Full Orange Blossom

Hold on to your pantaloons, this is a thorough review. Straight off, I love it. I love *many* neroli/orange blossom frags, but some are just terrible. Also, I normally dislike body shop products, their scents are very commercial, some bordering on B&BW cheapness or worse. Now, is this a groundbreaking frag? Heavens no. But this is one they got just right. It's commercial, not niche per se.... Perfectly unisex. It carries the same effortless attractiveness that Neroli Woods has, they are close cousins, if not siblings. Neroli woods is a touch more bitter, and surprisingly not as lasting as the Body Shop's Full Orange Blossom. This is a great midday refresher, a blind reach in a rush, perfect for keeping in your gym bag, office and date night appropriate. It has that cool linen, clean laundry, and beachy vibes. It has a real solar quality that Neroli Woods does not. And rather than shower gel, marine/mediterranean, citrus punch, or old fashioned barber soap, this one is a sexy linen shirt + hot skin in the sun + sun tan lotion + gin Collins. I hope the.body shop hangs on to this. I don't get a strong vetiver vibe like I do with Ferrari Bright Neroli (which is also a touch more green and cosmetic smelling - though it's still delightful) and the bergamot is much more gentle. The breakdown: Initial spray: Balanced and bright floral/citrus, sweet but not cloying, a cool breeze billowing up, and rounded off by the heady indolic sexy vibe that blends beautifully with sweat and heat. 15 mins in: The bergamot is there with the white flowers, crisp and casual. A little sweet and wonderfully fresh, but rounded. Easygoing, noticeable within arms length or from the sun chair one over from you. It's fleeting, airy. 1 hour in: Clean clean clean, with a bit of warm sweat, and a quick change into a fresh shirt. 3 hours in: just a bit more than a skin scent, but still bright and mild on clothes. Still catches into the air, turns heads, generates compliments. It's a bit indescript now, not exactly flowers, or citrus, or musk, or vetiver... its a very natural "sexy person" scent, like they just naturally smell this way. 6 hours in: Barely a skin scent, but still clings to the clothing. It's intimate, and detectable only if you let someone get close enough - within a foot or two of you. It's good stuff. It's going to be my post-gym grab. Worth the price. Fearless, confident, fun, sexy.

Beautiful, fresh, rich orange blossoms! This is a gorgeous fragrance for anyone who likes the fresh, sweet, vibrant scent of orange blossom. It's lovely for spring of course, but it's equally good worn in winter, as it doesn't have any sharp, zesty, citrus notes. This is unusually long lasting and stays true on the skin, the notes don't change with prolonged skin contact. Lovely when sprayed on clothes too. This orange blossom scent is great in that it's not too sweet, some orange blossom scents can be cloyingly sweet and some can be too citrusy, but this one has excellent balance. A lovely, new, high quality offering from The Body Shop.

It really got the same babydoll/gummy bear smell as in Sundazed by Byredo! May be a dupe? But also, because of the woodsy notes, it’s a little like Bal d’ afrique. Definitely unisex. On me it even smells more masculine even though I’m a woman. It’s a warm summer scent that smells even better if you are a little warm or even sweaty I’m imagining?! It’s sweet, but not too sweet, orangey/citrusy and yet woody. The citrus is very strong but not chemical, more orange peel or the small lima you got in South America?! It’s addictive! The longevity is on my skin really good and lasts several hours.

As an orange blossom and neroli enthusiast, I really love this fragrance! Neroli is definitely at the forefront, which gives it a more natural touch, and the vetiver adds a grounding element. I love wearing Full Orange Blossom in summer because of its refreshing qualities. A big plus is also that it smells quite natural, while also lasting easily a whole day on my clothes, which is not always a given with citrus-centric scents. I feel that this deserves more popularity.

I came to BS to buy shower gel and ended up with a bottle of this. I enjoy it very much after training and hot shower. Smell very like very natural orange flower with bitter orange zest. It’s uncommon that citrus doesn’t smell like washing products. In this case it doesn’t. Can be layered with vanilla or wood based perfumes. Silage is medium but with this cost I can spray it twice. Update: obsessed with this natural scent. I even added it to my room vanilla scent.