Date Added: 17/11/2012
I was so excited to see this new release from Candies as I am a lover of the fresh Strawberry note. It is tough to find it in a perfume as a dominating note because, as a few of my perfumer friends have pointed out, Strawberry is a difficult component to work into a fragrance faithfully. Still, one can only hope. After trying many Strawberry dominant perfumes to my disappointment, I had to rush over to my local Kohl’s to try this one out.
First off: I get no floral notes whatsoever. Purist gourmand lovers would do well to take a note of that. The opening is Strawberries and Crème, and the fruit note here is, though artificial, irresistibly fun and delicious. About 10 minutes after spraying, the Strawberry - the most fun part of the composition - disappeared, leaving just the Crème part of the perfume behind. Even this phase was very short lived however. About an hour after the initial application, the whole thing completely vanished without a single trace. Projection is poor. It stayed very close to my skin even though I doused myself in it with 5 sprays on either side of my neck and twice on both wrists – nobody around me could smell it even in the first half hour, even when they leaned in closer to sniff. In short, this EDT has the strength of a regular body spray. If all of this sounds good to you, it is on sale now at Kohl’s. Grab it while you can.
by Bella Dona