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sergeifai – :
Bronze Goddess is one of my Top 5 fragrances. Although I am not into Citruses at all this is a big exception. The bergamot, orange and mandarin make the fragrance fresh and alive. Vanilla, sandalwood and amber add the sensual and sexy part and the white flowers tiara and jasmine play the innocent part in this composition.
All together its a fresh, lovely and sexy scent full of contradictions and life. A good mood booster that reminds me to take life not too serious.
sanyavoz – :
Sigh…I tested this once before I bought it and thought it was the beachy scent I’d been looking for, but no, it’s not right. There is a musty dusty floral note that is killing the whole thing for me. It’s getting returned tomorrow.
sviridov.10.12.1990 – :
I am not the one bathing in sun for hours so I don’t have much knowledge about popular sunscreen products (if I use it, I choose it unscented), therefore Bronze Goddess doesn’t trigger in me any sentiments. But the more I tested it, the more I liked it. I bet you had this experience, when you hate perfume, but still test it to be convinced again how you hate it. Unexpected comes the moment when you start loving! That soft silky coconut kept me trying. I will sound atypical, but I enjoyed it a lot in autumn, maybe because of amber and warmth.
Milshin4728 – :
This is a very dominant monoi scent with a hint of coconut, some soft flowers in the background and a warm vanilla dry-down. It smells beautiful and sophisticated especially when it’s hot outside and you’re in the sun. It’s not very tropical in my opinion. Sits very close the skin. I haven’t smelt the EDP so I can’t compare the two.The Estee Lauder Sensuous Nude has a much stronger and creamier coconut note.
huslbgdtzmmaznbsii – :
Been waiting since last summer to pull this one out again! This one lasts forever on me even without the body cream I bought; I actually don’t wear them together. I love this one paired with either J lo’s Miami Glow or Nicki Minag’s The Pinkprint (which is very similar to MG but in my opinion not a dupe and sometimes I actually prefer it). I get a lot of white floral on me with BG so the other scents help to beach it up for me.
urr893bedyWelty – :
My summer fragrance!
It’s a smell that I’ll buy as soon as I finish it.
When I weared it, I feel myself on sandy beaches. It fits my bronze summer skin.
urbaclela – :
If you’re in the UK you might like to ty next ‘summer sun’ for a cheap & cheerful hommage to bronze goddess. cheap as chips.
sergejw313 – :
Despite the lack of pineapple, for me, this is piña colada in a bottle…
I used to live with a girl back when the very first Bronze Goddess was released who wore the original formulation all Summer long and I remember it being so delicious! Now I’ve found myself missing it and thought I would give the new edition a try.
Although the notes seem very similar, I find this one less full bodied and solar than the original one – most likely because this is supposed to be lighter? Anyway, I cannot wait for the hot weather to kick in to truly be able to enjoy it…
Ромчик 2 2 – :
Did not expect to love this as much as I do! While I still can’t get myself to purchase this, I will be recommending it to others.
The name makes sense the second you spray it. With strong notes of coconut and other miscellaneous tropical notes, you are transported to a beautiful beach. You feel like a relaxed, sunkissed mermaid. Then, as if the sun is setting, the floral notes – particularly the tiare with my body chemistry – starts to peak through, bringing you to a flourishing Hawaiian garden, with fragrant blooms filling the warm night air. Even in the dead of winter this scent makes me feel like a sexy, bronzed beach goddess.
Some have complained about the longevity or sillage. On my body, this lasts and lasts and lasts. Just one quick spray on each wrist and I can smell it around me all day!
adjousadasc – :
I am echoing Herculano’s sentiment in his/her review: I will no longer be purchasing any new bottles of Bronze Goddess. As glorious as the scent is (yes, it’s summer in a bottle) I can no longer justify spending that kind of money on something so fleeting. Now if I can find an older reasonably priced bottle (and they do often appear online), I might be down to snag it. But no more getting gyped by Estee Lauder for the yearly summer releases.
