Brasil Dream

Yes summery to the max! Yes beautiful! This one is actually quite interesting to my nose. Upon initial spray...I immediately thought it would be a fruit-bowl type of scent. Which I love those also. Then after about 2 short minutes...the florals came running out! The florals, coconut, and other fruits really mix quite well together! One thing I do find though is my nose gets confused as to which it smells more...the fruits or the florals?...But it doesn't matter...I still enjoy it. They still are all blended very well together. I just can't depict which is more prominent. Maybe it's 50/50. Lol. After about 30-60 minutes when the projection starts to settle down...it starts to translate into a "clean" scent. Like you just showered. BUT...not with a dove bar of soap. With a high-end, floral-coconutty body wash that was lathered all over you from head to toe. I LOVE that type of scent. They should've made this into a hair mist also. It's the perfect smell to spray into your hair and let others get wafts of it that way. Anyway...I think this is discontinued if i'm not mistaken. Based off of all the positive reviews here, I HAD to find a bottle to buy before there are no more! And luckily, on Ebay I found a FULL 1.7 ounce bottle for only like $18 so I snatched it up. Will probably buy a few more as back up bottles if I find 2 more or so at a reasonable price. This one is beautiful! Safe blind buy in my opinion! And also a safe gift option. I'm a little surprised about the votes above on performance. I only get moderate performance but no complaint here! I'm fine with moderate performance. Longevity - 4-5 hours depending on amount of sprays. Projection - Very decent. 2-3 feet. Overall Score - 9/10. NOTE :: First day I wore this...I received 2 compliments. One from a co worker at my office job and one from a co worker at my restaurant job. This one is a definite crowd pleaser! Love it!! Big thumbs up Estee Lauder! I actually think this is my first scent from this house! I'll have to try more...

Oh, this is summer's biggest fragrance bargain! I'm loving my on-line auction discounted bottles of Estee Lauder's Dream series, with Brasil Dream being my favorite. I don't find any of them particularly strong, perhaps because they have that "clean" effect in common BD is all sunshine top of a clear aquatic layer that embraces a nice gardenia/jasmine melange. The first wave of fruit is sweet but not heavy and I think it's the pineapple I notice most - the rest of the fruits blend and quickly give way to the floral wave of gardenia and jasmine. There's the barest hint of Coppertone, as if most of the suntan oil has been washed off in the ocean but enough remains to whisper of coconut. Long lasting although it becomes a patchouli skin scent on me after a couple of hours. (Skip Emerald Dream and Bali Dream as they cost more and are nearly identical to Brasil in all but the high sunny notes and that's where my primary enjoyment is.) I plan on using up each 1.7 bottle of Emerald & Bali and both 1.7 bottles of Brasil over the next couple of months, spritzing away happily until autumn arrives. Great out of the shower. Very uplifting & energizing fragrance. Makes people smile at work & while I'm out shopping. A happy scent. I sent a bottle to my floral-loving mom and she says it's like sunshine in a bottle. Bottle does feel nice in the hand -- like a little glass pillow.

I was swayed to order this EL Brasil Dream after I read fragrantican Rainydaze write that this fragrance captured the spirit of the tropics, she having lived there a few years. I've been searching for a night blooming jasmine which would carry me to the tropics or transport me to our neighbor's garden when I was a child. I'd tag along with my mother after her evening chores (no TV then for us) as she walked to visit our very aged neighbor. I can still see in my mind's eye the garden bathed in moonlight and inhaling various flowers: roses, gardenia, jasmine, and sweet or tea olive, I think. My two spritz surrounded me with a mist of dreamy jasmin and gardenia. I smell no fruit, no patchouli, no coconut. My chemistry devours fragrance notes within a very short span of time. Two hours later, only the lingering sandalwood and wait! now I do discern, but just barely, coconut. I'm going to love wearing this perfume. If I can find it for a very good price, I might just buy Bali. Thank you Fragranticans. I've just returned from my visit to the moonlit garden of Dona Paz.

