Oregonclaire

This very pleasant coconut and white flowers scent strongly brings to mind Avon mark.'s Instant Vacation - Greek Isles, but longer lasting. The drydown reminds me of Sean John's Unforgivable Woman (which was my favorite part of that fragrance). Both these scents are from 2007, and were perfectly wearable and enjoyable, so I'm okay with the flashback.

Bali H'ai starts off with coconut and white flowers, with a bit of a powdery feel. It has kind of a monster projection, spray with care! It dries down primarily to a coconut skin scent, sort of warm and cozy. It's not particularly unique or ground-breaking, but I'll enjoy my decant, dreaming of the beach.

I haven't been this surprised by a "celebrity" scent since SJP Stash. I'd call Eilish No. 2 "niche-adjacent" as it's definitely got a unique vibe that seems uncommon in mainstream fragrances. It's quite gender neutral, not too masculine or feminine. The light floral top notes are nice, and I enjoy the woody-musk drydown. It's got decent longevity - I can still smell it on my skin several hours later.

I tried a tester on an Ulta run, and realized that I needed to buy it when I was still sniffing my wrist with interest the rest of the day. It's easy to wear, and smells nice - kind of reminds me of recent Etat Libre D'Orange scents, which is no surprise since apparently Billie Eilish is herself an ELDO fan.

Oh how I wanted to like this. The description sounded so good. I love golden milk, I love spice scents, I loved the idea of this fragrance. On my skin, I mostly just get coconut and vanilla, with only the barest hint of spices, and no flowers at all. Sad! It has more complexity sniffed from the bottle but it all disappears on my skin.

It's nice enough but I'm glad I only got a sample.

I worked at Sephora when this launched and it was so charming. A gourmand (cupcakes and frosting!) but not as deadly sweet as Pink Sugar, which could practically give you cavities just from the smell alone. Princess was softer, fluffier, less aggressive. I think we've got gourmands now that are better (Ariana Grande Cloud reminds me of Princess) but back in 2006, Princess was certainly new and fun.

The bottle is still the high bar for charming and cute packaging.

In Chandler Burr's book The Perfect Scent, he describes how SJP created her first fragrance Lovely, and how she originally had wanted to create a different scent based on a DIY mix she wore. That DIY mix included Bonne Bell Skin Musk, an "Egyptian oil," and CdG Avignon. She was convinced to make a classic, easy to wear feminine scent instead (hence, Lovely) but I have a feeling that Stash is the perfume based on her DIY formula.

It's woody, heavy on the vetiver, but also warm and a bit spicy. The gift set I originally purchased came with a EDP spray and a hair & body oil, and the oil is actually my preferred formula - it has Eternal level longevity.

Very interesting scent, easy and comfortable to wear.