Bronze Goddess Eau de Parfum

* full 100 ml EDP with box available for swap * Alright, this also has been on my want list for a hot minute, so imagine my joy when I finally found a 100 ml bottle of this, sealed BNIB for 40$ from a girl in Moscow. I think I am developing a bit of an obsession for finding a good deal when a fragrance is sold at an exorbitant price, but anyways, I am digressing. I will start by saying that I hate the marketing strategy Estee Lauder adopted with the Bronze Goddess line. I get it, this was meant to be a limited edition when it first came out, but given that it had an enormous success, why didn't they keep a couple versions (say, EDT, EDP, and skinscent) as regulars in their collection? What's the point in reformulating Bronze Goddess every year? And now any version of this is almost impossible to find and sold at unreasonable prices. Not to mention that if one falls in love with one of the fragrances, it's so easy to get mistaken and buy a different formulation. It really frustrates me. I feel like I'm holding the menu at one of those stupid restaurants that have a 50 page menu where all the dishes are basically made with the same ingredients but in a different order, a sloppy mess, hundreds of choices all similar but all different. Anyways. Let's talk about the EDP. I do think this is richer and creamier than the skinscents (I have tried a couple) that I tried. If I had to give this juice a color, I would give it a golden, shiny, thick, glowing color, just like the bottle. Liquid gold. This is sweet, cozy, summery, but also remains fresh, it is not cloying, or nauseating, it's sweet in a comforting way, and it's very summery and beachy. I love how the notes are blended together, the main ones standing out being frangipani, coconut, and vanilla, with a bed (or tanning bed) of bergamot around them. It does not have a suntan lotion vibe, it's not creamy in that way, but damn this is delicious. I love this. The frangipani stays fresh, and it doesn't make this overpowering, nor does it suppress the other notes. I hate frangipani some fragrances, I feel it heavily in some Paco Rabanne ones, and it smells obnoxious, like that one relative that gets drunk at every family reunion and no one can stand them. It's a tricky note that can become rancid to my nose real fast. The bottle is gorgeous. This is a keeper for me. I am still very frustrated with how this whole line is managed, and that unless you are super lucky and find this on a resale, even duty frees ask 150 bucks for it. But, still, this is an amazing fragrance. Longevity is extraordinary on clothes, lasts for days, and stays on pretty well on me all day. The skinscent I have tried stayed on well on clothes too, they have a good grip on clothes or something. Sillage and projection are moderate to good, but I would not want this to be a powerhouse. It is perfect as it is to me.

I bought this as soon as it was released because Bronze Goddess *should* have been my favorite perfume (given the notes) but instead it's something I love/hate. The original skinscent has an accord or note that smells horrifically synthetic on me and when it kicks in my throat feels like I'm coming down with a cold. Scratchy and irritated and uncomfortable. I bought the EDP to see if they solved that issue and initial tests say they have! Rejoice! I've worn this for one day, it was delivered this morning. Our weather is currently cold and crappy so not ideal weather for BG. But I couldn't wait. Sprayed immediately. 1. This is not a powerhouse fragrance. It is fairly light, and one could easily spritz away more than my usual 3 sprays and not be overpowering ot others (at least in the cold, heat may change that). 2. The horrific synthetic note is gone. (again in the cold. Will edit once summer comes). 3. Still isn't as coconut dominant as I would like. Ah well. 4. On me, after wearing for 6 hours I can say this develops slowly, but surely. It's not a huge change but it is there. First spray is a gentle blend of white florals and a creamy sweet milky/coconut vibe. (No suntan lotion, yay!) Over a course of a few hours the flowers change a bit, until I was clearly smelling the frangipani and coconut milk (a very diffuse and abstract take on it). Layered over a bed of cashmere wood and musk. These last two are very well blended, neither stand out. But what I smell isn't distinctly either so I'm calling it both. I feel like this is a grown up version of Bronze Goddess. If the original was a 20 something slathered in sunscreen, drinking a sugary cocktail on the beech this is a woman of indeterminate age (but definitely a bit of experience). She's grown up a bit, she is sitting sensibly in the shade of a beautiful flowering tropical tree and she's got a far more grown up drink in her hand. ;) I like it.

