Fragrance Reviews by ChantalOnWings

This is a scent I've loved ever since I was a kid. I think my Mom has had this scent probably ever since it came out (and I would've been like 3 or 4). I remember the adorable blue star bottle and the sweet scent that smelled like food the I used to want to spray myself with for dance or piano recitals or my 8th grade "graduation".

Now that I'm older, I tried this on myself again and I find that it's not quite the same as I remember it from my childhood. My mom doesn't use it very much any more, the liquid or the bottle has taken on a strange greenish tinge, and the scent seems different from what I recalled. It now has this distinctly sour note in the opening that I don't remember at all. When it dries down it settles better and starts to get that delicious, sparkly nummy desserty scent that I love, but it still has this very slight not-quite-right scent to it. I love this scent and still occasionally steal a spritz of it from my mom's closet.

I tried this first at Sephora when I had about 3 different fragrances sprayed on various parts of my arm and I'd been shopping for hours. It smelled like nothing but sweet cotton candy, and I loved it. So, my mom got me a bottle for a graduation present.

However, when I tried the scent on my own skin I found it had a vaguely burnt-sugary smell, like if you're cooking your own caramel but you leave it on too long and it starts to blacken. I still like it, but it is too sweet and there's that burnt-ness to it so I don't wear it out much. I also feel like I'm a little too old for the scent (which should say something, I'm only 18).

Still, sometimes I wear it in pajamas or sitting around on weekends because it's comforting and always reminds me of going to the Fair (because of the cotton candy). Plus, this just doesn't seem to last on me at all, it rarely lasts over 2 hours on me and seems to stay close to the skin.

I first smelled this in my psychology class when some girl on the other side of the room was spritzing herself (with wild abandon) with this scent and the whole class could smell it. It smelled really nice, so we asked her what it was and she replied that it was Britney Spears' Fantasy. I thought this was strange because when I'd first heard of Britney Spears' perfume line, I figured it would probably smell like crap. But I loved it when I tried it on myself and just had to get it.

It smells a edibly-scrumptious, a little bit fruity, and a whole heap of sugar. I kind of imagine this as the perfume equivalent to Coldstone's Cake Batter Ice Cream. I guess it's the "cupcake" note. It's a youthful, playful, casual scent, probably good for people preteen through about later 20s in my opinion, though my mom (who is in her 50s) loves this scent too.

On me it lasts about 2-6 hours I'd say, and has a strong sillage (my sister always says I'm "wafting" the scent everywhere but that it's not a bad thing).