Chrissysmell

I'm literally so mad. I really love this fragrance. It's powdery, smoky, sweet, and spicy; it's edible in a sexy way, but also not totally inappropriate to wear to work. Somehow all the notes are harmonious too. When I sprayed it on, I kept smelling myself and re-spraying to try and figure out what exactly I was smelling, but now the smell is just a memory, but a good one. I hope someone picked up my sample on the train and enjoys it as much as I did.

On A Cloud is a really simple but effective vanilla mint fragrance. Mint heavy fragrances sometimes make me nauseous, but this has just the right amount of mint that I know it's in there, but it's not overpowering and it's nicely blended. After dinner butter mints appear in my mind when I smell this; they have a similar creamy and mildly chalky texture found in this fragrance. Longevity is not On A Cloud's strong suit, but I also appreciate it's short stay time as I don't want to smell like mint all day.

This smells fine like every aquatic blue fragrance out there. It's fresh it's masculine, whatever. Who Is Elijah is out of their mind. Ocean Eyes is a dupe of Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Eau Intense Pour Homme, which is fine, but more expensive for literally no reason. The whole point of a dupe is that it's less money. 100ML of Light Blue Eau Intense Pour Homme is $136 at Sephora; Ocean Eyes is $169 for 100ML. Sorry, but that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.

I think if you're a fan of Marc Jacobs Daisy or Vacation Vacation you'll love this. It's similarly sweet and floral like Daisy, but the vanilla makes it slightly creamy like Vacation. Monarch Butterfly is bright, joyful, juicy, and sunny. It's very strong upon first spray, but mellows nicely throughout the day. I love that the proceeds for this fragrance go toward conservation efforts for monarch butterflies. I think that aspect along with the agreeable and safe smell make it a great gifting fragrance.

I really appreciate the use of real strawberries in this fragrance and you can really smell the difference. However, it doesn't work great with my skin chemistry. On me, I mainly smell the bergamot, and pink pepper and cedarwood when I look for it. It's super sour and almost sweaty on me. Spiky Muse is an accurate name because it's very sharp on the nose.

Many reviewers say this smells like fresh ripe strawberries or like a strawberry spritzer. That's not my experience, but I would be curious to see how sweet this smells on others. For me it's sour and green, almost masculine, very summery.