I must be one of the few rare people who hate this color :-/ I've had it in my polish collection for a few years but never wore it. I decided to give it a go this weekend, and took it off after a few hours. I don't understand why people are calling it the "perfect nude" this isn't a natural nude color at ALL unless your skin color is the color of a white/gray painted wall. I read the Essie website reviews all raved the same thing, that it was a "perfect nude" so when I started applying it I thought it would be more pink/brown/sheer nude like allure and the other natural sheers. Uh, no. This polish is wayyyy too milky to be a nude, unless you are white like a sheet. After applying 2 coats, the coverage was great, but it looked like a gray/white/yellow mix on my nails nothing like a natural nude (that should disappear/match with your skin tone). I think if it was more sheer the color would be more "nude-like" but it's just too milky to me to pull as a "nude" on my skin. And I'm pale. I think I will save this color for the summer when I have a tan, or as a white basecoat for my more sheer colors (if I want more of a solid sheer white nail). It also leans more grey so unless you are the color of a dead body this is not a NUDE. After taking the color off I applied chinchilly and loved that gray-based color much more than this one, because it was just enough darker to look nice with my skintone. Sand Tropez just didn't work.Plenty of other more natural nudes that I have and enjoy more than this color.EDIT: 5/25/2017 it's now nearing summer and my white pale-butt skin tone has some color/tan to it like i mentioned above, this color looks much better on my skin tone personally, after it's had some sun. It applied really smoothly over Essie's Allure as a base coat, and I think Essie polishes don't like to play nice with other brand base coats so I tend to stick to Essie's Allure as a base coat for all other Essie nail polishes (Allure on one coat is almost clear).