Sunflower Pop

Fleeting, Fizzy, Bitter Citrus, Hint of Sweet, Freshie This scent represents its inspiration perfectly! If a sunflower had a smell and Van Gogh's painting was bottled as a fragrance, it would be this scent. It makes me feel like twirling with arms wide open through a sunflower field as the sun warms my face during golden hour (You know that cliché Instagram photo every influencer in the 2010s posted - it's that feeling but through an olfactory instead of a visual medium). It is bright, bouncy, optimistic, carefree, and oh so likeable. It also brought to mind the grapefruit soda, Squirt. If you smell Squirt it does not directly smell like this perfume, obviously. . .but this perfume smells like that soda tastes. It is photorealistic grapefruit soda scent. I see some comments referring to this scent as unimaginative and banal but please consider that this scent was not made to make you think or go on a wild adventure. This scent was made to cheer you up and make you feel free and full of possibility. From this perspective, the fragrance meets and exceeds that goal. This scent was meant to be your freshie BFF, not meant push your limits. BFFs are familiar, lovely, always there for you, and always down for a good time just like this perfume. I personally LOVE this scent, but I am huge citrus and freshie fan. What I don't love is the longevity. Since freshies often revolve around citrus they often have lower longevity performance but this one is very low when compared to other freshie fragrances of the same quality and price point. This one fades to a skin scent after 1-2 hours on my skin and about 3-4 hours on my clothes. I have other freshie EDPs that cost $125/100 ml (3.4 oz) and last 4-6 hours on skin and 6-8 hours on clothes. This one will run you $178/100 ml, therefore the cost to performance ratio is not worth a full bottle in my opinion. If this was priced under $100/100 ml like some good quality EDTs, then I would consider this worth it. Great alternatives that smell very similar for less: 1. Zurai By Virtue of Sunbeams - ETD concentration for $89/100 mls + $32 shipping to US at time of writing this ($121 total). Performance of this ETD is on par with the EDP concentration of #2 and both significantly outperform Sunflower Pop in terms of longevity and projection. I tested all 3 on my skin on the same day under the same weather and conditions. 2. Kerosene Summer of '84 - EDP concentration for $152/100 mls + free shipping to US. COST: 1/5 LONGEVITY: 1/5 SILLAGE: 1/5 PROJECTION: 2/5 SCENT: 5/5

Sunflower Pop is the most fresh, uplifting, citrus, fruity floral scent I’ve sampled in a long time. Mandarine, bergamot, peach, passion fruit, plum flowers and a sweet thick honey combined together create this wonderful scent. Simple, realistic smelling and mouth watering! Sunshine in a bottle! Sunflower Pop reminds me of a sunny day in Italy or Spain when you’re in a upscale restaurant with the most delicious, refreshing and colourful fruity cocktail in hand and you just enjoy life. Or maybe you find yourself in an outdoor, sun lit, fruit market where they sell the most juicy, mouthwatering tropical fruits and local grown citruses and you just want to try them all! This is the mood that Sunflower Pop puts me in! Care free summertime in the South.. It could be an absolute glorious summer scent for me if it perform a bit better. But it’s kind of a skin scent with minimal projection that lasts for about 4 hours on skin. On clothing it’s so much more powerful, I can smell it the next day! The bottle is absolutely my kind of aesthetic. Bright, vibrant, colourful, sunny, clean cut see through glass bottle! My very first time trying Floral Street and I am intrigued to sample more of their creations. I find myself very tempted to get a bottle of this for next summer if I can get it for a decent price. Will update if that happens. Edit April 2024: managed to get a full size bottle for half off. So happy to have Sunflower Pop just in time for summer season!

From the first spray, I immediately was reminded of Atelier Cologne Clementine California. I decided to wear both back to back to compare and had someone else smell both. Sunflower Pop does have a sweeter, more peach opening from the bellini accord. That is something unique that I don't have anywhere else in my perfume collection (around 150+ scents). Besides that opening, it smells very similar to Clementine California except Clementine California is slightly more unisex and spicy. The other person I had sniff them did say they were different enough that you could have both. If you like one, you'll most likely enjoy the other! I found it only lasts a few hours maximum. This is less than I like, but I find most citrus-heavy scents are pretty fleeting as citrus is a perfume ingredient that evaporates the fastest. You can't really blame Floral Street since that's just where perfume chemistry is right now! This scent would be best for spring/summer. I enjoy the packaging too with the Vincent Van Gogh art on it.

Got this just over a week ago - I have quite a few other Floral Street frags and not been disappointed yet, and this is no exception. This is a really happy, uplifting fragrance, refreshing and slightly green, it brings a smile to my face. The standout notes on my skin are the bergamot, bellini & amber. The bergamot starts of quite strong, but not overpowering, and lingers throughout the journey, which surprised me. After about 30-45 mins, the bellini bubbles up with the bergamot, and remains there for the next 2-3 hours. The bellini then starts to lose it's 'fizz' and gives way to the soft amber/honey blend, and as the last of the bergamot softens and fades gently, the warm amber/honey stays very close to the skin for a further 3-4 hours. I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of citrus scents, as they barely register on my skin, but this lasts, and is a very well blended concoction.

Sunflower Pop lives up to its name alright... this is a bright, zesty, punchy citrus with a some booziness and a touch of iris. I'd describe this as being the colour of a neon yellow marker in scent form - I adore citrus and even I think this is strong! That, at least, translates into staying power though; I tend to reapply around the 4 hour mark which is pretty great for a citrus perfume. I genuinely can't think of anything I've ever tried that's remotely similar, because this is so sour and bitter it's like I'm actively sipping on a cocktail. There's plenty out there with the astringency of lemon, or the juiciness of lime, or even the bitterness of orange but trust me, none of it is quite like this. The only downside is I only ever reach for this in the summer, so I don't know if I want to commit to a FB or just keep buying the travel sizes.