Roberto Cavalli Acqua

Think I'll wear this today. It's a lovely breezy summer day. I think the breeze will keep this from being too heavy. It's got quite a punch, but I love this. It's sexy to my nose. I don't care for the smell of Pantene, but I do love some products from the line. This smells nothing like it to my nose. If I were to compare this to anything, I'd have to choose Lily Pulitzer Beachy. It's the same description to me. This one being just a little more sweet. I love them both. The bottles are even equal. Lovely things to touch, look at, and display. I couldn't choose one over the other...hardly. I think this is a bit more to my liking to my nose, just for the fact that it has that kool-aidy smell from the sweetness which I fall for every time. One day I will know what that note is. This is very expensive smelling. This guy can sniff out some gold for me! I find his bottles to be well done, TOP of the pyramid in quality. This scent is exotic, but clean enough for a soccer mom. All womanly, not a bit masculine! I smell nothing like suntan lotion really. I do smell something more tropical, like real flowers on a tropical island. This is resort perfect. This is a five star scent for sure. Gosh, I think I'm gonna end up with most of the perfume Cavalli makes. I will buy anything blind from him. I'm sure I'll hit a pot hole....SOMEtime, but it'll be worth it for the gems I find. Love this Mr. Cavalli! I must note that the reason it took me so long to even try this designer is the models and clothing. They appear to me to be women who would smell of perfume that I don't like, and I just don't like animal prints too often. I imagine them all smelling of Tigress perfume which has been a scary thing for me since childhood. His perfumes smell more of fairies, sweet, enchanted, magical, happy, a child-like delight!

I love how this smells in the heat, it comes alive on sun warmed skin. I was hesitant to buy this because some of the notes generally are not my favourite. LOTV is a big turn off for me and I am choosey when it comes to aquatic fragrances. Of the listed notes, jasmine is easily the most dominant, I don't notice the LOTV at all. The jasmine is rich and a tad anamalic. The musk give this scent a bit of the clean, warm skin vibe that makes this smell so lovely on a summer day.I'm suprised that salt isn't listed as a note, on my skin it definitely has a saltiness that that ties the aquatic, floral and musky notes all togeather. This flanker smells so much more like the original EDP than I was expecting, which is why I was so hesitant with this one. I love the EDP and couldn't imagine the Acqua smelling enough like the original and still work as a summer flanker. This finds just that balance for me. The performance is about average for me, about 4-6 hours with pretty strong projection for about 3 hours (beyond arms length) the with a light projection for another few hours before it disappears. I love to wear this on a hot, sunny summer day. The rich floral note also makes it a beautiful choice for a sultry summer night. If I didn't also own Roberto Cavalli EDP, I would wear this all year as I find it would work in all seasons. It has a little of the mature feel that the original has, so this probably won't appeal to a lot of the younger crowd (under 30), but someone looking for a sexy grown woman fragrance might really like this one. I love the beautiful aquamarine blue bottle. It really suits the fragrance. I think it has gotten harder to find now that it is discontinued. One of the big discounters still has samples for sale, but I haven't seen it for sale anywhere for months.

Overall: 8.75/10 Here's Why: aquatic : very, more on the Neroli, italian coast type of Aquatic though. floral : Somewhat, I'm not getting too much of that here. white floral : once again, not too much of anything too floral. If anything, fruit flowers (Citrus) fresh : Very VERY Fresh! musky : Slightly, more of a milky musk. Very captivating, lots of compliments. I really enjoy this as a man. Got it for $16USD at a discount store and can't stop spraying it! Such a lovely fragrance, very light and cool like a night breeze on a beach. Awesome stuff! Longevity A Sillage B+ Wears for over 6+ hours then a skin scent. very nice!

This smells just like Tahitian orchid by calgon except Cavalli Acqua is waaayyyy smoother. Tahitian orchid has a sharp undertone while the notes in this fragrance blend seamlessly. I get a strong hint of coconut even though it’s not a note. This definitely has that just shampoo’d hair vibe which I love! This would have been a huge winner for me if it wasn’t for the longevity and projection. Horrible in both of those departments Update: a great alternative longer lasting perfume with better projection is Harajuku Lovers pop electric g. They are quite similar. Pop electric g is soooooooo much better though.

I blind bought a 2.5 ounce bottle for less than $20 at Burlington Coat Factory. Glad I did. The initial burst is wham!!! In-your-face gardenia. I know gardenia's not listed, but the white flowers in it and maybe a touch of the lemon-which I can't identify on its own-give this impression. It mellows down rather nicely; you end up with a light, sweet/kind of candied Jasmine and a fresh, powdery musk. The overall impression is smooth and rounded. I really think I will enjoy this in the hot, humid weather of South Carolina this summer. PS-I get absolutely nothing aquatic out of this.