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xtv771bedyWelty – :
This opens sharp and green on me, i think the orange blossom and marigold work together and then blooms into a gardenia. I smell some mango/melon and after the sharp opening and sometimes smell a green cardamom and slight cedar as well. I dont get much spiciness really. Overall i like the scent. Im very happy with the five dollars I spent considering it smells very much like issey miyake issey miyake which i sought out for the melon note, only to decide it was too fresh and green for the money. This does only last a couple hours then turns into a skin scent but some days i find that useful.
дихлофос – :
This might be likable for many people, but for me it’s cheap kind of fresh and light.
There’s a fine line between an expensive smelling and cheap smelling and this one crosses the unfortunately.
Fresh and light indeed, but screechy and ordinary as well.
Not the worst scent, but it just lacks something.
Anatoliy Tomilov – :
When are they gonna add the lavender and tuberose embrace?
Fracebubavame – :
An earthy aquatic? Why yes! The marigold, cardamon and sandalwood add a rich, earthy element to the fruity somewhat watery notes of melon and mango. Although the floral notes of gardenia and orange are not as predominant as I had hoped, it is just as well. It would interfere with the somewhat elegiac quality of the scent. This is a great end of the summer fragrance, very reminiscent of the last days of August when the smell of very ripe fruit mingles with the first line of falling leaves. I can imagine myself, lounging by the pool in my backyard, marigolds and asters starting to pop up near the edge of the garden. The silage is pretty decent but like my advice with Vera’s Green Tea and Pear, layer up with spray, cologne and lotion-and go to KMART!!! Seriously, the spray is only $10.00! Pretty AND inexpensive.
diego 380 – :
Chamomile tea + apple + pear.
Light, somewhat cold. It reminds me Flora Gorgeous Gardenia by Gucci. In both of them I don’t detect gardenias but artificial yellow apple – maybe it’s a synthetic gardenia fragrance – gardenol (styralyl acetate). But it is yellow apple and gardenias smells very complex. Gardenias possess creamy, sad, sweet fragrance resembling jasmine but sweter, with notes of butter, candied mandarine orange peel and earthy nuances of champignons and radish.
sger75 – :
Very light and fresh fruity floral that does remind me of a bath and body works body spray. This is not strong enough to warrant spending any serious amount of money on. I also can’t recognize any notes because they just don’t come through.
khakimulina2011 – :
Not for me… I love gardenia but for some reason the gardenia does not come through with my chemistry with this. I get a very fruity melon smell when first applied and then its almost as if the middle notes get skipped over because then I get a real powdery but faint floral over cardamon and musk. Somehow the melon seems to hang in there giving a slightly rotting fruit scent to the whole thing. A little disappointing as I generally have really liked Vera Wang fragrances but my chemistry and this scent just don’t mix, AT ALL- unless I want to attract fruit flies. Thank goodness things come in testers and rollerballs these days so you don’t have to commit to a huge bottle of something!! Will find someone I’m sure this smells heavenly on!
alexSTpav1 – :
marigolds stink, so i thought this was going to stink. i was wrong.
i thought that the marigold toned down the intensity of the gardenia.
in my quest for jungle gardenia i am trying all gardenia fragrances that i can find. this was one. i like it very much.
bizonne55 – :
This is so beautiful. It doesnt last though. I had to reapply every 2 hours & that is layered with the lotion & mist. Its sad because this is very lovely. Im not even a melon person but this smells so good the way it mixes with the florals. I cant rebuy it though. If it lasted 4 hours I could deal but the 2 hours is just enough to only let me down and irritate me.
k0t2025 – :
Well, I’m no perfume connoisseur, but I very much like this one. It has pretty good sillage–I’d call it moderate to high–and the longevity is really good. I love that it is floral and musky and a bit woodsy all at once.
vasilius – :
The gardenia was very powerful to me in this one. I do like gardenia, but have to be in the mood to wear it. I like this perfume. It’s floral, fruity and musky all in one.
vladimirjag – :
This is very light fragrance that I tend to douse myself in, due to the fact that the longevity isn’t great. It’s beautiful and subtle, perfect for spring and summer thanks to the mango and melon notes. Great for a day at the beach. I;m a man and love to wear this because it’s light and doesn’t scare anyone away. Completely refreshing and new!
sergxol – :
This wonderful scent, like all her others, evaporates as soon as it dries. The whole fragrance industry is scamming us out of our precious dollars. What a shame
Samurai198787 – :
Loving this!! I got this perfume in my #rosyvoxbox to test and review for free. I must say I’m a perfume lover but floral scents can be iffy for me so when I saw gardenia and marigold in the notes I was like uh oh lol but the melon note in this perfume stands out the most and I only get hints of floral. Longevity and sillage are both moderate on me and this makes a great spring/summer scent!!!
