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utrus – :
I just ordered body spray of this for $14. I wanted the perfume but it cost more I didn’t have enough but I don’t give a damn as long as I have this in collection any way shape or form! This is my favorite perfume.it just smells like 1995 junior high. It’s a must have. Before there were celebrity scents there was Gap Dream. This fragrance will shit on any celebrity fragrance out right now hands down! I will defend this perfume with all my heart. Its crazy when a perfume brings back memories and dreamy nostalgia youthful feelings.
xxxDrivexxx – :
Ladies! I have a bottle of the Original Gap DREAM THe Purple one!! It is Full! Nobody Else has it. I found it while doing a random job in a hoarders house they abandoned. I have it up on Ebay as we speak . Just posted it this evening. Im pretty sure its the only one on the damn web… go check it out! Ill tell you as a guy…Honestly, I want to sell this spray to make money. however, I remember chicks in highschool smelling like this stuff and it absolutely drove me wild. I actually thought about keeping it and giving it to a special girl if i ever run into one. thats why the price is the way is is. other than the fact you CANT find the OG Formula Elsewhere. Its so good all you ladies used it up just as soon as ya got it.
Aerohoplenerilnd – :
For freesia lovers only. Can instantly call back memories of my high school best friend, who adores the stuff. Not as much appeal for me as its age peer, Grass, but still represents GAP fragrances at the height of their power.
klm301intitytek – :
I still have a bottle of the fragrance from my nostalgia shopping not too long ago. I really liked this scent before but I can’t seem to get over the freesia that is overpowering. I can say that of all the scents, I don’t like this one as much as I did before. I hardly smell the lily of the valley or orange blossom which are some of my favorite notes. It was good while it lasted.
tkachenko18 – :
I almost forgot that I wore this in high school! Even some in college. I don’t remember it being popular like CK One or Tommy, but I loved it, and I thought it was cool because it came from The Gap, which was seemingly higher end to my little teenaged mind. I’m not surprised to see it has freesia in it because I loved that smell back then. Those were the days. I love to see that so many other people have such fond memories of a fun, light scent.
bocchkar – :
Whenever I smell CK One, I am INSTANTLY transported to 1994, when I was 16, and my entire high school smelled like this for at least 2 years. High school wasn’t exactly a nice time for me, but smelling CK One is a very pleasant scent memory, and one that I’m happy to recall. Especially in the winter, when the school was kind of stuffy and hot and overcast all at the same time, the citrus clarity of CK One kind of put a nice smoothing humid touch on all that pent up teenage pheromone school day boredom…
I finally reacquainted myself with Gap Dream, and it is a bittersweet memory, because next to CK One, this is what everyone smelled like when I was in my teens/early 20s in the 90’s. This just smells like nostalgia to me, because it reminds me that no one wears perfume anymore. I had several friends to smelled like this all the time, in the 90s, and now I realize that no one smells like much of anything. I really miss that greenish orange blossom freesia musky sweet white flowers, there is nothing else like it. I guess that Gap was our equivalent of a ‘drugstore’ scent, I remember having body lotion versions of both Grass and Day (a boring lemon cleaner scent, I should have just bought Dream like the rest of my friends.)
While I guess that there are worse things going on in the world, I do think that it would be a nicer place if people still wore a spritz or two of scent. I miss the old days.
Oknenrud – :
I went through a couple of bottles as a teenager. I’ve had an almost full 100ml bottle just sitting in my cabinet for the longest time. Sprayed it on today and it smells fantastic. A fragrance that can be purchased for cheap but doesn’t smell cheap. It’s clean and fresh but so distinct. Love it and will be wearing it lots this summer.
Fedorok23 – :
It actually is my daughter’s. She doesn’t use it much. She actually left it when she moved out! Ha ha ha! It’s not bad. It’s decidedly floral green.
Babaika1982 – :
I bought a bottle online to replace one that was lost.. Although, I kept that bottle because my mother bought it for me in the late 90’s. I can’t believe that it can still be found for a decent price after it was discontinued years ago. No, it’s not a stunning or complex scent, but I wanted it just for the nostalgia and those carefree days long gone by. It’s pretty and feminine. The majority of what I smell is fresh orange blossoms and some jasmine.
sem867speagoessenda – :
Old scent for me. Now an air freshener in the bathroom. Sorry for those who love it but just not complex at all for me. I need a bit more intrigue in a scent.
evenry – :
I bought this one and so pink and heaven. It was a blind buy. Dream is the best of them. I don’t like it too but others are so horrible.Maybe I can abite to wear dream. It’s all water and alcohol. Grandma type watery scent. And awful freesias…
андрей1986 – :
I wore this perfume a great deal in college, and like others seem to, I find it nostalgic, though it’s not the sort of thing that I like to wear now. The most prominent note in this perfume seems to be the orange flower. It’s fairly sweet and fairly floral. I do like the gap scent packaging- the frosted glass or metal bottles with the little icons.
zaq98765 – :
Girly light floral I adored as a teen.
mihgame – :
Had been using this during my college days. I got one a month ago — brings back memories.
