Rio Glow

"Girl From Ipanema" Vibes... What to wear on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach: Lightweight, tropical & clean peach & orange-blossom. The orange-blossom here leans clean & tropical rather than creamy but has a faintly near-milky quality that supports the illusion of frangipani to my nose. Opens with a burst of peachy fruity florals that altogether give a tropical vibe with some green tones. That deepens into a floral heart of orange-blossom, plum & heliotrope with tropical, clean & fruity touches, riding on a floral support base of musk-amber-woods. The plum here helps to continue the tropical slant of the orange blossom which continues on into the drydown. Performance is on the lighter side but perfect for a hot summer beach experience, and enhanced by dark storage laying the bottle on its side following first sprays. Contrast to Aqua Allegoria Passiflora Guerlain: These are different, but there are some similarities with fruity/peachy-musky vibes. However, Aqua Allegoria Passiflora leans more watery & passionfruit, while Rio Glow leans more clean & green. Aqua Allegoria Passiflora has stronger performance. Update 07/21/24: I've come back to this one after awhile, and the performance has improved, although it's still average for a light spring-summer wearing experience. The orange-blossom is more forward than the notes suggest with clean, fluffy-creamy & citrus tones. This beauty really shines in the heat, with a clean-blossom like sillage for about 3 hours, and after that a skin scent. Love this scent profile, and each time I spray it I love it even more. Update 05/24/25: Sprayed this on today - needed more than one spray - about 3 sprays. This bottle doesn't age/oxidize quickly because of the long neck I think. Sillage takes 15-20 minutes to wake up but after that it's so lovely. Opens clean & green. Passing reminders of the original Glow by Jennifer Lopez. The peach is more of a peach blossom to my nose, and plum is an under-ripe green plum. A bit of milkiness. Reminders of the drink Orange Julius (which is one of my favourites) plus clean laundry/detergent. Love it still, and don't mind spraying a little more than usual. Tbh this is probably too light for most people, but for me it's just right - my favourite scent from JLo that I've tested. Overall: Lightweight, clean & fruity-milky-sweet summer scent. This the perfect scent for channelling 'Girl from Ipanema' vibes - Astrid Gilberto would be proud. It's a love for me. Enjoy!

WOW am I surprised! This is far better than I imagined. It took me a bit to realize why this smelled....familiar? Someone mentioned they smelled vanilla. I'm like...WHAT vanilla!? The vanilla in this to MY nose, is faint, but smells VERY much like the vanilla in 5:40 pm in Madagascar (immediately after it's sprayed). It doesn't change like 5:40 does. It's light, but it's very appealing to me. This is a green, fresh scent to me. It does last a very long time. It's light, green, cool, and fresh. You will smell it on your clothes in the morning. The bottle is awful. It's hard to spray because it's so awkward. Imagine not having thumbs! Just testing this product before being sold should send you back to the drawing board. This leaves me to wonder... The cap, the CAP, I will just toss in the garbage. I've seen nicer plastic caps on body spray bottles. It's a pretty bottle, but needs that lil somethin somethin...a charm. Yes, the charm would have dazzled me some. It's such a pretty colored bottle too! This scent is worth the price I paid. For the shock I got from it's lovely green scent wellll...I can forgive all the negative. Still...worth the purchase to ME. I even marked that this would be good for fall. It's SO fresh, GREEN, like a new twig you peel the bark off. A favorite scent of mine. This is a bottle of tender wood and the vanilla in 5:40 pm in Madagascar...and something else that's wonderful....what DO I smell? I'm just so happy with this. Stupid ugly cap and worthless bottle...don't pass up this joy to have scent! Might even be a good idea to purchase TWO bottles. I know I'll be SAD when this is gone! Edit This IS a very long lasting scent for me. I feel bad I never mentioned this long ago. I can wear this for a day without touching up.