sirroland – :
Reminds me of the original Vera Wang but the rose is replaced with mango & melon… Gardenia with a green apple smell (mango & melon mixture I suppose, similar to dkny be delicious with Gardenias thrown in)
There’s also something creamy in the Drydown that warms the florals up
t0pmegsc0m – :
On my skin it projects an absolutely gorgeous fresh Gardenia note, combined with the juicy melon. I do get a hint of the Orange Blossom in the dry dowm, which is nice, but this is pretty linear on my skin. I am not really complaining though since I am mad for Gardenia.
Alexandar – :
A local store had a tester of MARIGOLD & GARDENIA and I’d tried it several times, but couldn’t decide whether or not it worked on me. One time I’d like it and the next I wouldn’t. Finally, the store had a sale and I bought a rollerball for about $5.
Since my purchase, I’ve worn it a few times and have had the same reaction – sometimes I like it and sometimes I don’t. There’s a heavy, organic “greenness” to it that reminds me of wet garden soil and leaf mulch, which is both good and bad. There are also underlying notes of melon. (The notes indicate cantaloupe, but on me, it smells like honeydew.) After dry-down, it becomes mellower and loses that overly organic note. Eventually, it becomes something of a grassy floral. I find that I enjoy this fragrance more if I apply it very lightly and don’t pay much attention to the initial phase. Also, I prefer this scent during the day. I have a feeling that winter isn’t the right season for this particular fragrance and that it will be at its best in spring when the ground is thawing out and plants are beginning to wake up. Sillage is moderate and longevity is good. There are other “green” fragrances that are more to my liking, but this wasn’t an unsuccessful purchase. Still and all, I wouldn’t recommend it as a blind buy unless you can return it easily if it isn’t a good fit for you.
Update in August: This one is much better in the heat. The heavy organic note is gone and it’s now a grassy floral with overtones of melon.
inusia10 – :
This is not my scene at all, but for some reason I had a sample lying around, so I thought I’d give it a quick spritz.
Certainly bright, fresh, and springy. White floral and melon – cantaloupe? Not quite the sweetness of honeydew. Something else is going on here, but it’s hard to pull apart. Smells kind of generic (I definitely feel like I’ve smelled this before, years before its release), but not awful, especially for the price. Unfortunately there is also a strong and piercing white musk note, which is not only soapy but also headache-inducing for me. I had to scrub it off before more than 20 minutes had passed.
virt241088 – :
Smells exactly like shampoo. Not a bad scent, but it’s just a light simple generic shampoo smell. I blind bought it at walmart today for 5$ for the giftset. It was on christmas clearance, and i couldn’t pass it up. I got this one & perwinkle and iris. I actually prefer this one because the other is so light. I can definitely see myself wearing this in the spring time. Just a nice and light pick me up that will blend well with spring time.
Gathpreella – :
Melons. Lots of melons, which is great if you really love melons.
I absolutely adore VW Embrace Rose Buds and Vanilla, so I was excited to see this, even though I don’t like gardenias. I paper strip tested it and really liked it, thought it was fresh and summery, and definitely not another sweet/floral scent. I paper strip tested it a couple more times and decided to buy it. Unfortunately it just doesn’t evolve much beyond melons on my skin – it’s nice, just…melony. I’ll try it a few more times but I think this may be re-homed eventually.
Note to self – remember to skin test!!
Note to readers – melons as in rock or honeydew varieties.
XUWayneqs – :
All I can smell is wet particle board. I wish I knew the ingredient in many scents these days, that causes me to think/smell that.
nteditorprocz – :
A really nice subtle floral. The marigold is an unusual ingredient that works well, but overall this fragrance doesn’t stand out as anything super special.
Proska – :
I found this at Kohl’s today! Yay! This is really beautiful! OK I cannot do gardenia usually! So, when I find one that has gardenia and my head is not pounding then it is a winner and when I find one that is actually beautiful and not cloying then double yay! To me this smells firstly of melons, with a little bit of floral, and a freshness that is wonderful! Totally wearable in the summer heat, to work,church… where ever!!
I smelled the whole line of Vera Wang “Embrace” and found each and every one so unique and really beautiful and I will be getting them all as they are also very affordable! Perfect!
monolit039 – :
IVOIRE -Balmain box and bottle but well…being original is harder and harder nowadays. 10 points for marigold, so..let s see, maybe Vera made a good job this time after all the boring and never ending princesses.