Aqva Divina

Edit, May 5, 2018: Still in love with this fragrance. I now use the body lotion too to enhance the longevity of the scent, and purchased small 5 ml decants to keep in my purses. Sometimes I also use it during fall and winter as a pick-me-up. It just instantly puts me in a good mood. Someone above remarked on chemistry and having a skin chemistry that is suitable for Bvlgari. I have to agree. I have now used 4 different scents from this house and I also adore some of their masculine scents. Additionally, I blind bought Aqva Amara, one of the "brother " scents of Aqva Divina, and my brother loves it. Must be genetic. :-) In summary, I highly recommend trying this unusual summer scent. If it agrees with you it will be one of your favorites. Edit, July 17, 2017: Still in love with this perfume. So unusual and I get so many compliments on it. And funnily enough - see other comments about this being a unisex scent - men just love it and ask to try it. If it is very hot outside I stick with Cristalle but otherwise and especially on summer evening Aqua Divina is my summer scent. Original post from August 2016: This was an unexpected love although aren't they all? You look at a person day after day and then it hits you, I am crazy about him... Finding a totally unexpected fragrance love is perhaps not at the same level of thrill but not to be underestimated either. I like aquatic scents but they are just not my favorite group, I am more like an oriental/floral woody musk/fruity chypre kind of person. I think what hooked me on this scent is the saltiness, and that reminder of sun-warmed skin. My other favorite casual summer scent is EL Sensuous Nude. That one also reminds me of sun-warmed skin, but it is cleaner. The way I could describe these two scents is that EL Sensuous Nude is before, while Aqva Divina is after making love and then having a swim in the ocean. The skin is salty, sun-kissed and a bit dirty. :-) And I love, love, love the quince note. That has been my favorite since childhood. I grew up quite poor and did not encounter really good perfumes until my 20s, but nothing else is as beautiful as my grandmother putting quinces on top of the wardrobe to scent the room during the winter. Quince makes me happy the same way Crabtree & Evelyn's Noel scent does. Although these are "winter" scents, I think I know what is the common thread: love, safety, anticipation of something good, so the quince note can stand for some or all of these even in an aquatic scent.

This is pure delight. I've been a long time lurker on this platform and this is the perfume that made me join just so that I could rave about it a little bit. I wouldn't say this was a complete blind-buy, I read enough reviews and searched youtube plenty, to see what the overall consensus was. And in most all cases people either really enjoyed it or proceeded to throw it directly into their trash. There wasn't a middle ground here. I know enough about my fragrance journey to know that I like things that smell atypical. So, if you like fragrances that charm you and surprise you... well then, you may have just found a little hidden gem. I'm going to admit that I'm not a soapy scent lover but that's what I initially get from this. However, if this is the case, it's the most delightful soapy scent that I now have in my collection. It's clean in an alluring way. Yes, I'd venture to say it's sexy but it's lighthearted, it's not serious. Sure, you could wear it to the office - it's safe - but this is unique enough that it's going to stand out a bit and make it's presence known. I just wouldn't go ham with the spritzes if you find yourself preparing to be in a professional setting. Let it be a mermaid - it doesn't need to be a siren. It's tart, the quince and the bergamot really stand out on my skin. The woody notes smell a bit more like the sweetest/freshest/cleanest incense and they really blend quite nicely with the citrus. And I do get a bit of the salt - as if I've just sprayed my hair with a salt spray - it's definitely not overbearing, it's feminine and refreshing. I'm pretty sure a lot of people will say this is only suitable for Summer but the tartness seems to really stand out in the cold weather. I can see this being an all year around scent. I've not worn it enough to speak on longevity - but the reviews here show promise - so I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that this performs well. Yay for a fragrance that I was a little bit nervous about - this checked all of the right boxes for me!

