Velvet Unicorn

[aleciarivas]

Spun sugar, sparkling rainbow candies, strawberries, merangue, and cherry fluff.

On my Velvet Unicorn turns very... vanilla and plastic. Blech. When first applied this was GORGEOUS, and I agree with other posters that it is reminiscent of Midway (which also turned to plastic on me). Bummer, this didn't work at all.

[Mellifluous]

I started out LOVING this, it was sugary delights whipped into a fluffy, airy treat. Very similar to a cotton candy scent, with sprinkles on top.

 

After a few hours though, this transitioned into a very musky, warm scent that reminded me of the Vanilla scented pipe tobacco that my stepfather used to smoke. For some reason, some of these sweeter notes seem to fade into this vanilla tobacco scent on me, of which I'm not a fan

 

This! I was trying to think of how to explain the drydown I get, and this is it!

I thought people would think I was crazy when I tried to say that as a guy, I totally love this, and that even though its made up of young girlie notes, it dries down to an almost smokey spun sugar thats really not too sweet at all. I love it!

[Alshneato]

I love this one too! All the sweet fruits are delightful and the dry down is all cotton candy musk!! YUM!

[sharkdiver]

I recently acquired a decant of this, and it smells very similar to a creamy version of Pink Sugar! Me likey!

[KittyHawk]

 

This is so, so good.

 

VU starts out with a blast of cherry when I first apply it, but it's a nice, juicy, realistic cherry, not the cough syrup cherry that I've found dominates some BPAL cherry blends. It wears off quickly, though, and I'm left with a beautiful sugary candy note with a base of fluffy marshmallows! It's somewhat reminiscent of Plastic Pink Flamingo, actually. While Midway didn't work on me (perhaps I should clarify: Midway disappeared on my skin immediately after application so I really have no basis for an opinion of it), I can understand the comparison. This smells like a young girl at the local fair chewing on a candy necklace in one hand, with a big cone of cotton candy in the other. She's just about to step up to a midway game at which her boyfriend will try to win her--you guessed it--a kitschy velvet unicorn painting.

 

Velvet Unicorn is particularly special to me because it's the first BPAL blend with sugar that I can successfully wear (all others turn to rancid plastic--I'm lookin' at you, Sprinklecake!). I am so happy to have a bottle; it will be going into heavy rotation this summer.

Edited June 1, 2012 by KittyHawk

[ModderRhu]

i remember someone saying that velvet unicorn is "too...toooooo." that appealed to me very much. i was like, "bring it on!"

and yeah i definitely see what that person was saying. it's crazy cherry overload. it's like when you chew on a cherry laffy taffy and it's kind of oily/fatty and juicy and warm. just pure hedonism. definitely velvety. it also reminds me of the taste of those cherry catcher's mitt ice creams with the baseball shaped gumball.

 

love!

[Quiet_Owl]

Velvet Unicorn + me = crazy delicious

 

This stuff smells wonderful on me, I cannot get enough. I'm so happy I put it in my locket today, because it was all sweet smelling yumminess, all day!

 

In the bottle: Hello, candy! Specifically, cotton candy. This is all warm strawberry sugared cotton candy.

 

Wet: My skin loves this. It's sweetness, pure and simple.

 

Drying down: This stayed true to the bottle scent and the wet scent, it's airy and light sweet strawberry candy. I'm noting a sugared incense type of edge to it as well, which I love. This is good, good stuff!

 

Dismayed that I only have one bottle, but so, so happy that I have it to experience!

[binaryfaerie]

I accidentally spilled some of this on the back of my hand earlier, and I'm kind of glad that I did, because now I don't have to try it and spend a full day smelling it.

 

Smells very sweet in the bottle, like strawberries. Not my usual kind of thing.

 

On, it quickly turns to a sickly sweet vanilla with an undertone of strawberry. It's very plasticky and reminds me of a little girl's scented doll or something. Ugh. Definitely not for me!

[PumpkinGuts]

Cherry and lemon Starburst chews and musky cotton candy.

This is strong stuff, and similar to LUSH's Candy Fluff.

[Ajila]

In the bottle - Skittles, seriously fruity juicy sugar

 

Wet on me - A smooth lemony sugared sweetness

 

Dry on me - A sweet soft candied lemon with creamy undertones

 

Overall - Very yummy, but also light and fresh

[hammy]

In the bottle - Pink candy. Candied fruits? Rock candy?

 

Wet - There’s fruit and sugar. Sugary fruit punch. I’m getting strawberries and cream with maybe a hint of lime Jell-O.

 

Drydown - Ooooh, THERE’S the cotton candy. And here comes the meringue. If I concentrate, I can smell every single note listed. It’s so beautifully blended that I’m left with the overall impression of childhood candy binging. It’s soft and sweet and nostalgic, and every time I catch a whiff of myself there’s some new facet of this scent. Strawberries and cream, lemon drops, cotton candy, even that cherry on top. It’s all there, and it’s absolutely lovely.

