Bronze Goddess Soleil

I love this one! Most of the reviews that hate this one almost put me off buying, but I love lemon so I bought it anyway. So glad I did. It's a great light summer fragrence and smells classy at the finish. It's definitely a fragrence for a woman, not a girl.

Ok, I have been dying to smell this! I went to Macy's today and there it was for the sampling. At first spray this is sunny, energenic, fruity, warm and delicious all wrapped up in one bottle. I was in love or so I thought when 3 hours later I could not smell a hint of anything at all on my arm. I am so bummed! I love this scent but it did not last more than 2+ hours and I can't bring myself to buy this if it isn't going to make it past 2+ hours. UUGGHH! I love it though.....

I had this scent long time ago, probably in 2011. Remember smelling lovely, but not extraordinary or unique. It was not coconut unlike the annual Bronze Goddess scents. The gorgeous bottle is the attraction point here, not the scent itself.

It's like a day at the beach. ahhhhhhhhh

In comparison 2008 Bronze Goddess Eau Fraîche is a relaxing,smouldering,deep hot summertime day on the beach sipping coladas where 2011's Soleil is a peppy, bright, tangy citrus (smells almost like grapefruit. it's a tart citrus rather than a sweet citrus) full of energy with an added bit of musk for that summer skin scent (I'm not so enamored with that at the moment as it smells a bit like sweat/BO). IMO after some of the musk burns off it's much better. At that point it's not as sharp, the citrus becomes a little sweeter and the floral is as light as a sunbeam. Unfortunately a lot of lemon notes don't work on me as they tend to have an odd bitter/unpleasant note when mixed with my chemistry and this perfume may well be one of them. I'm still out on this one, depending on how that note turns on my skin plus I want to give it chance in the hot weather to see how it blooms. As of right now, it's pleasant but nothing earth shattering, not a "have to have it" perfume for me. I'd say 08's Bronze Goddess is a somewhat limited beach scent where Soleil is a more versatile late spring and summer daytime scent. As far as strength, it's an eau fraiche so it won't last much beyond 2 hours, if that long but that's the nature of the beast. I think the bottle is sized & priced appropriately considering that(100ml).