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L'Explicitely Bad.
I added this to my wishlist with high hopes. Banana bread, peanut butter, gourmand heaven. Everything I love. So I came in with sky-high expectations, and unfortunately, this one is really not good.
The opening smells like fake banana mixed with nail polish remover. And no, not the alcohol blast that burns off after two seconds with a regular parfum, this stuff lingers like it’s part of the composition. The alcohol clings on, making the whole opening smell like chemical warfare.
It's pretty hard to describe the scent, but something I would not call wearable (to me, of course. It's all subjective) to say the least. After this, it gets real musky and floral while keeping the fake banana in the forefront.
The best way I could describe it is if you smeared a mushed rotten banana on a black ice car freshener while eating violet candies. That’s what I've got. The musk is not animalic in a sexy, daring way. Animalic in a trash bin kind of way.
I wanted so badly to love this. I wanted to smell like a peanut butter banana dessert. Instead, I got chemicals and regret.
If there's anything redeeming about this, I think the violet note is quite lovely, actually.
The opening smells like fake banana mixed with nail polish remover. And no, not the alcohol blast that burns off after two seconds with a regular parfum, this stuff lingers like it’s part of the composition. The alcohol clings on, making the whole opening smell like chemical warfare.
It's pretty hard to describe the scent, but something I would not call wearable (to me, of course. It's all subjective) to say the least. After this, it gets real musky and floral while keeping the fake banana in the forefront.
The best way I could describe it is if you smeared a mushed rotten banana on a black ice car freshener while eating violet candies. That’s what I've got. The musk is not animalic in a sexy, daring way. Animalic in a trash bin kind of way.
I wanted so badly to love this. I wanted to smell like a peanut butter banana dessert. Instead, I got chemicals and regret.
If there's anything redeeming about this, I think the violet note is quite lovely, actually.