Purple Water (2004)
by Asprey

yes... out of the bottle it is pledge or any other industrial strength cleaner, but wait.... it might take a few minutes, but wait... go fold some laundry, check your email, take your dinner out of the oven... now take a DEEP whiff and call your mom because she loves you and misses you. This is a scrubber for the first few minutes, and then turns into something quite sublime, even gorgeous. The top is a synthetic chemical lemon mess, but it only takes a few minutes to turn this ugly duckling into a swan... The floral jacaranda note quickly pulls the cacophanous opening into a serene canoe ride through a glorious indolic white foamy dream. This is definately not a winter scent, nor is it a "I'm going to the club and I'm going to score" sillage bomb. The heart is a succulent and juicy soft citrus parade mixed with orange blossom playing the part of the drum major, while behind marches droves of carnation, lily of the valley, honeysuckle (yes I finally found my chevrefeuille), and lemon blossom, with grapefruit following behind playing a high tempo snare. At the end of the parade, once you think everything is over and people are packing up and ready to go home, a very simple soft vetiver is left standing on the side of the road wishing he had the chance to march with the band. The orange blossom, seeing the vetiver standing all alone, returns to keep company, and the two of them stare off in the distance until the sun sets... Anybody that judges this offering based on the opening act is really missing the headliner.

Pledge (but to me in the bad way), plus citronella candle, and 8% DEET thrown in. Will pass on this one.

Ok. Reminiscent of my grandmothers 4711 Ice cologne........ Makes me nostalgic.

It is NICE but nothing special at all!!!!!
I don't know what makes it PURPLE WATER...... eau de nothing special would be a better name.

Lemon scented Pledge furniture polish, but in a good way. Lemony floral, very fresh and clean, yet it still smells purple. Kinda of like those fruit-colored hard, sour candies you used to get from the gumball machines. It's not grape, just ... purple. I don't understand it, but I like it well enough. Might prefer it as a room freshener, however.

This is a wonderful, summer scent with all the attributes of a perfect
eau de cologne. The top notes are zesty and clean, Jacaranda being one of them.
I haven't smelled a Jacaranda bush, but hope to soon to see how the scent compares
with it. These notes and are soon joined by the basil, white ginger and orange blossom -
a combination I really love. Good lasting quality right down to the musky, peppery base.
The bottle is very classy and refined in an understated way. The cap can be adapted to either a spray or a splash -
a very clever inovation I haven't seen before.
Not sure how pricey this is - I won mine in a Basenotes competition! I would guess that it's quite high end.