I love this perfume. I am not a flowery woman and had resorted to wearing men's cologne due to the flowery stuff ends up smelling like vinegar on me. Didn't want to smell like a patchouli/sandalwood hippie because that's not me either - no offense to all the hippie chicks out there. Spicy, warm, exotic and sexy as hell is what Carlos Santana perfume smells like. My boyfriend says it makes me smell like he thinks Salma Hayek looks, but that I'm still better looking. Good save on his part.