Caribbean Waters

I ordered this for two main reasons; #1 it is supposed to outperform Creed Virgin Island Water, and #2 I have yet to read one bad review of any DUA Fragrance. First of all. ...something i was afraid of, and have run into with many high-strength perfumes. ...they often just smell like a bunch of muddled-together notes, with no real facet like a true perfume... NOT THE CASE here!! This scent genuinely acts like Virgin Island Water, in my opinion!! It almost nails the exact notes in exact sequence, but I would say the musk is heavier here and the lime has more zest here than actual lime pulp, such as in VIW. So, not "exactly like" VIW, per se, but I would say it's very similar, definitely stronger and arguably better. I'm SO pleased with this as a blind-buy. I am a huge fan of Virgin Island Water but have always hated its fleeting performance. Well, this is the best alternative I've yet to find. Very strong/heavy stuff though, 2 sprays oughtta do it. GREAT STUFF, Dua!! I wish you guys continued success, and i easily give this 9/10, with potential to be that "perfect 10"!

Dua Fragrances' Caribbean Waters is a fresh mix of coconut, rum, and a mix of citrus, anchored mainly by lime. In that respect, it smells like a tropical island vacation, fruity with light booze. To address the elephant in the room. certainly the similarities to Creed Virgin Island Water are strong (not quite as cloney as Sweet Tabacum to TF Tobacco Vanille,) but I'm not such a VIW worshipper (I own 10 Creeds and VIW isn't one of them) that I would even approve wholeheartedly of an exact clone, anyway. Rather, I find that Caribbean Waters has merits outside of its similarities to Virgin Island Water. It's fresher and not so rum-intensive, to my nose. CW is also quite strong, performance-wise, whereas I've not been overwhelmed by VIW the few times I've tried it out. For the standard Dua pricing of $45 for 30ml extrait, CW is a steal relative to VIW. 8 out of 10

A friend gave me a small decant of this one and I just loved it as soon as i put it on. So fresh and sweet citrusy scent. Beautiful and perfect for Spring and Summer . Then i got terribly disappointed, it doesn’t last more than an hour. Barely a skin scent after that and then nothing at 2 hr mark. Oh how broken hearted I was. Still I went and ordered 2 bottles, I love it so much that I don’t mind re applying every hour. This one is THAT good. So yummy. Worth every penny. Now if DUA could find a way to make this one beast mode and last at least 4 hrs then I’d pay 3 times the price. But I highly doubt this one can be improved upon . But one can always hope....

I'm gonna keep it short. This is what VIW SHOULD BE but is not (especially in the performance department). As for the smell, You definitely will immediately find it to be very close to VIW. IMHO - this one is better. Scent wise, performance wise and last but not the least price wise. The only thing I like better about Creed's Virgin Island water is the bottle. Do yourself a favor, save a LOT of money and buy this instead. Edit: Oh and almost forgot.. a lot of haters seem to click "dislike" on DUA Fragrances. Most of these people probably never even smelled this. Don't see so many hate for VIW ;) Curious

@mikestro, this is precisely my point. If you are rolling in dough and can just blindly drop a few hundred bills on a frag, then go for VIW. For me, if it smells 80% vs the original then im not quibbling about how "crap" it is just because it doesnt have Creed on the bottle. Pisses me off, because many potential punters are put off by ignorant fragheads who dont even consider there are ppl whom $400 is a month's income. Get real, if you can afford the real thing, go for it. But allow some of us the latitude to scale down to our income bracket, and enjoy something near the original. Rant over