AV

$8.00 for a bottle, and some would probably argue it smells like 8 bucks. For myself, a casual perfume collector at best and far from a connoisseur, aka on a tight budget but trying to live my best life, this is a true guilty pleasure scent. You don't want to admit you are wearing such a cheap perfume, yet every woman of a certain age recognizes it instantly. Clean, soapy, fresh, just bathed. It's light, yet projection is beast mode. Longevity is amazing. A gentle, slightly watery note at the top, maybe cyclamen? then I mostly pick up musk, moss and orris. A very linear scent. Overspraying causes nausea for me, truly turns my stomach, but overspraying is not needed, spritz in the morning, she's still going strong by the evening. I don't wear it often, yet I enjoy it. When I am at home and I just want to feel clean and like a just washed baby bum or a freshly laundered shirt, I pull this one off the shelf. I also use it for layering with scents that I find too rich or heavy, or that need an airy feeling, and it works.

This perfume smells expensive and it is incredibly affordable. To me this is one of the pillars that the current watered down aquatic scents wanted to be. But this scent is deeper and much more complex. I admit, I bought it blind because of a review and the price. I did not expect to like it as much as I do. Truth.. I kind of love it and I can see it being one of my spring and summer scents. At first I got the big citrus hit and thought, this is another CK One or celebrity style scent. But then the warm spices, hint of sharp wood and yummy dark floral came thru and I am very happy! Is it aquatic? Yes, but in the best kind of way. Not the spring break Daytona beach or the club beach at Punta... but this is the aquatic of an old port like Charleston, or even New Orleans on a balmy summer day of sweet time with a lover surrounded by intoxicating flowers and salt air and market spices.... Warm..

I'm a perfume snob - there, I said it. I've always assumed that if a perfume is cheap, it's not good. I am ashamed to admit that over the years I have turned my back of many cheap perfumes, not even giving them a chance. Thanks to the descriptions and reviews I read on this site I was encouraged to blind buy a FB of AV for a very reasonable price. Oh, she's lovely, light and breezy, surrounding me in a swirl of citrus and flowers. She lifts my mood and reminds me that spring is indeed coming. I am humbled and grateful to you and to AV for opening the door - and my mind - to exploring some of the less expensive perfumes.

U KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN IN FULL BLIND AND IMPULSE BUYING MODE...THE HARDEST THING TO IDENTIFY IN A GIFT SET IS WHEATHER ITS FOR HIM OR FOR HER??...SINCE THE PRICE WAS UNDER $12US.....AND STILL DYING TO KNOW IF IT WAS A MALE OR FEMALE PARFUM...I JUST BOUGHT IT ANYWAY..LOLOL...AND IM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THIS IS A VERY NICE BOUQUET OF FLORALS..LIKE MOSTLY WHITE SMELLING AND WITH A TINGE OF AN AQUATIC NOTE GOING ON IN THERE ALSO...I WILL BE ADDING THIS TO BLENDS ..ANYWAY I AM A GUY AND I DO APPRECIATE GOOD FRAGRANCES..SUCH AS THIS..A 8.0/1O....GREAT SILAGE AND LONGEVITY

I've had this for awhile. Each time I "test" it, I find it astounding. It's wonderful, really! This scent to me, far surpasses JLO's Glow. Glow to me, is industrial. It's shiny silver metal. It echos. It's a bit hard to me. I feel cold cement AV is soft. This stuff has FLUFF. White goose down comforter, white sheets, white room....with golden 85 degree evening sunshine warming everything. I'm not bashing JLO's. This is just the better of the two for me. I prefer goose down over concrete.