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| This fragrance line was discontinued in 2005. |
(Discontinued in 2005) – Assassin offers a crisp, green fragrance of cypress, pine, and oakmoss with a fresh citrus lemongrass
flourish. However, while B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful marketed this now discontinued fragrance as being an “aggressive and
focused” scent, perfect for businesswomen, I find that the addition of patchouli gives this more of a hippy flair than a killer in the
boardroom tremour. Still, this is a refreshingly clean scent, even as patchouli haters should be warned that while pine and oakmoss
take center stage at first sniff, over time the last note standing will indeed by your nemesis. But speaking of time, she cruelly works
against this Body Spray, even more than she does with B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful’s more concentrated perfumes. Assassin
Body Spray goes on with an aura of sparkling intensity that literally dissipates within minutes, and then within 1-2 hours even an at-
close-range sniff offers no trace of scent – it's as though you’d never applied this Body Spray at all, even when layered with Assassin's
Shower Gel. For a beautiful scent that you're ultimately not allowed to wear, an otherwise reasonable price tag of £13 can suddenly
strike you as a considerably large fee.
flourish. However, while B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful marketed this now discontinued fragrance as being an “aggressive and
focused” scent, perfect for businesswomen, I find that the addition of patchouli gives this more of a hippy flair than a killer in the
boardroom tremour. Still, this is a refreshingly clean scent, even as patchouli haters should be warned that while pine and oakmoss
take center stage at first sniff, over time the last note standing will indeed by your nemesis. But speaking of time, she cruelly works
against this Body Spray, even more than she does with B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful’s more concentrated perfumes. Assassin
Body Spray goes on with an aura of sparkling intensity that literally dissipates within minutes, and then within 1-2 hours even an at-
close-range sniff offers no trace of scent – it's as though you’d never applied this Body Spray at all, even when layered with Assassin's
Shower Gel. For a beautiful scent that you're ultimately not allowed to wear, an otherwise reasonable price tag of £13 can suddenly
strike you as a considerably large fee.
(Discontinued in 2005) – Sold in a tall, sleek glass bottle much like that of its corresponding Body Spray, this is an excellent wash that
conveniently doubles as an effective softening shampoo while simultaneously working a treat on itchy scalps thanks to lemongrass
and oakmoss's antibacterial properties. Problem is, much like other products in the Assassin fragrance line, this thick forest green
gel's refreshingly clean cypress, pine, oakmoss, lemongrass and patchouli perfume quickly loses fragrant intensity, fading to subtle
right there in the shower as it’s lathered onto the body and going on to become entirely obsolete on the skin once rinsed away. Hence,
despite this gel's friendly banter with all skin and hair types, if you like Assassin’s fragrance and want a shower product to actively
compliment this perfume, you'd ultimately do far better to instead try Lush’s even friendlier Tramp Shower Gel: its similar leaf green
fragrance, though not quite as sparkling as Assassin's, possesses impressive endurance. And gram for gram, it's also 60% cheaper,
which is not only good news for those on a budget, but if you consider that Assassin Shower Gel is essentially designed to act as a
supplementary perfume, $26 US dollars for a mere 200g of aromatic weakness can be nothing short of insulting. Besides, if you
follow a Tramp shower with Assassin Perfume, you'll not only get a bit more mileage out of Assassin's shimmering spring green
scent, but you'll even manage to add a few intriguingly bohemian notes to Assassin's already Walden-esque allure.
conveniently doubles as an effective softening shampoo while simultaneously working a treat on itchy scalps thanks to lemongrass
and oakmoss's antibacterial properties. Problem is, much like other products in the Assassin fragrance line, this thick forest green
gel's refreshingly clean cypress, pine, oakmoss, lemongrass and patchouli perfume quickly loses fragrant intensity, fading to subtle
right there in the shower as it’s lathered onto the body and going on to become entirely obsolete on the skin once rinsed away. Hence,
despite this gel's friendly banter with all skin and hair types, if you like Assassin’s fragrance and want a shower product to actively
compliment this perfume, you'd ultimately do far better to instead try Lush’s even friendlier Tramp Shower Gel: its similar leaf green
fragrance, though not quite as sparkling as Assassin's, possesses impressive endurance. And gram for gram, it's also 60% cheaper,
which is not only good news for those on a budget, but if you consider that Assassin Shower Gel is essentially designed to act as a
supplementary perfume, $26 US dollars for a mere 200g of aromatic weakness can be nothing short of insulting. Besides, if you
follow a Tramp shower with Assassin Perfume, you'll not only get a bit more mileage out of Assassin's shimmering spring green
scent, but you'll even manage to add a few intriguingly bohemian notes to Assassin's already Walden-esque allure.
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