Prima (Dreams)

Prima is strikingly similar to the dry down of Beautiful, by Estee Lauder. I know, because I wore Beautiful almost every day for over 20 years as a signature fragrance. Prima resonates with the last hours of wear with EL's Beautiful. Its like they took out the first grassy jolts of Beautiful - and have left the softer essence that Beautiful finishes with. Some say this is similar to Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker, but I like this more. Some have compared this to Narcisso Rodrigues for Her (but with less musk). I think this is closer to the dry down of Beautiful than either Lovely or Narcisso Rodrigues for Her. ---------- Prima - as in Prima Ballerina! I love the ballet theme! Even the bottle is shaped like the pointed toe of a ballet toe shoe. I particularly like the Avon Fragrance Launch of this line with ballerina air ballet! Great launch! They are tapping into a lot of childhood dreams when you use this type of ballet theme! Love this! Soft Plum Rose -- Lady-like, Pretty, Pleasant... with movement in the fragrance notes-- almost as if a couple of the ingredients lightly dance above the skin! ------------ Prima has a soft essence - a fragrance chord that is pleasant, non-offensive, good for office or school wear - this will not offend anyone. The shower gel and body lotion! Oooooooohhhh La La! The shower gel and body lotion were the selling points here - and were what finally tempted me to purchase this product line. I've tried a lot of different body lotions and shower gels over the years, but Avon has some of the best I've tried. I love Beautiful by Estee Lauder - but have always tossed their body lotion out because it sits way too heavy, sticky, and "perfume-y" on my body to wear as a body lotion. I prefer the texture and moisturization level of Avon's lotions -- I feel that they are some of the best that I've tried. ---------- I never knew that Avon had such great fragrances, but I've found some that I LOVE. Fragrance Layering with other Avon Fragrances -- Prima is very soft - and could be used to blend with other Avon fragrances. Today, I paired Prima with Rare Amethyst - and this was delightful! Loved it!

I definitely get the Lovely by SJP vibe. Cool. Light. Airy. Update: I have been wearing this perfume for 5 days now. The lotion came yesterday. This is a little lighter fare than what I usually wear but I do like this very much. It starts with a blast of plum and has a very nice, softly musky finish. There is patchouli in this but it is a quiet patchouli on me. I got the 1.7 for $10 and the lotion for $4.75 (I think) but you can get the perfume, lotion, and shower gel for $15 on Ebay. This is a great value. For an Avon perfume, I think this is pretty long lasting on me. I was on a trip when I was trying this out and I noticed that I could still smell this when I would wake up in the morning before my shower. It's not so loud that people don't want to ride in the car with you but loud enough that your granddaughter notices. 2nd update: Today I layered this with Avon Rare Amethyst. They are both plum fragrances but RA has sandalwood in the base with a bit of violet and Prima has a quiet patchouli and musk. I think the layering of these 2 is rather nice.

I remember this. Someone gifted me a bottle and I wore it non stop all summer. And I wansn't even interested for the notes inside. Now I see why I loved it: my favorite plums and rose on a intense musk base. I'm a sucker for musk obviously. And it's not thaaaat sweet. Yep: in Greece it retails as Dreams not Prima

I like it more than Avon femme, its actually not that synhetic than other recent avon parfumes, probably they have worked on it a bit longer, it have good staying power, roses, woods and fruits, one of my favourite combinations, so i like it actually a lot, its simple,delicious well blended juice!

Sweet, musky, earthy, rosey. I like how the rose is at the center of the perfume. Similar to SJP Lovely, but better IMO. I'm glad pear and iris are in this, it gives it a softer quality. Its less heavy than Lovely. Nice combo of ingredients. It does smell like other popular fragrances though.