Abstract: Carroll and Ahuvia (2006) propose a new marketing construct—brand love, which refers to the emotional attachment of consumers to the satisfied brands. This paper systematically reviews the definition and related such research backgrounds as brand attachment, consumer-brand bond, extended-self theory, then differentiates brand love from brand emotion/affect and brand loyalty. In the end, future researches and advices are provided

Key words: brand, brand love, brand attachment, consumer-brand bond, brand loyalty