I love a gray polish and this gray polish has a violet undertone, which I also love. My other favorite gray is Rescue Beauty Lounge in Stormy. RBL Stormy is darker and I see a touch of brown in it when side-by-side with Petal Pusher, while Petal Pusher's touch of violet is evident. This applied smoothly like all Essie cream polishes, and two coats made it opaque. After two days, though, the tips were worn down quite a bit, and the polish lost its shine after one day, which is odd and never happened before with my favorite top coat (Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat, in the red bottle). So maybe a matte top coat next time. Still, I love the color too much to get rid of it, and I think this will be one I go to a lot. I would buy this again.