I love patchouli. I love gardenia. I love tropical scents. But even I was taken aback by the sheer force of the opening blast. Overwhelming but a total pleasure at the same time. Now you need 10-15 minutes to recover. My usual habit of 4 sprays may be a bit overindulgent with this one, but I can't help myself. I enjoy the opening, it's a guilty pleasure. The middle notes remind me of a jagged Sensi also, with a dripping patchouli undertone that never leaves and EL synthentic floral notes that pop out rather than a well blended Armani. Testing definitely recommended with this one, rather than a blind buy. I think it's a love/hate fume. I guess you could play safe and go for one spritz and be careful not to inhale. Worth getting beyond the nasty surprise. Then it mellows into a beautiful tropical scent in the drydown which is no longer scary. Personally I love it, fades over 6-8 hours on me, and I will definitely buy again.

Walked past this in duty free on the way back from Brazil the actual place. Thought it might be amusing to buy simply on account of its name, but sprayed it on and found the top notes a bit jarring, plastic fruit, and thought don't waste your money, it's not worth the weak joke. Then I sat on the aeroplane for hours, wondering what the nice smell was. Realised it was me. Kept sniffing wrist sadly and wishing I had bought it while I had the chance. It becomes a perfect mix of orange and jasmine, creamy with a tiny pinch of spice. Regret lifted on my birthday when my mum gave me a bottle and I experienced that rare wonderful thing; a second chance :) Not sure if it smells like Brazil the country though, that to me just smelt green, herby and hot (and sometimes rain and muddy earth) and relentlessly of Dior Pure Poison thanks to the Aussie backpacker I trekked with :/

This has quite a hard opening when i first sprayed on my wrist,, guess might be the guava,, at least how i remember the sour smell of the fruit from the times i used to live in Malaysia,, then still this sour -but pleasant- note is still dominating, little by little creep the green lemon and neroli notes,, followed by the jasmin a gardenia, the jasmin rulling the game now,,, the first sour entrance of guava gives way now, after about ten min to the white florals, bond together in a lovely but not sweet way, and patchouli along with the amber make their presence noticed little by little again. I love coconut, but here i could not detect it,still an adorable smell, gardenia and jasmin petals in lime, orange peels and guava juice,,, mmmmmmmmmm,, almost edible gardenia! Definetely a winner by my opinion!!!!

Unlike the others, I don`t find this citrusy at all.I don`t find coconut or pineapple either. On my skin this is warm and flowery and very soft and feminine.I can find the orange flower, patchouli and sandalwood. BD is very long lasting, stays all day.I find it a bit similar to Narciso Rodriques for her, just that BD is not that musky and strong.

I find it similar to Narciso Rodriguez for Her EDT with more power and forwardness. Testing them together, NR disappears leaving an aquatic note behind, Brasil Dream jums out with sweet coconut cream scent and a single green flower note. I think I have to change my "today's" fragrance this summer to this one, I can't seem to stop using it :)

Beautiful!!!!! I got this for myself after buying it for good friend for her birthday. This is a wonderful fresh summer scent without smelling like suntan lotion. I love how you first smell the sweet gardinia and guava then the the yummy smell of pinapple and at the end you are left with a creamy coconut that lasts for hours .

Brasil Dream is strange actually. You do not expect this type of fragrance for a summer edition. It is EXTREMELY strong, and that is saying something coming from me. I got used to the strength and I now find it quite interesting. But not a safe choice to wear, if you do not want to offend. For confident strong women.

Okay when I first sprayed this I thought ooopsy made a blind buy Boo Boo.....BUT a half an hour on my skin and I can't stop smelling myself. I smell so sexy and summery...lol. This is a gorgeous scent. Will def be buying again. Give it a a chance it's FANTASTIC!!!!!!

I love love looove this frag! It's the juiciest and sexiest citrus perfume for me. It's mostly the orange and neroli that bring the juicy, sweet freshness to it, while patchouli is in the background giving it depth and sexy vibes. Very summery and uplifting.