Sprayed this on today - needed more than one spray - about 2-3 sprays. This bottle doesn't age/oxidize quickly because of the long neck I think. Sillage takes 15-20 minutes to wake up but after that it's so lovely. Opens clean & green. Passing reminders of the original Glow by Jennifer Lopez. The peach is more of a peach blossom to my nose, and plum is an under-ripe green plum. A bit of milkiness. Reminders of the drink Orange Julius (which is one of my favourites) plus clean laundry/detergent. Love it still, and don't mind spraying a little more than usual. Tbh this is probably too light for most people, but for me it's just right - my favourite scent from JLo that I've tested. Overall: Lightweight, clean & fruity-milky-sweet summer scent. This the perfect scent for channelling 'Girl from Ipanema' vibes - Astrid Gilberto would be proud. It's a love for me. Enjoy! Original review 07/08/23

Gorgeous and unassuming scent with a beautifully luxe & sexy bottle that's hard to keep your hands off of. J Lo's Rio Glow opens with juicy fruit, but a bit less vibrant and colourful than J Lo Live Luxe. I get orange tropical fruits, with peachy undertones and a musky sweet dry down. For the middle I can smell the plum, and it's gorgeous. This is a definite love in my collection. I use perfumes to layer at times, and this is light and fruity perfection.

This smells like a really fruity shampoo. The pear is the standout note in this, it's very tropical and also very greeny, from the green notes. The green notes and pear mix beautifully together later on and the peach is there on the drydown, making it very soapy. It could be a really good summery scent for the daytime, this doesn't last as long as the glows so you will have to reapply!

A nice little summer fruity tropical perfumes!!!! This on me is light so I only wear in the spring/dummer on humid hot days. I get zero musk,amber,heliotrope or cedar of any kind. Just only fruity goodness with a hint of vanilla and green notes. Longevity and sillage are light so this is one I have to reapply throughout the day or night.

THIS is the one I want to try next, RIO GLOW by JLO. I really hope it hits the USA before Summer is over! Also, PLEASE do NOT make RIO GLOW a Kohl's exclusive! They only sell the small bottles and it p!$$e$ me 0ff!!!! I want the 3.3/100ml bottle Thank you! JLO get far away from Kohl's! Run girl, RUNNNN!!!!!

Rios Glow is the perfect name for this darling! It is such a fun fragrance to wear in a hot summer days. Wish the longevity and sillage would be better but anyway I enjoy wearing this one a lot as it has that carnival, let it go vibe about it. If you want to have some fun, grab this one.

Since it's a summer frag, and here in Brazil is winter, I think I have to wait to have an opinion about it, because in colder days, it seems to be very subtle and fruity floral, I can feel the peaches and apple.

my favourite glow, so fresh and fruity and tropical. It clings very close to the skin but lasts a very long time and makes me feel so summery, like ive spent a day in the sunshine

Just picked this up today and it is amazing!! It's light, refreshing and clean. I pull out the peach & musk and it's soooo gorgeous! Definetly going to be my summer fragrance!

Got this today at Marshals! SO EXCITED! This perfume has eluded me since it came out, so happy to have it! It smells WONDERFUL!

This perfume smells so good, like a tropical party. Perfect for the Brazilian climate. I love it!

Because I want it! I really don't remember any promotion for BLUE GLOW or L.A. GLOW either.

Very similar to Givenchy Ange ou Demon EDT. Highly recommend for hot summer days.

still have not seen this, I wonder if we will get it for spring/summer 2014????

very nice perfume for hot days i like it :)

I ran upon this in Jequiti, Brazil while on a trip with a local charity organization. After we were done doing what we went there to do, we all decided it would be nice to explore a little bit! I ran into this beauty at a local department store like shop. I ofcourse ran, squeeling like a little girl, to the counter when I spotted this! I was so excited, but sort of let down too. I'll start with the bottle. I'm not sure what is with celebrities making their bottles with transitioning colors on it this year...but anyway, I was disappointed with the bottle. I was expecting it to have the frostiness to it like Sunkissed Glow, but the colors are see through :/ This bottle had a lot of potential...but it definitely wasn't put to the highest. There's no charm, obviously. A BIG LET DOWN FOR ME! I love the charms on the Glow bottles...so, that saddened me a bit. The box...there's not much to say about it because it's just that. There isn't much too it. A reddish orange color with Rio Glow written up and down it. Not her best box. On to the the perfume itself!!!! It's definitely unique just like all of her other Glows. It however, is definitely not my favorite. It's kind of all over the place. It doesn't really transition into the three stages either. It kind of stays the same all the way through. I picked up something aquatic, something very tart, and something very very very floral! It's kind of like Blue Glow, Love at First Glow, and Sunkissed Glow all mixed up made into a hot mess lol. It doesn't last long either. Like I said, I like it, but it's nothing SUPER MEGA AWESOME, that everyone needs to go out to buy. I do wish I would have been able to bring a bottle home with me, but that surely wouldn't have passed customs at the airport. I will be more than content waiting and hoping it comes to the States.

