Swimming Pool

Honestly when I looked at the reviews for this perfume I was hopeful because I was expecting a chlorine or aquatic scent like many people had wrote about in their reviews. What I got Instead was the smell of sunscreen and a fresh and light floral scent. In my opinion, it gives more “outdoor pool area” rather than “indoor pool area” to me because of this sunscreen smell. Overall it is a great daytime scent perfect for summer and spring!

I've had this one since last summer and I absolutely love it! Not a drop of chlorine in sight!! It smells like your skin smells after you've gone into a pool and then spread your towel on the ground to soak up some sun. Aquatic, yes but also slightly sweet. The only drawback,as with all Demeters, it doesn't last very long.

I love this scent and used up a decant of it. I'm a swimmer and love anything swimming related.

I bought this perfume online, because I wanted to try something by Demeter and this was the cheapest fragrance I could find in terms of the price. I've read plenty of reviews on what a mixed bag this brand is before my purchase, so I was prepared for this being a failure. Yet, in the end I was pleasantly surprised. Swimming Pool is eccentric and simple, but interesting to the point of being intriguing. To me, it smells like a medium-light, slightly floral synthetic that has a strong creamy-fatty component (aldehydes ?). The associations I get are plastic furniture – as you would often find by a poolside – and white sun screen. I don't get any aquatic components, I don’t get any freshness. However, what I get is a faint ray of sunlight, that is not too yellowy-floral. Overall, Swimming Pool does its job of evoking memories of childhood, summer and playing by the pool. Personally, I would have loved a drop of chlorine in the composition to be able to connect it with images of the actual water, but that probably was considered too bold a move. I don’t regret the purchase in the slightest and probably will consider re-buying after it's used up. However, I think that my 30ml bottle is probably going to a last me for the next decade, as Swimming Pool is a very specific scent that I can only imagine wearing on a summer day when I’m feeling particularly playful and nostalgic. I consider Swimming Pool a very unisex fragrance that stays close to the skin. On me, it lasted a good four hours.

Not what I expected based on some reviews - it's very clean, somewhat fresh at first. Slightly floral and synthetic like a nice-smelling sunscreen or freshly-washed beach towel. I do not smell the pool whatsoever, this is more aquatic-adjacent, which is okay. Online people were promoting this as a 'photorealistic water park' smell which is NOT it, if that's what you're looking for. I read that some people smell plastic notes which I do not pick up either - something in it is a bit sharp at first, however. I do like it and can't wait to wear it out for the summer. Not offensive at all to me, leans feminine. The dry down I'm getting is pretty intoxicating on me, and the more it settles the more I like it. Can't see this lasting very long, but I'm happy to add it to my collection. :)