I'm quite liking this one. Definitely a summer in a bottle kinda scent. It's dead in the middle of winter here in West Australia and I'm craving summer so badly, this at least let's me pretend it is just for a while. Where tom ford Orchid soleil makes me think of a deserted coastline, untouched and surrounded by dune shrubbery, right at the hottest part of the day with no breeze( my favourite kind of beach); Bronze goddess edp reminds me of the opposite, late morning on a tropical oasis looking beach, shaded by coconut palms and lush green bushes fill the air with the sweet perfume of tropical flowers in bloom, a light cool breeze is blowing by and my skin is warming under the glow of the sun, I'm sipping an ice cold glass of coconut water and breathing in the clean beach air. It really is your typical beach scent but as usual with estee lauder, it's impeccably well blended and the coconut is nice and natural, without that synthetic nauseating pineapple-y fruitiness to it. The cashmere note gives it a clean linen type freshness which keeps it from being too sweet. Overall I quite enjoy it and I'm really craving coconut lately so this is hitting the spot

So, I’ve read the comments and let me pose a question for you all. - each of you I’m safe in assuming come from a family. Mother, father, siblings ect. You each have the same name, same genetics (siblings and cousins) all similar and represent a lineage. Yet, not every single one of you is exactly the same. All different qualities and personalities that make you unique. Well, this is the same with fragrance. I know this is long winded just for a perfume but it’s distracting when there is a fuss that this shouldn’t be in the BG family. Yes it absolutely should. It has the fine makeup on the BG family but beautifully individual as well. I like it. I like all of them. I simply sniffed with my pure coconut perfume and molecule for a bit of an extra kick and it’s great. No need to freak out, make it work for you. This is nothing new fron a Lauder

So I am doing an Estée Lauder stint today. Fine with me, because I love Lauder's scents. They often work very well on my skin, and many of them - among them Bronze Goddess - have good sillage/longevity. Also, buying Estée Lauder make-up-sets was one of my grandma's little vices. She was a city girl from Vienna, loving the opera, theatre and cinema, but she moved to the countryside when she got married. I do not think she ever got to appreciate her beautiful garden (I rather suspect she was bored out of her mind by it), but she did enjoy her Lauder lipsticks! Anyway: Bronze Goddess is lovely on my skin! I get the frangipani, the coconut and the vanilla. I do not know the other Bronze Goddess perfumes, so I cannot be disappointed by comparison. Is ignorance bliss? Oh, I don't know :-)

This has completely surprised me in the best possible way. I don’t quite love it just yet, but it’s a very high like right now. It is a vanilla and coconut scent with a hint of frangipani flower. It does not have a sunblock vibe and it is much sweeter than I expected, so please be prepared for that. The vanilla is the strongest note to my nose, but it’s not sickeningly sweet. Regarding the Bath and Body Works comparison, I can definitely see that with their tropical collection, which I also own, but I do have to say that the quality of notes in Bronze Goddess EDP smell much higher and smoother in my opinion. I can even see this being worn in winter. Longevity is moderate and silage is low.

Incredibly creamy. Sexy, sensual, thankfully not too sweet. In the opening there's a fleeting floral scent from jasmine and frangipani. I can't smell any of the top notes. I get just a whiff of coconut in the middle, regrettably. It quickly dries down to a vanilla scent, accompanied by some cashmere and musk. When I first tried it, I immediately thought of Black Opium, which I can't stand. There are some similarities, but Bronze Goddess is less sweet and loud, definitely more sophisticated and elegant. It's not necessarily a summer scent, it works wonderfully in fall and winter. Projection is quite good, and lasting power is great as well.

This is like Nishane’s Hundred Silent Ways and Black Opium (minus the coffee) but with a much more tropical flair to it. It most certainly is sensual and evokes the feelings of a beach side holiday! Sun cream and fun in the hot sun! But I personally, would reserve this for those sticky balmy evenings by the beach than the hot day. I can see this becoming cloying to some so wear this cautiously! Pair it with something fresher (perhaps a jo Malone or some type of Eau De Cologne?). It has become a favourite :) EDIT: I’m wearing this in the high heat of the day, just two generous spritzes on each wrist and I am LOVING it !