A good scent for daily use.
vyzm – :
This used to be my high school signature scent! It brings back lots of memories, I always have one on my wardrobe to sniff on from time to time when I feel like it. This has been discontinued… all the GAP fragrances. They are on SALE right now. I grabbed 10 big bottles of this GAP DREAM in the Store. I don’t wear this anymore but I still want it in my collection cause of my high school memories. I also like the SO PINK but too bad the lady grabbed them all cause she said that’s the only perfume she wears.
rbh634JeomiWogkig – :
this is sooo nice…it reminds me of spring time…very relaxing and romantic. I wore it as a young teen, kind of reminds you of first crushes and dances…or at least it does for me! It’s a soft floral that’s a little bit foresty. It smells like a pixie.
pacifict – :
This scent is okay, not amazing, but okay. It is clean, but it is a little bit more powdery than I was expecting. I do get the freesia, and after a few minutes the orange blossom is more prominent and the scent takes on a more soapy quality. A decent, clean fragrance. I can’t imagine that anyone could find it offensive in any way.
Daemon9000 – :
I can’t identify any notes at all. Perhaps it is the name association, but I think I see clouds whenever I smell this. Fluffy white clouds that’s about to send you into dreamland. It’s soapy, a little muddy in texture, mildly fresh and very dreamy.
P.S: There’s suddenly a ton of bottles around in Singapore. You can get it from Watsons for about $36 I think.
fill29 – :
I didn’t know this was discontinued already. I recently received a small EDT bottle for Christmas last year. Looks like I’ll be saving sprays because even if this perfume is no longer my signature, this WAS my signature scent back in highschool.
Clean, soapy, orange blossom. It’s the smell when you’re fresh out of the shower and your hair is newly shampooed. Even if this EDT doesnt last long, it has excellent sillage. It’s also non-invasive and can be worn anytime throughout the day. It smells very young.
I can picture a young carefree girl wearing a purple dress holding orange blossoms.
I’m sad they’ll stop producing this gem 🙁
Refsceachus – :
This was my signature scent throughout middle school. I recently found a bottle on clearance at the Gap outlet and had to pick it up. It is much more like a body spray, an intense body spray. The Freesia notes stand out the most. I was very sad to know it would be discontinued. I did find another perfume that was so similiar but has a little more lasting power, I Am Passion, which was a blind but at TJ Maxx. This is one is not in the fragrantica database but I checked out the website and sadly it looks like it has been discontinued as well.
mitiz – :
I still have a small travel sized vial of this (the packaging is aluminum) from when I was in high school.I actually think it went with me on my grade 11 trip to Italy in 1998!!
I remember I got it back when GAP was all about sweatshirts and jeans!
I brought it with me this year on a trip to Thailand as it’s the perfect size, and while my tastes in fragrance have changed, it is still a nice youthful scent (although I can’t say I’ve smelled any newer version).
I think of it as a fresh spring scent and made me smell clean even when I was sweating like a pig in Bangkok..HAHA!
tokarishche – :
I forgot all about this stuff… I was thinking of all the fragrances I’ve owned, and I totally forgot this one. Funny, cause I have so many fond memories with this scent. I picked up one, lone body spray in Gap– This one–and never sampled the others. I bought it on a whim and it was my lil teeange scent for awhile. Unfortunately, no one really gave good compliments on this one.. It’s very fresh and has a spicy edge to it. You definitely won’t smell this on anyone else, as it’s a one of a kind scent and not many people wear it now days. Good fragrance for when spring is on it’s way..
grand-s176 – :
Wow, I used to love this but forgot all about it. Just got some Marc Jacobs blush and thought it was lovely but during the dry down it reminds me of this. Oh the nostalgia!
ibogatov – :
Out of the shower scent for me. I keep it in the bathroom and use as a splash.
vs_alina – :
It’s a great pick-me-up scent! smells really good. I just wish it stayed on longer. when i get tired of heavy perfumes, i always come back to this one. i hope they never discontinue this.
lesazc77 – :
i love Gap Dream!!! i just wish it would stay longer on the skin.
marco – :
talk about late 90s nostalgia. whew! i wore the heck out of this stuff. had the big 3.4 oz bottle. i also had the little purse sprays of om, day, grass, earth, and heaven. they were all exactly how their name described. this is a freesia dream and i will ALWAYS love it even if it is a little youthful. really wish the other scents were added to this site. some are very expensive on ebay (like over 100$) so i guess nostalgia can be costly
Razolla – :
white floral with cheapo signature all over. It’s not bad at the beginning but nothing special about it either; clean spring/summer floral that stinks up as it wears off, body spray quality too. It has all these wonderful notes that are too synthetic.
