Aqua Allegoria Passiflora

Passiflora has the tropical vibe I enjoy. It is uplifting and light. A great middle of the day pick me up for warm weather. Upon first spritz I got a lot of Passion fruit and Citrus. I grew up in Hawai'i and we have Passion fruit everywhere up in the valleys of Kahalu'u and Waiahole. It immediately takes me back there. The smell of my childhood home. Right away I knew I was going to love this one this Summer in the insane heat of Florida. This juice is not too sweet but crisp and clean. As it developed, I got mostly Grapefruit after about half an hour. Although I still smelled the Passion fruit and other Citrus. However, Grapefruit is most dominant. Not too long after I picked up the Water note which is also light. At this point I decided to go outside to let this note develop further which intensified in the humidity. It adds an interesting dimension. In the AC it was different. It had been stifled for lack of a better word. The floral I smelled the most was Orange Blossom that is just lovely. I did detect the woody nuances of the Ylang-ylang too. The Green note, Musk and Aldehydes are minimal facets here. I did pick up on the Aldehydes in the drydown when I was in the humidity. Very interesting and just beautiful. This is a very refreshing take on Passion fruit as it is not cloying or overly sweet. I did find this one is a better performer when you are wearing it outside. I had a feeling it would be. It reminds me of Bvlgari Paraiba which does the same thing on me. There is no cocoa or passionflower here but they are of the same vein in my opinion. Sillage is huge at first and then it abates to become within arms length. I would say it is amplified in the heat. Perfect for Summer vacations. The longevity on me was about four hours but that is okay because I love re-spritzing. The AAs are basically luxury body sprays. That is what one must consider when delving into the world of these little bee hive bottle gems. I would say that a blind buy would be safe as long as you know you are not getting something really sweet or a strong tropical floral. This is realistic tropical fruit citrus and it is refreshingly tasteful. One which I enjoyed while being mainly outdoors. I am so happy to add this to my collection.

Uplifting SPARKLING Passionfruit-Orange... Opens with a burst of sparkling orange-citrus with grapefruit nuances, that deepens into a passionfruit heart with watery, green, clean, tropical and mineral nuances, all resting on a white musk base. Aldehydes here lend a sparkling facet. This was a love at first sniff for me. Well above average performance after spraying and storing, especially for a fresh fruity-floral. Overall: beautiful passionfruit scent profile, this is the perfect scent to wear for feeling effervescent. It's a love for me. 10/10 for a fruity scent. Enjoy! Contrast to Orange de Bahia Boucheron: These are different, but there's a similar vibe of sparkling citrus freshie. Orange de Bahia leans more sparkling orange, while Aqua Allegoria Passiflora leans more sparkling tropical. Performance is roughly equivalent. Update 04/13/24: I'm really enjoying wearing this lately. I was reminded of it the other day when making a punch from a few fruit juices (guava, litchi & orange) and sparkling water. I've been wearing it every day since for the past few days. So refreshing. Sprayed it last night (one spray) and can still smell it this morning up close. Love, love, love. Update 07/28/24: Sprayed this on my hand this morning, and it's really shining in the heat. Effervescent, refreshing, aquatic, sweet passionfruit. So good, and it's gotten a little sweeter. This is my favourite passionfruit scent, bar none. Still a love.

imagine biting into a freezing cold passionfruit or grapefruit on a hot sunny day. or lounging by the pool in bali while sipping an icy cool tropical punch. That is the experience when you first spray it. Refreshing, juicy, tropical, exotic, fruity. But! On me, very quickly it dissipated into a lemony aldehydic mess. It smelled like lemon toilet freshener! it reminded me of those body shop cheap scents, in passionfruit or pink grapefruit with more complexity. But the rapid and disappointing drydown absolutely reminded me of those cheaper scents. However many of you will be pleased to know there is no hint of soapiness. It would suit a young woman age 18 - 30ish who wants a refreshing fruity scent for daytime or holiday wear. But not so good for wearing in the office or to business meetings or for a mature woman who wants to be taken seriously. It's a playful fun scent, not a sexy one. Top notes - passionfruit, exotic citrus, bergamot, hint of aquatic Middle notes: white floral, lemon Base notes:Aldehydes (strong, ugh)