Warm, sunny, tropical, clean! The lasting power of this is insane. Instantly warms you up and brightens your day. It is a very sunny uplifting scent that is for sure! Perfect for summer or even winter when you need a boost! I love it!

Love this perfume; the gardenia is so prominent, yet not cheap. It is musky and earthy. Very organic smelling, like what Brasil itself would smell like! Patchouli is evident, yet I am not picking up coconut.

This is perfect for summer. It's getting much more wear this year than some of my more expensive bottles. It's easy to wear, soft, but present. A secret beauty!

Oh! Tropical isles, here I come! It reminds me of sweet fruity drinks and wonderful spice markets. It has good staying power and takes the heat very well.

This is all about neroli/orange flower with coconut, sandalwood and musk with other supporting florals; what Bronze Goddess wishes she were

This conservative bottle is SO WRONG for this fragrance. Excuse the caps but I really have to stand up for this perfume because it is indeed quite fascinating. The name also suggests something entirely different, creating an expectation that leaves the tester utterly perplexed (did I say the power of suggestion rules here?). The answer lies in Brazil's antipode (or almost--I just wanted to use that word). Right on opening, I'm taken to an English garden, flourishing with rich, dewy gardenias. But there is a strange, arrhythmia to this fragrance, yet somehow compelling. Finally, I figure out what that deliciously enigmatic scent in the air is--it's Tom Kha Gai wafting from a traditional Thai restaurant in the middle of a cold English garden--a spicy, tangy dish of lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and rich coconut milk chicken curry, perched on top of a freshly steamed mound of jasmine rice. It seriously smells just like my mom's kitchen in collision with a gardenian assault! awesomeness is right--this is a heartwarming fragrance for cold weather, however it could make you a little queasy in the heat. This really doesn't take me to a Brazilian beach at all. I don't feel anything fruity or tropical about it. Dry down is amazing, smells like oily spiced coconut milk and makes me want to lick the bowl. I'm still shaking my head at how bizarre this scent is... One for the independent and slightly eccentric--I admire anyone who can wear this. I really like it because it's so fascinating but I'm not sure that I'd wear it, and only because big white florals don't sit well with me. Put this one in a Mugler bottle and you'll have an instant bestseller. Seriously though, try it. Your stomach will grumble for Thai food!

Echoing a couple reviewers below: this scent is indeed very reminiscent of Crystal Noir EDP's drydown (obviously minus the drama and dark spices...but the gardenia + orange blossom + coconut + sandalwood, yes, really! this is the non-spicy, daytime version of Crystal Noir!!)...this one is ofcourse smoother and lighter, more luminous and fruity (citrus-guava), being a day scent and all. Very well-done, niche quality (nothing synthetic about it), notes blend seamlessly. Quite creamy, it's more floral than fruity, fresh but warm. If you love gardenia, orange blossom and beach scents, you need to try it. It doesn't immediately make me think of sand and sea, but of 5 star beach resorts and glamorous supermodels walking around in little caftans...a gust of fresh island breeze blowing through the open lobby, carrying the scent of their expensive perfume mixed with the monoi oil glistening on their clean bronze skin. That's the mental image I get with Brasil Dream. It is sensual 'beach-chic' and feminine rather than casual. On a warm day: very good sillage and very good longevity on me (7-8 hours).

My bottle is from 2009, and there’s been a slight degradation in quality. My younger college-girl self felt incredibly sophisticated and sensual wearing this, it made me feel like a supermodel on vacation, suntan-oiled glistening skin, sheer white caftan over my bikini, flower in my hair, sitting in the lobby of a luxury tropical island resort. It had a perfectly moderate sillage, and good longevity. Smells like soft oranges, coconut water, white flowers (gardenia especially) and musk. Don’t know why musk is not listed as I smell it. Infact, it’s very reminiscent of the seductive orange blossom + musk + patchouli combo in Narciso Rodriguez EDT (black bottle), but here it’s lighter, brighter and softer, and obviously leans tropical and youthful. It is also reminiscent of Versace’s Crystal Noir, but a daytime version with oranges and coconut instead of spices and woods. It’s a nice one. I don’t enjoy it as much as I used to, but it’s good for what it is. The juice in my 14 year old bottle has degraded abit so the sillage is lower and the opening is a little stale when I spray it on.

