Overall, I think I have used up, passed down, repurchased and loved over 80 (eighty!) perfumes so far. I guess it wouldn't be an understatement to say I'm a bit of a perfume hoarder. Things easily get out of hand because I love all of my nice smelling babies so much but I sometimes execute a ‘purge’ and downsize my collection just for the sheer fact everything has an expiry date, including perfumes.
I can tell you that Avon fragrances are starting to create a sub-collection within my olfactory collection. I think I own ten of them and that's after passing at least five down to friends and coworkers. Would you be interested in seeing what's left? Well, I can safely discover that the following fragrance is one of the remaining ones.
Avon Dreams EDP (50ml | approx $20) is also known as Avon Prima EDP in some parts of the world – I must admit that I'm more inclined to associate the fragrance itself with the ‘prima’ identity as everything about this perfume makes me think of an elegant, elongated, shimmery prima ballerina it was primarily named after. The bottle is absolutely stunning – the multi-faceted diamond-esque cap, pink colored juice and the smooth glass bottle are all elements which come together beautifully.
This is something I'd exclusively wear during Spring because it simply embodies it with the effortless fruity, lightly floral notes with just a pinch of gentle powder and musk. It makes me think of Avon Femme Icon (must be because of the rose found in both fragrances) but much lighter, airy and brighter. There is something classic about Avon Dreams that points to Chanel Mademoiselle – it has a slight chyphre vibe about it. Plum keeps it softly sweet and although white patchouli isn't always listed as part of the perfume pyramid, I can definitely feel it. I really enjoy it and I cannot stop to visualize pink satin whenever I catch a whiff.
One last thing I just have to mention is the Avon Dreams Perfumed Body Spray (75ml) – it reminded me of how amazing these body spray from Avon are! It got me tons (and I do mean) tons of compliments at work and it literally lives in my bag. I love to spray it on my tees, sweaters and scarves and it creates this gorgeous soft cloud in the entire office which isn't offensive at all but whenever people enter the office they always compliment how fresh and lovely it smells. If you're not too sure about the EDP, please do get the perfumed body spray a chance at least!
- Upravo sam razmisljala i mislim da sam koristila, proslijedila, poklonila, trosila, ponovo kupila i voljela preko 80 (osamdeset!) parfema do sada. Reci da sam velika ljubiteljica parfema i svojevrsni hoarder, ne bi bila greska. Stvari se lako otmu kontroli posto se vezem za svoje mirisne ljubimce ali sa vremena na vrijeme sprovedem ‘cistku’ i smanjim broj parfema na one koje zaista najcesce koristim – ipak, sve ima rok trajanja, ukljucujuci parfeme.
- Mogu vam reci da Avon mirisi pocinju sacinjavati podkategoriju moje mirisne kolekcije. Trenutno ih posjedujem cak deset i to nakon sto sam barem pet poklonila prijateljicama i kolegicama sa posla. Da li bi vas zanimalo da vidite moju kolekciju Avon parfema? Ono sto sa sigurnoscu mogu reci jeste da je parfem o kojem danas pisem jedan od preostalih u mojoj kolekciji.
- Avon Dreams EDP (50ml | 36,90KM) je takodjer poznat pod imenom Avon Prima EDP u nekim dijelovima svijeta. Priznajem da me nacin na koji mirise ovaj parfem vise asocira na ‘prima’ identitet posto sve u vezi njega asocita na elegantnu, izduzenu, svjetlucavu prima balerinu po kojoj je nazvan. Bocica je prekrasna – izrezbareni cep, tekucina ruzicaste boje i glatko staklo koje se presijava na suncu su sve savrseno kombinovani i slozeni elementi.
- Ovo je miris koji bih ekskluzivno nosila tokom proljeca jer ga utjelovljuje svojim njezno vocnim, blago cvijetnim notama uz mrvicu mekog irisa i mosusa. Malo me podsjeca na Avon Femme Icon (vjerovatno zbog ruze koju sadrze ova parfema) ali je Dreams dosta njeznija, prozracnija i svjetlija vrsta mirisa. Postoji i neka zenstvena nota koja mi misli ‘gura’ u smjeru Chanel Mademoiselle – ima tu iskricavost chyphre parfema. Sljiva pridodaje njeznu slatkocu dok je i bijeli paculi tu (iako nije uvijek naveden u notama). Meni je ovaj miris jako prijatan i ne mogu a da ne pomislim na ruzicasti saten kada ga vjetar pronese zrakom.
- Posljednja stvar koju bih voljela spomenuti je Avon Dreams parfimirani sprej za tijelo (75ml) – podsjetio me koliko su dobri Avonovi mirisni sprejevi! Ne bi vjerovale koliko sam komplimenata dobila kada bih ga koristila – bukvalno ne bi prosao dan na poslu bez barem pet pohvala i stalno ga nosim u torbi. Malo njime namirisem majice, dzempere i salove sto po ulasku u prostoriju stvori meki, mirisni oblacic koji je tako divan i uopste nije napadan. Kada god neko udje u kancelariju tokom moje smjene, uvijek budemo pocasceni komplimentom da nam ured lijepo mirise. Ako vec niste sigurne da li bi kupile EDP onda molim lijepo da pokusate sa ovim sprejem!
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I too adore this perfume. 🙂 To me it's a very sophisticated fragrance and I love that it's not too floral. Plus I am also perfume hoarder, I can't even get rid of them and I collect all the used up bottles :D.
I am wearing it at work right now, while I am typing this 🙂
I love it, it really is a gorgeous fragrance.
My husband cannot get rid of old, empty bottles either. We have an entire cupboard fiiled with them! 😀
Nemam ovaj parfem, ali sam imala priliku da ga pomirisem…i zaista si ga opisala lijepo…proljetni, prozracni miris koji ne gusi nego izaziva poletnost…divan je 😀
Iskreno, iznenadila sam se sto mi se toliko dopao – postoje parfemi koji me zaintrigiraju, istinski. Ali nakon nekog vremena se zasitim njihovog mirisa i ostavim ih po strani.
Cak sam procitala par negativnih dojmova o Avon Dreams prije nego sam ga isprobala i vec se pripremila da mi se nece dopasti kad avaj, prelijep je! ♥
To je jednostavno stvar ukusa a potpuno cu se sloziti sa tobom da uopste ne gusi i ako smijem insistirati, nabavi sprej za tijelo – ja sam fascinirana njim, toliko je krasan i dugotrajan! 🙂
joj baš je fora ime Prima 🙂 pomirisala sam samo stranicu avon kataloga i sviđa mi se miris <3
Aha, i meni se dopalo 😀
Opet tipujem na deo sprej – neces se pokajati ako ga nabavis 😉
Nemam ga, mirisala sam ga par puta u katalogu odlicno mirise 🙂
Pravo je lijep miris, bas prijatno iznenadjenje!