Almost translucent, slightly siliconey feeling cream. The bottle has a nice pump (it only takes a couple of uses to work fully). Quite strongly fragranced, almost a men's cologne smell? It boasts quite a lot of useful ingredients, I can tell arbutin is immediately soothing my redness. With my routine, takes a long time to dry down. Most of the nights, I don't need to wash it off in the morning, maybe occasionally there's some still covering my forehead if I slept calmly.