I agree with reviewer below that this scent is something between Crystal Noir and Narcisco Rodriguez (black bottle), but it's lighter, cleaner, brighter and more tropical than either of them (I actually don't like Narciso Rodriguez). Brasil Dream is still a potent one compared to other 'summer' scents though, and it is mostly a floral fragrance. It's an exclusive tropical beach resort in a bottle...Lots of fresh tropical flowers like gardenia, orange blossom, jasmine, almost life-like, like their gorgeous heady aroma is being carried by a gentle breeze...all that on a bed of clean, creamy musk, with a squeeze of citruses and a splash of coconut water added in. It smells expensive and has great sillage and longevity. The coconut here smells good too, not suntan-lotiony and I tend not to like coconut notes in other fragrances. PS. Somehow to me this scent is just perfect for both warm, balmy summer nights and cool, damp autumn days. It's kind of sexy and romantic...fresh and clean, but warm and velvety.

To me Brasil Dream is truly tropical, but not in a coconut suntan oil or Pina Colada kinda way. I was expecting more coconut, something a little heavier or creamier I guess. Once I accepted that the coconut is low-key, after a few wears I've come to appreciate it just as it is. The white flowers and fruits, especially the citrus, are a pleasing blend. The strength and projection are less intense than I usually find Estee Lauder. So I can wear this without overwhelming myself or anyone else, but enjoy it within a small radius. To me EL is excellent quality for its price. I haven't seen the Dream range in Australia so I bought blindly too. Perhaps our expectations get in the way of enjoying Brasil Dream. Reading the notes is only an indication of what a perfume will smell like. I consider it a happy accident when I even like my blind purchases, no matter how hard I study it's never very successful.

Brasil Dream opens extremely fruity. All guava and pineapple. Within a few minutes it dries down to a creamy gardenia and orange blossom with a touch of coconut. This is not a summer coconut fragrance for those who are looking for something similar to suntan lotion. Brasil Dream is a predominately white floral composition with the coconut and other fruity notes only acting in a supporting role. Sillage is moderate, which I find ideal for this fragrance. Any stronger and it would be too overpowering for summer. Lovely for even the hottest summer days, and also nice for the evening. I'd highly recommend this fragrance to those who find most summer compositions to be too sweet and/or fruity. Although the opening is a veritable fruit salad, the final product is a creamy, feminine and mature white floral.

A sensual, feminine, beachy fragrance. No fruits. No syrup. No pina colada. No suntan oil smell. This is a tropical white floral, a mildly sweet one. It's warm, clean, fresh... gardenias and jasmine, on a base of musk and sandalwood. I smell the citruses and there is some coconut there, but the coconut is not creamy or sweet, it's fresh and aquatic, like the scent of coconut water after splitting it open. It gives the scent a unique, exotic twist. It's perfect for summer nights, not just for day-time, and I'd wear it into fall as well. The sillage is fantastic and it has great longevity (8 hours). I can imagine myself in a gorgeous little caftan walking hand in hand with my lover along the sea-shore on a tropical moon-lit night...the sand under our feet and the look of love in our eyes....

There's an initial green and powdery aldehyde blast that settles into a tropical fruit salad accord starring guava and coconut, and then there's a fully ripe orange bloom. The coconut and guava recede leaving the orange, and then I am reminded of the best of Dune, a warm and oriental-spicy heart with tagetes, sunflowers, in golden glory and green stem notes, and avoiding a nauseating marigold that my chemistry produces (unfortunately) with Dune. White florals are present but vague to my nose, an undeveloped jasmine and no creamy gardenia, and the orange blossom evolves into a beautiful neroli. The base is orange, prominent patchouli, and sandalwood with a hint of creamy coconut. This is a grown-up Miami Glow. Perfect for a humid summer night. A truly elegant tropical fruity floriental.