On first application the perfume's strongest note is the apple. Unlike Jennifer's usual sweet fruit-lead fragrances the apple here is not sweet - in fact it's downright sharp. I'll point out that it's not so sharp as to be sour, so while [on me] the rest of the fruits aren't strong enough to separate on their own merit, they must be there balancing out the apple. The watery green notes blend in with the apple so thoroughly that the top notes don't seem to burn down for ages, so as the floral notes develop they take a back seat. The notes are blended together very well, but I can detect what I'm quite sure is gardenia and lily. The most interesting aspect to the fragrance does become more noticeable as the fruits and florals die down - it's something like the 'hot sand' accord in Miami Glow. I can't fully describe this mysterious scent note; it's similar to how a cotton tee smells when it's just come out of the tumble dryer and the fibers smell warmed. Rio Glow is pleasant and wearable, however it isn't something that is 'new' new; there are several fragrances that it reminds me of, the chief ones being Jennifer's own Live Platinum, and Paris Hilton Tease. If you are a Jennifer Lopez fragrance collecter you'll probably enjoy this as it is reminiscent of her now-hard-to-find limited edition Live Platinum. However if you're not into following her fragrance collection you can skip Rio Glow, and buy Tease instead - as it is easily found online at a lower price.

So excited to have stumbled upon this fragrance tonight at my local TJMaxx here in America! I thought this would be the one JLO fragrance I would never own due to the fact that it was not officially released in America! I saw it and knew I HAD to buy it right then and there, or I would probably never see it again! Paid $25, but after opening up the box and testing it out, I think it was totally worth it! :) I love the bottle. Although it did not come with a charm as the other Glow collection did, I am not saddened by that. The bottle is unique in it's own way: It is multicolored. I think it smells really nice! I have honestly never smelled 'Live Platinum' in which everyone is comparing RIO GLOW to, but I can say that I find this perfume to be very pleasant! For me, it smells like it will be a great summer perfume! It's fresh & fruity smelling! So happy to be a lucky owner of this perfume! :) I love JLO and her perfumes!

I blind bought this today at Marshall's and am glad I did. It's very clean, like everything in the Glow line, and it's a nice, light skin scent. It is eminently suitable for the office -- completely inoffensive. It reminds me a lot of something in the Marc Jacobs Daisy line, as well as Kate Moss Wild Meadow. Rio Glow is ideal for a hot climate such as mine, and I'm sure it will be in heavy rotation for most of the year. Peach and cedar are in the notes, which gives it a similarity to Elizabeth Taylor Violet Eyes. Believe it or not, I'm actually glad I own all of these: Daisy Eau So Fresh, Violet Eyes, Wild Meadow, AND Rio Glow! For one thing, they all require a lot of reapplication throughout the day. Happy spraying!

I second the review below mine. Nice scent but lasting power is..well there IS NO lasting power. Its fruity with a green note, basic fruity body spray. I thought the same about Wild Glow only it was fruit n musk, i thought the longevity of that one was wad, till i git thos. Its like all the flankers of Glow are missing something, something that gives it depth and character. All Beyonce's heat scents have something in them that makes them unique, and they garner both love and hate but at least they have character. I really like the origional glow; that strong soapy note and tuberose was what made it stand out. But this is just a bit dull. Nice, but dull.

