Arizona Bloom

@honorruby's review below sums up exactly how I feel about this perfume. She has a better way with words! I can't get enough of this perfume. I bought a 1.7 ounce on Marshall's website... I was shocked to see it there! Ya know when you spray your blind buy to test it out and at first it's just an OK? But then I just kept smelling small whiffs throughout the day and evening and it made me so happy. I swear this perfume must have ambroxan or iso e super in it. It's like this clean, beautiful molecular beach scent. I'm sorry to say, but so much better than my Another 13 that I paid way too much for. Fragrantica would not let me liken it to House of Bo's-La Mar... but if you put those two fragrances side-by-side, they are very similar. Of course La mar is a lot stronger and a lot more 💵, but Arizona Bloom is like the beautiful clean daughter of La mar! Omg and if you layer the two of those perfumes... 🚀 I immediately purchased a 3.4 ounce from the Marshalls website. I know Sephora stopped carrying this perfume... Maybe that's why it's at Marshalls right now, but the price is great and I'm here for that.I also have to add that while I was writing this, the same video ad popped up, took over my screen at least seven times! I understand that Fragrantica has to make their money, but jeez Louiz!!

This scent is just intoxicating to me. Such a rich musky base that is softened and made light as air with the coconut and soft floral touches. I love the way the coconut is done in here because of how creamy it is while staying so soft. It smells like the ocean breeze over an open field. It smells like skin drying in the sun after a day at the beach. It smells sexy but subtle I have a lot of "light and fresh" scents and I love that category quite a bit as an easy reach. However, this one stands out from my others because of how rich and rounded the base is. I don't think that it is the most unique scent in the world, but something about it is so special to me. I don't think the longevity is amazing, but I think it's a scent I can go a bit anosmic too. Sometimes I will think it's mostly worn off and then a get a beautiful whiff or someone else comments on my scent. So it lingers a little more than you might expect, but by no means a beast. This is also a big compliment getter for me. I always get someone commenting on my scent when I wear this. The sillage is great on this one. Anyone within a few feet of you will get a whiff but it'll never be overpowering. I can't help but go back to this one over and over. it's become such a staple for me.

This is a very unisex scent with a mix of synthetic and natural notes. Upon first smelling this I wasn’t sure what to make of it but I read up on the notes and the coconut and salt really stood out to me...I love salt in perfumes, so I gave it another shot with this knowledge and I can really appreciate it! Also, I get the fig leaf, and I’m obsessed with fig at the moment. The drydown is a little bit black peppery (but in a lovely way) and a bit sharp but this perfume got extra lucky, I’m in a clean fragrance phase right now and I think I’ll grab a full size of it when its on sale- it goes on sale quite regularly by the way. Another thing to note: I asked a friend what they thought they smelled from this, and they said it’s like a clean pine forest in the best possible way. I agree, this is very much giving clean girl. Edit; The longevity is quite disappointing and I feel like I need to overspray sometimes. But since getting that full bottle I’m even more attached to this beautiful and underrated scent more than ever. Despite many of the notes I pick up on typically being masculine this smells unisex on my clothes and feminine - even turns a bit sweet?! -on my skin.

After hearing Anne Lauren raving on and on for years about Arizona Bloom, I have finally managed to get my hands on a travel size of this and let me tell you, she was right! This scent smells absolutely amazing but like others mentioned here, the performance is absolutely atrocious. I don’t mean it doesn’t have a big sillage, I mean lasts for maximum 2 hours on skin and it’s a skin scent at all times. I don’t mind a skin scent but this is too expensive to justify getting a full size, at least at FRP. The scent it’s really nice, creamy, soft, ethereal, musky with a pronounced salty accent besides a coconuty/beachy one. Love a good contrast in perfumes. Also, it’s an interesting one and doesn’t smell like any other perfumes I own, which is great but it’s just too weak. I will enjoy wholeheartedly my 10 ml for as long as it lasts, but until I can get a bottle close to half price off, I won’t upgrade. While the scent is gorgeous, the longevity and sillage is shockingly bad. I know it’s mainly a musky scent, and these scents rarely last for hours on, but Arizona Bloom lasts like a body spray.

Similar to a few others, I'm shocked this one is compared to Le Labo's Another 13. The similarities are minimal for me, if anything. In comparison, Arizona Bloom wins by a mile, with Another 13 seeming 'watered down'. AB is probably one of my favorite gifts of this year. The sweet salt note is one of the most addicting things I think I've ever come across in the fragrance world. I've found coconut to be a temperamental note-- one that can easily overpower a fragrance. Unlike Versace's Crystal Noir, the coconut in this one is perfectly balanced. Oddly enough, this is a beach scent that transcends the epitome of beach fragrances. Comforting, buttery, rich, soft, salty, warm. Easily the perfect match for warm weather, yet I'm strangely excited to see how it performs in colder months. It seems like the kind of fragrance to create a sophisticated, salted ice cream scent, if given the opportunity. In the meanwhile, my soul cries for its weak longevity. I would instantly buy an intense version that lasted longer.