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[QVCkitty1]

Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet. It is a light floral with notes of peony, bergamot an white musks. It really is perfect for summer ! 💐

[Shelbelle]

Eliz Arden Green Tea, love it in summer

[GenXmuse]

Philosophy's Falling in Love 🥰 

[Oznell]

@mormel20 ,  I love the REALLY old school scents for summer.  But hate to spend a lot.   Over the years I've researched, and found a couple of acknowledged duplicates of some really expensive ones.

For "Rive Gauche" by Yves Saint Laurent,  try

1). "Calandre" by Paco Rabanne.   It's also an excellent designer French scent, very similar, but less expensive than pricey "Rive Gauche", and on sale on Amazon.  Sophisticated green notes, lily of the valley, geranium.  Delicate, clean, but with staying power.   

For romantic "L'Air du Temps" by Nina Ricci-- 

2)  "Wind Song" by Prince Matchabelli.   Believe it or not, inexpensive and available at drug stores-- it has long been known by perfume experts as a dead ringer for pricier "L'Air du Temps".  Mandarin orange, carnation, sandalwood.  Floats on a summer breeze... 

3).  "Halston" by Halston.   It's not a dupe for anything that I'm aware of, but it's a heady summer fragrance.  And it's much LESS expensive than it used to be when it was the new kid on the block.  My mother smelled wonderful wearing it.  Rounded notes of peach, ylang-ylang, jasmine.

When a scent is less expensive than it used to be, it sometimes means another company has bought it and could have tinkered with the formula, buyer beware.  But I still think "Halston" might be worth a try...  

[mormel20]

Thanks for all the suggestions!   

[AuntMame]

You might consider the Pacifica scents. They're very floral and summery. They're available at Sephora and Target. And they're all under $30. My DH prefers them over my  more expensive scents. 

On the light floral side my absolute favorite is Chanel Chance Eau Fraiche. I also love Jo Malone florals. But again, DH prefers the Pacifica ones. 

[Enufstuff]

@Oznell   In the 70's I wore Prince Matchabelli, Wind Song.

                 Then in the 80's I switched to Nina Ricci's,

                  L'Air du Temps.

                  In the Spring and early Summer, I loved to wear

                  Muguet by Coty.

                  I still like the light florals of Highland Lilac and

                 Yardley's Lily of The Valley in Spring.

                 Some of my favorite Summer fragrances are from

                Bermuda, Bermuda Breeze is one.

                 From Lili Bermuda, I like Passion Flower and

               Coral, for Summer.

                Wearing those Bermuda fragrances, brings back  lovely memories of all my Bermuda vacations.

[shoekitty]

Bobbi Briwn. BEACH   Although it doesn't smell like it did when Bobbi owned company I still like it. I wear coppertone lotion on my legs, so it smells good and fresh on a hot day.  We live near beach, so I wear it all year round.  

[MalibuFox]

@KKlim there's just nothing like Bronze Goddess! I love it

[MalibuFox]

@Oznell  Fracas lover here, speaking of old skool😃