Alright. I'm not a big fan of celebrity fragrances, but in this case I was surprised. It smells fruity, yet nothing like other sweet/sticky/fruity scents that are truly repulsive. This one manages to stay light, like a soft tropical breeze. St first the orange blossom is prominent, I also smell something similar to pineapple. Maybe because of the green apple, pear and peach. The amber and vanilla comes and go, like waves that sweep the fruit notes. I have to say that I like it. The bottle is nice and colorful. I can recommend Rio Glow. A sexy fun, playful yet light fragrance that I guess most people will find attractive.

Purchased this today and it was very inexpensive for a large bottle but I was a little disappointed by the scent. It doesn't smell as good as glow it's just super light and fruity. I would say it's like a body spray but even body sprays are heavier than this. No silage no longevity. Nothing new or exciting. I have always been a die hard glo fan since it came out so I was expecting this to be similar but it's not. The bottle is super cute and for that reason I think I'm going to keep it because it looks nice on my vanity. Its actually one of the coolest bottles I've ever seen I wish the perfume inside was amazing too!

So I walked into Shoppers Drug Mart with my mom because she was looking for a Perfume for herself. Well, I wandered off and found Rio Glow on sale for $19.99! I grabbed it right away since it was the last one they had and I'm really happy that I did. Being an eau de toilette it doesn't really last all that long but i don't mind respraying since it smells so nice!I really get the peach throughout the entire time its on me and for some reason mango. Its definitely fruity and very tropical and really nice for a summer day. A nice buy (especially since it was on sale!)

Not the fruity explosion I was expecting. It is fruity in the sense of tart green apple but not a tropical fruit cocktail. It smells like a much lighter/fresher version of Mariah Carey's Forever. Very similar but without the headache aspect. I got great deal (100ml for $12.99) so it was worth it. But it's nothing new or exciting. I probably shouldn't compare anything Mariah Carey/Jennifer Lopez... But this calls for it. #idontknowher

What a surprise it was to see this in Shoppers tonight. This reminds me of tanning oil, the beach and a tropical drink. This will make a wonderful summer scent for day or evening wear. Update: I absolutely love this scent. Opens up with a nice floral woody scent but the dry down is all apples and pears. Very light and but on me the lasting power is amazing. This to me is Sunkissed Glow and LA Glow together in one bottle.

My daughter picked this out (she's 6yrs old!). A very light Summer fragrance - unoffensive with a peach front and very soft musk undertone. The sillage is light to moderate, and its still going strong on my tester strip some 2 hours in. The flanker design is actually really fitting; a bright friendly, soft fragrance all in all. Good pick! Have a great day :)

Very similar to Live Platinum. I was disappointed since I have already had that one. I expected an original fragrance, but it seems like they put Live Platinum inside Rio Glow bottle and called it like exclusive for Brazil. Not exclusive at all. Nice fragrance, but nothing original.

I just received this today off eBay and I would say it's quite similar to LA Glow, in my opinion. I like it, but I feel that the lasting power is just not long enough and I much prefer LA Glow over this one. I do like the colors on both bottles for sure though.

a sweet, fruity, floral, slightly sexy, soapy, fresh and intimate fragrance that is more of a body mist than a perfume, but it is a nice fragrance for everyday use. classic fruity fragrance 8/10 I like the bottle.

I like this scent, very pleasant and sunny but oh dear, the longevity and sillage is almost non-existent. Takes like 20 sprays before you smell anything. One hour later - not even a skin scent remains.

This is one of the best out of the glow series. It's a burst of peaches and pears. It's sexy but not too sweet. Definitely more than worth the cost.

Call me crazy, but to me, Rio Glow is akin to Avon's Sweet Honesty minus the powder note. Only bring it out in the summer.

It came out here (Brazil) last month, i guess, and i purchased cause i really like J.Lo fragrances. This one is not sold as an Eau de Toilette here, but as an "Desodorante Colônia", what would be something like a Eau de Cologne. It's Fruity and Sweet. i could smell the Pear and the Peach and the Vanilla with a hint of the flowers. It's balanced, but it's not a summer fragrance or a fresh fragrance, like i thought it would be. It's a nice one, actually, but totally common. Totally ordinary. It could be a blind buy if you don't get your hopes high, cause it's a nice one, an everyday one, that fades away really quickly.

