I'm Home Perfume (Solid + Liquid)

What comes to mind when you picture home? To me, Home is change. Home is where my family is. It's where my friends are. It's christmas and summer. It's something I know I will always have, and it's also a dream to one day make my own. Home is complicated.

When I smell this perfume, it truly does feel like Home in a bottle. It's sweet and welcoming, the warmth of a family coming together. I immediately pick up on the vanilla, transforming into a pudding-like sweetness. Along with the cocoa absolute that reminds me of hot chocolate at Christmas. It's almost a sticky sweet scent but not one that I can turn my nose up at. I usually hate the sweet scents like Snow Fairy. But there's something about I'm Home that captures the addictive side of chocolate and sweetness that makes you melt.

Both the liquid and solid versions last their worth on my skin. I usually spray after I've had a shower and dried off, and one spray is enough. I go to town and still get whiffs of it in the wind. The solid version is very creamy in consistency and doesn't smell as alcoholic as the liquid. The solid is definitely gentler and not as overpowering, but still, offers a powerful impression on the skin.

What I also love is the new packaging for the solids. However, it means that I won't be able to remelt as I usually do with the tin version when I've used it a bit too aggressively. It reminds me of the packaging of a brow pomade. It does mean the actual product is only 6g compared to the 12g in the tin, so iwe're getting half for the same price. But take into account the new formula is probably more lightweight and you don't need to use as much since it's definitely more potent. I find that a few swatches of the new formula and I am set for the day.

I find that I'm home is similar to the likes of it's volume 4 sibling- Cardamom Coffee. They both feature a sweet warmth and when I pointed this out in store, a staff member gave the perfect metaphor that I'm Home is like a mocha and Cardamom Coffee is like a cappuccino. So if you have fallen in love with this scent, then you have to try Cardamom Coffee (or vice versa) as you won't be disappointed.

I will be certainly wearing this during the winter season as it will pick me up on those dull wet days and make me feel less homesick whilst I'm at university. I absolutely adore this addition so far and thank the Lush founders for creating such a beautiful scent. I heavily recommend it.

Rating: 10/10

Price:
30ml £25
100ml £49
Solid £9 

Volume 4 Perfume Thoughts

Volume 4 has been in our thoughts since the Creative Showcase of 2016. Finally a year later, they are available to the public online and in stores. Along with a revamp of the current perfume range and a general price decrease across the line with the omission of the 10ml perfume bottles.

I am delighted about finally having new perfumes to sniff and fall in love with and I enjoy the focus on this range and the story behind it. The founders wanted to create a line of perfumes that didn't just smell nice- but specifically evoked memories and make you feel something. I certainly pick up on this with the complexity of the scents featured.

While I'm not sure why they decided on a complete makeover- only offering white labels (or black on the exclusive line), it's certainly something I'm indifferent about. The OCD in me is satisfied that all the perfumes being the same size, shape, design so they'll look neat and tidy on my shelf. But I do miss the individuality of the labels and the illustrations on them.

My first experience with the range was a solid Rentless. Rentless features a patchouli aroma with a contrast of sweetness from the grapefruit. It reminded me of a fruitier version of Lord of Misrule. The first thing that struck me was how little you needed to apply for it to have a strong impression on the skin when compared to the now-older tin design where I would apply generously for a good layer of the product. This new formula also lasted a lot longer, and almost reached the strength of a liquid perfume. This was then confirmed for me when I tried Amelie Mae solid which was the same performance wise.

From my experience, this range contains a lot of earthy scents such as Rentless, Icon, Tank Battle. Sweet ones like Amelie Mae, What Would Love Do, I'm Home and Cardamom Coffee. However, all of them are complex with multiple layers. My favorite so far from the range is definitely Cardamom Coffee which reminds me of a small family owned coffee shop, it's rich like chocolate and offers a warmth that I'm not familiar with in any of my other perfumes.

If you go to Oxford street or Lush Arndale in Manchester, you'll see they have a wider range of the line. With perfumes as previously mentioned- Tank Battle and Icon. Along with old favourites like 1000 Kisses Deep, Devils Nightcap, Love etc that have only been available in Oxford street, but are now available online as well as in a few more stores across the country.

If you haven't been to store to experience these yet, then please do. On paper, the descriptions may sound like your cup of tea, but they are so different on each person that you just have to go and try them for yourself.