Really liking this Bvlgari perfume. All the notes made me want to try it. Didn't know what to make of it at first. It takes a few minutes for the initial opening to settle down. Once it does, it's a pleasant scent suitable for the office. Unique and fabulous. After sniffing this for the first time (and then applying it), the scent smelled nothing like what was coming from the bottle. I kept catching a whiff of something light and sweet (floral sweet, not sugary sweet). Then I sprayed it on myself and took a big sniff. Surprising. The only thing I could make out was a strong aquatic smell. It took quite a few minutes for the scent to settle down enough that I could detect individual notes. The sweet notes finally emerged. Sweet, salty, and gingery. Beautifully blended. On my skin the major notes are salt, ginger, and magnolia. Who would have thought you could actually smell salt? Never smelled quince fruit but this might also contribute to the sweetness. Again, this is not a sugary or powdery sweetness at all. In the background there is a faint beeswax and woody smell, possibly even amber. I don't get any citrus whatsoever. This is a unique fragrance. It's the total opposite of what I am normally attracted to. Alot of reviewers say it reminds them of the beach. However I don't think of the beach or ocean. There are just too many things going on with this scent. It reminds me of a breezy autumn day. Can't wait to see how well this works for fall! I really cannot stop sniffing my wrist. Longevity is pretty good (about 5 hours, then close to skin). Sillage is appropriate, not heavy. AQVA Divina is a light fragrance. Someone could easily overdo it though. The bottle is cool looking, but I wish it would stand upright. Just looks kind of out of place next to all my other bottles. Because of the individuality of this fragrance I would highly recommend sampling it before purchase.

I purchased this perfume since it was released by the bvlgari house in the department store. It was a blind buy for me.. I never sprayed the tester coz i already sprayed perfume in my body.and i wana surprised my self what its smells like?! I bought it also because this is the first fragrance of bvlgari aqua for woman! This perfume catch my attention because of the round flat bottle with a golden lid with a mark on it and a pearly color of the bottle. After purchasing it. I never sprayed it. Just unboxing it and take a picture. Still i dnt sprayed it bcoz of i feel like i wana use it in a very important occasion. And this perfume is kinda expensive in my country. $140 usd for 60ml. So single spray is important for me! Lol... So after a year of waiting! Now im using it!! Sprayed it on my neck, wrist and every pulse of my body! And its a wow!! It has a very strong scents with a enormous sillage and longevity! The first spray. It has a blast of aqua with a salty and citruscy scents! I also smells the beeswax' ginger and bergamot! And it reminds me of aqua amara in a feminine side! After 1 hour on my body. I still smells the notes tht i smells in the first spray but with a strong woodsy notes and salty scents. Im waiting for the drydown and how it smells like.. So over all its a 10 out of 10 for me. If the mermaid have a signature perfume. This is the right one.... Its stil under on my observation. I wish it will last long on my skin! Its worth to buy this perfume. And love love love love it! Btw its not for a teen ager. I think its for 25 and abouve woman.. And its for a very good occasion.. Its not for everyday use.. Update: this perfume last longer on my skin.. 12 hours wtf!!! One of the strongest perfume i ever had!!! Kuddoz to bvlgari

AQVA DIVINA IS A MASTERPIECE. It's definitely among my top 5 favorite fragrances. I swear the first time I smelled it, it was like a slap in my face - but a beautiful, godly slap somehow. You may expect it to be a light floral ethereal perfume, but the first sniffing welcomes you with a huge blow of ginger and spice. Warm, intense, full of personality, no-time-for-bullshit, love-it-or-hate-it top notes. If you're not used to intense, vibrant, strong scents, you'll not like this one... And when you're getting used to the ginger and spice of the top notes, there comes a BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL note of magnolia, that makes you think "woah, am I in the middle of a garden of blooming magnolias and I didn't know it?" It's so shocking and so surprising, it's like opening a ginger curtain that gives way to a beautiful garden with the most precious and delicate magnolias, something you could never expect to happen. And then, after a delicate yet deep walk along a magnolia garden you're welcome by a woody, oriental dry-down that frames the whole perfume with mystery and complexities... The sensation it gives to me is of a forbidden, mysterious elixir that could be only be worn by magical creatures... Spicy, salty, floral, exotic, sensual, dominant, powerful and dreamy! Yes, we're talking about an impacting fragrance here. No wonder it's called Aqva Divina, I can easily imagine something only a greek goddess would wear. The bottle somehow to me evokes a white silk dress and the gold bracelets Aphrodite would wear... Something that is out of reach to us mere mortals.