Acqua Dive

The initial note is very sweet, a little tart with the cassis berry. The tartness quickly dissipates though, which is a little unfortunate, since it actually balances out the sweet + powder. Very sweet, floral, fruity. Base is better, almost a nice skin scent. Smells clean, lightly of florals and musk. I like the subtle drydown in comparison to the heady sweet middle notes. The fragrance does smell a little.. perfume-y. The signature chemical / syntehtic smell that a lot of mainstream perfumes have. A good, relatively inoffensive summer scent. Doesnt come off as "aqua dive"/fresh to me as I was hoping. Like that it's fresh without being VS / evocative of whatever pink perfume girls used to spray in the locker room when I was a kid. Decent blind buy, will wear for an easy spritz, probably before sweating / working out-- appropriate for most casual (or even sometimes work) occasions, but wont repurchase.

Rating : 5 / 10 Price : Cheap Have no idea why it reminds me of toddlers' crayon or stationery smell It's the kind of smell I might have smelt in scented gel pens, the pens that releases smell as u jot down It smells sweet, frutiy and slightly soury with flower notes Very girl-ish smell Not even for teenagers, like... this smells like kids (8 ~ 11 yrs old) would go crazy for Turn around if you are a grown man / woman If I had a daughter I "might" spray it just to erase her room smell when filthy? wonder who can ever wear this kinda stuff