Miami Shake Juliette Has A Gun 2025

Oh, a scent of empty promises! Since the announcement of Miami Shakes as the brand JHAG's first "true" gourmand, I eagerly awaited the strawberry ice cream. Well, one could certainly approach this with a healthy dose of skepticism and not believe the marketing. However, it just sounded too tempting to resist.

The trend of sparse fragrance pyramids has created false expectations here. In my opinion, the scent is primarily floral and musky. Where are the flowers in the fragrance pyramid? The strawberry initially presents itself as strongly synthetic and remains a quiet companion in the drydown. Vanilla ice cream and waffle cone can be sensed as a phantom, with an extreme amount of imagination, towards the end. A light, nonspecific sweetness comes through. Some coconut joins in as well and feels stuffy.

Overall, the scent is "quite nice." Not gourmand or fruity in the slightest, but floral, musky, and slightly sweet. But "quite nice" is not enough when you actually wanted to smell like strawberry ice cream. And the advertised notes are only marginally recognizable in the nondescript (and unadvertised) sea of flowers. What a shame!