A Lovely Summer

It's a delightful musk from start to finish! The musk in this reminds me of the type used in Narciso Rodriguez perfumes, to my nose it's soft but with beautiful florals. This can be worn all year round, but you will need to adjust sprays in the colder months because it is not a heavy/strong scent. The bottle is the most beautiful within the lovely range, however, I do agree that the scent doesn't match the name & bright blue bottle (@goldiloks mentioned a Lovely Musk & that would have been the best name for it). It is closer to the original Lovely than to Born Lovely; Born Lovely is sweeter & doesn't have the same level of muskiness. Overall for the price here in the UK it's a good perfume, it seems like a daily driver perfume with many uses. Lasting power on me was about 4/5 hours.

This is a very light, soft, warm musk. It is lightly spiced and faintly sweet. This is so pleasant and comforting. It’s an easy reach fragrance. I can’t see ever spraying this on and wishing I’d used a different perfume for the day.

If you’ve been looking for a version of Coty Wild Musk that you can actually smell, this is it. It’s a light, warm spicy, ambery musk. A skin scent but a lovely one. Not at all tropical smelling to me and doesn’t match the bottle or marketing imho, so I’m really looking forward to seeing what other people think now it’s on fragrantica! This could be a good, affordable alternative to Amber Musk I think. I don't get Narciso Rodriguez from this but then his Musc perfumes smell like Chlorine to me so..... Lovely Summer is far less chemically imho! I have Born Lovely and find absolutely no resemblance between that perfumes and A Lovely Summer. I don't think it literally smells like Miracle or Touch, but it's more in that realm of slightly sweet, clean, warm spicy scent profile. It's like Lovely was SJP's crisp white musk and this is her warm spicy musk! It's much more spicy than my beloved Skin Musk, but it's in that realm.

Just added that SJP's company has been sold to Nirvana brands, not Nivea as stated by another post. Tried this perfume yesterday. Definitely a cold weather type perfume that doesn't share any DNA with Lovely or some of the flankers. Lasted a long time on my skin which was a good suprise as Lovely and the flankers tend not to last on me. Almost has something in common with a male type cologne or unisex which appeals to me especially as i love that quality in Stash. To be clear though, this doesn't smell like stash at all, and the musk is quite strong.

First impression on spray: I’m back in 1984, opening my Cabbage Patch Doll at Christmas, and this is what the plastic head smells like. Took me right back in time! I see now why people are saying this is more of an autumn scent. Not my favorite from the Lovely line (my favorites are the original and sheer), but I am happy to have this.