Sporty Citrus

I am not one of those who get compliments about my perfumes on a daily basis. To be honest, it doesn't happen that often. However, Sporty Citrus, is actually the one(apart from Amazing Grace) that people compliments me on quite often. I love to smell nice and I love hearing it. So I tell them it is Sporty Citrus by Michel Kors. Like many others already have said, this name does not fit the perfume at all! It makes me think of a fresh showergel. But I saw the beautiful glassbottle and decided to (still)give it a try. I am glad I did. I spritzed my wrist and had to go back to the store the next day to buy the perfume. I really fell in love with Orange Blossom. Beautiful scent. Not a citrus splitz-splash, but a soft, warm scent that actually stays on my skin quite a while. It is most often only noticed by someone who is sitting close to me. If you are looking for a perfume that that can be smelled after you have left the room, this is not it. Don,t get me wrong. I love TM Angel. But most of the time I want to wear something more soft and feminine. And this is it: Sporty Citrus, IMO, the worst name ever, but at the moment, one of my absolute favourites.

So I like citrus, but when I got my rollerball of this in the mail, I decided right away that it is not full-bottle worthy. Here we are a year later and I am searching for the best deal on a full-size bottle. At first (last year) I thought that it was too sharp of a citrus. It was so strong that it shocked me and smelled even a bit masculine to my nose. It is funny how my taste has changed so much over the last year of collecting perfumes. I never ever thought I would ever ever like an oud scent, and that now, mixed with rose or citrus, is the BEST. Now in my collection, all of the bottles that I adored the first year of collecting, basically sit on a shelf. I discovered Kilian and Byredo recently and am in love with many of those. Just takes a bit longer to save for my new taste. This is supposed to be a review about Sporty Citrus and I kind of got off track, but the main point that I am trying to make is even if you get a perfume that you don't love right away, do keep it because your taste may evolve over time, and it could become a favorite later, just like what happened to me with this frag.

I can't believe how much this smells like Ange Ou Demon Le Secret on my skin. I wondered when I tried this on today why it smelled so familiar, and why I loved it so much! At first it is quite green & citrusy, then calms down to a slightly (very slightly) masculine, fresh, herbaceous scent. Then an hour or so later it settles into a sexy, earthy citrus floral. Don't let the "masculine" description put you off if, like me, you're not a fan of unisex fragrances. This is more a strong, confident woman rather than truly masculine. Mmm-mm-mmmmmm...

I also had my interest caught from the scented store flyer and ordered it. It warms on my skin quickly and has a warm musky (in a good way) orange scent. It is not a dusty musk. Everything blends and smells wonderful. Sticks to the listed notes. I have had it on all day now and still smell it on my skin. I didn't notice huge sillage but that's fine with me. I've gotten wisps of it all day. A blind buy and a keeper. It reminds me in a way of a simpler orange version of Hermes Jour De Hermes with a tad more musk. Both are great scents!

not at all sporty! but great fragrance with pretty good sillage and longevity. It is really chic, a bit chypre but with more citrusy notes. I used to wear it till my mom (who is 74) "found" it and took my bottle! well it smells on her great too (usually on women of that age perfumes tend to smell a bit weird) very fresh! it reminds me a lot of "Still" by J.Lo which is a favorite, but discontinued.

Love it. it is almost all orange on me, but firstly a spicy orange (think of when you peel the skin of an orange off) than a bitter orange. It is not a complicated scent but very sophisticated in light of the sea of sweet perfume popular in these few years. Longevity and sillage is good. It does not strike me as 'sporty' though... I wear it to work.

The name is a bit misleading - lucky I smelt it anyway. I don't get much citrus, but it is still fresh - just more like gardenia/frangipani fresh. It lingers and is soooo yummy! I got this in a set with the body cream and can't tell whether the cream is just the normal Michael Kors or this one but it's super yummy too. Get your hands on this!

I love it! Although I dislike any citrus perfumes in general. This one is different, it has this thick, dark, deep, sexy and classy undertone which is amazing. This undertone is more prominent on me than the citrus itself! Hence, I find this fragrance more night/classy/sexy than day/sporty.

