SEPHORA IN WAIKIKI IS WALKING DISTANCE FROM WHERE I WORK. AFTER I FINISH EATING MY LUNCH TODAY, I DECIDED TO STOP BY AT SEPHORA AND EXPLORE PERFUMES THAT I'VE NEVER TRIED YET. I ACTUALLY TRIED LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT PERFUMES BUT ONLY THREE WERE NICE OR BAD ENOUGH FOR ME TO REMEMBER.
PRETTY, BRIGHT, AIRY, GIRLY GIRL, SUGARY SWEET… THESE ARE THE
WORDS COME TO MY MIND WHEN I SMELL THIS. I PROBABLY WOULD BUY EM IF I DID NOT
HAVE SO MUCH SWEET GIRLY GIRL PERFUME ALREADY. NOT SO UNIQUE OR ORIGINAL BUT EASY TO WEAR, EVERY DAY KIND OF PERFUME THAT IS GOOD FOR SPRING AND SUMMER. THIS PERFUME ACTUALLY REMINDED ME OF FALLING IN LOVE BY PHILOSOPHY WHICH I LOVE BUT HAS LESS THAN ZERO LONGEVITY SO I STOPPED BUYING AFTER I FINISHED THE FIRST BOTTLE. STAYS CLOSE TO YOUR SKIN TO BEGIN WITH TILL THE END BUT HAS MUCH MUCH BETTER STAYING POWER THAN 'FALLING IN LOVE' (LASTED FOR GOOD 5HOURS ON MY SKIN). NOT SO MUCH TRANSITION HERE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I COULD DETECT WAS IT STARTS WITH CARAMELIZED SUGAR SWEET CHANGES TO FRUITY CANDY SWEET.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO TRY THIS SO BAD BECAUSE I SAW A LOT OF GOOD REVIEWS ABOUT THIS PERFUME BUT IT IS NOT FOR ME PERIOD (SOMEBODY EXPRESSED THIS PERFUME AS 'SEX IN THE BOTTLE' I GUESS I AM NOT THAT SEXY LOL!). IT IS TOO SPICY/SHARP FOR MY LIKING… DID REMIND ME OF SONGS BY ANNICK GOUTAL... THEY ARE JUST HEADY AND UNBEARABLY SPICY TO ME...... HAD A DECENT STAYING POWER (STAYED FOR GOOD 6.5 TO 7HOURS ON MY SKIN).
IT BEGAN WITH A BURST OF CITRUSY, FLORAL WITH SPICY
KICK WHICH I REALLY ENJOYED BUT THIS QUICKLY DRIED DOWN AND CHANGED TO SOMETHING
DARK, BUTTERY, CREAMY, AND SPICY WHICH REMINDED ME A LOT OF CRYSTAL NOIR BY VERSACE OR BLACK AMBER AND GINGER LILY BY JO MALONE.
IT WAS SUCH AN EXTREME TRANSITION (AT LEAST TO MY NOSE). AT
ONE MOMENT IT WAS A PERFECTLY LIGHT HOT SUMMER DAY SCENT THAT QUICKLY CHANGED
TO A SCENT THAT YOU CAN PULL OFF FOR A NIGHT OUT OR ON COOLER WEATHER DAYS. THE STAYING POWER WAS SO-SO (4HOURS ON ME) BUT IT COULD BE YOUR EVERYDAY PERFUME.
