Secret Wish Magic Romance

Secret Wish Magic Romance is a very likeable, soft, light and sweetish scent which I think is better than some of Anna Sui's other perfumes, including Sui Dreams and Secret Wish. I just got a tester bottle of it in the post this morning which was a birthday treat to myself and I'm very happy I picked this one over a few other perfumes I was toying with! Ironically, I recently got a blind buy bottle of J-Lo's Deseo (which I'm returning!) which smells strongly of coconut yet apparently it doesn't contain it! Secret Wish Magic Romance, on the other hand, contains coconut yet I don't smell it at all (which, for me, is a good thing because I really don't want to smell of coconuts!) !! The main notes that come through on my skin from SWMR are the lemon, jasmine, tuberose and musk, and at first I also smelled what I thought might be violet but apparently that's not one of the notes! Some reviewers have mentioned that they think it smells synthetic but to me it doesn't at all. If anything, on my skin it smells very natural and very nice! On me, this perfume gets better as time wears on and despite it being soft and subtle it lasts on my skin for a surprisingly long time (6+ hours), so I'm really happy about that. I was a little worried initially that with it being so subtle it would fade very quickly but it sticks around for a surprisingly long time! I'd definitely recommend this perfume to anyone who likes softly sweet, light and subtle perfumes. It's so nice!

Why I bought it: 1. the bottle is cute. can;t help it. 2. it smells lovely.not great,or superb or an Anna's masterpiece,but it's just simple and lovely. it starts out very well on me. soft and very girly, and it ends nice. i wear it at home though, since it doesnt last long enough, and i'm just too old to wear this kind of fragrance hahah

this scent gets better and better the longer you wear it! my dad HATES perfume and told me he liked this one. girly and flirty.

I have this one as a present from my sister in law, it smells very floral and I love it.

Like it, love the bottle...very cute!

Secret Wish Magic Romance is one of the better Anna Sui fragrances. It starts out frisch and a little bitter with bergamot and lemon. The heart of the composition is tart and sweet at the same time, it is dense and floral and smells like orange blossom and - still - bergamot. I cannot smell any of the base notes; the coconut is (fortunately) not detectable on my skin, and amber and rosewood are a no-show, too. Instead of a "proper" drydown the heart note remains unchanged on my skin. Secret Wish Magic Romance does not leave a fragrant trail; the tart-sweet orange blossom mix stays close to the skin. It lasts around 3 - 4 hours on my skin which is a nice surprise. All in all, this is a nice, summery orange flower fragrance that is surprisingly grown-up. Secret Wish Magic Romance is also O de L'Orangerie's fragrant twin.

I was given this scent as a Christmas gift a couple of years ago. I am a mature lady and thought that the bottle was cute but a bit childish and the only Anna Sui I'd ever tried was Dolly Girl which I didn't like very much. THis is OK on me but I don't find it that citrusy or fresh. It dries down to a rather powdery "old lady" smell on me which I don't like and although the coconut is there, it isn't strong enough to make an impact (I love coconut!). Also this does'nt last very long on my skin although I have spritzed my bed linen with it - seems to smell better on cloth than skin! Not horrid but not that nice either!

The first perfume I chose for myself at the age of 14. It smells very delicate, feminine and grown-up to my young nose then. The initial clean citrusy burst developed immediately into subtle floral bouquet that lasts up to the drydown of clean musk. The coconut isn't too prominent to my nose but I can detect hints of it accompanying the florals lending it a creaminess near the drydown. For those wary of white florals you have nothing to fear here. If white florals seems to be a ferocious beast to your nose they are completely defanged in this frag. ;)

This perfume has a floral warmth to it that the other Sui fragrances, which are more on the fresh and/or fruity side, do not have. And compared to most of the other Sui frags, the staying power is alright. When I wear this frag at work in the office, I only feel the need to top it up once during the day.

this is actually my first bottle of perfume, it is girly, suitable for a sweet teenage girl. it is very floral and received lots of good comments from female friends. The scent is too youthful so i stopped using it when i was 18. It is gonna be a good memory. Ideal gift for teenage girl!!!!

I used to have this fragrance and I really liked it but i would reccomend this perfume to 7-13 year olds because its really sweet and light, sutible for early teenagers. Over all I would rate this perfume 6.5/10.

smell a bit cheap, but the bottle is cute and i kinda like it.. but it is kinda cheap smelling, like 16 years old who wear too much perfume.. but for those who like sweet young smell, this is quite okay..

I just bought this a few days ago, i got attracted to the nice bottle..it have a bit freshly smell and a bit sourness to it but overall a girly scent..lasts quite a long while too..

This perfume smells very girly to me. Cute, sweet and fun but a bit fragile and naive. However, my boyfriend likes me whe I wear it, maybe because guys like simple girls?

I just got it from my sister, i do not really like it, the smells very girly n cheap. But i like the bottle, it's nice for my collection :)

My first bottle of purfume when I was 16. Very light, fruity and floral. It is the purfume for young girl.

to me its smell like a jasmine, lotus maybe.. fresh, not cheap. its takes just 4-6 hours in my body.

So much light flowers and discrete scent. I don't find it flashy or strong like others.

It was my 16 years old birth day gift. It was amazing to me.

I bought this because it got decent reviews and the notes seemed lovely, and also because the bottle really is darling. Unfortunately, on me it smelled like a cross between "Fantasy" and "Circus Fantasy," neither of which am I a fan of. The citrus turned sour on my skin after a couple of hours. A well-made citrus never does this (Perry Ellis 360, M. Asam No. 1 are examples), but synthetic, cheap citrus always does. Oh well, too bad for me. Though I was tempted to keep this because of the adorable bottle, I returned it the next day.