I am no perfume expert by any means and rarely purchase any.  There are some perfumes that you can smell and right away your head starts to throb a bit from the odor.  I was worried this might be one, but my first smell test of it showed that I didn't have to worry about that.  It was very light and airy smelling...at first.  I put some on my neck and wrists and forced my husband to sniff it and he approved.  I then got in my car to drive, with windows up, and soon it became a much stronger smell and a little thicker in scent.  I worried my workmates would get put off by it, but that proved not to be a problem.  I really didn't even smell it much later on during the day, and alas, no one commented on it.  I guess the lesson learned was to put on a bit less and do a more indirect spraying of the mist when putting it on.