Cucumber Melon

Oh, Cucumber Melon. They could never make me hate you! I met you in January 2009, and you still hold a special piece of my heart. It was January 2009, I was 8 years old, and I had wanted my mom to take me to the mall for a while. It was the last day of Christmas break before school started again. I had a bad case of the Sunday Scaries and so my mom finally obliged. In a childhood full of abuse with my mom as one of the perpetrators, this is a very nice memory for me. It was very kind of her, especially since we had just got done with Christmas and were still in the midst of a recession. Being a chubby little girl in the 2000s, I hated clothes shopping, but Bath & Body Works drew me in because fragrance was something feminine, girly, and fun that I didn't need to be a certain size or look a certain way to indulge in. I remember coming out of the store not with body mists, but with body washes. Cucumber Melon and Country Apple. Cucumber Melon is very sugary while still being very light. The sweetness present here is only very distantly related to the notorious, heavy gourmands of the 2010s and 2020s. I don't detect any of the bitterness other reviewers have mentioned. Cucumber Melon smells far sweeter than either of the fruits it gets its namesake from. Yet they're both present, most especially the melon. It's a very innocent, simple, and fleeting fragrance, in the same way that produce ripens and spoils quickly. Very well-suited for a little girl in need of cheering up! I was obsessed with Cucumber Melon, but after that body wash ran out I didn't get any more for several years. The mall was almost 30 minutes away, money was tight, and this was before online shopping was the accessible beast it is today. Not to mention that I spent my teenage years in tomboy mode (though I did get some Cucumber Melon lotion for Christmas from my mom in 2015). This past summer I noticed the body mist was on sale online for all of 3 dollars and so I bought it. It smells exactly like I remember...I will always love you, Cucumber Melon.

Just here for the nostalgia... I didn't care about nostalgia until this year. My best friend and I were reflecting on perfume mixes I would make for her. My aunt would bring me a nice fragrance when she would visit. My personal allowance was five bucks on Friday and not always borrowed back. I saved up for cucumber melon spray and rocked a good glittery peony and sweet pea from our local Dollar Tree. Those days had cloying Body Fantasy sprays and fresh no-namers with simple scents that filled the junior high school locker rooms with deliciousness. I moved on to Body Fantasy's Raspberry or something to the like (purple-still out there.) It smelled like alcohol and flowers. I focused on the flowers. I recieved both complements and insults for my scent selections: including Calgoons moon-light path. I smelt delcious to some, and like a grandpa to others. Ode to the Cucumber melon; everyone liked it! Always. I wished I had CKY back then... and had many fun things I tried before finding my "Signature fragrance" I love love by Moschino back when I was freshly heart broken in 2006.

This was the o.g. 1990's girl scent. I think every single girl I knew owned this one. This mixed with Aussie hairspray was a winning combo! I do think the formula has changed a little bit. I don't think it's quite as sweet or crisp as I remember, BUT overall this is still a young and fun bodyspray that is great for spring and summer. It has moderate sillage and does not last that long on skin. However, if you layer it with the shower gel and body lotion it lasts a bit longer.

Cucumber Melon will always be a love of mine. I've worn this fragrance for the last 20 years and I don't see myself stopping anytime soon. This is perfect for anyone for any occasion. It works so beautifully in the heat and smells fantastic. There are no rules that you can't wear this in the winter either, it smells crisp and clean! Woman, man, non binary, child, can all wear this. It's fresh and aquatic and can never be too much or too cloying or strong.

I love this fragrance so much. It doesn't smell complex, it's really simple. Some people may relate its simplicity to cheapness, but honestly, I like it. It's not pretencious in the least. When I first smelled it, I thought it smelled like something from when I was really young in the early 2000's, even though I barely have memories from that time. I'd say it's slightly fresh and fruity. I don't agree with it being ozonic; it feels watery.

Cucumber Melon is one of my all time favorite B&BW scents. If you are looking for a good summer time cucumber this is the right place for you. The cucumber in this scent overshadows the melon a bit, the melon is still there but it is a bit more distant in this scent. Sadly it does not last super long but this is a good affordable cucumber melon pick.

Pure melon scent.Syrupy Sweet, juicy melon. I do get hints of freshness from cucumber but very subdued. Overall, good summer scent. A bit juvenile but refreshing as a daytime scent. Longevity isn't great but it does project nicely for first two hours. Surprisingly,people notice this scent and ask what I'm wearing. Thumbs up from me

Had this scent as a shampoo during elementary, so I've been looking for this scent for so long. When I found it it felt like going back to taking in the first sniff lol Def worth it if you want to smell fresh and clean!

