Samba Natural

I wore this for the first time today. At first it smells rather sharp and I can smell the vetiver and citrus rind. It smells really green floral to me, then the green notes seem to soften a bit and I can smell the jasmine and rose. It is not a sweet flower smell , but more like you are walking in a garden and smelling the flowers and the leaves. Then the base notes appear and it smells like musk and soft florals, and every so often I catch a bit of the vetiver/citrus. The top notes I'm not crazy about but this is one of those perfumes that gets better as it dries down. I will be using this for a daytime spring and summer perfume. It lasts about 4 1/2 hours

Screechy bitter citrus with loads of chemicals, that strongly reminds me of household cleaning products. Don't get me wrong, i love citrus fragrances, and i love bitter scents too, but this one doesn't smell like perfume at all. For me, it is repulsive, like lime chlorine...

I had this fragance and never really liked it. It was too citric and somewhat masculine for my taste. And I also didn't like the final trace.

I don't know where is goes wrong, but on me it smells like mosquito repellent.

This is listed as a fruity floral, and it has citrus notes, but I get some aquatic from it also. It smells of the era of L’eau d’Issey (that one came out in ‘92, this ‘96). Tart crisp citrusy notes with some freesia. The other notes are well blended. Very much a 90s era “natural” scent (if not slightly sharp and a bit screechy). Now I just need to get my hands on the original. I’ve always liked the bottles these come in, too.