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.

Same as @JessieJames signature scent senior year. Drove an hour to the city to try the 4 Gap scents and feeling so sexy to find mine. Boys would tell me my waist length hair smells so good. I don’t remember a lot about it but I loved it. A couple of years ago I got my hands on a fleeting drop, Cardamom Musk which I love. Because it’s so affordable I spray it until my heart is content. I didn’t realize they’d re-released. I’ll probably buy one for nostalgia sake.

I bought a bottle online to replace one that was lost.. Although, I kept that bottle because my mother bought it for me in the late 90's. I can't believe that it can still be found for a decent price after it was discontinued years ago. No, it's not a stunning or complex scent, but I wanted it just for the nostalgia and those carefree days long gone by. It's pretty and feminine. The majority of what I smell is fresh orange blossoms and some jasmine.

talk about late 90s nostalgia. whew! i wore the heck out of this stuff. had the big 3.4 oz bottle. i also had the little purse sprays of om, day, grass, earth, and heaven. they were all exactly how their name described. this is a freesia dream and i will ALWAYS love it even if it is a little youthful. really wish the other scents were added to this site. some are very expensive on ebay (like over 100$) so i guess nostalgia can be costly

I wore this in high school. It wasn't my signature scent, just something I spritzed on to shake things up a bit. I love how sharp and crisp it is. It's sort of invigorating, like a blast of winter air, or ice cold fruit juice. For some reason, this has always smelled very delicious to me, even though the notes are all floral. Strange, wonderful little EDT. I still wear it occasionally, when I'm feeling especially fun and carefree.

OMG this was my go to scent back in the day along with Heaven and Grass. I managed to pick this up and more at one of their outlet stores in my city and it brought up so many memories from the past I bought a back-up in case GAP decides to discontinue this again. But its the same Dream that I know from the past. I have been spraying it non stop since I got it today. So worth it!

I first used this in my early high school ages and I immediately fell in love with it as soon as I sprayed it on me. It is a very clean scent. Not long lasting though. I think it should rather have been a body mist. However, I bought it again a couple of months ago and I still have it. Very clean.

It's a great pick-me-up scent! smells really good. I just wish it stayed on longer. when i get tired of heavy perfumes, i always come back to this one. i hope they never discontinue this.

Every day in middle school, I wore Dream or Heaven. This was back when they were in little metal travel size spray bottles. Wish I could get my hands on a few of those.

This is a GREAT smelling scent...all my friends love this scent too,its fresh and has its own smell that Ive never smelled before...lovely two thumbs up!

I love this frag...I used to wear it all the time in college. Not so much now... definitely when I want to lay back. Very fresh and clean.

Smells like nostalgia! I don’t need this in my collection at all but I might have to buy it just because it brings me joy.

i love Gap Dream!!! i just wish it would stay longer on the skin.

I recall this being in a silver steel bottle.

Girly light floral I adored as a teen.

I actually remember the Gap scents from the 90s when they first came out really well, like it was yesterday. They were incredible. Super strong, one spritz lasted all day, very unique complex scents unlike anything else on the market, and they were DIRT CHEAP. They used to sell scented candles that were so soft and oily, you could touch the wax on one and wear it as a perfume solid. I owned OM, Dream, Heaven and Grass, and that's the order I'd rank them in from best to worst. Around the very late 90's/early 00's these scents were discontinued/reformulated and they were never the same. I tested some around 2003-2004 and thought they smelled like a cheap body spray knockoff of their original formulas. Nostalgia got the best of me, and in 2021 I picked up a couple of the glass bottle with white paper label re-release, and dear god did I regret wasting my money. Pure water. Subtle fragrance that vanishes immediately. Dream did have the best performance and closest to it's original smell out of the 4, but wearing it makes me sad. Makes me think about how much everything in the world has changed in the past 20 years and now everything is an overpriced cheaply made knockoff of what used to be good quality products. The new Dream smells an awful lot like watered down reformulated CKone with a bit of floral notes that smell more like damp dryer sheets than what Dream smelled like before. If I heavily overspray I get about 2 hours from the new release of Dream. OM is a ghost of what it was and lasts about 60 seconds. I blew through half a 3oz bottle in two wears, and my spouse was only able to smell it on me once right after I sprayed with his nose to my skin. Heaven requires 20 sprays to get about 30 seconds of a floral baby powder scent. I used that one in my bathroom as an air freshener, but it isn't strong enough to do anything besides give a 10-spray-10-second slight change in aroma to the powder room. I didn't bother buying Grass as it always just smelled like lawn, which was never my favorite scent.