Diana Rect

Imp review: Wet in bottle: Fruit, like the black currant in Eat Me, but no vanilla cake, just fruit. Sometimes with a back tang and maybe some oiliness? Not necessarily unpleasant. Sometimes with more of a honey note (I smelled this several times before wearing it, and it changed subtly from sniff to sniff) Wet on skin: fruit. Definitely fruit. Not overly sugar-y, but sweet, and with a dollop (small dollop) of the rich honey note. Dry down: Fruit. It's fruit all the way. Not food-y fruit, but fruit all the same. It's practically a single note scent for me. Cherries or black currant my nose isn't trained enough to tell. But it's definitely fruit.

In the bottle: Beignets with powdered sugar. The coffee is very much in the background, but there enough that I'm only a little nervous to try it (i'm not much of a foodie scent person). Wet on skin: Still mostly pastries, with a little more coffee. Dry down: I smell like a coffee shop & bakery - in the best possible way. I'm glad I got this - I almost didn't because, well, not a foodie and the pastry almost put me off. But someone on FB compared it to Cafe Mille et Une Nuits and I love that one so I took a chance and yay! Pastries are definitely a component, but the coffee (and spice?) keep it from being overwhelmingly food. A nice comforting scent for wet, snowy & cold days!

I got this as a frimp, because it's not something I would order, I am not a fan of smelling like food. And I'm so glad I did, because it turns out I love this scent! It does smell like fragrant vanilla cakes - sometimes with raspberries? (jam every other day) - but *not* (and I don't know how this works) in a way that makes me feel like I'm about to end up like the girl in that Tom Petty video. Which, come to think of it, was also Alice themed. Hmmmm... It dries down into something a little sharper - like amber/vanilla/tonka bean with bite. Even if you are not a big fan of foodie scents, I highly recommend giving this one a try!