Butterfly Flower

Thank you to @LadySweetice for the BBW request link! I went right to it! Butterfly Flower is one of the most unique and gorgeous fresh tropical fragrances! I'm sorry to say I only discovered it after BBW sold out of the body spray, so I was only able to get the body cream, and I've been trying to make that last. The notes of banana leaf, tea, and tangerine really make this an interesting freshie that is so much more complex than just your typical tropical floral. I have a bottle of Nateeva St. Thomas and, while that's lovely and they do have some notes in common, St. Thomas just don't have that distinctive tangerine and banana leaf (who'd have thought I'd love that so much!) combo that helps cut down the sweetness a bit and add some uniqueness. If I had more of the body cream, I'd be slathering myself in it morning, noon, and night. Fingers crossed that BBW brings this lovely fragrance back!

It's such a shame that this has been discontinued and BBW hasn't brought it back. This is one of the prettiest spring/ summer florals I've ever owned and I've never found anything like it. It opens bright and sparkling with the tangerine and tea notes and that lingers for quite some time as the syringa and mimosa come through with a sweet, pollen-like touch. The banana note is more green/ banana-leaf than fruity/ gourmand. Also, I don't really get coconut but it's probably lending a lactonic note to the base. This dries down to a clean and light floral musk without ever getting cloying and lasts quite well despite its scent profile. Really wish this would make it back into the BBW rotation, even if only available for a limited time. It's one of the best perfumes they've ever done.

I smelled Butterfly Flower before looking up the notes. I immediately got sweet powdery mimosas with a green vegetal side note. I couldn’t however pinpoint what it was. When I saw the notes i wasn’t convinced it was the tea but then it hit me. It was the banana peels! It is creamy and fruity but also green and slightly vegetal. Lovely! I got a subtle ripe banana note later on. What a lovely surprise! This is the only perfume in my huge collection that has a banana note. Banana, syringa and tea? How many modern “niche” houses incorporate such notes nowadays? But good old BBW of all perfumers did it! I love this one, so unique. If only they bring it back in their SAS I’ll surely grab some back ups. Although I’m rationing my old bottle, it’ll eventually be gone soon ❤️

This has been one of my absolute favorites from BBW. A true sunny, sparkling floral unlike anything they have had or have created since. Over the decade after it was launched then discontinued, they have brought it back in the body line a few times, but lately it has not reappeared. For those looking for a close dupe with a reasonable price tag, I have discovered Santorini Sunsets by Skinn Cosmetics made by Dimitri James. Promoted as a blend of Jasmine, Honeysuckle and Gardenia, but truly comes off as Butterfly Flower to me (the body butter and shower gel formulas are rich and divine)...available at the brand's website and the Evine shopping channel both in the US. Highly recommended as a replacement until BBW is smart enough to bring this back.

I thought I reviewed this forever ago! Well, the Texas Mimosa (Persian Silk Tree) are in full bloom right now, which means it's time once again to pull out my Butterfly Flower! These trees aren't native to Texas, but they thrive (sometimes invasively) here and are incredibly common in the central part of the state. Late May and Early June the smell of the pink fuzzy blooms will carry on the breeze; it's an intoxicating green, slightly soapy, sweet honesuckle-banana-sweeTart smell~ Over-applied this can become bubble-juice/solution...but worn correctly it absolutely captures the Texas Mimosa on the warm breeze~ (It also holds up amazingly well, but old bottle still smells as Mimosa as ever season after season <3)

Luckily for my body chemistry there is nothing at all in any way synthetic about Butterfly Flower. It was simply a masterpiece though and though. Very fresh, gentle, womanly, mature fragrance. It smelled like a fresh garden in the morning. Flowers upon flowers but delivered gently. Faint aroma of fresh cut roses, orchid, green notes, crisp notes. I love the banana leaf and the hints of coconut. Such a wonderful natural floral. Butterfly Flower had and still has quite a following(more so than their Cherry Blossom). Why it was discontinued is beyond me because it never seemed to be collecting dust on the shelves. I hope whoever is behind these careless decisions is or already has been fired.