If yah young and broke this may be one to get; once your tastes develop further you will completely dis it later on.
lan13lan – :
A very unique clean scent, among other clean and fresh category scents without character..although it is a floral, gives the crisp just got out of the shower feeling…definitely daywear, very suitable for young ages, but mature ladies young at heart can enjoy after-during sports, after shower, just before bed, or for a picnic on a sunny day:)) longevity is poor,so you need to respray every 3-4 hours…
CenceDatt – :
I still have the original bottle of this perfume…the one with the little cloud. It still smells great. I also have my bottle of Grass that was put out around the same time. Every once-in-a-while I will want to smell this perfume and I’m so glad I still have it!
madison – :
This fragrance was middle school. This WAS my adolescent life. Oh, and Davidoff cool water. But this fragrance rocks! The older bottle was so much nicer! Beautiful frosted class with a metallic chrome cap. The image of a cloud in white popped against the lavender colored liquid. Why do they have to change the packaging ?
tormosnut – :
This is a GREAT smelling scent…all my friends love this scent too,its fresh and has its own smell that Ive never smelled before…lovely two thumbs up!
cve133 – :
I love this frag…I used to wear it all the time in college. Not so much now… definitely when I want to lay back. Very fresh and clean.
immedvedev – :
I first used this in my early high school ages and I immediately fell in love with it as soon as I sprayed it on me. It is a very clean scent. Not long lasting though. I think it should rather have been a body mist. However, I bought it again a couple of months ago and I still have it. Very clean.
Traktorist – :
This is a nice “body mist” rather than a “fragrance”. Gap Dream smells of freshly-cut grass and clean cotton linen for me.. Perfect to wear after your sports activity, a fresh, light start to clear up your mind before a stressful and long day at work.
DawnIntat – :
I bought this years ago, for my first visit to the U.S. I wore it in high school but never realized it was so popular among American students before I read your reviews. There is still some left in my bottle that has been standing there for several years.
To my nose this is a fresh, clean scent, almost aquatic. I don’t get that much of a floral scent from it. I’m no longer interested in clean and aquatic scent (except in shower gels.)
koba1979 – :
I used to wear this in high school– about 6 years ago– all the time. I still like how fresh and crisp it is, but I almost never wear it now.
HubBymbom – :
I wore this scent in high school when everything freesia was all the rage. I loved it then and wore it constantly. I have a bottle of it now and will occasionally wear it but realize that the only reason I wore it back then was because it was popular and not because it smelled spectacular. My 10 year old daughter occasionally sneaks squirts of it and it doesn’t surprise me at all. It’s just not a “grown up” scent.
Holds lots of memories though!
fatalist – :
This perfume is so nostalgic for me. It’s beautiful in a unique way. I wouldn’t wear it now, but back in junior high I loved it.
rewalex – :
Had a tiny bottle in High school, and now it just reminds me of a girl’s locker room. I tried a little of the hand cream last month, and walked around the Gap for about five minutes in a happy nostalgic haze. I had to wash it off, however, when I started remembering the horrible itchiness of my wool blazer and kilt. Some memories should stay buried. Like being smothered by your aunt’s flower garden.
Yaradsvami_53 – :
I wore this in high school. It wasn’t my signature scent, just something I spritzed on to shake things up a bit. I love how sharp and crisp it is. It’s sort of invigorating, like a blast of winter air, or ice cold fruit juice. For some reason, this has always smelled very delicious to me, even though the notes are all floral.
Strange, wonderful little EDT. I still wear it occasionally, when I’m feeling especially fun and carefree.
Weelman – :
I went to an isolated rural middle school in Saskatchewan, where hormones were raging and I was definitely not a popular girl. The REALLY popular ones, the ones whose comparatively richer parents dragged them to the mall a couple of towns over for some semblance of culture, wore what my 11 year old self could only describe as pure magnetism.
I DREAMT of this scent, having no idea where to buy it or what it was called, with the idea that I could someday wear it too and be fabulous and sexy. When I was probably too old for it, I browsed through the gap and finally realized it was none other than Gap Dream and bought it on the spot, perhaps out of some sort of wistful longing to finally be the pretty girl.
So yeah, while the scent itself is actually a little too obvious and megabrand-esque for my liking now, its fundamentally aspirational nature to a 11 year old canadian tomboy in the nineties introduced me to perfume. I still wear it as a reminder and I can’t thank it enough.
reg518Diobtetty – :
I wore it every day for years. It holds alot of memories for me. I had an almost full bottle, but now it’s missing. I lost it somewhere… It’s very fresh and crisp, while being softly floral with the freesia and orange blossom. It always smelled good and got compliments because it mixed well with my skin. I can smell this on any given day, and instantly flash back to being 18 years old. It was a good time!
ypd530elipseskism – :
i love this scent…i don’t get tired of wearing this one…can be worn daily..your everyday scent..
herblovx – :
Love this perfume so dreamy, warm yet fresh feel good perfume.
Tirarrist – :
One of my favourite fragrances. It just goes with everything.