There are just too many of these! EEKS! But... ...a few years ago I bought the EDP in the gorgeous copper-ish bottle. It's heaven in a bottle. Trust me on this. It is summer all the way around. No other season makes this fragrance work as well. Yes, it's similar to all the other flankers, however -- there is something special about this one. Don't really know what that is though (sorry). I live in a dry climate with a month of monsoon humidity. This beauty just works where I live. (New Mexico) If you can still get your hands on this -- do it! You won't regret it. Happy sniffing!!

This is like summery version of Black Opium centered around the coconut instead of coffee. And it is delicious! I actually didn't click with Bronze Goddess edt, it has something harsh and too dry in its quality. However, this one is more creamy, milky, softer and definitely more sexy. Great for summer if you like tropical and sweet fragrances. The only minus is the longevity which is really poor and the sillage is too close to the skin considering the price. So, that's why I think I won't repurchase. If it was cheaper I surely would because I really love the scent!

I kept hearing about "beachy" scents and thought I would hate this because I dislike aquatics and beaches. LOL. I love it. This reminds me of a richer, creamy, ambery Shalimar. It is citrus in the top with florals, vanilla and coconut. It is creamy and bordering on edibly gourmand. As it dries down, there is some amber and musk that wrap around the sweet frangipani, coconut, rum and citrus. This adds a little woodiness. I have a cold and can't wait to sample this when my nose is normal again. I can smell it through the congestion.

it is not long lasting, but it is perfume i mean you can smell the difference between this one and the EDT, while the EDt is more fresh and more airy, this one is deeper more vanilla complex with a beautiful creaminess like you are wearing a rich body lotion with vanilla and white flowers... i wish this could last more on my skin, but ok, i can always spray more. Great bottle too, beautiful Metallic pink. (take the 100ml, because you will love it and you will want to take a bath on it :D)

This was a blind buy, I am a fan of bronze goddess whipped creams so I just bought this last week from esteelauder.com. Very nice and sweet smell, I kept smelling myself when I first sprayed it. But it stays only 2 hours, similar as any other Estee perfumes. It must be an EDT. The bottle itself is gorgeous. P.S to Estee Lauder: Dear Estee Lauder Company, you have to work so much about your perfumes very low longevity's. Work hard!

Beautiful, sultry, and full of sunshine! Nice bergamot and ginger on top. More floral than coconut, the balance is perfection--smells very luxe.

Devastated to realize I used up my bottle! It was hard to tell with the metallic finish 🥹

The weather is getting warmer. Spritzed a bit on today --- ahhhhhhhh..... just beautiful!

I tested this opposite Bronze Goddess eau fraiche. From reading the previous reviews, I knew it would be different and gourmand. I just wanted to see how different. The EDP is sweet like a coconut cream pie, which tastes like a creme brûlée with toasted coconut undertones. I get some florals after the initial cream pie, mostly jasmine and very little fragrapani. The drydown is a lovely, lightly tropical vanilla. I do not usually enjoy fragrances this sweet but I can see owning this. Now, for the downside. This is not a summer fragrance to me. This evokes summer but will probably work best in cooler weather. I did not notice the longetivity greatly increased from the BG EF. I also, for the life of me, cannot understand why they marketed this as Bronze Goddess when it smells so distinctly different. I like it, I do, and I certainly will get a FB eventually (even if it's just to have), it just is not what I think of when I think Bronze Goddess.

I love this! I blind bought, because of the references to Black Opium, which in my opinion are 100% accurate. I notice the ginger in this, which is nice to make it a bit fresh for hot weather, but the jasmine and probably somewhat the vanilla are definitely reminiscent of Black Opium. It's almost a bit like a fusion of Black Opium and Olympea. I think it's versatile for most any season. This is my first experience with any BG products, and I think the new EDP is a total winner. It's NOTHING like the 2017 Skinscent, however - I had thought it might be, only in different concentration, but I don't like this year's Skinscent at all. The lavender in it is huge to my nose, and I can't tolerate lavender, personally. So this formula is my total fave of the two this year. Edit: re the Skinscent version- I have come to enjoy lavender, so I’ll be eager to revisit the BG Skinscent this summer.

