Benefit Lookin' To Rock Rita

This is the last of the new fragrances from Benefit so let's see if this one will be appropriate to the season in which it is being released. The two previous scents have seemed much better suited to warm weather so I find it a bit of a mystery that they are being released as the new fall fragrances are hitting the stands. Just glancing at the notes, I am feeling that this one was also released in the wrong season.

Sephora gives the description of the product right here. "Rita's ready to rock and dressed to thrill, with a flavor for risks, brillant dreams to fulfill. Juiced up on extras and dazzling fashions a modern day paradise "of shake-it-up passions". The Crescent Row fragrances are based on a fashionable strip of flats in Bath, England, which serve as home to several imaginary gals. Their lives are filled with laughter, gossip, and seduction; and each scent, bottle, artwork, and name was created to reflect the fascinating protagonists. Lookin' To Rock Rita is a fruity-green fragrance that's exhilarating and stylish. Discover the scent that strikes a chord - and then come back to collect the others!"

This fragrance falls into the floral-oriental family yet it is described in the description as being a fruity-green fragrance. Either way, this doesn't seem like a fall fragrance to me. The notes are: Lemon, Coconut, Freesia, Juicy Fig, Hyacinth, Violet, Sandalwood, Brazillian Rosewood, Vanilla.

Based on the notes and the description, this sounds like a fragrance that I could either take or leave. My favorite of the three is the Eva fragrance with the rose in it. I don't know why Benefit planned the release date for when they did and I am sure that they have a good reason for it but I feel that these fragrances are going to branded as too light for cooler temperatures and be pushed aside.

photo courtesy of Sephora