Jean Lowe Vibe

After having owned this for months now, I think I can finally share some thoughts that I've accrued over many times wearing this. It is around 82% similar to PC. PC is much, much more figgy and the dates are much more prominent in the drydown. It has this sweetness to it that Vibe simply does not match. For the opening, Vibe is a little bit less sparkly and pushing a green/minty front. It lacks the sweet, sparkly aspects of pacific chill. But, for around 20-30 USD, I cannot complain. This scent gets pretty close to the profile of PC, and if an unexperienced nose were to smell them side by side, they would hardly be able to tell the difference. Blending is good, and For performance and longevity, Vibe leaves much to be desired. After around 3-4 hours, it is completely skin scent - gone in hot weather, and from the start the sillage is underwhelming. Overall, for the price range, if you're really craving that minty, fresh, citrus mojito of Pacific Chill, then I recommend getting this fragrance. Its packaging is great and the atomizer is decent. The superior price point and remarkable similarity make this a top rated dupe in my collection, however, it will never rival the original in terms of quality and performance. As PC is one of my favorite fragrances of all time, I may be a little biased towards this dupe counterpart, but while I save up for getting the original, this does a fair job. Think of it like the top half of Pacific Chill in a bottle. Not much sweet bottom notes, and missing the LV sparkling citruses.

So I have worn this for almost a week. As a dupe for Pacific Chill I do think it is very close. Pacific Chill does have a bit more of a natural smell while this goes a bit candy like at first. But the notes are all there the way they come through is right. The way the mint mixes with the apricot comes off right. It's very close. The main difference is that this is a tad sweeter throughout. To the majority of the people out there after a couple minutes this will.smell the same. Where this fails and where I really praise PC is the performance. For being a fresh clean citrus fragrance PC has really good performance. That is where Vibe fails. On the skin Vibe projects and gives off a nice scent bubble for a good hour and a half. Then you have a close but very there skin scent for another 2 hours. After that it really fades away. On skin expect it to be gone in around 3 1/2 hours. On clothes maybe 5 good hours. I showered my forearm with it to test it ( 6 sprays) it was strong on my skin for a good 3 hours. . 10 hours later you can smell it a little if you put your nose right on it. I'm a fan of this fragrance . I really don't have an issue with the performance because you get a lot for not much money and it does smell super close to the OG. For me if I can get close to 5 hours off of a few sprays that's not bad for a freshie . I have to give this a solid 7/10 .

Should you take a gamble on this one? After a long winter of spice, leather and animalic fragrances. My old citrus favorites just didn't speak to me. After a couple of blind buys, I finally found this. Jean Lowe Vibe is the answer I was looking for. Fresh, light, airy. But what really intrigued me was the fig base. Being a fig lover, could this be the one? Yes, it's a essence at its base. But, the apricot really shines through blending well, not overbearing. Because of its light airy nature, for me I need to layer it with a heavier base to ground it a little. I found that Salvatore Ferragamo signature pairs well with this. Adding just the right amount of "green" fig to it. *Chef's kiss* I love when a fragrance inspires me to go back into my collection and find things that I forgot about. Which brings me to Zara Summer collections. Very reminiscent of Vibe. With Labdanum and musk at its base. It made an excellent companion to this fragrance. I haven't had a perfume that I wanted to wear every day in a long time. I'm a creature of variety. I'm finding layering possibilities for this one daily, making it feel new every day. Roll the dice on this one. It's a winner 🏆

Yet another stop on my hunt for an affordable Pacific Chill alternative, and for a second, I thought I’d finally hit the jackpot. I thought this was it. The lottery winner. Unfortunately, it lasts about as long as your will to live at your 9-5 on a Monday. In other words: not long. It smells damn near identical to Pacific Chill. What I really appreciate is that they nailed the apricot note instead of swapping it out for lemon or another generic citrus like so many dupes do. Other citruses smell great, sure, but when you’re this close to the original, it's truly magical. Performance is so rough though man. Like most citrus-forward perfumes, it wasn’t built for longevity. I got 3 hours on skin before it completely vanished, with moderate sillage for the first 30 minutes, then skin scent. And I hate when I have to literally sniff my wrists to find my fragrance. If this performed, it would make Pacific Chill completely redundant. There’d be no point in buying the original. But alas, we’re not there yet. Love the scent, hate the performance. Seems to happen to me a lot. 😅

Huh. Interesting one. I sometimes impulse buy (I'd rather a fragrance that I can give or gift away, than pay for shipping). This was about thirty bucks or so when i threw it in an order and kinda forgot about it. Fast forward, I opened it and did my 'sprays' and the let it sit. In the meantime, ordered a decant of PC to test side-by-side. Gets you just about all the way there. Easily 90%, if that can even be measured. Really close. How about that. I see longevity on the PC page seems to average much higher than this does here, but my experience was quite different. The PC does not last measurably longer to me. At least, not hundreds of dollars better. Not anywhere close to Torino 21. If you voted that, call a doctor and have your schnozz recalibrated. Regardless, I'll be passing this one on to the wife. This is far, far too feminine a scent profile for a man. Surprised to see it voted the way it is above.