I’m a guy but love to wear this. It smells like European sunscreen but is elevated probably because of the white flowers. Thanks to the less sweet finish and the dryness, it doesn't be that weird for guys to wear this frag. I get compliments not only from my lady peers but guys around me. I live in a climate where sunshine stings my skin and humidity is usually around 90% which means some masculine frags become cloying. This one, however, doesn't have the problem. I noticed that other versions of this that came out in other years leaned towards much more feminine. I’m planning on stocking up on this one since I haven't found other fragrances quite like this. That would be the only downside of this so far.

I went to Nordstrom's today and was so excited when I saw this on the counter. I ran up to it and gave it a long sniff. Smells beautiful! I then sprayed one spray on each wrist. As I was enjoying the perfume I kept thinking...this reminds me of something. Then it hit me. Black Opium! It doesn't smell exactly like Black Opium but it's very similar. Bronze Goddess has more of a coconut smell than coffee but it was too similar for me to buy a bottle. It's much more sweet than the original EDT and if I didn't have Black Opium I would have bought it. It also didn't last that long on me. 3-4 hours tops (but my skin eats perfume). On a positive note the bottle is gorgeous...Metallic rose gold!'

This is sun, beach and cocktails in a bottle. Such a happy sweet coconut vanilla scent, perfect for a “Bronze Goddess”, but not your young party animals, more of the mature elegant woman. I can see her laying on the sun lounge beside the infinity pool, in a white bikini, red sunglasses and a silk Versace scarf on her head, slowly sipping a Pina Colada. Perfect for the summer or just whenever you need a pick me up.

Drydown is a soft, sweet, coconuty vanilla with some ambery warmth. If I was not presented with the notes, I would just say that it's some generic vanilla perfume. Imagine an Orchid Soleil Tom Ford, without the medicinal facet, very very watered down and more vanillic. The frangipani is not enough pronunced. Neither is jasmine. Fluffy, sunny, linear and cute. Relax, you're not missing out.

I wasn’t already acquainted with prior BG version, so this one was not a disappointment to me. I can see why people are saying this smells like Black Opium. It just isn’t as harsh. I prefer this because the coffee note of BO makes it less versatile for me. I honestly don’t see why BG EDP can’t be a year round scent if you live in a moderate climate like I do.

ОуМного го обичам, радвам се, че си дадох време за него, в първите хладни дни след лятото вече откривам красотата му. Ако можете да си представите пудра от летен слънцезащитен лосион, може и да ме разберете:) а сериозно - това е прекрасно смесен аромат, предстои ми една интересна връзка с него. Наистина специален. Много сладък

Yes, the smell is divine, but ephemeral like a summer affair. I'm thinking of cocktails and long drinks, but the euphoria lasts only 3 hours, like the number of summer months in my country. I'm very sad, because is a perfect beachy scent! So yummy...and it smells exactly like an expensive coconut oil poured on sunkissed skin!

I prefer the EDT/Skin Fraiche...as this is not as tropical coconut beachy as the EDT. Cashmerewood is fairly strong, and really stands out on me.....adds a woody spice ('spice' for lack of better descriptive word). almost yields like a very mild patchouli on my skin.

This one was a pleasant surprise. It was warm, sweet and spicy. I was expecting something salty and beachy/suncream, but it was not like that. It was much better! This is my kind of sweet...! ♥

Black Opium minus the coffee and a slight floral scent that adds lightness to it. Its nice but wouldnt bother if you already have BO.

Yes I agree it has similarities to black opium. This should be called black sand beach opium

I just wish this perfume was the stronger version of a BG skinscent and not a completely different fragrance. Black Opium and other sweet scents sell well nowadays so this is what Estée Lauder came up with. Sigh. The bottle is lovely though.

Smells like ant spray- ugh yuck!

To my nose this version of Goddess smells great and i am having a lot of compliments when i am wearing it. Sadly, when the juice marinate long enough, there is that synthetical smell that comes out and it turns out bad ! Yess Its bad because it starts soo nice but ends up pretty nasty. If you have the chance, try to compare this one to TF Soleil Blanc on a paper or on your skin since they are similar (not eau de soleil blanc..the original Soleil Blanc by Tom ford). After a whole day or 24h later you'll see what i am talking about. BG edp is a less expensive and good alternative but please, if you can afford..TOM Ford is sooo soo much better and the price tag sometimes can be justify but you have to judge for yourself and smell it in all its phases (Top,Middle and base) Its also a question of taste and chemistry and some pretty expensive perfume are not worth the price tag. TF tag is justify for me because it is pure and fresh cococut scent and does not change over time and does not have that synthetic weird smell. But if TF has no longevity or sillage on you..then don't buy it. Its just funny because when i decide to wear my Bronze Edp, i make sure to take a shower after a couple of hours at the end of the day to make sure that the base notes won't come saying hi to me.

