Citrus Verbena Summer

If a smell could sparkle, this would. The hit of verbena-spiked lemon is so beautifully fresh it evokes that moment of pain-pleasure when you take a first sip of ice-cold, freshly-squeezed, oh-so-sour lemonade, rounded out with just a dash of sugar to make it friendlier and more addictive. I tend to get bored of simplistic, linear scents very fast and this is the only one that has stayed with me through the past couple of years, and STILL brings a smile to my face when I smell it. It's my hot-weather comfort scent, perfect for searing hot days and loose cotton dresses when even Chanel No. 19's sharp-green zing is not sufficient to cool me down. While it's a citrus, it's also extremely gourmand the way Serge Luten's Jeux de Peau is a gourmand. Not of the typical sugar-sweet variety, but UNDENIABLY foody nonetheless. (Just thinking of the sour-sweet tang makes my mouth salivate slightly.) Definitely worth checking out if you like interesting food-like fragrances. Two minuses: As you can imagine, this doesn't last too well. It acts like a cologne and seems to be all effervescent lemon topnotes. After an hour, it dissipates and has to be reapplied, which brings us to the next problem. This only comes in that tiny bottle. I need a huge one!!!

First I bought it by mistake :))LOL-I thought it would be EDT, so for the price of L'Occitane 150ml-5,1fl oz. it was quite affordable/vs other prices on L'Occitane website/ so as I love grapefruits, verbena and citruses it was truly me. A box with all my L'Occitane shopping arrived and I discover it is Eau Fraiche-and it is very fragile, delicate fragrance which doesn't last long-that's why it was quite cheap, but I do love it, as it is just perfect for summer time, not overwhelming bursting of freshness cocktail of citruses, verbena and my favourite grapefruit. It is sparkling mist of citruses with hints of verbena, great refreshing and quite long stay on skin, but it is not as strong like EDT, even less then EDC-truly Eau Fraiche :) I strongly recommend it to all fresh-citruses-verbena-grapefruit lovers, is it just ocean of delicate lemonade, not too strong, not sharp, just sparkling and fizzy-full of sunshine, leaves and flowers of grapefruit, verbena leafs. And ... the bottle -is just state of art-love it really:)-will keep for years as reminding of great London Summer, Summer full of Dreams, London tears of Happiness:)

This is absolutely lovely, of course as a typical summer scent. It is basically lemon all the way, plus nice herbal-green and sweet, sorbety undertones. It smells like freshly peeled lemon along with some green, lemon-tree leaves, and lemonade with ice. Some people say they smell grapefruit, I'd say it's rather lemon peel, but it's a very similar, bitter and citrusy note. I figure using it abundantly as a body mist on a hot hot day. It has nice staying power and reasonable projection.

People need to remember that this is a Cologne so it doesn't last very long. But boy oh boy is it amazing!. I spray it all over my body when I come out of the shower and its very invigorating!. You can smell the main 3 notes...Verbena, Lemon & Grapefruit! I especially love the grapefruit in it. So gorgeous and refreshing! Just like summer. A tip is to spray it on your clothes if you want it to last longer :-)

Very lemon-y, incredibly fresh and sweet, direct and not complicated. My husband and small children approve, which is quite rare. I love this so much--and could love it a lot more if it didn't have to be applied hourly. :( Good thing I got the 5-oz bottle!!!