Make Me Wonder

The sadness that this has been discontinued is still real. It reminds me so much of a youthful and happy time in my life, and it's one of the many Avon fragrances that has been discontinued and has made me wonder (boom boom) 'why?!' Now all the Avon fragrances are largely generic floral and all in a very similar fragrance line, which can get boring. Where's the character? Where's the flirtiness? Where's the charm? Anyway, this is lush. It's a purple-berry-frosted-with-sugar masterpiece. I mostly get purple (and a touch of red) fruit, and pure, sweet, unadulterated sugar. If such a thing as blackberry frosting existed, this is what this would smell like. There's maybe a hint of vanilla and sophistication, but the sweetness is largely just an icing-sugar/frosting kind of sweetness. It is flirty and girly, I couldn't see this being an elderly lady choice at all. It is supremely feminine, and if you are a fan of sweet, fruity scents, you'd love this. So sad it's gone. The closest comparison is Britney Spears Midnight Fantasy, but in MF I get more fruit and a slightly more synthetic vanilla vibe, this is sweeter and the fruit is more dreamy and floaty and less synthetic. I'm relying on MF to recreate the Make Me Wonder vibe, though, since MMW is now discontinued and the odd bottle that pops up on eBay is astronomically expensive, for a perfume that was originally marketed as a 'budget' scent. Avon have a habit of discontinuing their best scents and products. I've no idea why!

For many years I've claimed this perfume as my all time favorite. I'll admit I had not smelled it in about 14 years but if I sat there long enough I could almost imagine smelling it. I was very well known for this smell in highschool. My stepsisters and I all got the set of Make Me Wonder, Make Me Smile, and Fire Me Up. Luckily we all had different scent preferences and I traded them my other two less favorite scents for their Make Me Wonder bottles! Even having three bottles, they only ever sold 1.7 oz bottles of this perfume so I made them last all through til senior year. Recently I purchase an old bottle off of someone for a pretty penny compared to the amount of perfume ($51 USD), with that being said I delicately sprayed one spray and rubbed it on my wrists and it's still just as heavenly as I remember. The fruit notes come through on top, then you get that lilac and vanilla. The powder note for me stays throughout but it smells like a clean, sweet berry. I sprayed it three hours ago and I still keep getting whiffs! The nostalgia of this perfume was worth every cent and I will cherish this perfume. Maybe someday I'll find a perfect match, as it's sadly discontinued and all the bottles being sold are questionable sources. Ebay was my lucky find for this in 2024.

this was one of my favorite perfumes in middle school. i have a really old bottle with the tiniest bit of juice left that i don’t know why i held on to, but it still smells good. i revisited it today. i think this is what started my love of sweet fruity-florals, specifically violet. it’s nothing super sophisticated, i wore it as a teen, but i’d still wear it today. longevity was pretty good for an Avon perfume (and i say that with love). i just love getting whiffs of this, it makes me nostalgic and i just loved wearing it. they’ll never bring it back, but if they did i’d buy a couple of bottles.

Dark-sweet berries, cool-sweet violets and creamy-sweet vanilla...just what it says on the tin. At (often far) less than $10.00 USD for a 50ml bottle BUY IT unsniffed, toss it in your beach tote and plan on using it up before the summer's over. A warm fruity floral with vanilla -- it shouldn't work in hot weather BUT IT DOES! and very well, at that. So what if it needs reapplication every couple of hours? I keep my bottle in the fridge for a cool spritz when I come in from our 100+ degree heat in the afternoons, hours after my morning fragrance has disappeared. An energizing happy fragrance.

Oh, I miss this so much! Blackberry juice and vanilla. That's really the best I can describe it. Lasting power was decent, but I wouldn't want to be prolonged to such a sweet fragrance for very long. Only problem is I wore it for a week straight at an office when our air conditioner gave out, and needless to say I now associate the scent with that sweaty summer.

Oh my goodness, this is good! Tart blackberries and violets are the strongest notes for me in the opening and heart phase. The complete dry down unfortunately loses the violets but is replaced with blackberry/vanilla goodness; but still retaining the sweet tartness. Great summer/heat perfume. Grab one and use without hesitation in hot weather. :o)

The opening is little bit like Escada - Moon Sparkle's. Make Me Wonder had short lasting power but very good price - and wonderful fragrance. Does Avon want to bring it back in Europe? Please, please!!! I really loved this EDT with its trendy purple bottle, it was my favourite "autumn-parfume", my signature! I really missed it. :(

My perfume gets compliments because the sweet notes are moderate and the opening is delicate. I love the combination of dark, cool, tart berries with a subtle caramelized jam. It has good longevity. The perfume feels all-season. In summer it feels festive. In autumn it evokes the mood of the harvest and red leaves.

omgg im so in love with this perfume! i wont wear anything else! and my boyfriend also loves it! i usually spray it all over the bed if im not coming home that night cause he said the smell makes him think of me:)

I am obsessed with this perfume. I get a LOT of compliments, and sometimes guys smell me (which is kinda weird.) I am really sad it's discontinued, I need to buy a gallon of this stuff.

My sister's signature scent. I could smell it ALL DAY and ALL NIGHT without getting tired of it. It reminds me of the best year of my life. Probably the best smell I've ever smelled.

i love this perfume,it's sweet and kind of smoky too.alweys makes me happy.love it love it.

one of my close friends has this and i absolutely love it, sweet and girly.

I Love it! I wish Avon still made it.

Make Me Wonder is not complex or mature, true, and no one will think you paid a fortune for it. However, it is sweet, simple, and inoffensive (such high praise!) and I like it, dammit. It's a cheerful boysenberry and vanilla scent that makes me sniff my wrists when I wear it. On me it lasts for a few hours, which is perfectly reasonable for its price point. Edited to add: I was wrong. This doesn't last a few hours on me; it lasts at least eight hours, and it gets better as it goes on. It's still not complex, though, and not for every day. I wore it yesterday on a lovely, sunny spring day and wished that I had gone with a floral perfume instead.

Excellent surprise by Avon. It is sweet but looks impossible to disturb. There's nothing chemical, medicinal, pungent, just a warm sweet smell, more fruity than floral. Great alternative to the vanillic scents. It may not match with you on working days, although wouldn't be agressive in anyway. An executive, a businesswoman, would find it a bit imprudent. But is so simple, calming and convidative that I can not imagine how this couldn't pleases yours and his nose, in the relaxing moments ":¬).

I've had a bottle of this purple dream of a scent for about 8 years! It actually smells better with age! I think it's an autumnal smell. Very rich cassis berries, slightly peppery with a bit of warm vanilla and just delicious. It's much nicer than a lot of more expensive dark berry perfumes. I don't think it's a particularly young fragrance. I'm a more mature person and love its warmth and mellow fruitiness.

Very youthful fragrance, but it can be a bit overly sweet. If you like sweet fragrances, you'll like this one. Reminds me of all those super-sweet fragrances geared for sale in the summer, like the ones from Escada. The best of the three in this group from Avon. I didn't detect much vanilla when I wore it; it was mostly fruit.

Blackberries, vanilla, violet and something spicy. Yes, beyond the notes highlighted spicy feel something that gives me hungry. It is a sweet and good perfume, but there's nothing very special. Lasts about 4-5 hours. Very teen, follows the line of BS midnight fantasy. Probably I'll not buy it again.

This one does not smell cheap or generic. This is one of those fragrances that has that little something about it that you can't put your finger on! It's original and interesting it smells sort of vinyl to me for some reason. Anyway its very inexpensive and worth checking out.