Verbena Summer Secret 2010

Like Green Tea and Cool Water Fizz, this perfume is one of my staples on long, hot summer days (and boy, do we have a lot of them!). It is so fresh that the head note is nearly harsh and makes your taste buds curl like licking lemon juice - you think: it can't be true, I can't wear it, that's too much, there is no sugar in it! But after a while, the fragrance develops into a lovely cool veil that makes me feel fresh and clean. It doesn't linger as long as Green Tea, and I have to refresh it after a while, but this is the case with most fresh scents. I love the bottle, btw. It is gorgeous and has haptic appeal. This fragrance has more presence than most fresh scents, but it fades away faster.

Beautiful and unusual, I cannot help but smile when wearing this fragrance and am disappointed it didn't become part of the core range. I struggle to categorise the fragrances I like and tend to either like or dislike something on first sniff though I can be converted. It is the freshness that draws me to it without having the watery tropical notes. I think it is the mint added that makes it unique for me. I have recently stocked up from QVC UK which is the only place I could find it but when checking today it appears to be no longer available. I loved the shower jelly too and the gel/lotion is the perfect remedy to moisturising when holidaying in a hot climate

I prefer this over the regular Verbena EDT. By adding mint and basil and removing the geranium, this becomes an extremely smooth, refreshing, gourmand scent. I work for L'Occitane and when we were running the Summer Secret campaign I would choose to spray it outside of the store. Every day without fail, at least one person would be drawn in by how "tasty" it smelled. Flavor and Fragrance!

Wow, what a lovely fragrance! Barely citrusy, what I get the most is rose in the middle stage. I know rose is not in the official pyramid, but on my skin this perfume gets very "rosy", sweet and floral. I'd say it even has some vanilla in the drydown. It doesn't burns my skin nor itches, like the original Verveine. And it lasts more than four hours on my skin.

I have half of the bottle left and I hope they still produce it, I have to check. I am a big fan of verbena, so I am biased. Basil and mint compliment it so nicely - it's like a glass of a natural hand-made sugar-free lemonade with a slice of an apple instead of sugar. Love it, 10 out of 10, even though it's a relatively simple scent.

love it and trying to find more. anyone have any leads. i tried ebay and amazon and found nothing

Its one of these therapeutic vs healing waters that do the job. Its a very relaxing and calming scent. Suggestion for a nose person - remove the Apple on dry down and it will be top. I feel Iris; Cedar; Varbena; Green Grass; and lovely Basil and Musk but to my personal preferences I dont buy anything with Apple because to me Apple is automatic conotation to a car refreshners which In personally dont like. To those who love Apple in top notes its a right perfume for You.

I received a moist strip sample today, so I did not actually spray the fragrance on. Now I want to. This is a nicer verbena than the ones L'Occitane put out before. I can smell an apple a little bit, but more as heart notes than the top notes. The top is gorgeous and glorious verbena, fresh, straight up. It's lovely. The sample faded away really fast, but usually L'Occitane perfumes last well on me... the only exception is verbena though! Ah, I really need to try it in the store, and then maybe I'll get it. I really want a verbena scent, and this one is in the running up against Mistral.

Blech, too sweet and cloying for a citrus scent. I think they added a bit too much of something floral, like jasmine. The Citrus Verbena is the best for this type. I was happy to find out that Citrus Verbena, which was a limited edition summer scent, become a permanent offering in the L'Occitane fragrance line. The EdT is a great scent to douse yourself literally all over with for that all over fresh smell, while the concentrated EdT (if you can find it) is best for its longevity.