Lotus Garden

Many moons ago, while shopping for baby clothes at a Ross store (we were in the midst of the adoption process...had no idea if the Lord was going to bless us with a boy or girl, so I was buying every adorable piece of infant clothes on their clearance racks...private adoption is very expensive and hubby was still making a meager salary in the military), I stumbled across a beat up bottle of Pacifica Lotus Garden body lotion, of course on clearance for $3.00. I fell in love with that refreshing scent. It is very citrus, green and floral. I tried finding more at every Ross store I came across (I may have found 2 more bottles. This was way before discovering eBay). I tried being stingy with it under the impression I had found something lovely that had been discontinued. Well, citrus fragrances, as we very well know, have a habit of "turning" if not used in a timely manner...especially in lotion form. Just as my last bottle was taking on that rancid celery overtone, I discovered eBay. This is where smart people buy up discontinued fragrances and flip them for an outrageous profit. Oh wow, there was a EDT of my beloved Pacifica Lotus Garden...for $150 for a 1.7 oz bottle!!! Me, broke and sad had to live without it. However, purely by accident, while going over Fragrantica's page dedicated to Pacifica Lotus Garden, I noticed there was a quite large amount of votes under "this perfume reminds me of" for this fragrance, Hermes Un Jardin Sur Le Nil. I went straight away to eBay, cringing all along with the name HERMES, along with $$$$ pounding in my head. I found a seller asking $45.99 or best offer for a 3.1 oz bottle with free shipping. We agreed upon $40 even. It just came in the mail. It is an exact dupe for PLG, but with much better longevity and silliage. Many thanks to Fragrantica for reuniting me with a fragrance I thought I would never have again. Now, when I wear it, memories of a most difficult time, our adoption, ending in the most wonderful day in my life, picking up our 2 day old son at the same hospital I was born in (if that's not destiny, i dont know what is). I was wearing Pacific Lotus Garden the day we picked up our baby. I just put on my Hermes dupe and heard from another room, our teenage son saying, "Mom, what is that smell???it's so nice! It smells so familiar!" 😉

Lotus Garden is beautifully meditative, with fresh and elegant simplicity. I think the warm, peppery olibanum/frankincense in the base really gives this fragrance a lot of body and depth with its incensed touch, yet it retains the clarity of a lotus pond all the way. The yuzu is gorgeously sparkling and offers just a drop of clean, citrus bitterness that compliment the sweet, lucid florals perfectly. Only downside is that this doesn't last at all. Perhaps with all the matching lotions and potions you'd get a lot more longevity from this captivating scent, but I'm not one for layering so for that reason, I'm happy with my purse-ready rollerball and wouldn't bother with a full bottle. Too bad, otherwise this refreshingly unique perfume might have made it to my favorites shelf.

Cannot say enough about how beautiful this smells. It is is light, airy, floral....it smells pretty. I am complimented beyond measure by random men and women when I wear it. And my boyfriend cannot keep his hands off of me when I am wearing this...he says it smells edible (which ROCKS - lol!!!). I am never out of stock on this one...I would think that no matter your preference or perfume style, this would be a winner for everyone.

esplosione di limone iniziale, freschissimo e poco aspro. lievi note di loto dopo l'assestamento. più che un profumo sembra un'acqua rinvigorente e positiva. peccato che la persistenza sia molto breve. ottimo per le temperature calde!

I love the new solid perfume samples. You can reapply all day and make it stronger. Not a lot stronger. The shortness and the lightness are no longer issues for me. Such a lovely scent.

This is more complex than I thought it would be to begin with. On the box it lists it's notes as: Lotus, violet leaf, olibanum, pink pepper and citrus. In the opening you can definitely smell the citrus(which smells distinctly like grapefruit to me) and pink pepper giving it a fresh bite, it quickly becomes green and clean, with the gentle but distinct lotus, all of this being softened by what must be the effect of the violet leaf, as there is nothing bathroom cleaner-like about the scent. It has a somewhat herbal feel to it however and I think it could definitely be unisex. Very nice for the sunshine and heat, it is cooling and chilled out. Quite different too, so not a run-of-the-mill fragrance at all. And the price is so great.