All I smell is powder. No fruit, no cedar, just helioteope and orange blossom. This is getting returned.

Smells like canned peaches, I was very disappointed.

I am extremely disappointed in this fragrance. It smells like an elderly lady's perfume. Awful and strong.

The opening of this smells so much like D&G Light Blue (which I LOVE)... exciting!!!!! BUT.. then within a minute it starts to fade.... and fades down quickly to almost nothing. *sad face* Its soft and almost not there. But it's become sweet from pear and apple and very light white floral with a tiny hint of vanilla.. and powder? I'm not sure as I can barely smell it. So I sprayed again a few minutes later thinking maybe I hadn't sprayed enough, but again it faded quickly to near-gone. It's a nice soft scent, but more like a very light body spray with zero sillage. Nothing to get excited about that's for sure. I don't smell anything original here. This doesn't represent her personality at all. Bottle is pretty, but awkward. I'm wearing it to bed tonight, but I bet nobody would be able to smell this on me during the day. Will likely not get any compliments on it, but it smells clean for yourself. I paid 19.99 at Shoppers here in Canada tonight. Was the last bottle. (Also bought Wild Glow and Beyonce Heat - red bottle) It doesn't seem to be changing much at all since the initial spray/fade it had in the first 1-2 minutes. Smells like it would definitely be a summer scent, but for sure will need to reapply if you want to keep smelling it. Very inoffensive. Work place safe as you won't be able to smell it even on yourself lol Sad.. it's so watered down. I own JLo's Live and absolutely love it. In fact, on my second bottle of that (great lasting power on that one). I was hoping this would have the same power as Live, but just smell different. It's very generic unfortunately. Will keep trying it and update if my opinion changes, but as for tonight, only 30 mins in.. it's very unimpressive. Definitely will not repurchase this one, and if you're thinking of blind buying, pass on it and get one of the others our fellow fragrant friends have mentioned. Sorry Jlo... This perfume, though it's the first of the "glows" for me, just isn't what I would expect from you. You're still beautiful, and I love everything about you.. but this "perfume" is weak.

Got this last night at TJMaxx for $12.99. I had seen if before but wasn't sure if I wanted to get it in those instances. I wanted to go to the Rio Olympic games this summer but had to change my plans and I've had a fascination with Brazil for a while now. When I saw the scent this time, I took the plunge unsniffed. When I first sprayed this it was at night and I lightly sprayed for fear of not liking it so I couldn't get a true feel for the scent. The next morning I sprayed it again on my wrist and just sat with it. The floral notes are coming out more now and I feel its more floral than fruity but the fruit is still there balancing out the presence of the floral notes. I think this is growing on me and could see wearing it for beach and pool days just like the Blue Glow I also own. It's slightly tropical but not in the suntan oil coconutty way. More in the topical flower sort of way. I actually like this bottle also, it's very fun and colorful. I like that the name appears on the glass also unlike blue glow. Worth a try if you like floral fruity scents. Edit: I remember now what this reminds me of, the old fragrance Ralph Rocks but that one was fruitier in my opinion. 2nd edit: I am happy with this blind purchase. This is a super fun scent, the floral notes are very pleasant and there is one yummy fruit scent amongst the notes!

I received this in the mail earlier today and have been wearing it for the last few hours. The initial spray smells very very green, not like freshly cut grass kind of green, but like green plants in the garden after a morning shower in early summer. After about half hour I start detecting the fruit, mostly a hint of peach, pear, and some crispy apple, although that green smell is still there in the background. The sillage doesn't seem overly large, although I did only spray my skin once so with some more sprays I'm sure it will perform a little better. The longevity seems decent, most JLo perfumes seem to last about 6 hours or so on my skin and I think this one will be no different. It's definitely not the fruit explosion I had pictured but I'm actually happy about that as I don't have many 'green' perfumes in my collection yet. At $25 for 100ml, it was a great-priced blind buy for me :)

I would not expect this perfume to get the US anytime soon. If you look at the Deseo Forever she made for Asian countries, it didn't get here til years later. And based on what some of the reviews I've read, we're not missing much. Considering I have Live Platinum and rarely wear it cuz it's a 1.3 oz bottle. The bigger complaint I have about JLO right now is her recent perfumes: Glowing Forever and JLove. Both of these perfumes only come up to 1.3oz. I have a thing about matching, all the other bottles are 2.7-3.4. These 2 are putting a ding my ocd tendencies. However, I would recommend the JLove, it's pretty interesting. Like a shoot off of Juicy Couture.

