Never Ending Summer

As spring approached, I found myself desperately craving the live fruit essence of orange. Spiced orange, creamiscle orange, and orange rind need not apply. I want the genuine scent of the mist of an orange segment as you sink in your teeth. No other scent I sampled could compare - Never-Ending Summer won by leagues. Fits my bill precisely. It opens with a primary bright and blaring blast of true juicy orange. A perfectly perfumey realistic orange with a soapy undertone. As it dries down, the piquant orange falls from focus - as citrus notes do. What remains on my skin in the end is a gloriously gorgeous, soft, warm, alluring, aromatic, citrus/woods/amber chypre-feel blend of aperol, earl grey tea, cardamom, vetiver, cashmeran, and peru balsam. I am in love, from start to finish. Sparkling, refreshing, clean, dynamic, and uplifting. Fortunately, on me, this one projects well and it lasts and lasts. Psyched to have free rein of this and Hermes Eau Des Merveilles Bleue for summertime this year.

This fragrance is a very realistic orange smell with some aperol at the top. No real sweetness is detectable here, it definitely won’t smell too sweet at all. I’d say this lasts about a half hour then goes more into a vetiver tea base. I get about 4 hours longevity on skin, with the majority of that being a skin scent. I can get about 5 hours on clothes. This was my first margiela fragrance purchase and will definitely be my last. With the price considered, you can get so much better just about anywhere you look. This specific fragrance turned into an intimate skin scent after about 45 minutes, which is just unacceptable for me personally. If you want something for the sauna or church I guess this edt line could be for you. I could only recommend this fragrance to you if you want a nice designer name brand scent and don’t value performance much at all.

I was able to try a sample of this in store, and although it seemed pleasant at the time, I did not think much of it. I went back to the shop on a different occasion and tried it again, as I was thinking about it a little bit. This time I decided that I would get a bottle, specifically for a holiday to Portugal coming up in a few months. Notino happened to do a 10ml bottle for this, perfect for travel. So I ended up going with this option. Alongside this fragrance, I decided to pick up Acqua Di Parma Arancia Di Capri (EDT), as it also had a similar vibe – bright, summer, fresh. The more I smell them together, I prefer Never Ending Summer, and although I can appreciate the Acqua Di Parma, the Replica fragrance is a little bit nicer.

Gosh, this is a beautiful fragrance. Such a realistic bitter orange and I love the edition of the spices. My only complaint is that it is sooooo faint! 4 sprays ( mind you from a travel spray bottle) but I can only smell it with a direct sniff from the wrist/ shirt within 30 minutes. And…I am the type of person that doesn’t mind a light fragrance at all but I find this one particularly hard to detect. I will try again on a hotter day, maybe that will bring it to life. Did anyone else sense a creamy component in the first thirty minutes? I’m sure I did although it seems to be gone now.

It's a fresh zesty orange forward scent that is also slightly waxy to me. This is probably one of the best fragrances from this brand but the longevity just sucks. Maybe a good 4 hour skin scent and projects for 1 hours max. I love to over spray this and it really is great for the summer as well. It's slightly bitter while still being fresh and juicy definitely not my favorite orange scent (afternoon swim>) but it's very solid. If you can find this fragrance for 100 bucks or less it's definitely a good pick up if you're looking for just a good mass appealing summer fragrance.