And yes, I’m aware it is now available in an eau de parfum. The problem is the blogs are all hammering it. From what I understand it still doesn’t last very long and they tweaked the original formulation a little too much, to the point where it’s sort of just another flanker instead of an actual more concentrated version of the original (I’m reading over and over again that the edp is CREAMY and SWEET! That doesn’t sound very Bronze Goddessy…). At some point I’m going to snag myself a sample to make sure; but you know what– I believe it.
Bronze Goddess’s one saving grace is the whipped body lotion, which contains all the glory of the fragrance and thankfully sticks around for more than fifteen minutes. The challenge with that is it ain’t all that cheap and, because it’s a lotion, there are a number of stale bottles out there.
Oh well.
nata54s – :
Another stunning perfume from Estee Lauder. Fresh, sweet coconut, beach in a bottle. It feels like the perfect soft, light cover-up over your turquoise bikini. You feel comfortable applying this scent in the heat of summer, it seems to help keep you cool while remaining true to the heat, viv a vis coconut. I just love this. Note-I tried this around Christmastime and it was wretched. It is something magical the way it blooms in the heat. I went through a third of my bottle and will pack it up for next year. I highly recommend Bronze Goddess for a summertime perfume.
CHamrmyQ – :
This is a summer holiday in a bottle. At first the citrus comes along. It’s a warm, sweet citrus. Think of a juicy orange warming up and drying out in the sun. The fresh coconut lies next to it. This coconut is natural and creamy. It’s there but it’s balanced out by the white flowers. They show up after the perfume dried down. The sandalwood and amber add some body. This perfume is nothing like a cheap body splash because of these notes. There’s some myrrh too, creating more dept. It’s casual enough and yet sophisticated! You can almost sense the warmth of summer skin.
LUSINEHAIK – :
* These are my personal experiences/thoughts with this fragrance. Yours/others may differ. *
Initial – coconut + citrus + white floral
Drydown – coconut + sandalwood + amber + vanilla
Duration – 6-7 hours
Projection – 1st 2 hours moderate, soft afterwards
My Experiences – Oh, I love this. I don’t live by the beach, but when I put this on I am instantly transported. This scent is utterly glorious for summertime.
Quick Thoughts – summer, sunny, warm, suntan lotion, beach, sexy
Incessecugh – :
Oh I’m obsessed. This scent is absolutely delicious. When the weather is hot it blooms on your skin. I own Yves Rocher Monoi Eau des Vahines and the Replica Beach Walk, but they don’t touch this. Yves Rocher is too light, and Replica too powdery. This is a coconut, vanilla, suntan lotion dream.
rimvers – :
The whole Bronze Goddess line used to be off my radar—I’d somehow convinced myself it wouldn’t be my thing—but after giving this version a sniff, I was so instantly smitten I threw caution to the wind, walked back into the store, and shelled out for a bottle, never mind that I didn’t need another perfume.
While at it, I also tried the Eau de Parfum, and though it wasn’t unpleasant, neither did it leave an impression. Contrary to what one might expect, the Parfum seems fainter and less complex than the Eau Fraiche, and it’s also weaker on the coconut and lacks the ‘je ne sais quoi’ that charmed me so about the Eau Fraiche.
The ‘je ne sais quoi’ really is that, since I find it unusually difficult to distinguish the notes. Certainly, coconut is there, and in my (admittedly limited) experience, it’s the best coconut ever. So far, I’ve encountered perfumes that list it as a note but you can’t actually smell it, and cheapies that are so coconut-y you might as well smear yourself with pina colada. This is nothing of the kind—it’s definitely coconut, but it’s so well blended that the result is intriguing to the brain and madly addictive.
