Sui Dreams

Me and Sui Dreams go way back. Right back to 2003 so 22 years ago now. First year of high school, I was wearing her when I had my first kiss with my first boyfriend. He was shorter than me and when we would hug he’d say ‘I love your perfume’. I then wore it every single day. I took her to school in my bag and my friends would ask to spray her. She is a sweet, airy, powdery Vanilla. I smell hints of fruit but nothing I can pin point as the powdery vanilla is the star of the show. It cuts above everything else and remains from beginning to end. Once it dries down it becomes so ‘comfy’. It’s like putting on your favourite soft loungewear set at the end of a long day and just relaxing. There is something very soothing and cosy about this fragrance. She smells exactly as she always has, people rave about the popular designer fragrances, they ‘trend’ online, everyone wants goddess, Burberry her, good girl, black opium etc.. But no one ever mentions this wonderful fragrance, in its stunning stand out bottle. I repurchase her whenever I’m running low, she’s always hidden away on the bottom shelf behind the counter. The saleswoman asks me to repeat what I want and has to search for it. This is a fragrance not many people talk about and I will never understand why she hasn’t ever become a ‘thing’. If you ask my closest friends what fragrance they associated with me I think they’d say this. From the bottle you’d assume it was expensive but no, she’s £20 for 50ml, I don’t believe a bigger size was ever launched. Longevity isn’t great. Maybe 2 hours, but the fragrance itself isn’t a powerhouse, it’s a fragrance those who hug you smell, or sit right next to you. But it’s a fragrance I wear for me these days, the nostalgia it takes me back to 2003. I had blonde hair with brown underneath, I talked to my friends via msn after school, we’d arrange to meet up. I’d make my hair poker straight, apply my Lancome Juicy tube, grab my flip phone and spritz Sui Dreams about 20 times before heading off to meet them. Sui Dreams is SO underrated!!

One of my best blind buys, and best purchase this month !! I certainly am not the biggest vanilla fragrance enjoyer, so I had no idea what to expect with this—mainly bought it for the cute purse bottle lol Wow, I think I’m a convert. 😭 This is such a dreamy vanilla fragrance. It’s not the cloying, sickly-sweet, nausea-inducing, gourmand vanilla that I DESPISE. + this fragrance is quite an experience !! It fools you with a fresh citrus note right after spraying but it gradually mellows down to this dreamy, powdery, musky vanilla as it dries down. It’s not too “gourmand dreamland of cakes and biscuits”, it’s not too sweet, it’s almost as if vanilla was a fresh scent? It’s like a cloud of toothpaste-y bubblegum marshmallows (if that makes sense) 🎀 A spray of this gives you the sailor moon transformation treatment that turns you into a cloud fairy princess. ☁️ This has easily become my signature scent. Perfect for everyday, everytime, everywhere, everyseason scent. I WILL GLADLY PURCHASE MORE BOTTLES IN THE FUTURE !! CURRENTLY EYEING THE GREEN AND PURPLE FLANKERS. 🩵👛💚💜 Despite it being an EDT, the performance is EDP-esque. I sprayed this a night before because I went out for a special occasion, after I woke up and had my light workout, I could still smell the dreamy vanilla scent lingering around me. Cutesy and dreamy but packs a babydoll suckerpunch 🦋 Thanks to this perfume, I’m a fairy now and I live in my kingdom made of powder and clouds. 🧚♂️

Yes Sui Dreams is back in Australia! This is the first time I've seen it in Australian stores (Chemist Warehouse) in a long time. It's being sold as part of a gift set 30ml EDT with matching body lotion. Almost sold out in some stores so be quick! So I bought it and so far; thank god Dreams lasts longer than Anna Sui EDT; because I just love this little vanilla comfort scent! Powdery yet a little dusty which gives it an antique feel, and some faint fruits and spices. A simple yet lovely vanilla. One for the inner child in all of us; looks so pretty on my bedside table. The cute bottle and comforting scent appeals to my inner child; symbolizing carefree days of innocence and wonder, that still lie within us all. I do wish I had a HUGE bottle of this though! The matching body lotion is actually really good quality for a change and allows you to layer the fragrance nicely. I like to mix in a few sprays into the lotion, whilst in the palm of my hand for longer lasting scent. Even on it's own it's really nice and well fragranced; I like to use it as a hand cream before bed. I love to fall asleep to this this scent; it's just so comforting, like a magical hug ^_^ If anyone sees Dreams being sold off for cheap somewhere else, I'd definitely be interested in buying a few backups. Sui-eet Dreams! :)

This was the first perfume I chose for its scent rather than its bottle or its brand (yes, I was guilty of those things when I was in my teens.) I bought it on my sixteenth birthday with the money from my Saturday job and I remember feeling so grown up! So of course this has a special significance to me. It's a lovely fragrance, a musky vanilla, soft and happy with gorgeous hints of nutmeg. Oddly,the blue juice seems to really suit the scent, even though the notes suggest a more golden colour would be more apt. On me, it's not a powdery scent like other reviewers have said, but of course every scent is different on every wrist. It's sillage radiates at about a foot or two from the wearer and its lasting power is average on skin but spray it on a scarf and you can smell it all day. Overall, it's a very pretty oriental vanilla with a perfect balance of sweetness. It's very soft and wearable and I think it's an ideal fragrance for women in their late teens who do not want to smell fruity or sickly-sweet. Mind you, saying that, it could easily suit women of any age with a youthful, laid back personality.

I cannot express in words how much I adore this perfume. I first fell in love years and years ago and have coveted it since then. My love has not waned, and it makes me terribly sad that it's discontinued. I wonder if harassing Anna Sui will convince her to relaunch it? The first time I smelled Sui Dreams I felt like home....such a familiar smell, and then I realised that it smells a lot like my own natural scent to me. It blends into my scent seamlessly and lingers for quite a long while. Then again, I can't usually handle very strong perfumes as they easily overwhelm my softer natural scent. I adore cedar wood, and am not surprised to find that it's a base note here. I love that there is a sweetness but tartness to it, and in some ways it reminds me of the comfort I feel when I smell Believe by Britney Spears (though Believe is more punchy and exotic/spicy). I will be gladly willing to do trades or buy bottles odd of anybody....must hoard! :)