This was a blind buy off of ebay for me, and I'd like to add I just ordered a second one to stock up on it! It's not what I expected... for me it is a simple, and I stress SIMPLE scent. From beginning to end I pick up nothing but Gardenias on my skin and for me that is okay. I used to pick a Gardenia every morning as a child, wrap it in a damp paper towel and seal it with aluminum foil. Then I would bring it to school with me until the teacher would take it from me claiming it was a distraction (but the truth was she just wanted it on her desk so she could smell it lol). For me it transports me to those times and I could easily see this layered with other scents if I wanted because it is only one scent.

I got this for $20 of strawberrynet unboxed but a great deal! Anyone who wants straight up, no fuss gardenia should get this. Gardenia in the spotlight, backed by a chorus of prettily natural-smelling white florals. I don't get any coconut from this unless it's a young coconut I'm drinking from instead of coconut milk. Creamy gardenia, light citrus all the way. Very satisfying especially at this price. I would use this as a daytime scent and the Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia as a heavy hitter night fragrance between the two. Lasting power is weak to moderate and so is sillage. All in all a lovely scent and a very worthwhile buy as long as you don't mind doing regular top ups in the day.

I got this cheap on a blind buy and I have been on an EL kick lately so I thought why not? This is a pretty tropical perfume. I can pick up the guava, pineapple, orange, lemon and coconut and they combine w/ the gardenia and jasmine to create a really fun, flirty, tropical perfume that smells like an Island paradise in a bottle. I don't get why this is discontinued, it smells so much better than other perfumes I have smelled in this genre. It's to bad summer is almost gone, I would've worn this little gem quite a bit w/ all the heat we had. But in the dead of winter I think I will get this bottle out, put on my sounds of the ocean CD and spray this and pretend I'm in Paradise.

I bought this blind thinking that I would have a very beachy, coconutty, warm sort of fragrance. What I got was not bad, it smells wonderful, but it wasn't what I was expecting and I kind of wish i never got it now. It smells really good though, I really get a lot of citrus, jasmine, and pineapple. I didn't get as much coconut as I wanted to. It doesn't really change too much on the dry down either its very fresh though, I cant say that I DONT like it because I do, I just wasn't expecting it so i feel like i am still wanting something more.

I bought this at a duty-free shop on my way to Bali because it smelled absolutely amazing on a friend. On her, it was a sexy, tropical, patchouli dream, but on me, all gardenia with a hint of coconut. It is a lovely scent and spraying it always takes me back to Bali, but it just too floral and not enough tropical fruit to keep me coming back for more. I really do like the bottle though.

Brasil Dreams opens to big florals. The composition reminds me of Burberry London minus the roses. The fruit notes here add freshness not sweetness. The sandalwood and coconut are clean almost soapy. Positively appropriate for Spring and Summer days.

pure tiare pure jasmine,longlasting and unique,holiday in the bottle.

honeysuckle, it is smell like only honeysuckle, i love it.

Soft but strong oranges over something sort of creamy and coconutty, and general Estee lauder vibe. Not bad, my 6 year old liked it, but not very me. Nothing like Bronze Goddess

I bought this fragrance as a blind buy, thinking that this would be a nice tropical vacation kind of scent. I was imagining sitting underneath an umbrella with a pina-colada (with real cream of coconut and pineapple juice), with the scent of flowers in the background. This fragrance is NOT it! The opening, I get a little of the pineapple, and a strong burst of citrus, which disappears rapidly. What is left is yellow florals, but not in modern sense to my mind. The florals feel more traditional/"grandma" to my mind. Don't get me wrong, if you really like strong florals, you'll probably love this scent. For me though, I am sorry I bought as a blind buy.