The flowers (apart from tiare), or even the citruses, I can’t really pin down. Since I don’t much care for summer florals, this is great. And though I find it hard to describe what the whole smells like, I can totally confirm it’s as evocative of summer vacations as everyone says it is. It’s a yummy (but not edible) tropical scent. It wears close to the skin and doesn’t tire the wearer or the surroundings. I love it!
skmixa – :
Soooo not that I needed another scent buuuuut….! See where Im going here…?! Picked this up today as I do like the the EDP scent but I personally think its a bit too overpowering for summer! This however sits close to the skin (hence the name! ) and is more of a purr than a roar! I detect amber as a main note in this and also the tropical coconut and expensive sun tan lotion smell!
I would imagine wearing this on a shopping tripmon a Summer’s day in the likes of Monaco or St Tropz or even Rome!
Really good option if you think the original Bronze Godess is a bit too much
speampelp – :
Holiday in a bottle. Divine.
UsaliwatKit – :
Pickles. Dill pickles. (Stay with me here!)
I always get a whiff of dill pickles whenever I spray Bronze Goddess and it ALWAYS makes me smile! After that, the rest of the perfume is like nothing else I’ve ever smelled (it’s not pickles, don’t worry). In my opinion, Bronze Goddess really has to be tried, no description works because it doesn’t really smell like a combination of its notes. Whenever I smell it I get a vibe… a scene… a scenario. Scenerios like:
1970s bachfront cabana orgy.
And let’s be honest, who doesn’t want a perfume that screams, “wear me to an orgy?!” Bronze Goddess is summertime. It’s coconut body oil and sunscreen, saltwater, surf and nothing but a sarong between your sun-soaked naked body and the sand.
Except to the name, I think Bronze Goddess is completely unisex but if you want to “manly” it up a little, try layering it with Tom Ford’s Tuscan Leather. It still smells like Bronze Goddess but sort of like… Bronze Goddess: No Morals Whatsoever. It’s my go-to summer signature combo.
Highly recommend! Get the classic scent though, Estée Lauder likes to mess with this now and then but it’s easy to find the classic.
0rest_pg – :
I’ve had a full bottle for several weeks now and I love it. I don’t regret buying this as opposed to the EDP but I have noticed a few things. This a perfume that needs heat in order to fully bloom. My body temperature is a degree cooler than normal, and the weather has been mild to chilly for spring this year. Combine those two things and this is one sharp scent.
In the heat, it mellows to a lovely, sunny, coconut-tiare scent. I do notice a little lavender underneath the tropicalness, but to me, that’s great. It keeps this scent from being overly sweet or too literal an interpretation of suntan lotion. It acts as a cool ocean breeze, gently flowing under everything else.
I cannot wait until the summer heat comes so I can wear this baby out everywhere!
sserhios – :
I returned this to Ulta, because for my taste, the lavender note was way too overpowering. I just have a problem with lavender, so I don’t mean it as a criticism of the quality of the product. I think the vetiver was probably the other note that was too strong. I really wanted coconut to be rather in the front, and I couldn’t detect any coconut whatsoever. The lavender and vetiver took on a somewhat masculine scent to me, much different than the beachy vibe I was anticipating.
Our local Ulta had some of the 2015 version as well, and I got one of those instead, and I much prefer it. On this site, it appeared that the 2015 was one of the only years without lavender, and I find that seems true, although the EL customer service person I asked last night said if it’s called “Eau Fraiche Skinscent” they’re identical. I think based on subtle differences I see here between the years, that I would tend to believe the Fragrantica notes more, after smelling these two different years, one on each wrist.
I did buy the new Eau De Parfum and I LOVE IT. It has a very big jasmine that is much like Black Opium, but appropriate for warm weather. It could be a relative of Black Opium, really. If you love BO and would like a summer version, I think it’s a safe blind buy. I prefer the EDP, but I generally love a bigger, bolder fragrance.
vsd722intitytek – :
Love it. Beautiful as always. I know it’s a skin scent, and it does stay close to the skin after a few hours, but it is so lovely I don’t mind burying my nose on my wrist. I tested this opposite the Bronze Goddess EDP. Both are different, this is so light and lovely.