Bloom

Got it from DFS in NY, JFK untried and with some doubts after reading the reviews here. I may say the negative ones are pretty unjust. This is a lovely French floral frag, close to the skin but not as ephemeral as other reviewers seem to imply. It has a certain girly personality but it also suits a more mature skin. Wear it with a smartly casual printed dress in April and May and it may feel you blooming and discretely feminine.

This perfume is very light, fresh, soft and girly, I think you'll be the only person smelling it. It's sweet and floral with a tiny bit of mint in it. My skin absorb it very fast and it last for couple hours or so on my clothes. This for sure a summer smell, and you'll need to spray many spritz of it too. Even though it's very light, but for some reason I love it.

I love this scent. It's girly and adorable, reminds me of candy canes and lollipops and daisy fields.. with a sprinkle of class :D

14. march 2013 FINALLY the duty free exclusive from Givenchy i really like! We had them before and i have tried them all, but for the first time i am really liking it. Please be aware that when you spray it onto the paper you will get a completly different scent than you will get when sprayed onto skin. On paper it was very dry and bitter unpleasant, after a short while, however it became very soft and light. I decided to spray it onto my skin and what i got is a much better composition: Yes, it is a bit sharp and still bitter at first but it lasts only few moments. In a very short while it transforms into great light raspberry with a strong note of violet. Not sicky sweet, but airy and bewitchingly adorable floral fruity. Gladly i DON`T smell any caviar here. The drydown is all about raspberry and violet. The only biggest minus here is the weak lasting power (just a couple of hours) and soft sillage. Why couldn ́t they make it more potent???!!! Bottle is adorable as well. I will sure get this one. P.S. I think it is an universal fragrance, it can be used at winter time, that ́s when it blooms, also very nice for spring, might be great for summer, but because of the weak sillag and lasting power, i guess it would be not the best choice for summer, you will have to reapply it constantly. UPDATE: there is a mistake in database with notes, there is NO CAVIAR note in this fragrance, as listed on tester bottle the top note is a raspberry caviar, which is most probably (i presume) smashed and icy raspberries. So NO caviar, as it was listed from the beginning. No tiare, woods and incence as well are listed on the tester bottle and i don ́t smell them at all (some others don ́t smell them either)

It doesn't look as fancy as some other Givenchy perfumes. The smell is very soft - almost like a body mist, just not as synthetic and cheap smelling, but it's not an exclusive smell either. It reminds me of Versace's Bright Crystal, just.. not aquatic nor soapy, less powerful and less longevity. It's a very girly, flowery, light perfume that can easily be worn in the middle of a hot summer (althoug it might affect its wear time) - I just can't imagine that this would offend anyone. The longevity is the drawback - it only lasts a little over an hour on me. The sillage is very soft - more than half an hour after application, most people would probably not smell this on me at all. Despite this... I like it, but I'd have a hard time recommending it to people, definitely NOT because of the smell, but because of the longevity and sillage - they are quite a bit of a rip-off, really. About the smell (on my skin): first off: there is NO caviar in this. Right after you spray it, there is almost no alcohol, but I get some (very good) fruity zing, for about 30 seconds. Then the violet appears, with some very delicate green notes. The the violet almost disappears, and some very soft raspberry + a little bit of flowers appear. Then it's this violet-raspberry-soft flowers that remains for the whole time I wear this. It's should be very easy to decide if you like this or not while in the airport, because the development of the fragrance happens within minutes - 5 is enough.