I love Mimosa anything !"You can smell the mimosa , its just like our mimosa tree in the back yard a rich buttercup smell that I love , love , love a bit flowery , its subtil to me , my skin is dry so it absorbs fast , but the lotion makes my skin very soft and fragrant smelling , when mixed togteher with the EDT it makes me feel pretty like a woman should smell . They are packaged so pretty,this scent is a favorite of mine . It is so unique and does have a luxurious allure to it .

This is a unique scent for B&BW. The banana note comes in with tea at the beginning for a fresh opening, then settles down into the florals (the orchid is very nice). The slight note of coconut compliments the banana, but without smelling like this is a perfume straight from the tropics. Instead the tropical scents blend into the florals very well, making a very complex scent for the price. It's light, fresh, and perfect for spring and summer. It's unfortunately been discontinued.

Im only left with the mist now. They need to relaunch the full line of this. This scent is amazing, it literally smells like flowers. Nothing synthetic to it. It takes me back to my country town by the sea in Greece(Antirrio), this is how the streets smell during summer. Smells like Albizia, the tree with the fuzzy pink flowers. I have no words for this wonderful fragrance. I need an EDT or EDP version, altho the mist lasts long too.

This scent is beautiful. Just like the name. I would categorize this as Green Floral though, because it's definitely not fruity. The Banana only serves as a complimentary opening note. It might be overpowering at first, but wait until 15 minutes and it will give you the most beautiful soft scent of flower meadows in the spring. Extremely feminine scent and this perfume is actually the flowery scent that I can wear.

I owned this magnificent sunny floral scent in 2009 I only wish I would've bought more than 1 body mist and lotion. This is probably in my top 3 B&BW scents! It smelled so floral and tropical! If anyone has an older body mist and or lotion of Butterfly Floral I would love to purchase it from you. I only wish that they would bring this back and have it available at my local B&BW in CT. ✌🏻🦋🌼🍌🌸

I never gave this perfume a chance until it was to late. I really like the yellow flora’s in this but what I really love is the scent of fresh cut grass. Which is weird because grass is not a note listed. I don’t smell the banana or orchid at all. This is not a overpowering scent for me but I like strong perfumes that last all day.

My favorite scent of all time! It smells just like the mimosa tree in my front yard as I was growing up in Oklahoma. If anyone finds something similar, I'd love to know about it, since this has sadly been discontinued.

It's like a rose and a honeysuckle had a baby...I LOVE IT!!! It's such a beautiful refreshing scent...very floral...not too much musk which I'm glad the musk isn't overpowering...it would take away from it all.

This scent is beautiful. Very floral, but can be heady if sprayed too much. It is a must buy if you are a collector of BBW, as it is unique and stands out from the usual fruity and too syrupy scents.

This is a gorgeous smell! I own the body mist, lotion and shower gel for this. Fresh and sweet, but definitely not overpowering. It's perfect for the summer.

I LOVE this scent!! I wish they still had it in the stores. Recently used up my last shower gel of this scent.

