In Bloom by Reese Witherspoon

SOUTHERN BELLE FRAGRANCE My sister has this one and she recently let me borrow it. I thought it was beautiful. I am going to place my order! Wears like a green floral, but it's actualy more of a floral-amber which is what you find in most of today's florals. It opens with a soft peach note and intense green notes and white tea. Well I've never had white tea and to me it smelled more like a green tea. The heart has two flowers whose scent are very well put together: gardenia and magnolia. The jasmine is there but it's not a big player. The mimosa and the amber combination also really works, giving it a warm and clean soap effect. With this specific type of fragrance I can easily shower and put it on because it's absolutely perfect as a fresh out of the shower scent. That's the case with most green-florals. I thought it was very well done for an Avon. Reese Witherspoon herself wore it and she was behind the selection of accords. She chose well. She's a New Orleans Southern belle and this smells like a garden in one of those old Southern plantation country homes. Magnolia (think Steel Magnolias) is the strongest of the flowers in this perfume. Magnolia is a Southern flower that blooms throughout Louisiana, Alabama Georgia and South Carolina. I don't have to go to the South to get this fragrance. It's perfectly suited to women who go to the Kentucky Derby with large hats, who wear floral print sundresses. If they had included a note of mint julep then you're really in the South LOL This is a Florida woman's fragrance as well. Very summer and spring, very feminine and very classy. It's a romantic fragrance. It's very Scarlet O'Hara. I liked it mostly because I'm a big gardenia and magnolia fan. I also love the amber in this one. Smells divine. I'll have to wait until spring to wear this, or maybe not! LOL

I really love this scent even though it's not very unique! It's soft and flowery, not at all sweet or musky (well, there's no musk, so...). Perfect for those who want a scent that's not too strong, personal or contrasting for everyday wear. Lasts on my skin about 10 hours. I've noticed that this perfume really can behave differently on different people (or even on me!). I had a flu recently during which I could smell only the peach tea and a powdery apricot-like base. After I got better and my nose opened again I noticed that the scent reacts strongly with one of my body lotions and develops into a sharp, almost stinging, flower scent. Today I left out the lotion and the peach tea and apricot are back. Very weird, I haven't noticed this kind of behavior before. So get a sample first if you are interested in this perfume! :) Also, I have to add that I come from a Northern European country where we don't have a lot of blooming trees or natural flowers with a strong scent, so I prefer these more subtle perfumes since they don't smell too boring or too strong to me.

In 2010 I was in the middle of college, 21, and had just gotten out of a relationship with my last in a string of awful boyfriends - who I found out had been cheating on me since we started dating a year before. Suffice to say, I went wild! Summer days like I'll never have again. I met a a few crazy girls and country boys who we met in cornfields on hot nights. They'd drive us through the woods in their big trucks down to a huge bonfire under the stars. Long crazy nights between the bar and a house full of guys who took us in and gave us beer. I'll never ever forget that summer and the guy I spent much of it with. In Bloom was my fragrance that summer - it melded so well with the beer and the tanning oil on my browned, lean figure that I only had then. Dancing and singing out loud at the outdoor John Mayer concert, In Bloom mixing with the pot and green grass. Ah, youth. Is there anything like In Bloom out there? I would surely like to know.

I've been looking for a magnolia or gardenia type scent that isn't "OMGOSH, she's wearing a Gardenia bush" and thankfully I gave this a try. I've only received the body lotion and the shower gel and am still awaiting the EDP, which should come tomorrow. Sometimes I find that the bath products are a bit different than the EDP and so I will update if I find them too dissimilar. Anyhow, on with the review...I really like this scent. No it's not terribly ground breaking in the way of scents, but it's a very nicely blended floral. I catch gardenia and magnolia for sure with wafts of the peach and tea here and there. Body lotion has good scent hold, which I like, because I'm a layerer...Pretty fragrance. Picked up very inexpensively because the bath products were on Ebay and the EDP is on a ridiculous sale at Avon.

