Well finally I got my nose on this new scent from Amouage. First sniff and it transported me back to my childhood and some kind of sweets (candy) I used to enjoy. Not even that maybe just the smell in the sweetshop? I'm not sure, I've had this effect a couple of times in the past 2 weeks or so, trying fragrances. I think it's amazing how your mind stores all this subliminal, unconscious information only to be accessed years later by an olfctory trigger. Anyway enough about that... Sunshine opens with... a ray of sunshine! A very sweet and wonderfully bright, intense smell of fruits and candied florals trying to pick out notes in this is difficult. There's certainly vanilla and tonka bean which actually work well with the obvious main player in this fragrance, Lavender...although I think the Immortelle could be adding some of that familiar quality in the opening. Okay so the lavender is strong and perhaps over stepping it's bounds by upsetting fans of the house by just being far too linear and not challenging the senses, something which Amouage have done with most of the line. When I say it's strong it's not in the way lavender oil or L'occitane is but rather a much more likable interpretation, this is the kind of lavender I could happily wear all day and not get annoyed by. That same lavender that is soothing and calming rather than sneezy and overpowering. The fact it does last all day is another reason why I think this Amouage is better than the likes of Caron un Homme which has the same vanilla base but doesn't last on me. So when all is said and done this is an enjoyable fragrance and has me enjoying lavender in the same way Dior's Eau Noire does but in a completely different sense. In fact these two are polar opposites, one dark and this being quite literally a ray of Sunshine. I don't see it as being on par with other creations from Amouage but it doesn't jar, it's still in keeping with the brand just not to my taste. I'd say if you're in the market for a high quality, easy going, long lasting lavender fragrance and you're prepared to part with the cash, then go for it.