Viva La Juicy Sucré Juicy Couture 2016

Juicy Couture delighted us in 2016 with another sugary-sweet version of the 2000 classic fragrance Viva La Juicy. The delicious name of this flanker is Viva La Juicy Sucré.

The sweet little cupcake is a real eye-catcher on the dressing table or on the perfume shelf. It looks as if the normal VLJ bottle has been covered with liquid icing sugar cream and set in a golden cupcake tin. What some think is silly, others think is brilliant. The bottle looks like a delicious sculpture on a cupcake scale. The person who came up with the design for this fragrance is truly a packaging genius. As a full-on sweet tooth, I can't look away here. However, the 30ml bottle is missing the white "drip", which is only present on the 50ml and the 100ml.

At the first spray, one is enchanted by the familiar, slightly tangy VLJ start by the tangerine orange. Here you know immediately that you have to do with VLJ.
Orange blossom donates a light creaminess in the heart note paired with the sweet almond cream on top. As it goes on, all the long-lasting notes like whipped cream and cocoa come in. I find that the fragrance gets more and more delicious as it progresses. This melange of notes and the vibes that this fragrance gives off are quite something, in that they form a delicate mixture that really reminds you of fruity cream cake with chocolate sprinkles.
You are overwhelmed by the dreamy sweetness that is soft and fluffy to you. I like that the scent is not just ONLY sweet, but has significantly more facets to offer, because like her big sister Viva La Juicy, Sucré is also slightly floral and fruity. In this version, the gourmand notes are fully in focus.

This is times a gourmand after my taste. The "touch too much" of edible notes is definitely there, but everything is so charmingly packaged (in the truest sense of the word, look at the bottle!) that you can not keep your hands off it.
I think this is the kind of fragrance you can really score with on a date, maybe in a nice old-fashioned cafe with luscious cakes and other fruity treats on display.
The lady I'm picturing the scent on is humorous, cute and sweet. Of course, she has a fashion-conscious style of dress, has beautiful, sleek hair, and smells fantastic. She just has that certain something without seeming arrogant.

I've read the comparison to Pink Sugar before. I can confirm no discernible similarities here, except for a few scent notes perhaps. Neither the creaminess is present in the Pink Sugar, nor is the chic and subtle sweetness from the Sucré. The Pink Sugar is much more pungent - and sorry - plump in contrast to Sucré.
A nicer alternative with great similarity is the Sweet Like Candy by Ariana Grande, even the fragrance name could be interpetted as an allusion.

Unfortunately, VLJ Sucré has been out of the range for some time now.... Almost as rare as a unicorn! :) You have to be a bit lucky to find a good deal at an affordable price, which is really, really mean!
Juicy Couture, if you hear me, please, please, make a reissue of this cutie!