Spring Break

I'm not entirely sure what "starfish" is supposed to smell like, but regardless: no. This is not the smell of an ocean beach. This is the smell of the shower/changing rooms of an outdoor swimming pool on a very crowded day in high summer. It's a melange of inflatable plastic pool toys, sickly-synthetic "tropical"-scented grooming products, sunscreen, chlorinated water, and a hefty dose of mildew. Or at least, so it is for me. I suspect that it's likely something quite different for you -- but very possibly something equally vivid and autobiographical, which is what elevates this fragrance in my mind from a simple "yuck" to a "huh...kinda fascinating, actually." While I found Spring Break somewhat repulsive, it was repulsive in a highly evocative and interesting way, and it kept me engaged for some time trying to put my finger on exactly what memory it was triggering in me. I wouldn't want to wear it, and I certainly wouldn't want to smell like it. But at least it didn't *bore* me, and I can't honestly claim that I didn't derive some enjoyment from sniffing away at it.

This fragrance starts with a sharp smell - practically like a toilet air freshener (this start is very unpleasant) and changes into a light coconut scent combined with seawater. The sillage is soft. I know that Demeter scents are meant to be fun and not taken seriously but they do not come for free. I would not pay for this one. If you want a light coconut smell DKNY Pure is the one you want (it does not have the coconut note listed) and if you want a strong coconut smell try Comptoir Sud Pacifique Coco Figue. This does not smell like spring break to me. I am sad to leave this review but since there aren't any I feel like I need to.

I don't smell any coconut in this at all. It's very artificial, generic jasmine that smells like a bathroom air freshener. Yuck.....

this smells like being in a public bathroom on the beach. bad.

Starfish smell?? I have left crab shell in the car once and that was pretty big:) are you saying this smells of sea or rotten fish? Why would you invent nonsense of a starfish smell? What I suppose to smell different? It's just a bit ott...

this definitely smells like tanning lotion which is coconuty. reminds me a lot when i go to the beach and i put on tanning lotion, and the changing room is full of this coconuty smell.