Dream

I went to an isolated rural middle school in Saskatchewan, where hormones were raging and I was definitely not a popular girl. The REALLY popular ones, the ones whose comparatively richer parents dragged them to the mall a couple of towns over for some semblance of culture, wore what my 11 year old self could only describe as pure magnetism. I DREAMT of this scent, having no idea where to buy it or what it was called, with the idea that I could someday wear it too and be fabulous and sexy. When I was probably too old for it, I browsed through the gap and finally realized it was none other than Gap Dream and bought it on the spot, perhaps out of some sort of wistful longing to finally be the pretty girl. So yeah, while the scent itself is actually a little too obvious and megabrand-esque for my liking now, its fundamentally aspirational nature to a 11 year old canadian tomboy in the nineties introduced me to perfume. I still wear it as a reminder and I can't thank it enough.

This was my signature scent for a while in high school. I just recently bought another bottle and the nostalgia I get from this is unreal. It takes me right back to being a teenager, driving 2 hrs to the nearest city with my friends to go to the Gap to try out all the perfumes, spending the day at the mall buying brand name underwear, bathing suits, American Eagle clothing. It was such a vibe!! I come from a small town with nowhere to shop, and nothing to do, so these day trips were it for us. Gap Dream brings back all the feels. Ahh to be young again. As for the scent itself, I don't get much of any singular note here - it's all blended so beautifully to create a calming, clean and fresh cloud of optimism, freedom, and a carefree, dream-like wonder, that the prettiest girl you've ever seen would smell like. It literally smells like a dream!

I found the bottle of Gap dream in my closet at my mothers house. One spray brought me back memories from 90s. I have been discovered so many fragrances since 80s but I realized this is one of my favorite fragrances. Back then I didn't care about the notes of fragrances so now i am surprised to see the list of the notes Because I always felt a tea with milk vibe from Gap dream. I still can remember I went to the Gap store at Sukiyabashi Hankyu(Ginza) after work and sniffed once and fell in love with this. Its been over 30 years, the shop and the building are all gone... though my memories from 90s are still existing with this bottle.

My wife and I married in 1999. As newlyweds, we lived a few blocks from an open-air mall with a Gap and we walked there often. I can't remember if I bought Dream for her because I liked it or if she bought it and I liked it, but either way I loved the scent then and I still do. It's so pretty and so feminine. It smells youthful but not immature, with lovely floral notes and gentle sweetness. My wife passed away in 2024 and hadn't worn Dream in probably almost 20 years, but she still had a partial bottle which I will keep to remind me of her. A beautiful perfume and a treasured memory for me.

This was my signature scent throughout middle school. I recently found a bottle on clearance at the Gap outlet and had to pick it up. It is much more like a body spray, an intense body spray. The Freesia notes stand out the most. I was very sad to know it would be discontinued. I did find another perfume that was so similiar but has a little more lasting power, I Am Passion, which was a blind but at TJ Maxx. This is one is not in the fragrantica database but I checked out the website and sadly it looks like it has been discontinued as well.