This is the only Avon fragrance I wear because it's the best. I'm a magnolia lover and this fragrance is a lovely magnolia. There is a vegetal aroma don't know if it's the tea or the poplar leaves. It's a garden scent and the gardenia is also very noticeable. If you love purely floral fragrances this is definitely for you. I love it. Clean, heady, elegant, and pretty. I agree with the other comments that this is the South in a bottle. Speaking of the bottle it's shaped like a little flower. Beautiful.

Just wanted to add here that I don't think this is a "floral green". I think it's a "fruity floral" with beautiful peach accents (not too sweet; just a clean, fresh peach note). Lovers of fruity florals might wanna give this one a shot. VERY decent perfume by Ms. Witherspoon. Drydown is velvety (must be the cashmere in there..?) and the peach notes are still detectable after several hours (at least on my skin.) Enjoy! :)

As I worked as an Avon rep for a few years I had encountered alot of their fragrances during the years I was a rep. I have a clear top 3 and one close runner. This was my favourite feminine light and airy perfume, I picked up on the scents of Gardenia, Magnolia, White Tea, Green Notes and also a bit of peach. Although I dislike fruity and floral scents the White Tea and Green Notes seemed to tame it to something I loved.

I absolutely LOVE this perfume! And though I have 12 other bottles standing on my shelf I bought this in an instance!!! Never thought that Gardenia could be reflected so true to its beautiful scent. The subtle sweetness mixes ideally with the green notes creating this scent. And though many reviewers say that this is a safe scent - I think that it is perfect for everyday wear and even for special occasions.

I would agree with the friend bellow, who said that this perfume is different from the other Avon perfumes. I've smelled a lot of floral perfumes, as I mostly prefer floral perfumes to anything else, I don't think it is that usual, this is my personal view. It is nice, smooth and inoffensive, feminine and elegant, suitable for all ages (but mostly for mature women), IMHO.

I absolutely LOVE Reese Witherspoon's "In Bloom" fragrance for AVON...its truly a beautiful perfume, and it's definitely a floral fragrance with sweet & musky moments... I have a more in-depth review of "IN BLOOM by Reese Witherspoon" on my YouTube channel where I review fragrances...PLEASE Check my reviews out YouTube/PerfumeDudeBB Thanks, X bb

In Bloom is my 'happy' scent. It's bright and cheerful, I can almost picture green, dewy fields of gardenias... with sweet jasmine and magnolia petals carrying on a cool breeze. Very floral, feminine, elegant and doesn't smell cheap at all. In my opinion this was one of Avon's best creations ever, it's beyond me why they would discontinue it.

I love this perfume but mainly because it brings back memories. I wore it in high school and then came across it recently on eBay for a bargain. It's got the most gorgeous scent of peach iced tea but it's not too sweet, it's almost aquatic. My son told me I smell like ANZAC cookies when I wear this. I'll take it.

This scent is beautiful! It was much more then I expected. When you smell it you really can envision yourself sitting on a swing underneath a magnolia tree down south. Very romantic smelling perfume. Only one draw back and that is that it doesn't have a ton of staying power.

I really love this perfume. It reminds me of my moms perfume when I smelled her when I was a little girl - fresh, beautiful, dreamy. Does not last that long that`s why I apply it many times throughout the day. It`s simply beautiful and makes me feel beautiful and fragile.

I adore this fume! I can detect a gorgeous mixture of gardenia and magnolia, then some peach and white tea. I used to work for Avon and that was my signature scent at the time. Please, Avon, bring this back and thousands of women will adore you until the end of time!!!

A lady at work is an Avon representative and I fell in love with the fragrance after the first trial. Only if it could last a bit longer then it would be perfect (it only last around 2 hrs on me...)

It really smells amazing. Sweet peachy scent, but you may love it even if you hate too sweet perfumes. It can be used like an everyday wear, but makes you feel special.

I just love this perfume. I can`t smell nothing woody or fruity. I think it's floral and nothing more. The lasting time is ok on me, about 6-7 hours.

lovely scent. I really like it . I think this is the best one from Avon . try it if you like soft scents. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

It smells very expensive to me. I'm surprised people say it is a light fragrance...I find it strong but not in a bad way.