This perfume reminds me of estee lauder's beyond paradise

this really smells like beyond paradise

What a relief to see banana listed in the notes of BBW BUTTERFLY FLOWER. I was wondering whether the SIRA DES INDES-like banana-ish facet of this fragrance was a figment of my imagination. Phew! Yes, this is a big fat floral fragrance with a tropical vibe and, specifically, a serious banana side. I am most familiar with this scent from the bath gel and lotion, but after my bath this morning, I decided to take out my sample vial of the edt and luxuriate in a triple layer of this scent. Then, to my great surprise, I also found that I had a huge bottle of the special edition Fragrant Waters BUTTERFLY FLOWER splash, which has been tweaked somewhat from the original, but is close enough to bear the same name. Knowing that I would soon be drenched in perspiration as I made my way to the library, I sprayed the Fragrant Waters splash all over my body before departing. All in all, I'd say that this is a winner. I generally prefer the body products to the straight-up fragrances of BBW, and BUTTERFLY FLOWER is no exception to that general rule. However, I would definitely recommend this particular edt to gals who like big, billowy, voluptuous florals a la FRACAS. Here we have mimosa, orchid, and syringa rather than tuberose as the focus. Is the quality the same? Of course not. But the spirit is definitely here, and I might even consider adding a bottle of BUTTERFLY FLOWER edt to my collection now that my bath gel is gone. Recommended! Update: whoops--too late! It's already been discontinued! /-:

Such a lovely, lush, dewy spring fragrance. The mimosa is an absolute star in this, it's beautiful. I get a little of the tea and banana in the dry down too, and it settles into a natural and romantic musk. It reminds me of gardens in June (soil and all) airing out in the sun after a hearty rain. Some fragrances are very 'dry', but this is exceedingly 'damp'. It smells like real plants and wet soil...but in a good way. An authentic garden fragrance that should be a mainstay. I don't even own the spray, but both the ultra shea lotion and the regular lotion are extremely dense (sometimes I find the body products to be more effective than spray anyway). *I've done quite a bit of my favorite BBW frags lately, because it bothers me that some of these are overlooked when they're better than many designer things. 85% of BBW is too fruity and bland for my taste, but 15% or so are great. This should never have been retired, and it pains me to see holiday/cheesy junk sold when things like this go by the wayside. *update * I still get some banana, but there's some really nice tangerine in the opening, really tangy and juicy. This is a really good fragrance, and you should give it a try if you think B&BW isn't worth your time.

The sun is shining and warm, but there's still a very slight chill in the breeze. The smell of the air is redolent of cut grass, blooming flowers. There's a kiss of banana (leaf) and some exotic notes that give a foreshadowing of the summer to come. I LOVE the addition of the tea note, too! Butterfly Flower really made me FEEL spring, and it's snowing today! I find BF romantic and feminine, a truely lovely floral. It's clean and sweet and innocent. I remember when Butterfly Flower was first released some years back - I was far from impressed. When it disappeared from the shelves I didn't notice. Now that it's been relaunched I am wondering why I never stopped to appreciate it. I only have it in the body mist and lotion since the EDT form isn't offered, but the mist alone has lasted over 4 hours on me today, which is a rare occurrence with B&BW's fine fragrance mists, so I don't think I need to own the EDT. I am very grateful for this little breath of spring!

My mom surprise gifted me with the EDP of this scent several years ago when it premiered in April, just as the weather was beginning to warm up. From the first spray it smelled like full blown spring! I got a gorgeous whiff of mimosa petals, tangerine and another floral note I didnt recognize at the time. So sad that BBW discontinued yet another classic scent! (Is is just me or do they seem to keep the medocre scents as part of their "Signature Collection" and ditch the more complex scents)? UPDATE: BBW apprently decided to bring back some the fan favorite fragrances with this one among them. YAY! However they're only in body spray form and not edp unfortunately. BUT, at least now we know that BBW has learned to listen to their consumers wants!

I love the concept of this fragrance because it really does try to capture the real fragrance of a butterfly flower. I have two butterfly bushes and the flowers themselves smell like a cross between mimosa and heliotrope (powdery & sweet) and the stems aren't grassy, indeed reminiscent of banana peel. It's impressively niche of Bath and Body Works following the same concepts used in Tom Ford and Jo Malone fragrances except affordable to everyone.

I have the body spray of this and it is one of the more strong smelling body sprays that I have. I get a blast of mimosa with a little bit of sweetness and musk. I unfortunately do not get any of the other notes listed like banana or tea. I don't use this often enough to keep in my collection so I will be passing it along to someone who can appreciate it more than me.

