aubriously

if you've smelled Snif's Crumb Couture or Imaginary Authors' Whiff of Waffle Cone, you already know about half of this scent - that popular sandalwood-pastry accord they share is, to my nose, on par with the "crumble" part of this peach-crumble gourmand. gourmand girl as i claim to be, this was the first i tried that was perhaps "too gourmand" for me. as it turns out, there are many such cases - but is it really gourmand (to me) if i don't find it appetizing? something about this approach always smells stale, or like perfumed cardboard, to me. i do hope the gourmand trend continues to phase out this accord as it appears to be.

the peach accord, especially by contrast, is lovely. i've seen the comparisons to peach rings, but i think it's a little more naturalistic than that. it's more of a warmed, sweetened peach pie filling - as intended - to me. i think the orange helps to keep things juicy, with the cinnamon being another key player in adding some warmth and taking things into a dessert direction.

altogether, i do prefer this to the two other pastry fragrances i mentioned earlier.. but it's still not for me. it's not very wearable, but it's also not a photorealistic edible gourmand.

i've been trying to think of a kinder way to say that it smells kind of like a "working-with-what-we-have" attempt at a gourmand, whereas some others feel like "we-pulled-out-all-the-stops" executions. to be fair, LMG is a very affordable brand with many scents that come off synthetic, simplistic, or lacking in quality. however, they also have some really solid creations, including Angel Soiree from this same collection. i tend to get along with their airy/powdery fragrances more than the ambery/gourmand ones.

Juicy Melange is well-named, but confusingly marketed. I feel over-primed by the note breakdown considering how simplistic this smell is to my nose, even after letting it sit for a few months.

8 top notes: fruits + basil & nutmeg.
5 heart notes: all florals.
7 base notes: musks, woods, moss, vanilla & tonka.
that's a lot of notes, and a lot of variety amongst them!

the actual experience is a photorealistic tropical fruit smoothie, blended with whole fruits... or perhaps a hand soap inspired by said smoothie. i smell fruits, basil, and vanilla with nothing to ground or carry it. the basil evokes the stems and leaves of the fruits, and the vanilla adds a subtle creaminess.
otherwise, this is just... fruit. it's extremely one-note and linear despite what the notes would have you believe. the nutmeg, florals, musks, woods & moss are all undetectable to me. of the fruits listed, i can make out apple & coconut, while the others may as well have been added to the smoothie in the form of a mixed fruit juice.

overall, this is absolutely not offensive or polarizing, it's just boring. fruit-only scents have never been my thing, so this is a fail for me, despite the effort put in by Paris Corner to make me think something beyond fruit is happening here. compliments to its smooth texture and realistic smoothie scent - perhaps if they had gone that direction with the marketing this launch would make more sense to me.

i do think this is a nice scent for a certain type of person. i'm 29, and i visualize that person as at least a decade younger than me. i think even my 19 year old sister would find this uninteresting. that said, i wouldn't recommend full-concentration perfumes to someone much younger, so perhaps my

i didn't rate performance, because i struggle to tolerate smelling like this long enough to get a good read on longevity.