H&M Sunray - Golden warmth

i almost never leave reviews, but i have to for this one, since it's straight up one of my top five scents of all time. i cant totally see where others might find this screechy or too dense or sweet or synthetic - it is all of those things. and yet, even as someone who generally hates very sweet/cloying scents AND finds sunscreen scents very polarizing, there's something about this that just makes me happy. i wish i knew the real notes of this scent, but to me it smells like: faded sunscreen on salt-dry skin and the remnants of a creamy treat, in the dusk time of day when it's all melded together and the heat is dissipating. the combo of salt, creaminess, and sweetness just hits perfectly for me, in a way that most sunscreen/beach scents don't (for reference, i HATE both walk on a beach and alien goddess, which both lean into that bitter white floral realm). i'm super sad that this is discontinued, but i have a backup bottle, and only wear this scent sparingly, since it's so specific to this time of year.

This was love at first sniff. I'd spent a long time and far too much money looking for the perfect beachy scent. I searched so many suggestions on here and eventually fell in love with Tom Ford's Soleil Blanc, much to my bank balance's dismay. So I've tried to make amends with my bank buy purchasing three bottles of this because it's the closest thing to SB that I've come across. Not a perfect dupe but so damn close. So close in fact that I could easily live with this instead. This is more than just a solar note. There's coconut but without the sickly sweetness, florals and that slightly oily suntan lotion vibe but it's warm and enveloping, where as I find most beachy fragrances are more light and airy. As a result, I think this works equally as well as a comfort blanket on a cold rainy day as it does sunbathing on the beach. Also it has decent lasting power and projection. This has got to be the best cheap find I've made.

this is 100% sunscreen lotion in a bottle and I love it! it really takes me back to past summer vacations in the mediterranean, preparing to go down to the beach for a swim and burning my feet walking on the warm sand. it’s definitely synthetic but I personally don’t have a problem with that, because it only enhances the sunscreen vibe this perfume has. this obviously also means that it’s not a unique scent but the purpose of this range is not uniqueness, it is to awaken specific memories through scent memory, and for that this is spot on. sunray, golden warmth, summer on the beach, not a care in the world. the longevity is amazing as well especially for an EDT! the notes aren’t listed properly on here but I am pretty sure this has tiaré and perhaps some coconut in it. well done, h&m!

I can't wait for summer to roll around so I can wear this again! it projects so amazingly in the hot weather. the best way I can describe this is an addicting tropical coconutty sunscreen scent. it just transports me mentally to a lovely warm beach with the sun hitting my skin. there are certainly more notes in this perfume than what is listed here. also - this smells quite similar to bath and body works' at the beach. but I will say at the beach has a much more prominent sea salt note, whereas this one is a bit sweeter.

WOW ! This teleports you to the beach ! Amazing - warm sunkissed skin, still salty from the ocean and a bit sweet from the sunscreen! Smells like a solar studio or your skin after using a tanning bed ! I didn't know that "solar notes" was a thing ! Now I do ! :)) PS: I think there are a few more notes ( or a Solar note is man-made of ) : coconut, vanilla and some salt probably. Lasting power is good- 2 hours on me. I bought 4 small bottles. It has to come in a big bottle ! :)