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  1. Posted · Edited by lotusjenn · Report reply

    I so wanted to like this one. I love the strawberry note in Hollywood Babylon and thought a scent with that strawberry plus green notes and earthy notes would be divine.

     

    But my nose detects nothing but strawberry wax. I have the sense of walking past a Yankee Candle store. No earthiness, no tartness. Just sickly-sweet, waxy, fake strawberry.

     

    That's how it smells in the bottle and that's how it smells on my skin, wet and dry. And it lingers, too, unlike many scents I like. Boo :P

     

    Maybe I will try it again when the weather warms up, just to be sure.

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    Mmmm, in the bottle this scent smells just like a perfectly-made Cosmopolitan--cranberry, citrus, and slightly boozy. As others have said, it's sparkly.

     

    But when it contacts my skin the alcohol scent disappears completely. I'm left with lime-cranberry with a faint soapy juniper undertone. It's very cool and refreshing, perfect for spring and summer. I was afraid the boozy note would be off-putting, but since it disappears on me, no worries.

     

    After drydown, the scent is the same on me, lime-cranberry with soapy juniper underneath. It's also somehow reminiscent of Sweet-Tarts.

     

    Unfortunately, the scent only lasts about two hours on me.

     

    Verdict: keep the imp and test again. Maybe add a few drops to lotion to layer and see if that helps with longevity.

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    Okay, even though I'm new I'm just going to jump in. :D

     

    Does anyone have ideas about what scents might be good to wear during pregnancy?

     

    I don't have a sensitive stomach, but the scents that usually appeal to me--heavy, spicy ones like Blood, for example--smell a bit overpowering to me now.

     

    However, lighter scents--like Fae, which I also love, or would love if it had more longevity on me--fade away within half an hour with my dry skin/particular body chemistry.

     

    I don't really know what I want. Maybe someone here found a scent that smelled particularly heavenly to pregnant women? Or there's a scent that communicates fecundity :P

     

    But, please, no jasmine. Even a tiny hint of jasmine will be amplified by my body until it is all I can smell and I have a pounding headache.

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