wars: Was U.S. Strategic Loss Inevitable?" Discussing the dramatic events that unfolded in the first decade of the 21st century, starting with the September 11 terrorist attacks, I tried to draw the outlines of the counterfactual "what if" scenario and contrast it with what really happened. I started by suggesting that September 11 had highlighted the costs of the strategy of maintaining U.S. hegemony in the Middle East after the end of the Cold War and, particularly, in the aftermath of the Gulf War of 1991. That strategy had been embraced by both Republican President George H.W. Bush and the Democratic administration of President Bill Clinton, and it was based on the notion that an "over the horizon" presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia and other Arab Gulf states would be sufficient to contain the anti-status-quo powers of Iraq and Iran (a policy known as "off-shore balancing") and that continuing American diplomacy aimed at fostering peace between Israel and the Palestinians would help win the support of the moderate Arab regimes in the region. In short, it was a low-cost strategy aimed at deterring potential challenges from regional players, such as Baghdad and Tehran, as well as global powers such as the European Union. (Read the rest).
3 comments:
- Leo Strauss said...
"Le poisson mauvais" is a well known speciality of agents from "L'ecole Assad du Cuisine". When will their perfidy end?
This would make a great Twilight Zone if done in the old school way. B&W, Burgess Meredith playing Wolfie, Jack Krugman, Shatner, taught screen writing, etc. - 8:09 PM
Perle would be a good film actor himself. Bettet at acting than being on the board of Hollinger.
He'd be good as a Blofeld-type. - 10:52 PM
- theprophet said...
There was this guy who believed very much in true love and decided to take his time to wait for his right girl to appear. He believed that there would definitely be someone special out there for him, but none came.
Every year at Christmas, his ex-girlfriend would return from Vancouver to look him up. He was aware that she still held some hope of re-kindling the past romance with him. He did not wish to mislead her in any way. nike shoxsSo he would always get one of his girl friends to pose as his steady whenever she came back. Chaussures pumaThat went on for several years and each year, the guy would get a different girl to pose as his romantic interest. So whenever the ex-girlfriend came to visit him, she would be led into believing that it was all over between her and the guy. nike womens shoes The girl took all those rather well, often trying to casually tease him about his different girlfriends, or so, as it seemed! In fact, the girl often wept in secret whenever she saw him with another girl, but she was too proud to admit it. Still, every Christmas, she returned, hoping to re-kindle some form of romance. But each time, she returned to Vancouver feeling disappointed.
Finally she decided that she could not play that game any longer. puma mens shoes Therefore, she confronted him and professed that after all those years, he was still the only man that she had ever loved. mens puma shoesAlthough the guy knew of her feelings for him, he was still taken back and have never expected her to react that way. He always thought that she would slowly forget about him over time and come to terms that it was all over between them. nike shox Although he was touched by her undying love for him and wanted so much to accept her again, Nike Max Tn Chaussureshe remembered why he rejected her in the first place-she was not the one he wanted. nike 360 air maxSo he hardened his heart and turned her down cruelly. nike running shoesSince then, three years have passed and the girl never return anymore. They never even wrote to each other. NIKE air shoes The guy went on with his life..... still searching for the one but somehow deep inside him, he missed the girl.
On the Christmas of 1995, he went to his friend's party alone. "Hey, how come all alone this year? Where are all your girlfriends? What happened to that Vancouver babe who joins you every Christmas?", asked one of his friend.nike air max He felt warm and comforted by his friend's queries about her, still he just surged on.
Then, he came upon one of his many girlfriends whom he once requested to pose as his steady. He wanted so much to ignore her ..... not that he was impolite,wholesale nike shoes but because at that moment, he just didn't feel comfortable with those girlfriends anymore. nike shox torchIt was almost like he was being judged by them. The girl saw him and shouted across the floor for him. Unable to avoid her, he went up to acknowledge her.
"Hi......how are you? Enjoying the party?" the girl asked.
"Sure.....yeah!", he replied.
She was slightly tipsy..... must be from the whiskey on her hand. - 5:53 AM


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