I can't believe no one has compared Lotus Garden to Hermes Un Jardin sur le Nil! These two are so similar on my skin, especially after 30 minutes or so. The Hermes, of course, is much stronger and more potent...sharper, more green. But this - a watery light green-aquatic if there is such a thing - this is lovely! Not as refined or as elegant as Un Jardin sur le Nil, but simple and refreshing, to be sure. It also reminds me of Gucci's Envy at times, particularly for the first 10 or 15 minutes. Not nearly as sharp, but it still has that cold, fresh feel to it. Doesn't smell synthetic at all and a very nice price for such a good quality fragrance!!

I really wish this fragrance had any sillage or staying power whatsoever. I have a roll-on version, and you can really slather it on to make up for that. It is quite lovely -- for me it opens primarily with a peppery citrus smell, which I assume is the yuzu and mysterious citrus notes. I don't get much of a floral experience from it, especially any jasmine notes; it mostly comes off as a refreshing spiciness on my skin. Weirdly, it dries down to a vague vanilla scent on me, extremely close to the skin, and this in the course of a few hours. One might be able to get more out of it on a warm day.

One of the few scents in my collection that would deserve the label green crispy and cold, Lotus Garden is to me more a sort of aromatherapy "pick me up" scent than a proper fragrance. This is in part also due to its shortlived performance (I have the rollerball... maybe the solid lasts longer but I bet it will have less sillage). All the notes listed are present - the yuzu smells like grapefruit to me and makes for a really refreshing opening before the composition takes on a more meditative character. I love this on a hot day or when I need to concentrate.

Pretty and simple. It smells kind of "cold" to me. I like it, but there's no lasting power. I'm not sure I'd rebuy, but I think it's a nice scent and I'll wear it here and there.

Likeable, but nowhere near "lotus"--which is one of my favorite fragrances. Unnecessarily complex for my taste.

Lovely fragrance, just doesn't last long enough

To be honest I don't know what lotus smells like, but I was hoping it would smell like the water lilies I used to pick at the lake when I was a kid: fresh, aquatic, floral. To me, this is mostly grapefruit with a hint of violet (a note listed on the product packaging, but not listed here or on the Pacifica website). It didn't work for me so I exchanged it, but if you like grapefruit you might want to give it a try.

Just have discovered this perfume when was placing an order at Pacifica, and needed to add something else to my cart to get free shipping. Im so glad I picked this one, just in time for upcoming summer! It smells so fresh and lovely! My husband also loves it. I do notice some lemony notes which makes this perfume ideal.

green, watery, floral, on the sharper side. my husband wears this sometimes and i smell olibanum and something that makes me think of violet, and citrus. smells unpleasantly sharp on my own skin, must be my body chemistry.

This is an older Pacifica that I finally got around to buying (the SPRAY version). Soooo nice-- citrus into lotus. Perfect combo! Somehow it's complex-yet-simple. Exotic but not obnoxious. However this one seems to be the WEAKEST Pacifica out of the entire line! As soon as it starts to dry---it VANISHES. After 5 minutes I have to press my nose into my hand to smell it--and it's barely there! I so wish Pacifica would come out with an "INTENSE" line. I'd even pay DOUBLE for it. The first 90 seconds of this juice is wonderful and uplifting! I guess this becomes a pick-me-up frag. For a SIMILAR sorta feel but BETTER longevity TRY PACIFICA'S Tibetan Mountain Temple. Still: nice to have this in my collection............ Pretty box too!

For those who love lemon/citrus fragrances like I do, this is the fragrance for you. I absolutely love this fragrance. Only when it dries down is there a hint of lotus. Otherwise it is one of the best lemony fragrances out there. Regardless of the name, I think it should be called something with Lemon in the title.

I love this fragrance, though it took some time to grow on me. It's very light, not sweet at all, with a slight spiciness and subtle sourness. I mostly get citrus notes. I thought I recognized the smell, and after a little while I realized that it smells like bubble gum! Sophisticated bubble gum, so I enjoy it. :)

This is becoming one of my Pacifica favourites (I might also be a little citrus obsessed). It has a very clean orange, slight powder and is sweet, but not sickly so. It is really quite good layered with the sandalwood (how I usually wear it). Has much more longevity that way :) I have the solid.

If there is a water lily, it`s very obscure. Olibanum, however, is very profound and makes this a floral on a smokey side.Grapefrut, again, is not your regular juicy citrus, it`s more oil from grapefruit peel. Very interesting fragrance,and the price is awesome for such a quality.