I Don't Need a Prince by My Side to Be a Princess Kilian 2018

The match here is perfect, soft, frothy, slightly sweet but gently earthy. Surrounded in a cloud of vanilla marshmallow, it's a gourmand dream. Unfortunately, the scent is so soft that it lacks projection and longevity - but I have found a fix!

Sweet Alchemy Body Oils has a scent called Match Dusted Marshmallows and they've fully captured the scent but turned it up a notch for projection. Also, perfume oils last longer so using these together offers a much better experience. If this is your scent, it's worth getting the oil, which can also be used on its own or with other fragrances.

Cringe of the full name aside, I love this perfume. It's both cozy and refreshing.

At first spray, you can pick up on all of the notes: the freshness of the green tea, the sweetness of the marshmallow. But, without being overpowering, the strongest of the three is the ginger—it's citrusy and fizzy with a bit of warm spice. Overall, lovely and smells like a warm tea latte.

After about two hours, the green tea begins to fade for me, leaving behind the ginger and marshmallow for the remainder of the wear. This lasted for about 7 hours on me and the sillage was moderate.

This perfume strongly reminds me of Commodity's Milk (expressive) with the marshmallow and its creamy, almost lactonic, quality; as well as Being Frenshe's Moon Milk—also creamy and sweet with warm spice.

It might go without saying that this perfume holds a very special place in my heart. Originally what attracted me to this fragrance was the name. It sounded very kitschy, a little funny, and inspired me enough to give it a try. Upon first sniff it was a very pleasant ginger tea with a fluffy quality to it. As it dried down on my skin it began to transform into a "quiet" marshmallow perfume, subtly sweet, and the greenness balances out the sugariness overall. Creamy marshmallow, warm ginger, and fresh green tea in an incredible combination. Initially testing this out I would say it lasted a good 5 - 6 hours on my skin in warm weather. This is the type of fragrance that likes to stick to your skin in a small scent bubble.

For Christmas, I was gifted this perfume from my mom and I was overjoyed to receive it. It took a month of deliberation if this was the fragrance I wanted to use for my wedding day and I avoided using it at all until it was time. Ultimately the deciding factor came down simply to the name; it was ironic enough for me to decide this was the one to use. I have no regrets about it. When January rolled around and it was time to use it for my wedding, it felt like the perfect and "right" choice, much like finding the wedding dress made for you.

Now that I've moved into colder weather I've noticed some differences in performance as well as the way it smells. The longevity increased, giving me around 6 - 7 hours of wear time, and I've noticed the projection has improved too. In the chilly months, I feel like the sweetness in this fragrance is much more apparent. It's in the same vein of being light enough and not cloying, although the marshmallow goodness stands out amongst the other notes on my skin. Sweet, warm, like a fluffy hug, perfect for all seasons and all occasions, even your most special ones.

I wanted a vanilla gourmand that wasn't sickly sweet and wouldn't make me smell like a plate of frosted cupcakes, and Kilian Princess fits the bill. I would've settled for something more mediocre, but the ginger and matcha notes in this add the perfect amount of complexity and intrigue. That the vanilla comes through a marshmallow note is also quite delicious.

I just found the scent this January and it immediately became my go-to scent for the rest of winter. Hopefully it still fits me well enough that I want to wear it for many winters to come!

My only gripe is the bottle. It doesn't match the scent at all and I find it ugly, which is why I only got a travel spray for now. I'm sure the name/bottle is supposed to be making some kind of a statement, but I just want to smell nice, I don't need my perfume to reiterate that I'm fine without a man or whatever. Kinda feels insulting.

Unmistakably marshmallow, this is a sweet, creamy gourmand with lovely cozy vibes. I love that the marshmallow note is so immediately identifiable throughout the life of the scent and doesn't pull vanilla; it's a fun and more interesting twist on what could have easily been a cloying and obvious dessert gourmand. The green tea is buried under a thick layer of marshmallow fluff at first, but as the strongly saccharine open calms down a little, the sweet earthiness of matcha comes through and tempers all the sugar a little, with a hint of ginger spice.

The overall vibe here is sitting by a warm fire under a cuddly blanket and sipping a hot cup of tea with marshmallows (ignoring, of course, that marshmallows are not normally a tea thing!) It's candy-sweet and snuggles nicely into the skin, with its silage on the softer side of average, and would be a lovely scent for the holidays or the early, still-cold days of spring.