Smile Akro 2024

I randomly added this to a Lucky Scent samples order and I am so happy I did. It is fresh and lovely! I never would have normally picked this for myself based on the description, and now I’m rethinking my entire fragrance collection.

My only complaint is that it wore off so fast. Or I went nose blind. Or my allergies are just messing with me.

Also still no idea what an ambrette seed is or what it smells like, but I’m guessing that’s the note I really loved at first.

Sampling the most recent release from Akro Fragrances, Smile, from earlier this year, another follow-up freshie to Rise, and a bright fruity floral mix, primarily involving raspberry, bergamot, sage, and musk, though it comes off a little rosy, too. I think it’s perfectly pleasant but does not make quite as much of an impression as Rise, but it does add some diversity to the catalogue as there’s not quite a light fruity fresh option like this in it, otherwise. Certainly worth checking out, quite enjoyable, but not quite as outstanding as a handful of the house’s other fragrances, especially Awake and Bake, my two favorites of the house.

As with the rest of the catalogue, Smile is priced at $180 for 100ml, under the $2/ml mark and therefore very reasonable in the current market, I generally say, and it’s sold on the house site as well as via US retailers like Perfumology.

7 out of 10

Man i really really enjoy this fragrance i where it everyday but due to it not good sillage and performance overall I overspray it a lot. For me this fragrance smell just like Virgin island Water from creed mixed with the fruity Pink boa from Stephane Humbert Lucas. I love the raspberry lemony smell and i think if i run put of it i might buy two more bottles

At first spray I’m getting a lot of lime with a base of something herbal and creamy. This is very refreshing, though the projection is quite soft.

Well, I’m this is another boring fragrance from Akro. The sage is nice, but there’s very little else there. It’s fresh and wearable, but doesn’t really inspire me at all. There was supposed to be some raspberry which would have been an interesting combination with the sage and bergamot, but I can’t detect even a little fruitiness.

This is the last sample in my Akro discovery scent and overall I’m pretty disappointed. I guess I just expected a master perfumer like Olivier Cresp to be producing some unique and interesting fragrances. Besides “East”, I found almost all of the scents exceedingly generic. Basically, most of them are wearable, but they’re just boring as hell.

Smells exactly like a sweet, sugary, fruity, and berry-like candy gummy bear to me. Kind of pleasant but not exactly an interesting or complex smell, also unfortunately it barely lasts, and I mean for me it literally started dissipating within minutes on my skin. Unfortunately a let down, but if you could find a way to amplify it the smell itself is pleasant