Summer White

I bought this in a charity shop and given my previous experience of Avon scents (I bought a dozen different purse sprays to try!) I was expecting something a little synthetic, a little screechy, almost certain to set off my asthma. However I was so pleasantly surprised with this! It is light and pure freesia with a clean musk, slightly soapy drydown. It's beautiful. It's so hard to capture freesia in a scent, but Avon have done it here. It's not what I expected from the name - 'Summer' makes me think of sun cream and ice cream and fruity cocktails.... but the 'White' here must be the qualifier, representing linen, because it makes me think of the scent of fabric conditioner on bedsheets on the first warm May days. It reminds me a lot of Focus by the Body Shop 25 years ago!

This is one of my top go to scents for a warm day. This perfume is heavenly. I love it! I found it in my mom's collection and used some to check it out and fell in love, it had no labels left on it so I wasn't sure exactly what it was or where I could get it. I asked my mom about it and she said she couldn't remember and so I was super bummed, but that little sneak lied and mom had bought me my own. It is my second favorite scent from AVON ever. I love the jasmine scent. This perfume makes me think clean, pure, cool, and fresh. It is more a daytime scent I think. It also doesn't last hours so if you want to wear it all day you should probably keep it on hand for touch ups. But it lasts just long enough for me. It definitely has a permanent spot in my life.

I've bought quite a few of the bottles of Summer White and have recently bought more in preparation for Summer. It's one of the best clean smelling perfumes Avon have ever released. (I've recently bought Avon Pure, which is basically Pur Blanca watered down. Pure is definitely a "meh!" "is that it?" sort of smell). SW is easily interchangeable with The Body Shops White Musk Body Spray of which I'm into double figures of purchasing. Think of wearing a white cotton shirt, when a cool bit of it falls on hot skin. That's what SW smells like to me. It's a lovely summer refreshing spray that stays on clothes for hours. I've been buying SW online at Notino UK for around £3.49 for 50ml.

Sometimes, you just want to spray a fragrance which has no strong statement. This perfume is also unisex to me. It has no ability or intend to attract people around you. It soothes you with its aldehydic, aquatic notes. I am not able to feel the floral notes. I think anyone who is interested in clean notes, can give a chance to the Summer White.

I really like this Avon perfume surprisingly. I am not a perfume snob and I will try any perfume once from the least to the most expensive, but most of Avon's perfumes I do not care for. This one is actually very nice and refreshing, a very sheer musky type scent, perfect for spring/summer. I think it is discontinued....sadly.