I have the ORIGINAL bottle, like when the bottles were cute with the bumpy texture on it. It smells so amazing. A sweet melon scent that is so fresh and nostalgic. Will forever love cucumber melon perfumes like this.

good for layering and it smells fresh

Like many people reviewing, I'm here for the nostalgia. Having spent my teens and early 20s in the 90s, I was there for the original launch of Cucumber Melon is 1998. I wore the heck out of this stuff! (It might be the signature scent for Gen X and older millennials.) I picked this bottle up during a sale when they brought it back for a limited time. To me, I still get the original scent (though I know others believe it has changed). I don't have the same love for it, but that could be because it is a little different, but I think it is because my fragrance palate has changed (and maybe gotten a little more sophisticated). I think this is a perfect scent for a young girl just getting into fragrance (I hate smelling pricey, heavy scents on 14 year olds), but it is just fine for a grown woman and doesn't have the same little girl vibe as some of the overly sweet fruity scents do. While I love the melon and cucumber notes, I would like it if the cucumber came out a bit more and it was a little more complex, and that's probably a reflection of how my tastes have evolved. However, the overall scent is just perfect for spraying on in the spring or a sweltering hot summer day to provide a light fragrance without becoming overwhelming. Would I have bought this if I was smelling it for the first time? Hard to say. Nostalgia is a funny thing. But I have it now and I'll wear it a lot. It's a keeper for sure.

I bought this about a year ago as a present for my grandmother after she had requested something refreshing for the upcoming summer. I smelled it in store after seeing the name and it immediately struck me as perfect! The first smell definitely hits pretty hard with the sweet and almost tangy melon (not sure if thats the grapefruit i'm seeing on the back label peeking through?). It settles on the skin in about a minute and brings out the crisp cucumber, but definitely still has that kind of sweetness from the melon. It then settles in the following minutes to a lower volume of sweet. Unfortunately it fades pretty fast (as per the norm with B&BW body sprays) and I will admit can be a little cloying at points along with it having some bitter notes that are not always welcome. Overall I give this about a 6/10 :)

Lovely and fresh as this one is, sweet aquatics unfortunately don’t mesh well with my chemistry, especially when they’re mixed with green/ herbal notes. CM is no exception, I feel a bit queasy and uneasy whenever I wear it. I can enjoy aquatics in hand soap or sanitizer form and when briefly smelled on others but not for long durations. The fresh, crisp and dewy cucumbers soon give way to very sweet juicy honeydew melons. There is a mild green accord from the LOTV and cucumbers 🥒 . I would have preferred there were stronger citrus notes on top and more florals in the heart with less sweetness overall. However I still enjoy smelling it briefly on my hand and face towels, which is the recent purpose of my mist spray 😜.

This was an old school favorite scent from my college days and I impulsively ordered a new bottle during the last big sale, just for the nostalgia. Boy, has it changed!!! The basic DNA is still there- sweet cantaloupe, refreshing cucumber, almost a watermelon scent. However, they’ve added woodsy notes. Why, BBW? Why is this woodsy now? It’s so weird and unexpected and makes the dry down kind of spicy. It’s not necessary bad, as I am a fan of green, woody frags, just not exactly what I expected,

This is one of those scents that I LIKE but don't love maybe because when I went to Khols there was a hand sanitizer section, and there was a hand sanitizer spray that smells to much like cucumber melon and the " Alcohol" Smell is throwing me off, I'll wear this more often in the spring/summer because this is one you cannot wear in the winter or fall. I'd wear it out a shower or maybe when I don't feel like doing to much I can see why it's popular though.

i currently have this in the body lotion but i've had the mist in the past. it's such a lovely fresh honeydew melon smell that's not overly sweet and it's perfect for hot weather and layering with other scents ! if there's ever an edp that smells similar to this but performs better i'd definitely get it ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

it's a body mist; inevitably the performance is lacking. however, scent wise, i find it pleasant. there's a freshness to it accompanied by a medium-level fruity sweetness. definitely fresh but not sharp, and it has a youthfulness to it. it feels effortless. i've received compliments when layering this with other scents.

My go-to out-of-the-shower body sprays. As much as I love my overly sweet perfumes, they aren't the best to use in the summer. This still has a bit of sweetness but think of a fruit. It does not last long but is a classic for the Bath & Body Works community.

I don't know why it says here it's 2019. I had this since early 2000s. This, & Pear Glace. Bought one again for nostalgia. Perfect for humid weather. Scent gone after an hour. I think it's reformulated. It used to last 4hrs before.

It's a very nostalgic scent to me. I feel like one of my older cousins might have worn this when I was a small child. I like this scent, but it is a bit too synthetic for me. A cute, watery, sweet scent.