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can someone bottle golden sunshine? because this is what the scent makes me think of. i can't really smell the peach or the heliotrope. but i can smell the musk and the oakmoss and the hint of bergamot. overall, i think this is wonderful summer scent. it is light and warm without being overpowering. this one fades really fast on my skin. i'm not sure i would buy an entire bottle of this but the imp is very well worth it in my estimation.

i really like this scent even though i can't pick out a single note from it. it really does make me think of water and rain. i have to agree with the rest of the reviews that it is ozone/aquatic/sporty. i put a little bit on at the beginning of the day. And reapplied around 5 PM. i guess i may have put on too much at reapplication because the scent lasted with me throughout the night and well into the next morning. which in my world wasn't a bad thing. but i'm partial to aquatic notes. i find this scent to be very calming and very relaxing.

In the Bottle: i can smell the mint and the violet. On Skin: definitely smell the violet, the mint isn't as prominent but there is a certain 'fresh' smell to the violets. On Drydown: still smelling of violets. i can smell the slightest bit of neroli at the end. Verdict: i can't smell this after the first fifteen minutes BUT i occasionally catch wiffs of it. i really enjoy the smell of violets and its quickly becoming one of my favorite smells. definitely considering ordering a larger bottle. ETA: 2/4/2008 Ah, how smell changes. I don't actually enjoy the smell of violets, or perhaps I do... in theory but not in this blend. I definitely smelled more of the menthol in this imp, and the violets are now a powdery kind of floral, slightly uplifted by the vanishing mint. Changes in skin chemistry? Probably. Sad that this doesn't work on me, since I did seem to like it so at the beginning.