Fresh green bananas and Honeysuckle. Really liked the lotion after using some of the girl's from work and couldn't wait to try the Edt. Really adore that scent of a real banana but don't think I can tolerate the composition of the fragrance as a whole. Guess, the lotion will have to do. It's nice but I'll have to get my banana fix elsewhere.

This always smells like phlox to me. I like it but it's not a favorite. I wear it on days I want to be reminded of my childhood of catching buttflies in my grandmother's garden filled with phlox. It was a great cure for home sickness while I lived outside the country. The name is very fitting to it. It's a pretty soft floral scent.

I bought the fragrance mist to take with me traveling as a day scent because it reminds me much of my "signature", Always and Forever by Jessica McClintock. I would also characterize it as a green floral as the tea is so definite--I don't feel it's citrusy at all (where's that banana?!). It reminds me of sweet cut grass.

I used to wear this fragrance a lot and regularly got compliments for it. At first, what attracted me the most was the mimose, one of my favorite scents. I don't know if I wore it too much, but now I find it too spicy and I'm struggling to finish the bottle.

I like it but I don't love it. bought the travel sized one. I loved this scent at first, but got bored before it ran out. it's too..... flowery. And it didn't last long on me. Too bad. kinda smells like body shop's moonflower though

Smells like gardenia and freesia. Use a light touch with this one, it can be very strong. A great summer time fragrance, I would definately avoid it during the cooler months.

This is a beautful pure floral fragrance, with just a touch of fruitiness, but not overly sweet. This is very nonoffensive and smells wonderful.

I like this one. It's a bit strong, but I wear it about three times a month in spring and summer. Really bold floral.

Too flowery for me but it's a unique smell. It wakes me up when i feel down. It's like laying on field of flowers.

This is one of my favorite spring fragrances. It's just fresh and light, and I love it.

To me this smells like honeysuckle more than anything. It is a light hearted, happy, springy, green scent. I didn't know banana leaf is where a lot of fragrances get their fresh cut grass scent. That explains why one of the fragrance oils I use called Fresh Cut Grass smells like a green banana peel.

It smells like a powdery banana scent to me. I personally don’t like like it, but my mom loves it

I just tried this about half an hour ago. I really enjoyed the feminine & green scent that it had to it at first. It came off as a very earthy honeysuckle-like scent (maybe that's the mimose?) But after a few minutes, I grew a little green myself. :/ Maybe I smelled it too much? It's still a nice fragrance but it can become a little overwhelming. Good for Spring and Summer, but I may return this and get my favorite, Wild Honeysuckle (also discontinued this year. Go figure).

Had this one a while back. Love the floral at first, some banana , its very strong grassy note. Not enough sweet floral for me . too much grass. too bad. Update: I revisited this one in spring time. With a light hand I like it now. It's very floral, bright, and grassy. I still get the banana note which I don't mind in warm weather. This one is an unusual floral. A good replacement is Today by avon

My husband was actually the one that REALLY liked this one and he bought it for me. I liked it pretty well for such a sweet scent. It was very summery and feminine. My only issue with it was that bees liked it too.

Too much sweetness and flowers, it is overpowering to my nose. I find it tries too hard to be overly floral. It reminds me of a previous BBW scent, Enchanted Orchid. Really nothing new for BBW. Thumbs down.

Headache in a bottle, that's all I have to say about this flowerbomb. It's wayyyy too synthetic floral and it's too strong for my nose.

Bananas and tea in a perfume? Who woulda thunk it? Well, Bath and Body Works did. B&BW often comes up with oddball combinations that are more amusing than pleasing. But Butterfly Flower is a delight. Bananas, tangerines, tea, and just cut grass make this fresh and clean with just the right amount of sweetness. It's a bit light for the cold months, a bit too girlish for the office. But it's a great scent for "me" time and just made for spring. This would also be a great starter perfume for the budding perfumenista. Butterfly Flower was a limited release perfume from B&BW that quickly became pricey on sites like ebay -- a testament to it's desirability among it's fans. It has been relaunched for a limited time. Stock up now.