I love anything grapefruit-y , this is a perfect pomelo scent. As a matter of fact the opening is very similar to Atelier Cologne Pomelo. I am very familiar with passion fruit , the fruit, flesh, seeds, flowers, etc ( as I have been to South America many times ). There is no passion fruit here, or anything related to it. But the scent has a pleasant tropical feeling, it’s citrusy yet soft, no sharpness or sourness, and as a fan of the Allegoria line , I love it. the citrus changes eventually into a non descriptive floral clean scent. However, knowing that many people criticize the Allegoria concept as weak and not Guerlainish enough , I can easily see those people giving this thumbs down , as yet another common, light, and not unique scent. For me it’s perfect for summer and a very nice release.Not a must have but lovely.

I really enjoy this one. There's a burst of fruity passionfruit upfront with strong florals underneath. It develops over a few hours, with a soft but deliberate Guerlain DNA underneath. Six hours later, I can still detect it on my skin. There's a bitter note, grapefruit? It's almost like an expensive hotel smell, but a skin scent. No one is going to smell this on you from 2-metres away unless you dose yourself in it and only then, within the first 45 mins or so. I find the scent more pleasant after an hour or two. Probably, not a perfume to layer with others but, perfectly acceptable as a light fragrance during the Summer or after a shower (that's how I use it). I've found where I apply this makes a huge difference. Applied on my wrist, I don't get to appreciate the base notes. Applied under my clothes, it's beautiful.

Hello from Deco Dawn. I absolutely love this new fragrance. I received a Free sample from House of Frazer Bournemouth yesterday. On first spray i am delighted, It really does lift the spirits and transports you to hot sunny climes. Fresh citrus, aquatic and sporty. Does not last long so, Very much a Spritzer and regular sprays required throughout the day. Reminds me very much of Clarins eau des Jardines price £36.00 in all major department stores in uk and on ebay and amazon for a lot less. Lovely perfect purchase for your holidays although £52 is imho very expensive for a fragrance that does not have much staying power but its still aThumbs up from me.

The opening of Passiflora is dominated by grapefruit. I do pick up passionfruit but it’s a distant second note. Then all the other citrus notes make the opening feel fresh, and more notably, unsweetened. Drydown still maintains the tart citrus notes, but now they are combined with soft, clean floral notes. This is perfect for warm weather, and interesting in that it has zero sweetness. I think this is why Passiflora is polarizing, just read a few reviews below. It’s not a tropical scent even though passionfruit and Ylang Ylang is in the composition. I like the tart green, mouth puckering opening and the drydown. I think this is a wonderful summer scent.

I've been reading reviews here and other websites after I had bought Passiflora to see what other people think of this scent because I liked it. And now I'm confused. Many say it's got lemony/zesty note but on my skin and to my nose it's a watery ylang-ylang all the way. A spark of orange blossom at first but it disappears quickly. Doesn't get sour on me but it gets slightly bitter. A bit meh though, it soothes me and makes me relax. It's really light and doesn't have much longevity, more of a body spray for me. I like to wear it before going to bed.

At first I wasn’t sure about this one as the citrus scents are not my cup of tea-and it starts with the juiciest and tangiest blast of lemon, bright green petitgrain and slightly bitter and exotic passionfruit. Anyway after about 4 hours there comes the magic...the drydown is one of the most beautiful scents I have ever smelled. It’s simple, just the softest musks wrapped in honeyed ylang petals and candied lemon peel and in this phase I just can’t stop sniffing my wrist.

looking to buy this if anyone in canada is selling their bottle!:,) this is my absolute favourite easy reach in the summer. juicy passionfruit and tart grapefruit sprinkled with sugar. not very long lasting as you might expect but some of the tangy juiciness does hang around on the drydown and it mixes beautifully with the fresh, slightly tropical florals. it keeps a fresh - albeit thin - veil floating around you and it makes me feel so pretty even on the hottest days.

A very welcome fresh scent after all those sickly sweet fragrances recently launched by many brands. This is like you're thirsty and someone gives you a freshly pressed lemonade with citrus fruits including grapefruit and plenty of passion fruit on the rocks. Yum. Stays with you a comfortable while, too. Quality is much better overall than the Rosa Pop, Fizz, Flora saga. Pamplelune is too sour/bitter (harsh) for me, this one is much more balanced. I like it.

