Retropical

I just want to comment on the fact some people complain about poor longevity and low sillage with this and other fragrances. If you live somewhere that has hot and humid summers, you don't want a perfume that is too strong or long lasting. So, I'm always on the lookout for light fragrances like this one for summer. Here are some more detailed descriptions about Retropical from the Yves Rocher website: "Solar and sensual freshness. This limited edition fragrance is amazingly addictive! With its surprising fusion of floral and fruity notes mixed with the scent of warm sand, it will carry you to a Retropical paradise! The head notes: fruity and aquatic notes, Heart notes: floral, Bottom notes: warm woody notes. The Plus: a cool, solar and sensual fragrance for a vintage summer!" "This fresh fragrance is ultra-trendy, filled with sunlight and has a delightful vintage feel! With its stunning fusion of fruity, floral and woody notes it will transport you to an island paradise!" "A new fragrance by perfumer Juliette Karagueuzoglou: 'Retropical Eau de Toilette radiates both a sunny and sensual freshness. Its top notes are fruity and aquatic – they sparkle like crystal clear laughter. Refined and heady, its choral of floral notes are a true tropical evasion. Its warm and woodsy end notes evoke the sun’s delicious caress on your skin.' "

To be honest I bought this perfume for all the wrong reasons. It was on sale for $10, the bottle was pretty, and it seemed to have all the notes I hated ( I was looking to branch out). I was very very surprised at how much I love this! I smell flowers in here, even though there aren't any in the notes. Some large, ripe, blooming flower, like a magnolia or even a tiare flower. Once on the skin, there's some mixture of dry, warm sand and musk with just a drop of juice from a a mandarin orange. Very appropriate summer scent, and I am absolutely blown away by how much I love the salty sand in here! Sillage and longevity are much better than what the other reviews on here had led me to believe. Worthwhile purchase if you like chic summer scents that are a little different!

I'm missing this so much. The year it came out it was my signature summer scent. It was not citrusy fresh like so many summer scents, but rather gave the vibe of a warm summer evening. You know when you walk back home after a whole day in the sun with plenty of dips in the water and applying and reapplying sun lotion plus some light fruity EdT. I still don't know what 'sand' is exactly supposed to smell like, but this was warm yet summery with a slight hint of fruit without being zesty at the same time. And yes, I adored the color scheme of that bottle. Went through two of them before it was not available anymore. Again, I'm missing this a lot. So hoping they'll bring it back one day.

I love it!! To me it smells like Harajuku Lovers Wicked Baby mixed with Curve Kicks burried into hot beach sand which has a suncreen residual on it!! Magical scent that brings me to the beach and all possible good associations with the beach! Although I dislike the sea, this perfume completely changes my mind! P.S. Actually, I didn't expect it to be so good from the price and the brand. It really surprised me! Edit: but I will never repurchase it because it has absolutely no projetion.

I just ordered it because I like the design, this is the same bottle like Naturelle or Collection Été 2014... so I wanted it for my collection. I was extremely surprised, it smells so good, sweet and delicate, perfect for the office not overwhelming scent just what it takes to feel and stay "fresh" I love it, will buy it again for sure ;)