I like this one the least of all 3. Sexy Amber is my favorite, then Glam Jasmine. I couldn't smell this one very much at all - to me it has weak sillage, and the top notes evaporated so quickly leaving a weak trail of citrusy musk behind. Not a horrible scent, just not really my thing.

I love this one! The sales lady at Macy's convinced me to try it, and I'm glad I did. The name "Sporty" does not fit this fragrance. On my body chemistry, I get a lovely combination of orange blossoms and musk, which smells like soft spices mixed with warmth on my skin.

I tend to find citrusy fragrances to smell silly and cheap, but this one is a love love for me! It just screams summer and fun and mind-free to me. It can be hard to find, took me a while and many airports shops visits to find it again.

The name of the perfume is totally misleading! What a WRONG name for this warm-cold-spicy BEAUTY! It is very similar to Lalique Perles :O which I love and have in my collection. (great all year round scent).

Is this one getting discontinued slowly? Does anyone know? I’m having hard time to purchase this for an average price and availability is also poor lately...just wondering...

this perfume isn't masculine at all. it is fierce and fearless. so are the women for whom it was created.

The divine, perfect, absolute citrus fragrance! I adored it! So disappointed that it was limited edition!

I am in love with this scent I smelled it in macys and want it sooooo bad

This one is not what I typically would go for, but I got it as a gift from someone dear. I believe I normally do not like neither sporty nor citrus, so I was afraid to test it for a while. I spent some time sniffing the bottle and trying to prepare myself for the worst – that I would not like it. Luckily, it didn’t happen. I like it and enjoy it. It is very wearable and easy likable. The name is misleading. I was expecting cold fresh generic smell. Luckily, to my nose, it is neither typicall sporty nor dominant citrus. It smells mostly orange blossom to me. There is definitelly citrus there, but not in a refreshing sporty way, but more in a warm and comforting feeling. I would call the perfume something about orange blossom and simple elegance. It is very soft and wearable for work. Normally, I dislike musk, but here I am completely comfortable with it, it is very soft and feels natural. There is some sweetness here, but not too much, and I like that. It is simple lovely skin scent. Sits close to skin. I like it more and more. Longevity may be better; it lasts on my skin for not more than 2-3 hours. I have also a body cream, and it smells very nice. By layering these two the longevity is acceptable.

I have a love/hate relationship with this perfume! The first time I smelled it, it reminded me of the very first "perfume" I had and it came with a Hawaiian Barbie! It was a scented balm and I loved it! I will never forget that first time a scent took me away and I couldn't get enough! However the next time I put it on, a musky spice took over the citrus and it was not my beloved 1st Scent! Now this is like my bi-polar friend, where I never know which one is coming out to play. I haven't figured it out, but the good thing about that musky scent that jumps out at times, is it's a memoir of my late other mother (in law). So technically it's a love/LOVE relationship!!! Should be called Spicy Citrus though for sure!

I actually have a "hanker for this flanker!" :) I really like this which knocked me over since I usually dislike soapy & citrus, so I couldn't imagine them put together. All I could imagine was throwing a bunch of grapefruit and lemons into your washing machine in the middle of doing a load and that sounded utterly unappealing. There is something really groovy about this and I get a bit of a 1970's Estee vibe coming through. It almost smells like a really fresh deodorant. Inoffensive, safe & just a nice smell. Perfect for the office. I'm also pleasantly surprised at how little of the original notes come through which always makes a perfume that is piggy backing off of an original a bit more interesting.

UPDATE: I can smell it now - and I love it! This is fabulous for warm Arizona weather! You know what's scary? Anosmia! It's like being completely numb. No matter how many coffee beans I sniff, or whether this is on a scent strip or my skin, I can't distinguish what it smells like. I know there's a scent there...it's just hiding in that kind of musk that my nose simply cannot detect. So disappointing, because this sounds like something I'd really enjoy. I'll keep trying this in stores, in hopes that one of these days I'll have a "breakthrough". I enjoy so many Michael Kors fragrances I hate being left out by this one.