This wasn't the color I wanted from the POTC collection, but somehow I ended up buying it anyway. I chose this over a lilac by Essie, which was more along the lines of what I was actually looking for. While I do like some shades of the purple family, I'm not huge on purple-purple in general. I took a chance thinking it might be a fun color, though I was really expecting to dislike it. It is a bright color, but not nearly as overwhelming as some purples out there. It worked well with my skin color, I figure because it has more blue than red. I guess it turned out to be the super purple polish for the non-fan of purple. =-)