Fresh, but not your typical green citrus blend. It opens with juicy lemon, followed immediately by sharp, bitter grapefruit, with just a hint of passionfruit underneath, making it sweet, juicy and delicious. I get little else, but I’m not complaining. It’s a shame this will be impossible to find.

This is the ultimate juicy, fresh citrus fragrance for me. It was love at first sniff! When I first spray it I get the sense of peeling an orange or a tangelo and getting a spray of the rind juice. It settles into a citrus, fruity, fresh floral. So summery!

Very similar to So Real Cheap & Chic by Moschino. "Mandarin-floral". mandarin orange + passionfruit (fermented wine-y fruity note) + orange flower or five o'clock flower.

Oh, I just LOVE this perfume! It's zesty, fresh, uplifting, juicy and sensual. Perfect balance of passionfruit, citrus and hint of sweetness. My no 1 summer fragrance!

It smells perfume pashionfruit nearly like in fragrances by Escada. Not bad for summer as tropical fragrance.

Guerlain's Aqua Allegoria Passiflora is a perfume of two halves. First there is a citrus / fruity opening half and then there is a second floral half. It opens with a burst of citrus and fruit: orange, lemon, bergamot, grapefruit, green notes, passionfruit, an aldehydic fizz and water notes present themselves in the opening. It's unisex but leans distinctly feminine. The sillage is moderate to strong in the opening and for the first hour. It's a tropical fruity scent. About ten minutes in, the ylang ylang begins to come through. Broadly speaking, this combination is how the perfume smells for the first two hours. Around two hours in the perfume changes. A set of floral notes breaks through and the green notes take on a stronger role. Most of the citrus/tropical/fruit notes are still there but they are very much in the background. Three hours in and the perfume is a floral one as the citrus and tropical notes have mostly faded away. Five hours in and the perfume is fading quite notably. It's just about gone somewhere between and six and seven hours in. Passiflora has been discontinued for spring 2021 but there is always the possibility of it returning, like several other Aqua Allegorias have in the past. I'll be looking to grab a bottle of it on the cheap as stores seek to get rid of discontinued stock in order to make room for newer offerings. It's a gentle 'like' from me for this one.

I had such high hopes for this. We are still months away from passionfruit season, but as it’s one of my favorite fruits, I was hoping a good passionfruit fragrance would hit the spot. While this is pleasant, I don’t really get passionfruit from this at all. If you’re familiar with cutting open a fresh passionfruit, you know that the scent is quite strong. It’s also very distinct. My guess is that the people who say they smell passionfruit are basing it on other fragrances with a passionfruit note they’ve tried, or perhaps even passionfruit flavored food products, but fresh passionfruit does not smell like this. Based on the name, one could argue that this is supposed to smell like actual passiflora, but it doesn’t smell like that either. I feel like this is a good example of why perfumers should stick to what they know. As someone who lives surrounded by passionfruit, pomelo, mango, coconut trees etc., I find that most perfumers who create fragrances with these notes in mind don’t seem familiar with what these fruit and their flowers actually smell like in person. It’s as if they go in intending to create a fantasy note of something “exotic,” instead of immersing themselves in the true olfactory experience these fruit have to offer.

Adding to my Aqua Allegoria collection. This is a crisp passionfruit. Not fruity like Escada summer scents (which I do generally like) but a crisp, not so sweet passion fruit. The opening has an odd toothpastey like note, which I am not fond of (don’t know what this is specifically, perhaps what is listed as watery notes?) but which does give it structure and serves to keep the sweetness down. Luckily after a while, say an hour or so, it tones down. Mostly passionfruit with a bit of sweet citrusy flavours and bit of aldehydes. Its OK, not my favourite. Waiting for a really hot day to see how this develops.

This is a nice, non-offensive, citrusy and easy-to-wear fragrance for the timespan of three summer(ish) seasons. It's too light and airy for winter, at least for myself, which requires more "oomph" in order to match the harsh weather conditions. I live in an area where we do get piles of snow on the ground each year. Passiflora suits best the first lovely weeks of spring when you finally get to shed thick clothing and opt for summery attire instead. It's a perfect kick-off fragrance for the sunny season I reckon.