Acqua Universalis Maison Francis Kurkdjian for women and men

LOVE at first sniff! I get Lily-of-the-Valley and Lemon... It is the Muguet I remember as a kid... Absolutely delightful and the epitome of divine yet innocent feminine energy. Fresh when you need a day scent. It would be great to have in my fragrance wardrobe to balance the other end of my stronger type loves... I may ask for it for a special occasion otherwise the price is a bit daunting... Bottom line: Fresh and LOVELY!!!
PS Layer this with Bvlgari Omnia (original bronze) - it is absolute heaven on earth as the citrus and wood notes blend well with Omnia's chai tea spices...!

I ADORE the initial blast of this fragrance. I don't find it especially citrusy, rather it reminds me of DKNY Women, a more refined, bearable version. (Is it the 'woods'? DKNY has birch in it.)Can't stop sniffing it, whatever the adorable element is.
This lasts for a while and then fades and a more unremarkable smell remains, although I can still smell the initial gorgeousness on the neck of my jumper now.
It reminds me of my hippychick, younger days, and of freespiritedness, but it's also sophisticated.
I'd like to try this outside in the open air, especially in cold weather..
UPDATE: The more I wear this, the more I want it! It's very fine. Looks like it's also very expensive though!

Sweet, soapy citruses to start, it's an uplifting unisex fragrance with all the sharp edges rounded off. It dries down to a soft, slightly woodsy lily of the valley scent.

A big THANK YOU to gorgonna who sent me a tester of this amazing fragrance.From the first sniff i thought i was dreaming.What a refreshing smell is that?So clean but no cheap.Feel sexy and clean at the same time, like everyone wants to be close to me.

Negative:Soooo expencive.200ml:$200 But i think its quite worthing!

I dont care about sillage, longevity...I want to smell it all day!!!

Aqua Universalis is a lovely easy-to-wear perfume somehow fit into the category of something like CK one (as it smells classic), but smells totally different and less commercial-smelling as CK’s.

The beginning of Aqua Universalis is quit green-citrusy, which doesn’t smell perfume-y at all to me. It reminds me a bit of Palm Island by Michael Kors. However, the bergamont-y smell is a bit too cold and alien in this one to my personal liking.

Then just when I thought the perfume’s totally gone after about 4 hours, I find that it’s actually just really close to the skin, it’s warmer, less citrusy, and with a bit vanilla-y touch in a discreet slightly tropical fashion without any typical tropical notes.

Generally speaking, I prefer the dry down much more, however since I can’t smell anything unless I literally sniffing my wrist hard, I wouldn’t recommend this perfume to anyone who’s looking for anything with some sillage.

Love at 1st sbiff! Smelled this fragrance and got a test paper strip at the high end department store. Couldn't put this down, Kept sniffing it as I was even trying out other perfume. When I get rid of my perfumes, I might get this one sicnce it not worth it to get the small one and the big one makes more sense. Only prob, the big one is 6.8oz. Go Figure out how ong that will take you to go through it before it goes bad.

It is that type of scent that I would wear everyday and everyday falling in <3 with it over and over again.

I'm getting tired about "non perfumes", "anti perfumes", "aquas", "dry clean", "just Showered", "fresh sheets", "just breathe" kind of things. It seems every brand needs something like this in their collection. Aqua Universalis is an ok scent, fresh and floral that can be used on body, sheets, clothes and even on your puppies....come on, stop! Great lasting power (2-3 seconds) LOL!

Rating: 5/10

Acqua Universalis has a happy clean spirit...it's almost like you just came out of the shower.It's bubbly but not in a loud way ,it's more like an ocean wave that gives you an adrenaline rush.Starts out citrucy,with a brave note of lily of the valley,after an hour it becomes more like a skin woodsy scent.