The first time I sampled this scent was in 2018. The smell was heavenly and everyone made me feel like I smelled like heaven itself with their compliments. Back then I was not ready to spend over a $100 on a bottle of perfume because I was really frugal. I decided to buy it last year after buying the 3.4oz bottle of flowerbomb nectar and not liking it. I was so sorely disappointed. Why do manufacturers do this? Why do the samples smell better and linger longer than the actual bottles? This was so disappointing. It smelled like saliva and lingered for an hour or so (thank goodness, since it smelled like spit). I finally took the plunge and spent hundreds of dollars on the big nectar flowerbomb and this bottle and my disappointment was and still is boundless. I look at the bottles on my dresser everyday with anger and loathing, not being able to return them