Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Arden
Best for
Best prices for Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers Elizabeth Arden
Prices may vary. We may earn commission from these links at no extra cost to you.
Notino30ml
Notino100ml
Notino50ml
Amazon
Search on AmazonPrices checked daily via retailer feeds
Melon and peach dominate immediately, sweet and almost sticky-fresh, whilst bergamot and mandarin orange provide citrus scaffolding. The orange blossom adds a delicate nod toward florality, but the fruity elements are unmistakably in command, creating something akin to a bottled compote—candied and faintly synthetic.
The cyclamen and osmanthus gradually assert themselves, bringing a cooler, vaguely powdered tone that softens the fruit's sweetness. The jasmine and rose emerge with restraint, creating a diffuse floral cloud rather than a defined centre, whilst the orris root briefly flickers with an almost herbal, pencil-shaving quality before fading into the increasingly sweet musk base.
Cedar and sandalwood attempt a final woody declaration, but the composition has largely dissolved by this point. What remains is predominantly amber and musk—a soft, skin-scent warmth with lingering traces of the peachy-floral heart, barely perceptible beyond thirty centimetres. The oakmoss adds a whisper of earthy complexity, but the overall effect is one of olfactory exhaustion.
Elizabeth Arden's Sunflowers is a fragrance caught between seasons—caught, frankly, between what it wants to be and what David Apel actually created in 1993. This is no floral powerhouse; rather, it's a whispered suggestion of summer fruit arrangements left on a pale wooden dresser.
The opening assault is decidedly fruity-forward, with melon and peach muscling past the bergamot and mandarin orange in what feels like an almost aggressive candy-sweet opening. It's here that you understand Apel's ambition: a bright, commodified rendition of orchard abundance. Yet almost immediately, the composition pivots into something more hesitant. The cyclamen and osmanthus emerge with a peculiar, slightly powdered restraint, and the jasmine feels diluted, as though filtered through cheesecloth. The orris root lends a brief moment of iris-like metallic-floral interest, but it quickly fades beneath the sweeter rose accord.
Add fragrances to your collection and unlock your personalised scent DNA, note map, and shareable identity card.