Babylon Sunset

Declaration: I make this. Alice is my husband's cousin. Her brother was staying with us and he said that it was Alice's 21st coming up, and he wanted to get a perfume for her. He had a very small budget, so of course I said yes and he got the best value bespoke perfume ever. The one he usually bought her was very pink... I'd made an 80s/90s accord during a course run by Karen Gilbert - as an exercise we had a go at the kind of big blossomed fruity florals that have disappeared now. My favourite is the long lost Deci Dela for Nina Ricci and I'd had an idea that I might be able to do a 90s style floral of my own. So I took that base, added a scarily expensive accord of rose, jasmine, honey and sandalwood, then used grapefruit, tangerine and raspberry. I found myself wearing it. It's my second favourite after Urara's Tokyo Café. Now my mother in law is in love with it too. I suppose that of everything I make, It smells most like what you'd expect to come out of a perfume bottle, but I wanted recapture the glory days of the first fruity florals in a scent that is still EU legal. On me it lasts all day.

Yes, admit I have a sweet tooth but all the better for appreciating this irresistable scent. The citrus notes are naturally immediately evident along with the honey and berry sweetness. The vanilla, musk and sandalwood become much more evident after the first hour. Sarahs perfume signature is responsible for the initial effervescent quality. It takes me back to being a wee kid and enjoying sherbert dib dabs but there is nothing childish about this lovely fragrance. Suffice to say its in my top five favourites from this house. Its extraordinary how men love this stuff. Its a man magnet! I think it is worth bearing in mind that you need to wear a fragrance at least twice before writing a review. Too many people do not give a fragrance a chance.

I had a sample of this back when it was called Says Alice. I really enjoyed the sample and wanted a FB of it and it is on my (admittedly rather long) want list. I have another sample and interestingly it is more citrussy than I remember. It is quite woody but the florals make this a very light and uplifting fragrance. As I find with this house, florals aren't big but bright and delicate. Honey comes in about half an hour in. I would still like a FB of this for the Spring and would recommend it to anyone who wants to smell "happy"!

This fragrance is sweeeet, but really rather lovely. Unlike the reviewer below I find that it lasts a long time on me, I applied it over 8 hours ago and can still smell it quite strongly. the vanilla/musky/honey/woody longer term dry down is just delightful. The description I received with my sample (I have since bought a 30ml bottle) says: 'Says Alice has a heart of real rose, jasmine and sandalwood, a base of sensual musk and vanilla, all drizzled with honey absolute. It's turning into our best selling scent'

This is a cheerful fruity floral. The citrus is predominant in the opening, giving way to the floral components. The honey combined with the grapefruit gives it a beeswax note. I like this very much but like others do find that the longevity is not tremendous. I repeatedly re-spray to enjoy the fruity opening. I find that Sarah's fragrances layer well and I like to layer this with Sleep Knot, which amplifies the floral and woody elements of Babylon Sunset.