I just got this fragrance, ordered it blind, without testing. I thought I might like it,since I love neroli, jasmine, coconut, and amalfi lemon in perfumes, but I am not so fond of this one at all. It has this old-ladyish hint of smell in it,I can smell citruses and unfortunately also some heavy flowery scent that I don't like. It does have a tropical undertone in a way, but not the type I like. The dry-down is little better, kinda reminds me of Beyond Paradise, which I like much better. Overall, I wouldn't have bought it,if I tested it first. Brasil Dream will most likely end up as an addition to my mum's fragrance selection :)

Starts off as a dewy, tropical fruity-floral...I thought I detected honeysuckle, but it must be a combination of the other notes. It dried down fairly quickly to a gardenia scent. The base notes were completely drowned out by the gardenia, and because I am not a huge lover of gardenia, the fragrance felt a tad too floral for my chemistry. Overall, it was a pretty scent, though!

This perfume is very strange to the nose and I haven't made up my mind yet if I like it or not. It does smell very old-lady-ish once it dies down. I don't know if I will keep it, but at least I got for 8 bucks and I'm glad I didn't waste any more money on it.

Just bought it blind. But it ́s not my kind of perfume. Thought it would be a good coconut perfume, but instead there are to much flowers :( I have it for swap. 25ml in a 50ml bottle. PM if you want to swap.

Very cheap smell... glad I bought it just for $8 - it would be sad to loose more money on that. Love Emerald, totally dislike Brasil. Gonna hunt Bali for cheap to try it.

Another blind buy...And my last one!!! Too much honeysuckle,NO coconut,NO pineapple,NO OTHER NOTES! I'm dissapointed and don't think I will wear it. :((((

On me it smelled musty, sweaty, and stale. Very disappointed.

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I purchased this fragrance during the midst of my love affair with all things guava. I discovered guava in my late teens and enjoyed almost every Summer scent that featured this tropical aroma. Estee Lauder's Brasil Dream was not only cheap to buy but had a very enticing scent pyramid. Brasil Dream was barely used up until now. As the temperature soared this Summer, I found myself reaching for the lighter, fresher scents in my wardrobe to combat the heat. Brasil Dream made its way into my Summer rotation and there it has stayed for a solid two months. Brasil Dream is both refreshing and sugary-sweet. The coconut note is sugary and slightly creamy, and the tropical fruit accords create a playful opening. The heart is a mixture of delicate white florals that are more creamy and sweet than buttery. The drydown is admittedly a little plain with soft, dusty sandalwood with the slightest whisper of coconut. As much as I love this fragrance, it is very short-lived. I have nearly used up my entire bottle and this is all due to my tendency to overspray in the hopes that it will last. As far as I know, Brasil Dream is a difficult fragrance to find nowadays. The Dream collection has long since been discontinued. Brasil Dream is not Estee Lauder's best fragrance, but I would go so far to say that it is one of her nicer Summer-appropriate scents.

I was intrigued by this perfume’s tropical allure: guava, coconut, jasmine, and pineapple...an island paradise cocktail! Unfortunately the dream was short lived as there was just too much of a nuclear reaction going on with my skin; I love Estee Lauder but there is a reason why Brasil Dream was never as popular as its cousins: Bali Dream and Pleasures Exotic. The notes don’t have that harmonizing effect that the other fragrances have, in fact it seems like everything was clashing in some kind of chemical soup, everything smelled like over-ripened fruit under an intense sun. The guava, pineapple and oranges were too synthetic and harsh. It’s so artificial smelling that I often question if it is safe to wear and inhale. For me the coconut and gardenia took center stage, this is a very warm and friendly coconut...not creamy or too intense, just perfect. The patch is not too intrusive either; I don’t get sandalwood at all. Fast forward about 2 hours and the chemical smell is gone, replaced by that over-ripened fruit/skittles smell and Brasil Dream get a little more tolerable (but not by much). Ironically I had the thought that this would be more fitting if the perfume was called “Exotic Mosquito Repellent”, it is just way too artificial to my nose. Good idea, bad execution. Vienna.Pink

