Spiced Limes
Anglia Perfumery (1921)

Original Crown sample.

There's not much development in Spiced Lime. Opens with a slightly dirty lime accord, which remains throughout the first couple of hours. The lime never has any brightness to it but is sharply astringent nevertheless. As the opening clears I'm left with a soapy aldehyde and oakmoss perfume that seems to have civet buried in the base. From the notes pyramid one might assume the aldehyde must surely be from cilantro, nutmeg or cinnamon but I can't detect either with any certainty.... possibly nutmeg but I'm just not confident of that. Either way the important thing to share would be that this is not spicy to my mind, but rather it's soapy, dry, powdery and green.
Spiced Lime is a somewhat bygone fougere that I enjoy but just couldn't see me having the occasion to wear, for the moment atleast.

Starts off with a big aroma of lime alongside some lemon and bergamot, and some sort of musk and a bit of cloves and basil and a hint of cinammon; the musk gives it a sweetness. Smells very old-fashioned barbershop, but in a good way. It leans extremely masculine. Sillage is moderate at first - I get wafts of it every so often initially, of pleasant lime and musk with hints of spices - but becomes weak later on and longevity is on the weak leaning moderate side. The citrus aroma leaves within half an hour of application, to be replaced by a good smelling but sort of boring musk, which stays for the remainder of its lifespan. I don't really get many spices other than in the opening. Overall it's a nice fragrance but I wish the lime note was more prominent and possibly singular (without lemon or bergamot) and I sort of wish it was more "dirty" or spicy. The name is misleading: this fragrance is fairly sweet due to the musk although it is pleasant and not cloying, and personally I get mostly lemon rather than lime - however only for half an hour, after which it's replaced by just musk. The lemon also doesn't smell exactly like a fresh lemon, but more like lemon candy (but not cloyingly sweet). I'm not sure if this represents a good value at $60 for 50 ml.

A very refreshing blast of lime with bergamot and a dash of basil is what I'm mainly picking up.

Nice but very short lived.

This is a review of the vintage juice from Crown Perfumery, not the Anglia reissue...

I get a primary mixture of lime, basil and clove, with nutmeg and cinnamon playing a strong supporting role as well. I really do not get any lemon, as is suggested from the pyramid above, nor vetiver in the base. That said, oakmoss is definitely there to wind things down, coupling with the lime and spice mixture late in the scent's development until the very end.

Spiced Limes is a relatively linear scent that has tremendous staying power, strength and projection. This stuff is so potent that I wouldn't dare wearing more than one spray to the office for fear of being sent home. That said, it is great smelling and highly recommended. One of the best from the now defunct Crown Perfumery. If the Anglia re-issue is true to the Crown release, folks are in for an inexpensive treat. If not, vintage Crown juice is still available on eBay for silly money the last time I checked. One of the best values around, and the longest lasting lime scent I have tried to date by far. 4 out of 5 stars.

Spiced Limes, at least the Anglia version I tried, is no slouch. It opens with a giant lime accord backed by lime blossoms and some spice perhaps cinnamon, coriander, and others. The base is a nice, but short lived patchouli and possibly civet. This is a traditional citrus embellishment.

No holds barred to the point citrus. The "spice" smells like Castile soap. Very refreshing.