I enjoy everything about the Versace Eros experience: from the heavy, blue, engraved bottle with the standard Versace face-of-Medusa logo (yes, it's Medusa, she's on the Sicilian flag, Gianni Versace lived near there, it's a long story) to the blanket of sweet scents the make up the fragrance. It's wonderful.
The initial spray is immediately sharp and full of citrus, mainly lemon. But running up right behind the lemon and quickly overlapping it is the green apple with a hint of mint. Yeah, that's what I said too: how do you get away with mixing tart lemon, sweet apple, and spicy mint? Quite effectively in Eros, apparently.
Holding all of this down at the base is a very nice mix of vanilla and tonka bean, which are richer than the top notes, but still sweet, so the overall fragrance is very much "dessert" not "dinner." Still, I don't find it to be cloying, and I chalk that up to the way the underlying vanilla-ish mix keeps everything working together.
I've gotten many compliments on Eros, so the projection must be pretty good. And after four hours since application, it's still going strong with no signs of letting up, so the longevity gets an A+ from me as well.
Eros is light and sweet enough to use in the spring and early summer (it might get too oppressive in summer's full heat), and definitely lush enough to use in the fall, but probably not dark enough for winter. Very versatile, though. Love it.
7/10 stars.
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