I can understand the appeal of this one, though if you smell it up close on the skin it has an odd, latex-like quality. It's not too sweet, or floral, or fruity. Instead, it's a very nice, balanced composition, without the "symphonic" quality of many older florals (so it doesn't come across as "old lady"). I see this as excellent for the office or school, particularly in warmer weather. I have a bit over an ounce I can swap, as it's not "unisex" enough for me (USA only). UPDATE: Over time, this reminds me a bit of Fire Island (though without as much of the "suntan lotion" quality, which I don't like anyway), but this one isn't as crude or "chemical" as that one, so I'd certainly rather wear this one instead.

I have a real love/hate relationship with B&BW these days, because so much of what they put out has a strong, sickly sweet vanilla undertone to it, and I hate sweet fragrances and I absolutely despise vanilla! But occasionally they get it right, as is the case with Butterfly Flower. This scent is concentrated springtime! It really does smell like the butterfly plants that grew around my house as a child. Now the question is, how long until they discontinue it -- every time B&BW makes a fragrance I love (Green Clover & Aloe, Calming Waters), they stop making it within a year or two, while the really odorous ones (Sweet Pea, Cucumber Melon, Vanilla Sugar) they just keep cranking out forever!

Brocard mimosa and tulip is a dupe that hasn't been mentioned and im shocked by that. It's the same. The exact same. Brocard lasts longer. Brocard is available on ebay along with Butterfly Flower. Since Butterfly Butterfly Flower is discontinued, it's really expensive. Brocard is 25 bucks. Butterfly Flower is what got me into fragrances. So glad to find an exact dupe. The only difference is that it lasts longer. Edit- the war in Ukraine has made it impossible for Americans to get brocard off eBay.. so it’s no longer available. However butterfly flower is still available and prices are not insane... yet..

Butterfly Flower, Bath & Body Works newest release, is indeed a beautiful fragrance smelling of flowers and sunshine in a summer garden and bright butterflies flitting. The scent opens with a citrusy fruit tea note, soon giving way to a heady rush of syringa, a gorgeous Asian flower, supported by mimosa and orchid. I do not detect the surprise notes of banana and coconut, but the perfume is remniscent of L'Artisan Parfumeurs Le Chasses des Papillons in imagery and fragrance at a fraction of cost! A very nice new scent to try for spring and summer wear! Thumbs up for Butterfly Flower!! Belle de Sud

The negative reviews surprise me on this one, but I'll just chalk it up to individual chemistry and taste. I'm not much of a floral lover, not by any stretch, but this one grabbed me. An opening blast of Honeysuckle and Hyacinth faded into watery clear notes that dried towards the mimosa, orchids and tangerine. As much as I don't care for fruity florals, this one is gorgeous. Light and sheer while still having lasting power, I'm liking it a lot. Perhaps cooler weather will see it on the shelf but at 75 degrees and up these days, this is working very well for me.

Butterfly flower was an incredibly realistic flower scent to my nose. Truly, it smelled like a certain waxy orange flower whose name is escaping me at the moment. One sniff and I could see this flower in a sunlit garden, swaying gently in the breeze. Most floral perfumes smell like. . . well, a perfumey interpretation of a flower, but this one really captured the flower-sniffing experience very well. The scent overall is not quite my taste, but I was impressed nonetheless. If you're seeking a new floral for Spring, give this one a try!

I loved, loved this fragrance. Literally got a compliment everyday i wore it. Smells like my favorite flower to me, Lillies. If any of the "don't like it" people have it and want to sell it to me (I'm in CA) please let me know how much! I went into BBW today because they had a buy three get three free (I'm in college) and discovered it was discontinued. (I stocked up last year when the same deal was going on... and was heart broken it's gone.) Love seeing all the descriptions and reviews. Thanks! Lily Pad... ha ha ha, j/k