Versace Pour Femme Dylan Purple

This perfume is a perfect soapy fresh out of the shower after using a yummy fruity shampoo smell, more than any other scent ever. I really like it and I'm usually a vanilla gourmand kind of girl. I'm picky about my fresh scents I usually only like very straight forward citrusy ones and really struggle with about 98% of floral scents. Even when I like a floral perfume it can make me nauseous or give me a headache but the floral notes in this are soft, fresh, airy and delightfully sweet, like a light perfect clean linen vibe. This is probably my favourite out of all the fruity/clean scents I have ever smelt. A lot of perfumes have a pear note that you can barely smell but this one really delivers on it right out of the gate. I definitely get a citrus and bergamot note but not so much bitter orange, it's more of a juicy mandarin orange to me. The fruity top notes notes fade but they are still there the whole time. Then you get some orange blossom and a very light actually somehow likeable freesia. As it dries down you get more of all the soapy notes which are so good, you get soapy all the way through but it especially comes out after about 20-30 minutes. The combination of clean soapy notes are honestly genius and it makes you want to keep smelling it. I don't really get any woody notes at any point and I'm okay with that. Often a perfume like this would have patchouli and/or sandalwood added for longevity and fewer soapy notes and even though they would make it last longer. I appreciate that they didn't go in that direction because imo it's a very hard combination to balance and pull off right and it is so incredibly overdone. I also like that it's not really powdery because that can be very overpowering. The longevity and sillage are on the lower side, it probably lasts about 2 hours on skin and 4-5 on hair and clothes before it becomes a barely there scent but it is so good I don't mind and it isn't so pricey that you can't reapply if needed. It's definitely not a walking around in an inescapable bubble kind of perfume, it's pretty intimate but you do get wonderful whiffs of it here and there. I haven't had a chance to wear it around others much so not sure what they would be smelling but I know the scent is extremely likeable, definitely a crowd pleaser. I would say it's a very a safe blind buy and perfect for an office setting. It is really an anytime kind of scent because it just smells like freshly cleaned hair but I would say it would preform better in warmer weather and is more of a daytime vibe.

Ah, Dylan Purple, the beauty that you are... Whenever I wear this scent, I’m immediately transported to the southern coast of Italy. I’m freshly showered and wearing a white t-shirt drinking a lemonade on a balcony overlooking the Adriatic sea. I’m surrounded by lemon trees and flowers. Dylan Purple is everything D&G Light Blue wishes it was. The marketing of this scent doesn’t quite make sense to me because if I were to put a color to it, I’d call it Dylan Green Apple. The opening smells exactly like biting into a fresh, tart granny smith apple. It’s an extremely realistic apple and not artificial. From there, I get sweet Amalfi lemon, which keeps the fragrance just sweet enough to not smell sour or sharp (one of Light Blue’s major flaws). The dry down is a beautiful, light citrus musk. I have no idea where the purple comes in because none of the notes are purple. I would equate the performance of this scent to your average EDT, which is unfortunate because it’s marketed as an EDP. I spray about 6 times to get my desired performance. I find Dylan Purple exudes youth while remaining incredibly grounded. I could see a teenager and my grandma wearing this scent, and it wouldn’t feel inappropriate for either age group. It’s just such a well rounded fragrance. All in all, I just finished up my 1.7 Oz bottle and I’m immediately purchasing my next one. I can’t imagine a summer without this scent in my collection.

Mmmmmm this is the juiciest, cleanest skin scent you could ever dream of! It’s SO fresh and a little fruity, depending on the weather, and so it’s just a wonderful office, gym or food service scent as a result. When I first smelled this at the counter my brain lit up with intrigue and joy, as I had never smelled anything like this before and it was an immediate “YES!” for me. It’s almost pheromonal, and in my opinion, definitely Unisex. It is a tad shampooey, just a tad, in an exquisite way. The pear and bergamot together just work magic on my skin. Those are 2 notes I absolutely love but find that many perfumers struggle to formulate them well. Versace really outdid themselves with this juicy, clean, freshly-showered scent. A year later my bottle just keeps getting better and better and whenever I spray this perfume I still get such a dopamine hit, which no other fragrance has ever given me before. Versace fragrances tend to agree with me and this one is just happiness in a bottle. I do wish it lasted a little longer but the good news is you can’t overdue the spraying. So go heavy and enjoy the fruity mist. Best in warm weather for sure.

This is the perfume that made me realize I actually do like fresh and fruity scents, and expanded my tastes significantly as a result. Before this I really only reached for sweet vanilla, strawberry, pistachio, almond, or gourmand scents, and this is so so different from anything else I wore before it, but I love it so much. It smells exactly like shampoo. That’s the clearest comparison I can make, and it’s a compliment. It smells so fresh and clean, but also cozy, like taking a shower after a long day and settling into clean sheets. I definitely understand it being used as a daytime scent because it’s so fresh and clean, but honestly I feel like I personally associate it more with the nighttime, if only because I shower and wash my hair in the evenings. Longevity is also kind of insane for being such a fresh, lightweight scent. I sprayed this last night just above my wrists, and in the afternoon of the next day I’m still catching wafts of it when I move my arms, which is especially impressive because I wash my hands a lot, so fragrance doesn’t typically last super long on my wrists.

If I had to pick a signature scent for myself it would be Dylan Purple. The scent is a near-exact match for L’Oreal Elvive hair products, which is what I use in the shower and I love the scent of that line so much. I can understand why people think this perfume isn’t noteworthy, as it’s nothing groundbreaking, but I personally love a shampooey/clean fragrance. It makes me feel uplifted and put together. There’s something about this one that gives me such a confidence boost! The projection and longevity are modest, but it works so well as an everyday scent. I’m gonna need to invest in a larger bottle! EDIT: I bought the Dylan Purple perfume oil from FragrantBodyOilz and it’s an exact match, and on top of that, the longevity and projection are 10/10! For $14, the roll-on oil from FBO is an absolute steal, and the original Versace is suuuuper weak in comparison. Save your money and get the dupe, you’ll thank me later!