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In Control Curious Britney Spears 2006

6.8 / 10 54 Ratings

A limited perfume by Britney Spears for women, released in 2006. The scent is sweet-gourmand. It was last marketed by Elizabeth Arden.
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Main accords

Sweet

Gourmand

Fruity

Powdery

Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Loquat

Heart Notes

Tonka bean

Crème brûlée Vanilla

Vanilla

Midnight orchid

Base Notes

Sandalwood Musk

Musk

Perfumer

Claude Dir

Ratings

Scent

6.854 Ratings

Longevity

6.434 Ratings

Sillage

6.328 Ratings

Bottle

5.947 Ratings

Value for money

8.414 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro · last update on 08/27/2025.

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Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/09/2012

7Scent 7.5Longevity

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

Helpful Review 3

Fruits in caramel syrup

I have quite often stated that this fragrance is the one scent that I do not like from Britney's fragrance line, however since trying it again, my opinions have somewhat changed.

Although I will not be adding In Control: Curious to my existing Britney collection, I do appreciate this scent.

The fragrance opens with a rich, slightly sweet, cake-like scent. It reminds me of those exquisite Italian cakes that you buy fresh from the bakery, with the cream oozing from the middle and the aroma of the chocolatey goodness and the strong liquer filling the room.

Seconds later you are met with a fruity punch, almost like a bowl of fruit salad. The fruits are there throughout the drydown with subtle hints of vanilla and caramel every now and then.

This fragrance isn't soft and light like Curious, and definitely not as sweet as Fantasy. It's somewhere in between.

It's a somewhat mysterious fragrance, however I wouldn't call it sexy. Flirtatious in nature and incredibly girly, I can see this fragrance appealing to many. In Control: Curious, like her other fragrance Believe, can be worn by any woman of any age, it's versatile enough to do so.

I'm not sure what it is that stops me from falling in love with this fragrance, I think it might have something to do with its dominant fruity notes not blending well with my skin chemistry. With that being said, it's hard not to be impressed by Britney's fragrance line. She has put her name to many great and popular scents, this fragrance not being an exception.

10/23/2013

9Scent

Belgwen
94 Reviews

Belgwen

1

Good job, Claude Dir!

On my skin, it opens with a burst of fruity notes: I believe it is supposed to be loquat fruit. To be honest, I don’t know how that’s supposed to smell like but for some odd reason, to me it smelled a mixture of juicy pear and apple. At this phase, the fruity notes are fleshed out with vanilla that has a “dark” quality. So it’s fruity but not “pick-off-the-tree-and-bite-down-on-it” kind of way. It makes me feel like I've just tasted a velvety pie with an extremely moist, fleshy, and fruity middle (minus the cinnamon in most pies.)

About 15 minutes later, the fruity beginning lightened, giving way to mild orchid sweetened with that beautiful dark vanilla.

The dry down had a woody but gourmand quality to it: Fresh fruits are totally gone at this point... A hint of the orchid combined with vanilla and crème brulèe. But note that the vanilla still leads in this phase as well.

It is a fairly complex perfume that goes through fruity/floral/woody stages, all accented by a sweet, dark vanilla that never gets cloying, but is invariably present.

Too bad this is a limited edition.

08/26/2024

4Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

Czarcasm
77 Reviews

Czarcasm

1

I really wanted to like this...

The Britney Spears perfumes in her Fantasy line have impressed me with their sillage and distinct scents. So when I saw this perfume sitting on the shelf for the meager price of 8 euros I decided that with a price like that it couldn't hurt to take it home.

Unfortunately though, it doesn't live up to the expectations I had. In Control Curious is nothing but a dusty vanilla/tonka bean mix to me. Sillage is disappointing, I can barely smell it on me. Definitely skin scent. Longevity is okay, but not as good as most of Britney's other perfumes. I'd say about 4 hours before I reapply. After a couple of hours on my skin, the woody notes pop up as well. However it's a pretty linear fragrance.
The candy and fruity notes are non-existent on my skin. I do pick up on them when I spray my clothes. ICC smells better on my clothes than on me.

This scent reminds me of a cake that hasn't been fully baked and is still soft and mushy on the inside. Or vanilla scented playdough. But not perfume. This is too shy and simple for me.

08/27/2025

8.5Scent 8Longevity 9Sillage

Iammelody
19 Reviews

Iammelody

1

It's a precious one for me

I'm really attached to this. It's a true gourmand - very sweet and sort of juvenile but not overly so.

When this came out in 2006, I don't think there were many mainstream perfumes available with this gourmand-ish scent profile. Sure, there was already Angel which was very popular (still is) and very sweet for its time with "edible notes", CSP Vanille Abricot, and of course Pink Sugar and Britney's Fantasy were pretty recent, but I feel like In Control's type of boozy sweetness wasn't very common back then.

The crème brûlée and vanilla notes are what stick out the most for me. It lasts and lasts too. Sticks around on clothes even longer. Maybe because my bottle has been sitting for YEARS ( 7 or 8) that it has become so sweet, creamy, dark and boozy, but the actual smell hasn't really changed. It only got better. I think this is one of the only perfumes I've ever been complimented on. I generally don't get close enough to anyone to be able to smell me, and I'm a light sprayer, so I'm guessing this is stronger that it might seem. I absolutely love wearing this under a big hoodie on face-biting cold winter days.

This isn't easy to get your hands on, but there are a few online discount shops that still stock this at a reasonable price. You would have to do some hunting. I'm in Canada and I was lucky enough to pick up a backup bottle on Fragrance Canada (but that was in 2024).
The memories attached to this are very precious to me.

11/25/2011

2Scent 2.5Longevity

Fragrance01
12 Reviews

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Top Review 14

Who played with the chemistry kit?

In Control is an originally limited spin-off of Curious, created by the good Claude Dir.

This is the description I found online:
"e;The scent is a little different on each wearer. Accordingly, it can be fresh, sweet, gourmand, or simply slightly bitter. It is indeed a very individual perfume. The various notes combine in "In Control Curious" by Britney Spears to create a unique fragrance fireworks. The fruity notes are in the foreground here and are eventually mixed with orchid. Finally, the notes of musk and sandalwood blend into the fragrance tones. A splash of vanilla rounds off the array of different notes. Thus, the scent - despite its many different facets - is a composition that can be worn well by anyone."e;

...and it seems to be true: This scent is different for everyone. I have tested it several times and always smell the same: spirit, alcohol, and SUPER SUPER artificial vanilla, which is piercingly sharp and made me fear for my nasal septum while sniffing...

I also showed the scent to many other people - the opinions were generally quite positive, ranging from "e;smells Christmasy like cinnamon"e; to "e;smells super sweet and floral refreshing."e;
Unfortunately, I cannot agree with any of these opinions; when the alcohol and spirit smell disappears (and that takes a loooong time!), the nasty, sharp, aggressive vanilla comes in. It then fades away within 15 minutes, and what remains is disappointment...

So, conclusion: This scent manages to disappoint across the board: starting from the hideous bottle to the biting smell... and the longevity is (thankfully!) also miserable.

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