To me BG eau de perfume (2017) evokes ambivalent feeling. It opens with a subdued, dense cloud of sweet, coconut- vanilla with some citrus and spiciness. I get impression “Hey BG you smell nice, I want to keep you on my skin”. That initial impression of coco-vanilla sweetness keeps projecting, while the scent, after couple of hours blooms into a creamy coco-vanilla-ambary musk. At this stage I like it too, as it gives impression I am sniffing to a thick white tropical flower (of course, created in my mind to counteract chilly gray day here in CPH -:). However, as the scent in some moments projects vanillin-plastic (or perhaps Indol) vibe, I get a bit put-off. Eau Fraiche (version 2016, haven’t tasted 2017 yet) seems more multi-dimensional and fresh (surprise -:). After all, it contains vetiver and few other notes (absent in eau de perfume) that balance sweetness. Overall, I think Eau Perfume is worth trying. It may be an answer in search of a coconut-vanilla -tropical vibe scent. I purchased 50 ml, as I am sure I’ll rich for it again.

I originally sprayed this at a specialist chemist that sells old and new stock. I sprayed this exact bottle and then went and bought the one currently at stores (horizontal clear bottle) and can tell you now that this bronze coloured bottle is vastly different. The newer one is way more coconutty and perhaps better for younger people skin chemistry, my daughter seems to be able to pull it off better than me, shes a tween. What I have done occasionally is layer both versions and it can project a little more as it's got poor projection. They don't make this version anymore so will be going to the store to buy out the rest of their stock. Got it for $130AUD. Similar perfumes in my opinion are In Control by Britney (discontinued) tiny bit black opium, and when because I know this bottle is limited, I sometimes layer or mix it with noir night from kmart (dupe for black opium)

This is not the best incarnation of Bronze Goddess. It’s hard to keep track of the various formulas from different years. I prefer the Eau Fraiche. I picked this up for peanuts at a discount retailer. At first it smells straight out of Bath and Body Works. Artificial, saccharine, vanillic. Thankfully, this settles down into a less sweet “my skin but better” scent. Longevity isn’t great (after 3 hours it is just barely detectable in my skin) but this is the kind of scent I’ll tote around with me and spritz liberally throughout the day or apply generously after the shower and follow up with a complimentary fragrance. I will likely wear this as an all over body scent underneath Annick Goutal Songes or Serge Lutens Datura Noir. If I generously overspray longevity improves to 5-6 hours. Beyond Paradise (also by Estée Lauder) is another scent in this genre to check out.

I wasn't a fan of the other versions, I just don't care much for the sun tan / coconut vibe, this one on the other hand I really like!! I might buy a bottle soon...it is more floral, it still has a summery vibe, it has a citrusy/ coconut beginning, but it isn't too much, then the florals take over, and turn it into a voluptuous floral scent, in truth I don't disagree it has in truth a little something of Black Opium, the Bronze Goddess is more floral..just takes a different direction, but they have similarities . It made me think also of Tom Ford orchid soleil, in the base. All in whole, for me, the nicest flanker there is...more grown up, more floral, interesting and feminine...my husband thinks it smells great too.!! Now if you didnt like Black Opium, not sure you would like this one!? Update: not getting it, just feel it is missing something !?

I just picked the EDP up at Ross for $24.99. I have fallen in love! This is FOR SURE going to be my summer scent. To me, it smells like a wayyyyyyy more womanly version of Reb'l Fleur by Rihanna. I have both on, one on each wrist. For me, Bronze Goddess is floral and creamy. Reb'l Fleur is loud, sharp, and very synthetic on my skin. I dislike it quite a lot, especially now compared to Bronze Goddess. This will definitely be my summer scent once it warms up. ETA: The scent turned on my skin. I'm not totally sure what caused it, but I am totally sad about it! I will be doing some further investigating/testing to try and make this work!