Oooh, what a lovely composition Jennifer has made. To be honest I cannot pick out any specific notes if my life depended on it. There are sharp, fruity notes that float over a sea of baby powder freshness. The powdery fragrance strikes my comfort zone. I feel unusually safe, as if the ocean and the sun has made a blanket of heaven for me. After 20 minutes of applying it stays very close to skin, but it stays that way for about 7 hours or so..I think that its disappeared and I catch hints and whiffs of it through out my day. This is a very personal fragrance...a very zen fragrance. It always reminds me to relax.

@like whoa yeah: If you like jlo's strong fruity scents , then " Live Luxe"..."wild glow" " Miami Glow" and " Sunkissed Glow" are really good ones. Miami and Sunkissed are very similar but these are the good ones. I have lots of her collection and those are my faces. Oh, and " Love and Glamour" is great for one that's not fruity. As for Rio Glow, it took time to grow on me. When I first bought it I sprayed myself as soon as I got it in the door and smelled nothing. That was because I had been wearing a stronger perfume . Once I started using Rio on its own it seemed to unfold into a nice hot weather scent.

Hello! I live in Brazil and already bought this fragrance. Remember the other fragrances line: LA Glow and Miami Glow (my favorite). It is a limited edition, available so far only in Brazil, exclusively by the company Jequiti through catalog and consultants. It appears that the simplicity and the packaging container must to reduce the cost of the product, making it popular. This company sells cosmetics and perfumes from various artists (Madonna, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera ...). The price in the catalog is R$ 109.00 (Brazilian Real) or US$ 46.62 (U.S. Dollar).

The bottle bears striking similarities to Lancome's Calypso. Just check it out. And maybe even the juice. But Calypso was better. I kinda like Rio Glow. Kinda. But it gave me a stomach turn after a while and I couldn't detect the notes "ringing", it's a bit sloppy. To be honest I just thought that they came up with a quick answer to their Marketing Departments's call for "A perfume to combine some fruity exotism with google searches of Rio's Olympic Games this summer". SEO in perfumery.

Not only is it a limited edition, it is also only sold in Brazil. WHY???!!! Does not we other deserve to get the chance to try this perfume? To go to Brazil just to buy a perfume will be WAAAAAAAAAAAY to expensive!!! Yes it is a beautiful country, but everyone isn ́t millionairs to afford to travel to places just because some bottles are exclusivly sold in particular countries. I think that is mean to the rest of us that we can ́t buy theese perfumes in our own countries!!!

It does indeed smell almost identical to 'Live Platinum', I used to own 'Live Platinum' so I am quite familiar with the scent. Great news for those who wanted to get hold of it again, but really I feel like it should have been a re-release and not completely repackaged and sold as something seperate. Very fruity opening, layered with the classic JLo soap. Pleasant enough but no wow factor. Very casual, shower scent I wouldn't wear it for special events or formal occasions.

Just found this at Shoppers Drug Mart for 20$ in Canada! Judging by the design I was thinking it would be a Miami/Sunkissed Glow copy but it doesn't have a beachy suntan lotion-y vibe like those two. It's more herbal and fruity than tropical, you get the apple and those green notes which then dry down to a soapy orange blossom. It's quite light and I think I'll be reaching for this in humid summer days. It also has a slight resemblance to Daisy eau So Fresh. ;)

Here in Canada, one of the best aces to buy perfume is at shoppers drug mart. They have a good size section of perfumes that are 19.99. So as per my usual pay day Friday routine, I go to shoppers for perfume. I found this for 19.99. Now I couldn't test it the box was sealed, so I decided that since I love wild glow tha this should be at least half decent! I must say....I really really like it, perhaps even love it! Very nice scent for summer and spring!