Filed under: Perfume reviews | Tags: amber, Believe, Believe by Britney Spears, Britney, Britney Spears, Britney Spears Believe, celebrity perfumes, honeysuckle, linden blossom, patchouli, praline, Spears, spicy, tangerine
NOTES (as listed on fragrancenet.com): linden blossom, tangerine, honeysuckle, amber, praline, patchouli
CLASSIFICATION: spicy
AGE GROUP: college, slightly mature
SIMILAR SCENT(s): n/a
FORM: eau de parfum
Filed under: Perfume reviews | Tags: celebrity perfumes, creamy musk, honeysuckle, jasmine, osmanthus, Peach Nectar, pink peonies, praline, soft woods, UR, UR for Women, Usher, Usher for Her, white freesia
NOTES (as listed on fragrancenet.com): white freesia, peach nectar, jasmine, osmanthus, pink peonies, creamy musk, honeysuckle, praline, soft woods
CLASSIFICATION: feminine, slighty floral, slightly fruity
AGE GROUP: college and older
SIMILAR SCENT(s): n/a
FORM: eau de parfum
Filed under: Perfume reviews | Tags: Candie's Heartbreaker, creamy vanilla, Fantasy, Flirt!, Flirtacious!, fruity, gourmand, honeysuckle, vanilla, wild berry, Wrapped With Love
NOTES (as listed on the box of this perfume): wild berry, honeysuckle, creamy vanilla
CLASSIFICATION: gourmand, slightly fruity
AGE GROUP: college and younger
SIMILAR SCENT(s): Fantasy, Wrapped With Love, Candie’s Heartbreaker
FORM: perfume spray
Filed under: Perfume reviews | Tags: amyris wood, Charms, fruity, honeysuckle, Incanto, Incanto Charms, jasmine, musk, ottoman rose, Passion Fruit, salvatore ferragamo, spicy
NOTES (as listed on sephora.com): honeysuckle, passion fruit, jasmine, ottoman rose, amyris wood, musk
Incanto Dream is one of my top five favorite fragrances, Jax had some pretty positive feedback on Incanto Shine, and neither of us thought that Incanto Heaven was terrible. So of course, I naturally wanted to try Incanto Charms.
CLASSIFICATION: Spicy, every so slightly fruity
AGE GROUP: college / mature
SIMILAR SCENT(s): n/a
FORM: eau de toilette
Filed under: Perfume reviews | Tags: bergamot, citrusy, Cool Water, Cool Water Summer Fizz, fresh mint, honeysuckle, juicy peach, lemon, mint, peach, sandalwood, Summer Fizz, white musk
NOTES (as listed on fragrantica.com): bergamot, juicy peach, honeysuckle, lemon, fresh mint, white musk, sandalwood
I am usually interested in limited edition summer fragrances; I have been pleased by many that I have smelled (most often by those from Escada and Ghost). I was very excited to try Summer Fizz.
CLASSIFICATION: citrusy
AGE GROUP: young / perfect for any age
SIMILAR SCENT(s): n/a
FORM: eau de toilette
Filed under: Perfume reviews | Tags: blonde woods, celebrity perfumes, champagne mimosa, dewberry blossom, flirty, floral, fruity, grenadine, Heiress, honeysuckle, orange, Paris Hilton, Paris Hilton Heiress, Paris Hilton perfume, Passion Fruit, peach granita, star jasmine, sweet, tiare flower, tonka, vetiver, violet leaf, Ylang Ylang
NOTES: passion fruit, orange, peach granita, champagne mimosa, star jasmine, tiare flower, ylang-ylang, honeysuckle, dewberry blossom, grenadine, violet leaf, vetiver, tonka, blonde woods
All celebrity jokes aside, the original Paris Hilton fragrance is one of my favorite perfumes, ever. I took it upon myself to sample her collection, and Heiress was the second fragrance I purchased in her line. While I was not nearly as impressed with Heiress, I wasn’t terribly disappointed, either.
CLASSIFICATION: Flirty, fruity, floral, sweet
AGE GROUP: Teen / College
SIMILAR SCENT(s): N/A
FORM: Eau de Toilette
Filed under: Perfume reviews | Tags: Blush, Daisy, floral, freesia, honeysuckle, Marc Jacobs, Marc Jacobs Blush, Marc Jacobs Daisy, musk, nectar, orange flower, sandalwood, singular floral, wood
NOTES (as listed on fragrancenet.com): orange flower, honeysuckle, sandalwood, nectar, musk, freesia, and wood
It took a lot of concentration to spray Blush on myself without having a pre-disposed opinion of it; I had previously tested another [more popular] Marc Jacobs fragrance (Daisy) and was less than thrilled with the results.
CLASSIFICATION: singular floral
AGE GROUP: college / [more so] mature
SIMILAR SCENT(s): n/a
FORM: eau de parfum
Filed under: In the press | Tags: amber, apple, Baby, bamboo leaf mist, bergamot, blackberry, blond wood, candied violet, celebrity perfumes, clementine, cocounut, cottonwoods, cranberry, creamy paperwhites, creamy vanilla orchid, crystal amber, Egyptian jasmine, floral, freesia, fruity, G, Gwen Stefani, Harajuku Lovers, Harajuku Lovers perfume, heliotrope, hinoki wood, honeysuckle, jasmine, jasmine petals, Jasmine Sambac, Lil' Angel, living hydroponic lace rose, lollipop accord, Love, magnolia, magnolia vapor, mandarin, Music, musk, nectarine blossom, New, orange flower, peach, pear, pear blossom, petally ylang, pineapple, pink pomelo, pomelo, raspberry, Sensual Musk, skin musk, soft wood, sparkling bergamot, sparkling pear, sugared rose, sweet pea, tiare flower, vanilla, violet, watery peony, white musk, white rose, white sandalwood, woods
As reported from makeupandbeautyblog.com, styledash.com
Coming in September 2008, Harajuku Lovers perfume by Gwen Stefani! Five scents will be released in this line, all available in two sizes (10 mL and 30 mL) and in solid perfume form (as a set of all five). Each fragrance is molded after Gwen’s four real-life Harajuku girls (Love, [Lil’] Angel, Music, and Baby). The fifth scent shall represent their leader, “G.”
The bottles are two-piece “dolls” that are molded according to their real life Harajuku counterpart, making displaying these on your vanity counter that much more fun.
Below is what you can expect out of each of these scents:
Love — a floral with notes of bergamot, pomelo (citrus, a little like grapefruit), peach, rose, jasmine, orchid and musk
Lil’ Angel — a fruity floral with with notes of different berries (raspberry, cranberry, blackberry), pineapple, rose and amber
Music — a floral with notes of clementine, pear, jasmine, sweet pea, honeysuckle, vanilla and musk
Baby — a powder musk with freesia, bergamot, rose, jasmine, musk, heliotrope, vanilla and violet
G — a food lover’s fragrance with mandarin, coconut, apple, freesia and sandalwood
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