This was highly confusing to me when I smelled it yesterday. It's about 95% Black Opium and 5% Bronze Goddess. What was the point of this? Why would they name this Bronze Goddess EDP? It has so little of the original DNA. They should have released this fragrance as some sort of flanker of Bronze Goddess, not as the EDP version which everyone would assume is a stronger concentration of the original fragrance. Don't bother with this EDP if you're looking for the original coconutty-beachy fragrance in a longer-lasting, higher concentration. It is bound to disappoint you.

I have two different versions of bronze goddess from 2015 and 2016 previous years. They are both wonderful yet slightly different. I put this new 2017 version on today and it smells terrible! Gone is the tropical light fragrance that mesmerized me with the others. I had to come home and scrub it off. I would've liked previous years to be done in perfume instead of their skinscents but I will gladly go back to them and never try this perfume again. It smells slightly like the old original Victoria of Victoria's Secret, which always gave me a headache.

I’m on my third bottle of the skinscent. I don’t love it, but I appreciate and enjoy wearing it. I should’ve read reviews here before buying the EDP. As others have said, the EDP is nothing like the skinscent. There’s no lemon cake topped with coconut, there’s no nutty cherry-almond/pistachio biscotti, no creamy coconut rum drink. No beachy evocations, no tropics.. Instead it’s a ubiquitous fruit-chouli clone that smells quite similar to my Jimmy Choo and Coco Mad bottles. Vanilla fruit-chouli. Slightly amber-y. I’m not feeling it.

This smells so much like YSL Black Opium on my skin. I still purchased it event though I own BO, because I felt like it is longer lasting and smells just a bit better on my skin! I couldn't help myself. It smells nothing like the skin scent version of Bronze Goddess in my opinion, but I do wonder if layering would give a pretty result? Overall I really enjoy the scent. But I agree with other comments, if you already own BO, you really don't NEED this.

I prefer the EDP to the EDT - smoother, creamier, the archetypal 'expensive sun tan lotion' fragrance. And that's the only time I wear it - on beach holidays. It's bang on the money for that setting. Wouldn't wear it elsewhere as the coconut/vanilla combo pisses me off day to day unless it's done exceptionally well, better than with BG. The EDT isn't for me at all. It has a salty and slightly metallic edge that I find unpleasant.

Definitely disappointed me. Was thrilled to see my all time favorite beachy scent was finally going to be in EDP form as so many have suggested. This is not my Bronze Goddess at all.Opens quite floral and synthetic, When It dries down reminds me of VS Dark Angel and a little of Black Opium. It's slightly sweet but feels more like vanilla than coconut. Shouldn't be in the BG family.

Creamy,milky and very floral coconut scent. Feminine and elegant.Suits ladies any age. This will be my coconut fragrance number 1 for summer.I like and original,but as many fragrances is reformulated and doesn't perform good. This flanker has great performance in my skin. I can't wait summer...I put a little bit before I go to sleep

Just got this one and WOW,I am amazed at just how much I dislike it!!So disappointing!!! Where's the citrus, and where is the beautiful coconut???? Nowhere to be found! Just an overload of white florals. Smells absolutely nothing like the eau fraiche, which is a gorgeous summer in a bottle scent. This one went right on ebay

A sweet, summery, relaxing fragrance. Unfortunately with bad sillage and longevity. It smells elegant but it is a bit too shy, and, honestly, there are other perfumes with the same vibe that are cheaper and more interesting. Don't get me wrong, it smells good but it is unimpressive.

This is so good, its wayy stronger than the original bronze goddess in the rectangular bottles (doesn't smell like the skinscent line) can't believe they discontinued it. It's actually almost identical to Britney prerogative but I like this better

This smells like the countless bath and body works scents. I'm sure if you put Bronze Goddess with 3 other Bath and body works perfumes you wouldn't tell the difference. The only difference is the astronomical price estee lauder is asking for.

It is a well blended perfume with the ginger note pronounced a bit more than the rest. Overall, a light, non generic, non sugary sweet perfume with a character of its own, that wears very pleasantly during Spring and Summer months.

It's nice but my recently purchased Bath and Body Works At The Beach smells just as nice and fits my current budget better...caught it at a one day sale for $6!