Brasil Dream is the best of the 3 frags in the "Dream" range - it was a travel exclusive range as it never hit the perfumery shelves - and it is contained in a lovely rounded-edge square bottle, the glass is an orange shade, plus it adds a "matelassé" pattern (like a Chanel purse or better said, a tortoise shell). Lovely, and makes you feel wanting to touch this with your hands. The color of the bottle is attractive, warm and reminds you of summer. The juice is also very summery, beachy. Smells like a tropical cocktail at first, like coconut milk. Then there is the alway welcome neroli, plus bergamot, lemon notes. The fruity part - after the coconut - is ananas. The heart and the drydown lead to patchouli and brasilian gardenia. The base is sandalwood, for a little intensity. All in all, a lovely fresh, summery fragrance for the sunny days. Probably not the most original on earth (it reminded me of Bronze Goddess) - but lovely. If you have the opportunity - it's very rare nowadys- give it a sniff.

I bought it unsniffed from strawberrynet, since I adore gardenias and jasmine. It is a very nice summer fragrance! Not the typical gardenia/jasmine scent...but a nice take on them accompanied with citrucy notes (which of course do not last) and patchouli. Coconut is used as a "push up bra" for gardenia, and I am guessing that is the reason most peaple say they do not sense coconut notes in this. Gardenia and coconut go well together because coconut accenuates gardenia notes. Interesting, summery scent with great sillage and longeavity! Glad I bought it. It's very wearable day and night! ps: This has nothing in common with Estee Lauder's Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia which is my most beloved scent. Nothing to remind me of it (suprisingly though, since they share basic notes). Somebody stated that it resembles Narciso Rodriguez for her and - I agree - they do share some accords but are not too similar.

Opens like a gardenia daiquiri, creamy rich gardenia with a fruity-boozy undertone. Super strong and long lasting. Nothing soapy about this gardenia, which is itself is a rare feat. Even more amazing is that jasmine is paired with gardenia (comes out after about 15 minutes), and it still is not soapy. Such a nice change from the woody scents I have been wearing lately, pretending it's autumn here in the southern U.S. After a couple of hours the scent shifts from straight gardenia to more of a jasmine-coconut with definite guava, a tiny bit like Calyx mixed with Lolita Lempicka's Elle L'aime, but I am not complaining. Still wonderful. If you love gardenia and tropical scents, this will delight you. Opulent and romantic; if Sophia Grojsman did a tropical scent, this would be it. One more thing: great quilted glass bottle. More perfume houses should use quilted glass.

This opens with a huge burst of sweet licorice on my skin, interesting and definitely not what I was expecting! It quickly dries down to what I would call a 'coconut lite' scent, a very floral-kissed coconut. Beautifully balanced, right in between clean and fruity and lush. Gently sweet jasmine/gardenia/orange blossom that's just stronger than the creamy coconut/sandalwood, and just the tiniest bit of guava/pineapple for the tropical vibe that you can feel, but not quite place. A lovely scent for days when I want something on the lighter, cleaner side but not boring. The neroli almost manages to peek through and make it a tad soapy, almost, but not quite. (I hate most neroli but enjoy this, if that gives you any idea of the subtlety.) ETA: Is the licorice opening normal or do you guys think my bottle had aged? =/ [12.1.14 4-6 sprays]

A greatly underappreciated fragrance! Just saw a full bottle for sale on eBay at less than $10--you can smell like a million bucks for next to nothing. It's long-lasting and very lush without being sweet. Smells just about the same from beginning to end. Too heavy for a humid summer day, but ideal for a summer night or a relatively dry climate. I also wear it on dreary winter days to make myself happy. I think Fragrantica's classification as a Fruity Floral is misleading; it's strictly a Floral. I get no fruit and no coconut, "tropical island" rather than "beach". I can never figure out how this fragrance manages to be both fun and elegant at the same time, but it does. I've had it a year and a half and still haven't grown tired of it.