 

Verdict - The scent disappears much too soon, and there’s perhaps a bit more lemon than I’d like, but this is still a standout favorite. I expect to wear it often -- especially when I need a quick pick-me-up.

[DevilsCandyCane]

I absolutely love this, it's just what I was hoping for! Much as I adore Midway, about 9 times out of 10 it vanishes on my skin in three seconds flat, whereas 'Unicorn has seriously high octane throw and staying power ...so much so, I've just sold my bottle of Midway!

 

Freshly applied, it's like those fizzy rainbow laces with the sour sugar on the outside, the combination of sharp and sweet and zingy makes my mouth water. It totally smells like a rainbow of candies, it's kind of pink, but there's a lot of everything going on, just a chaotic happy sugar-rush rainbow. As it settles down the candy floss starts to come out more, which is awesome, but there's always an underscore of lemon/lime sugariness. Midway was always quite a calm, soft candy floss scent, whereas this is like, bouncing off the walls hyperactivity sugar scent It stays fairly true at this level, never really changing from the bag of fizzy rainbow laces, with a side order of candy floss. And it is compulsively huffable!

 

This scent actually made me quite emotional, when I first tried it, because it is the pure embodiment of a friend I lost just over a year ago - she loved rainbows, she loved candy, and caffeine in any form, and making crazy multicoloured cocktails that she would then toss a handful of Sour Patch Kids into, and this scent is like Essence of Gretchen... So it'll always be quite special to me, I think...

[renfair]

I received a tester of this from a really wonderful BPALer with an order for my birthday

First Sniff Impression: Cavities, here I come!

Wet in Vial: Sort of a strawberry cotton candy. It's actually not quite as bad as I was expecting. It's just about six kinds of sweet

Drying Down on Skin: I feel like this would be adorable on a little girl. It just reminds me of everything I loved growing up in the 80's: My Little Pony, Lady Lovely Locks, Strawberry Shortcake, Barbies that came with fruity lip glosses, getting cotton candy at the amusement park (along with these little unicorn figures they used to sell), and every bit of sugar I could stuff in my mouth. At least on me, there's something almost boozy about it, which is helping me to not get a toothache and to also make me feel a little bit less like I'm four years old. Guessing it might be the meringue, for it's sort of like a vanilla alcohol.

Dry on Skin: This is really remarkably pleasant. Besides the price tag, I never would've tried this if it hadn't been generously frimped to me. But I'm really glad I did, because it's great! It's sweet and yummy, like those body sprays and lotions you got as a teenager, but without any of the yucky chemical smells you can now pick out as an adult. It's also amazing that I can pick out a hint of the cherry, and it doesn't bother me. I feel like if any one note was stronger than the others then it wouldn't work, but as with many of the really good BPAL perfumes, they're very well balanced.

Conclusion: So I don't think I'll be dropping $200 for a bottle of this any time soon, but I think I'd be very open to trying another similar scent with a more forgiving price tag. And I definitely wouldn't say no to Velvet Unicorn if it was gifted upon me again!

[Allison93]

Velvet unicorn

 

Wet: Sharp sugary fruity. Can't tell what berry notes I'm smelling

 

Dry: I smell a bubblegum note while drying down. Sharpness is gone. Not getting cotton candy like other posters. Maybe because this is aged? Don't smell Pink Sugar by Aqualina (sp) either

 

It smells like Black Lace when dried down.. which is weird. It's got this cotton kind of note. Im going to take out Black Lace and compare the two on different arms.

 

Don't think it's worth the 100$ plus price tag personally. But I'm glad I got to try it!

[Cassandra Dudum]

Decant:

On my skin, it smells like a mix of a beautiful sugary sweet vanilla and Banana Boat suntan lotion. I love it.

 

Bottle test: I get creamy vanilla meringue with strawberries. The strawberry note in this one reminds me a lot of Loli.goth. I get lots of compliments on this one!

Edited April 27, 2018 by VioletVorpal

[Pixie-elf]

The wonderful DJNevermore sent me a sniffie tester of this. Thank you do much babe!

 

This is Midway's little sister. Midway is in to baking. Instead, Velvet Unicorn is all in to sugar and FRUIT! She's actually a lot closer to what I wanted the original Midway to be. Sweet Cotton Candy with lovely fruit notes.

 

She's just straight up lovely, cotton candy, strawberry, cherry fluff. Tiny little hint of coconut, kinda like she's spent a day at the beach and the last of the sunscreen is wearing off... It's beautiful. I'd love for this cotton candy note to be used in a loooot of things. I like the way it feels kind of ethereal.