Madie

Beachy, beautiful, bright, sandy, sunny, marine, sunscreen-y, happy, nostalgic, and floral. Oh wow I really love this one! It’s the feeling of being at the beach bottled! I’m a huge fan of beachy/coconut fragrances and this one definitely hits the mark! I pick up on all of the notes... the sea water, jasmine, and coconut are the most prominent to me. The vanilla is subtle, but becomes a little more prominent during the dry down. This one definitely gives major sun tan lotion vibes, which I absolutely love! Madie reminds me very strongly of Bobbi Brown Beach, another love of mine! It’s so very similar that if you have one of them then you probably don’t need both. I’m also reminded somewhat of Replica Beach Walk, but I don’t think that they’re nearly as similar as Beach. However, I do get a lovely sun tan lotion vibe with Beach Walk as well, although it’s not as strong as the ones I’m getting from Madie and Beach. If you’re into Sun tan lotion like scents then you’ll love all 3 of these. However, if that’s not your thing then these are likely not for you. I also saw JHAG Lust For Sun in the “reminds me” section, but to me at least it’s not that similar. I find Lust For Sun to be a more monoi oil like scent as opposed to sun tan lotion. I do think it’s another really lovely option for a beachy/summertime/vacation fragrance. I’m such a huge fan of beachy/coconut fragrances, so for reference here’s some of my favorites besides Beach Walk, Beach, and Madie: Kilian Sunkissed Goddess, Tom Ford Soleil Blanc, Nest Sunkissed Hibiscus, Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess, JHAG Lust For Sun, JHAG Vanilla Vibes, and Kate Spade Live Colorfully. If you’re a fan of beachy fragrances as well then I highly recommend trying Madie as well as the others that I’ve listed here. I get great performance with Madie. The longevity is wonderful, it lasts throughout the whole day on me. The projection is really nice too, it radiates out at least an arm’s length from me.

Wow! Adore this beachy scent! Yes, it is absolutely like sunscreen but personally I love that sunscreen scent. Soleil Blanc and beach walk ALMOST hit the 100% sunscreen smell, but this one takes the cake! It's brilliant, I adore it and as the perfumer is Australian (as am I) I truly think it is an Australian summer in a bottle. That smell of sunscreen, heat, sand and salt - this is a perfect fragrance for those who love sunscreen/beach fragrances. If you want something less sunscreen, of course you can opt for Soleil Blanc and beach walk but in my opinion this is a 10/10 fragrance. I can understand some people don't like how uncanny it smells to sunscreen, but I love it. It's perfectly summery!

Pure sunscreen. As an Australian, this is an Aussie summer in a bottle. It's a summer full of the ocean, salty skin and hair and a constant lingering odour of sunscreen. I tried to find a sunscreen perfume for so long, Soleil Blanc wasn't it and neither was anything I found in search of my sunscreen perfume I so desperately needed. Until I found this. This was what I was looking for all along / 100% pure sunscreen and not much else! If you don't like sunscreen you won't like this! If Soleil Blanc is too sunscreeny for you, then this will NOT be for you.

I heard they are discontinuing this scent and that makes me so sad! This is really unique. I mostly just get an ocean smell. Just marine breezes and ocean and it’s fresh and salty. I mix it with sweet vanilla and caramel perfumes to add a salty note in the mix and its delicious. Find this easy to wear. Obviously good for summer but somehow works with moody, cloudy days as well. Hope they decide to bring it back. Hard to find a salty ocean perfume that is not either extremely masculine, or choked out by flowers and fruits.

The sunscreen scent to end all sunscreen scents. This is a fragrance that my partner and I have repurchased THREE times because him and I both love to drown ourselves in it. It smells like going to a lake beach as a kid and your mom slathering Coppertone on you before you run into the water, in the best possible way. Decent wear for being a lighter aquatic scent, but I never mind reapplying. I do find this one super polarizing though. Like everyone I have introduced to it either loves it or hates it.

I see a fair amount of negative reviews here. I happen to love this one and was not a huge fan of beachwalk and many of the other beachy type scents I have tried. I am not opposed to scent of most sunscreens. They usually give me warm feelings and scent memories of summer. While a lot of the others of this type of fragrance with coconut pulled sour on me, this one did not. I think it is lovely! It's a love for me and I think worth a try.

