Tuscan Blood Orange

Sorry, I'm not trying to sound like a broken record, but this is not a one note wonder either... As described from Pacifica, "juicy and spicy Blood Orange is offset with subtle Strawberry and Raspberry notes and grounded in fleshy Mandarin and Italian Sweet Orange." My personal opinion on this fragrance, it's really bright, fruity, and I enjoy it. I cannot claim that I am able to smell each type of orange Pacifica listed, but I can tell you what I did smell. True, when you first spray this on (my skin anyway) you smell only the spicy blood orange. In less than five minutes it does start to let the beautiful berry notes out to mingle too. I first smelled strawberries mixing with the blood orange, but then I did notice the raspberry note come into the mix. It seems like as the spicy part of the blood orange dies down, or maybe it's a totally different type of orange taking it's place, then the raspberry has room to come out and play. It's a very realistic scent of both strawberry and raspberry; it doesn't smell like someone sweetened them up with a cup of sugar or anything else for that matter. I'm really impresses with how spot on this fragrance is when it comes to the fruity notes actually smelly like you literally just cut into one at your kitchen counter! So, yes, I really do enjoy this fragrance. That being said, I would only give it 4 out of 5 stars. The reason being the short staying power it had on my skin. I can maybe get 3 or 4 hours out of it on a good day. I also have to say, Pacifica's fragrances are very reasonably priced, so if I have to refresh it throughout the day it's not really a big deal. I would recommend this to anyone who loves fruity fragrances without any floral notes, enjoy!

Love love this scent! A great citrusy sweetness! It doesn't last long though and the silage is weak, but I don't mind spraying it numerous times a day especially with the affordable price. If you are/were looking for a good, solid orange scent, I feel this one works AMAZINGLY. It's such a fun, mood-lifting smell. If you are/were considering Orange Sanguine or Clementine California from Atelier Cologne like I was, this one is much sweeter. Orange Sanguine and Clementine California I'd say is much more tarte or bitter, and I feel like they might be considered more of a purer or authentic orange scent. I thought that's what I wanted, but when I tested the Atelier Cologne perfumes in-store, I found myself surprisingly more attracted to Tuscan Blood Orange. With that, Tuscan Blood Orange leans much more feminine and the Atelier Cologne perfumes lean more unisex/masculine.

Not a terribly sophisticated perfume--it has the dessert-y sweetness of an orange creamsicle milkshake. As a gourmand in the guise of a citrus perfume, it has a slight kiss of vanilla and candied orange rind on the dry down after the first notes of a slightly sour, somewhat realistic and very juicy orange. Don't pick this one for complexity, as the notes don't transform more than that. It's my comfort smell due to its its versatility and lack of sexual overtones/drama (especially crucial in situations that warrant prettiness but not "hitting on you" vibes, like seeing coworkers outside of work). Not over the top feminine either, and I could see other genders less insecure about tradition wearing this, though it definitely leans feminine. Namely, the orange is not terribly floral but the sweetness isn't masculine.

(I am writing this review based solely off the hair & body mist)! I got this for my birthday last year and I love it! I actually wouldn't call the mist true to a blood orange scent— there is a subtle sweet orange smell but it doesn't bring blood orange directly to mind. Instead, it smells JUST like Fruity Pebbles? I don't even mean that in a bad way, it's one of my favorite scents to use, especially after hopping out of the shower or just to spray in my hair before class, but it smells like a citrusy Fruity Pebbles scent! Just like the French Lilac mist, also by Pacifica, the mist is so subtley sweet and I could not imagine it overpowering anyone at all— Pacifica makes their hair & body mists alcohol free so there is no unpleasant sharpness to punctuate this lovely scent.

This smells like someone is eating an orange in the same room as you, and they peeled it with their hands so the oils from the rind get crushed and released. There is no complexity or maturity to this, and it really doesn't smell like perfume- it smells like orange oil. I imagine this would be nice after a long day at the beach, when you take a shower and put on big comfy clothes and some aloe vera on your skin. For the first 10 minutes, this has insane projection. Everyone in the room will smell you. And then within an hour, the scent is almost entirely gone, unless you sniff your skin. My boyfriend is crazy about this, but he loves citrus. Not my fave, but I like using it while I study to give me a little energy.