Plumeria

The notes are : pink plumeria, peach nectar, red apple, night blooming Jasmine and gardenia petals. First of all stunning packaging. It looks so chic and feminine in your vanity. Coming to the actual scent, it's a floral fruity fragrance. This is a bright, quite an uplifting fragrance. It's appropriate for spring, summer and monsoon seasons. The mist starts off with a spicy power pack punch of 3 florals. Almost like the flowers will punch you in the nose. Don't get swayed by the name though, the pink plumeria note isn't that natural, but it still smells somewhat citrusy and aromatic just how a plumeria flower should be, there is a sharp aromatic feel to it and i guess it's coming from the night blooming jasmine, i have never smelled gardenia in my life but if gardenia as a flower smells spicy and loud then it's definitely that gardenia petals that is enhancing the floral notes in this fragrance. The florals are very overwhelming in the beginning even for me who is a floral fan. so those who can't stand the smell of flowers should be a little cautious of it. Then along with the florals you can simultaneously smell the freshness of the red apple. After some time the florals start to mellow down a bit and it's a beautiful smell of fresh apple mingling with the florals. You do get the peach nectar in there as well as it sweetens it up & binds the fragrance altogether. I hate peaches in my fragrance so i was really worried that the peach nectar note might ruin this fragrance for me but i am glad that the peach nectar note here isn't extremely screechy and on the contrary amplifies the fresh sweetness element in here. Bnb does nectar notes really well so i'm glad i wasn't let down. After about an hour or so the smell gives a fruity bubble gum vibe on my skin which again is not my kind of thing but somehow i'm not mad at it cause it smells fresh, airy and juicy 😅 This is the only fragrance where i can smell each notes individually true to it's listing. It's a very flirty, young, playful and outdoorsy kind of scent. Best suitable in the day time for college or uni going girls when you wanna just have a quick spritz to freshen you up & make yourself smell clean. It can also be used as a great after shower or pillow mist as well. Now coming to the projection and longevity, it projects mighty well and the scent sticks around on my skin for minimum 5/6 hours. It stays as a lingering scent after that.

Oooh! I'm so glad Plumeria is finally in the database...although I've gone through a few bottles of lotion and by this time I'm almost done with it. Meh, better extraordinarily late than never...I suppose 🤣👍 But it was released much, much earlier than 2019! Disregard the bio, I believe this is late 90s-early 2000s. Why lotions?! Glad you asked. The lotion is something particularly special when it comes to Plumeria. I've noticed that with B&BW body lotions there's occasionally something a little ✨️special✨️ that isn't contained in the fragrance mists. It's almost impossible to describe, but there's a small edge and creaminess to the frangipani and jasmine (and yes, it's actually jasmine and not the nondescript white floral accord that often occurs) that is missing with the spray. It layers into the skin and creates a stunning, clean, slightly sensual (but not so much that I feel that this ever verges on inappropriate for the general public) fragrance that only gets BETTER in the heat. It's made for sultry, heavy, languid days in June. When summer is young and you're optimistic for all that it holds in store for you. I agree with Autumn_Moon about the longevity. Good Lord, it's quite excellent! I know sometimes B&BW is like a bargain bin that requires digging to uncover gems, but this is an example as to how it can be worth it. This doesn't smell at all like a $5 bottle of lotion, and I've received multiple emphatic compliments on it. It's lovely, lovely. 🌸☀️

This is one of my all time classic favorite scents by B&BW. I used to steal this from my mom all of the time. The notes are not correct on here, however. The correct notes are: pink plumeria, peach nectar, red apple, night-blooming jasmine, and gardenia petals. At least that's what this bottle says. I picked this up from an SAS a couple years ago I think it was and I honestly think it smells more fruity than before and a little weaker, but still very lovely. Plumeria smells like the color pink. The older version was sensual and captivating. It made me feel like a grown up. This reformulation just doesn't hit the same and the intense apple note is throwing me off. The floral fades into oblivion and that's all you can smell. It does have decent staying power but...meh. The original had something sweeter like tuberose and banana flower. It smelled like a pretty lady in a pretty pink dress walking on the beach with her hair down in salty curls. If anyone wants something that smells like the old version, InStyle Fragrances Exotic Plumeria is identical and only 10 dollars.

First impression: freshly shampooed hair that has been decorated with fresh flowers. It took me a while to fully love it to its potential because at first all I could smell was actual, fresh off the garden, raw white florals. I layered it with the body wash of the same variant, and I felt each of the notes elevating to their best versions. The shower gel legit smells like a bouquet of jasmine and gardenias that has “started to wilt” while in the vase. This particular “wilting” note makes me feel like I’m wearing real flowers and not artificial perfume. The immediate “crunch” of red apples and peach makes the composition perfect for all age groups and occasions. The dry down has a comforting sweet powdery quality to it, which sits on my skin beautifully. Longevity is moderate, it stays longer (almost 5-6 hours) on clothes than it does on the skin. The projection and sillage is quite strong for the first 40-50 minutes esp in indoor office spaces, during which I got asked twice if it was my “shampoo” that smelled this good.

This used to be one of my favorites from BBW. Thanks to @AutumnMoon's input about the OG formula, I purchased a 20 year old bottle just to see if there was any semblance of what I remembered. This is the epitome of smelling "fresh out of the shower" - the ultimate fruity-floral-fresh-shampoo scent, that no other shampoo or fragrance captures in the way this does. The bulk of it is frangipani: "creamy", "candy-like" and slightly "yellow", mixed with tiare. The base is refreshingly cool, watery, and ozonic. Everything is blended so well that nothing stands out. A creamy-but-fruity frangipani smoothie doesn't exist IRL - but it feels like I'm drinking one when I wear this! I have yet to run across another perfume or fragrance that smells like this. It will always be one of my most favorites. And to my younger self: you had great taste - I'm amazed this really is as good as I remembered it being!