I really love this scent!! It smells like a sandy beach, but maybe with a chlorine pool nearby like at a resort, and sunscreen. So it's got a chemical smell, however for me that's not a negative because it takes me back to all my past summer vacations. I had an emotional reaction when first smelling this, and that's how I know it's a special one for me.

I love this fragrance and enjoy it much more than Beachwalk. It gives me scent memories of the beach and pool. It does remind me of sunscreen and I'm not mad about it. It has a salty freshness, and I can smell all the individual notes. It's a very realistic scent, like you've left the ocean or pool and are lounging in your beach chair. Wonderful!

I totally understand why this is not for a lot of people... But I adore it. It's sunscreen, white florals, and sea water. Everything I love about summer. The white florals fade quickly but I'm left with the scent of Coppertone and salt on my clothes for the whole day. It is a very nostalgic scent for me and just makes me happy.

I can't believe reading through these reviews. How much people hated this fragrance? I guess I'm just the absolute minority as I love this fragrance. I love the sunscreen note, but I'm also 56 years old. And it reminds me of original copper tone sunscreen.I love it, I think it's fantastic!!!! To me it's summer in a bottle!!!

I never thought I would like beach-y fragrances but my! This one is PERFECT! It's not suntan-y (which is what I can't stand). And it's isn't dominated by the coconut. It just smells like a night at a beach resort, if that makes sense. It last for about 3-4 hours. Projection is moderate. 10/10!

Ahh this is SO pretty! Definitely jasmine forward. I really don't get anything "beachy" from this.

This is my favorite BRJ fragrance. Total Coppertone, in the best possible way. I love it!

I blind-bought the travel size on sale from Sephora for about $15 dollars. I can see how people get sunscreen from this! But for me, Madie reminds me of Hindu temples I went to growing up and the jasmine incense sticks they burn inside them during aartis. I would love to wear this with some of my Indian clothes because I think the scent aligns really well with those vibes. I mostly smell jasmine and not much else. It's good, but I don't want to smell like this everyday, only on those special occasions.

This is a realistic beach/ocean scent, not a pretty one. It's very salty to the point of harshness, and a little funky, like the inside of a seashell. I didn't notice any coconut and only a hint of jasmine, which is fine because almost every cosmetic product smells like coconut. Here is salt, sand, and a bit of sunscreen, dried on the skin, falling asleep on the subway after a nighttime trip to Coney Island with your friends. I loved wearing it all summer and felt sad when my tester vial ran out.

Very marine-led jasmine. There's a saltiness that brings out a sunscreen-like quality that's only enhanced by a touch of coconut. The jasmine here is on the greener side, which, when paired with the aforementioned marine-quality feels very "day at the beach, ocean water and sunscreen included." Not my cup of tea personally, but it will please the oceanic-loving crowd. I was sent this fragrance in PR.

This perfume definitely reminds me of summer. When I first sprayed it the smell was super powdery (almost like candy smarties?) and was not pleasant. After about 15 minutes it developed into a jasmine-heavy sort of ocean smell. I would say it smells like sunscreen but it has a more expensive smell. I like it but I wouldn’t wear it much, just on hot days at the beach or something

Upon the initial spray, this reminds me of MMM's Replica Beach Walk perfume! Both smell exactly like sunscreen in the first five minutes, but I find the dry down to be very different. Whereas Beach Walk is a bit more floral, Madie is more oceanic and coconut based. It's a very light, soft, and smooth kind of scent, that's absolutely perfect for summer.

Makes me feel like I’m a mermaid. It smells like how I imagine it would be like living underwater like a mermaid. The salty vanilla notes I’m smelling here are far more potent than JHAG Vanilla Vibes which I love but is far more tame compared to this one. This is definitely a hot pick for Summer!

It smells just like a swimming pool and sunscreen, like others have said! I can't imagine wearing it anywhere else but to a pool (and I have!) but I really enjoy how it nails that exact vibe. I've never smelled anything like it before.