Flowerbomb Ruby Orchid

Sweet, vanilla, powdery, floral, fruity, green, feminine, romantic, sensual, seductive, classy, elegant, chic, flirty, playful charming, whimsical, radiant, luminous, alluring On me this opens sweet and fruity with juicy peach and green vine. The Flowerbomb Dan is still there, but in a much softer way. The sweet peach stays intertwined while the delicate and powdery vanilla orchid comes. It grows slightly warmer once it’s dried down, but otherwise it remains this beautiful powdery vanilla with sweet peach swirled throughout. I usually prefer really sweet gourmand fragrances, but this is one of my favorites that are in the more floral categories. I do tend to like the Flowerbomb fragrances, and own a few others including the OG, Nectar, Tiger Lily, and Extreme. Ruby Orchid is my favorite followed by Extreme and Tiger Lily. This is probably the sweetest flanker, as well as the most gourmand leaning followed by the newer Extreme version. Even if you don’t like the other Flowerbomb scents, I still highly recommend trying this one because it’s got the softest Flowerbomb dna. I don’t see any patchouli listed in the notes, but there seems like there could be a hint of it in the base. I think it’s a pretty safe blind buy for those who like vanillas and/or fruity florals, as well as gourmand lovers. To me this feels effortlessly feminine, and like it could easily suit women of all ages. I tend to prefer this during the spring and summer, summer, and fall, but really it’s suitable for the entire year. This also works really well for basically all occasions from casual to fancy, and including work and/or school. I get great performance with Flowerbomb Ruby Orchid. The longevity is very good, it lasts 8+ hours on my skin. The projection is really good too, it radiates out at least a few feet from me. For reference, some of my other favorite vanillas include Kayali Yum Boujee Marshmallow, The Wedding Silk Santal, Vanilla 28, Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar, PDM Oriana, Kilian LDBS, Princess, Celeste, Gucci Flora Gorgeous Orchid, Burberry Goddess, The 7 Virtues Vanilla Woods, YSL Black Opium Le Parfum, Black Opium Glitter, Guerlain, Mon Guerlain, JPG Classique, Ellis Brooklyn Marshmallows, SDJ Summer é Amor, SDJ 62, SDJ 39, VS Vanilla Lace, B&BW Fireside Flurries, Boardwalk Marshmallow Clouds, Beach Nights, Whipped Honey & Vanilla

First off I want to say that I’m typically not drawn to florals a lot, but I really do love the Flowerbomb line (Flowerbomb, Ruby Orchid, Nectar, and Midnight)! Ruby Orchid is definitely a favorite! It has the same dna as the original, but it’s a sweeter and sexier version that’s also a bit warmer from the vanilla, and even has a juicy scent from the peach! There’s just this really beautiful harmony with these notes together! I always buy fragrances for me, not for what other people think of them, but compliments are still always really nice to get! A lot of times my friends will come to me for a fragrance if we’re going out. I had a travel spray of this with me (along with a few others because I like to have options lol!) one of those times and ALL of my friends chose Ruby Orchid! They loved it so much that 2 of them even ended up ordering their own! A sweet, flirty, and sexy take on the classic feminine floral Flowerbomb! I get great longevity and silage with it! I typically wear Ruby Orchid the most during the spring, but it’s a fragrance that I think can be used all throughout the year! It’s still Flowerbomb, but kind of a gorgeous gourmand version! I highly recommend it! For reference, some of my other favorite florals besides the Flowerbomb ones include: Coach Love (2012 version), Coach Poppy Blossom, Coach Poppy Wild Flower, Chloe Love Story, and Chloe. I don’t know if these are exactly considered strictly florals, but also Dolce & Gabbana The One and Sol de Janeiro 59.

Flowerbomb Ruby Orchid is the sweeter, brighter, juicier version of Flowerbomb OG that I initially didn't think I needed, but then later realized its true beauty and had to go get myself a full bottle. I first tried this in store and didn't think it was unique enough for me to get. However, after a few hours, I was back home and cleaning around the house, and I kept smelling this beautiful scent. Turns out, it was this! I was just thrown off bc there was such a big difference between where I sprayed on my skin vs where I sprayed on my dress. It smells good on my skin, but it smells FRIGGIN AMAZING on my clothes. On my clothes, the vine and orchid come thru more, and it's definitely brighter & lighter than the scent on my skin. I think the bright notes that I like so much are just very temperature-sensitive, and the heat from my body makes the scent turn deeper, thicker, and more syrup-y. Also, even tho there's no patchouli listed, I swear the heat also brings out patchouli. For me, I really enjoy the freshness of this on clothes, and this scent is best for me in the cold. Performance-wise, this is ok. It lasts about 3-4 hrs on skin and 5-6 hrs on clothes. I personally don't mind the mediocre performance bc it's been working for me in this summer heat, and I got it for a really good deal, so I don't mind spraying a bunch. However, I'm really looking forward to trying this in the fall/winter, so I wonder how the performance will be then.

Flowerbomb was a huge love of mine back in the days. I have not paid attention to any of it’s flankers to be honest, until recently, when a friend of mine said that Flowerbomb Ruby Orchid is one of her favourite scents. We went together to sample it because I said I didn’t know how it smells and I understood immediately that she’s not wrong about it! For me, this flanker of Flowerbomb is a very linear scent, simple, casual and youthful, but has something intriguing about it. While it is another vanilla fragrance, it has a prominent fruity side and a very strong green leafy accent that makes it unique. I am not going to pretend that Flowerbomb Ruby Orchid is a groundbreaking scent cause it ain’t but I the more I use it, the more I feel in love. And that beautiful, vibrant pink bottle does look really eye catching! All in all, it’s a sweeter Flowerbomb but without the patchouli and the plethora of flowers that the OG Flowerbomb had and with added peach and vine leaf. Lasts quite well, 6-8 hours, with moderate projection. I think it is perfectly suited for spring season, that vine leaf makes me think of the moment when nature comes back to life after a long, dreadful winter.. If you can get it on a substantial sale, like I did, this is a little gem of fragrance. It’s a different type of vanilla scent. For the full retail price, I wouldn’t recommend picking it up, it’s quite expensive!

TLDR; It's well behaved and inoffensive, but allows sweet perfume lovers a way to express something many see as unprofessional in a professional setting. This a nice sweet perfume for the days when you want something a little more playful or youthful, but you don't want something too excessively sweet. It's very much about the natural sweetness of a peach over something a bit more in your face. This is also the rare sweet perfume that's extremely office safe. I think this is the ideal perfume for someone in their early 20s (i'm 27 so not quite me!) that wants to leave behind some of the sweet celebrity scents they doused themselves in during their teens, but still wants to remain in that space. In many ways, this reminds me of a Tocca perfume rather than flowerbomb. It has the light, airy feeling their prefumes have. That said, this keeps the signature "sweet yet floral" Flowerbomb DNA I can't get enough of. This is well blended perfume and it shows. It's a little expensive for the lack of longevity, so I can't say I absolutely love it. In my opinion, Tiger Lily remains the superior flanker but this is a lovely perfume if you enjoy the Flowerbomb's DNA like me it's a great purchase on sale.