Simply Pink by Pink Sugar

I've been in love with pink sugar since it was released 10 years ago. I've had the real deal, samples, dupes, and smelt many things trying to impersonate it's character. Pink Sugar is really something else, I've noticed this silly little fragrance getting some growing respect over the years because as strange of a fragrance as it is, it really holds it's own. I didn't have high hopes for simply pink, simply because it was supposed to be less. Less for me usually doesn't mean better, especially with gourmands. I was still eager to try though and sprayed the top of one of my fingerless gloves. When I first smelled simply pink I was floored. Simply pink is just done right! The top notes delivered me a sugary punch of 3 of my favorite notes. Green leaves, almonds, and raspberry. Wow. That really shook up my senses in a pleasant way, just holding the simply pink bottle I was expecting that all too familiar licorice but it was just totally gone, poof! The floral heart is pretty and nice, imagine walking through trees filled with white petals showering on you. The bottom is really nice! A strawberry pink praline?! Unusual, still very sweet and lovely. The licorice vanilla helps the fragrance smell more like the old pink sugar at the dry down. Overall I was just sniff, sniff hooraying with my glove all the way home. Best of all my glove smelt like simply pink all the next day and it was the best smelling drives to school ever. The even better best of all you can still smell a bit of the top notes even till the end, and for me this was so important because the top notes are my very favorite! I encourage all pink sugar and non-pink sugar lovers to try. Simply pink is still somewhat similar to pink sugar but packing a lot less of a punch. Simply pink is simply pretty! I am head over heels for that green leaf, almond, raspberry combo. I've had a good run with pink sugar, 10 years of loyalty, but simply pink has me switching sides to try something different. Very pleased with aquolina once again.

I typically don't wear sweet fragrances given their capacity to induce migraines. This spring, sweet/fruity/floral scents are all I want to wear. If you already have Animale Love (which came out in 2012), you don't need to buy Simply Pink (came out in 2013), or vice versa. They're similar despite their different notes. Based on all the reviews I read, I'm glad I settled for Gold Sugar and Simply Pink and decided against Pink Sugar. I'm not crazy about the cotton candy note and prefer to not wear such a sugary fragrance. I absolutely love Simply Pink. I received it in the mail today and couldn't wait to try it. Unlike Animale Love, Simply Pink has berry, vanilla, and almond notes, so it opens juicy, sweet, and floral with soft citrusy notes. It also has a clean, sweet, creamy dry drown where the berry, almond, and vanilla notes dominate. The licorice note in Simply Pink is fortunately not that strong (for me) since I've never liked the licorice note. This is basically a very well balanced and pleasant fragrance. Longevity and sillage are moderate, so use a light hand to avoid the headaches that come with over-spraying sweet scents. The cylindrical perfume box looks and feels cheap (as is the case with Gold Sugar). The flanker itself is okay, nothing remarkable there. This is a safe blind-buy and I can tell I'll be reaching for it often. I can see myself wearing this (and Gold Sugar) throughout the year, not just in Spring and Summer. UPDATE I finally broke down and bought the original Pink Sugar. Contrary to my review above, I absolutely love it. More than any of the frags in this line and Animale. I plan to purchase the other frags in this line assuming they are still available.

A great dessert! Simply Pink by Pink Sugar Aquolina-Italian style-100ml. It opens with the freshness of a green note and juicy bergamot with a little bit of almond, then we move into a flower garden with an outstanding jasmine in the background of white flowers, and finally mmmm ... a great trumpet in a duet with raspberry poured with vanilla bourbon sauce with a pinch of liquorice and an addition sweet chocolates in one big cup, mmmm .. the best dessert this winter Italians could not give me! This dessert has no age or sex allowed for everyone, I think and I know that it will taste at any time of the year, whether on a sandy beach during holidays, in a clutch bag at an evening party or on your fur during a winter night stroll. Wrap, refresh and heat! Choose Italian dessert and enjoy the sweetness and pamper your senses throughout the year. Be free and alluring! Another Aqoulin pearl, strong durability and unisex type. Blessed! yummy! EDIT.The enchanting and magical effect of this dessert begins after about 1 hour, and on the second day my scarf smelled even more where I can smell chocolates and vanilla. The smell is magical and enigmatic, the sweet smell with a hint of piquancy that gives the effect of sparkling and not bland, quite different from the sister Pink Sugar. <3 I feel very good in him. The type of beast as I left Sugar in the series. scent 9/10 very long lasting scent. Power!

Another blind buy which i'm glad i bought it yet i never regret and sure will repeat. A gorgeous scent in a simple pink frosted bottle. I bought it at fragranceX at very cheap price and it was a tester. I dont need the fancy box (though the box/canister seems so nice) since it is my own collection. So after 5 days waiting this gem delivered to me in Malaysia. Finally, the await is over. I bought 2 Aquolina Sugar range (that was the only stock they have at that time). I bought pink sugar and simply sugar (both are tester). The pink sugar, from the noz you already can smell the sweetness which is i loveeeeeeeeee so much. So i decided to try simply pink first bcoz i can't smell it from it's noz. I push the noz very tender and gentle... yeaahh i dont want to ruin this baby ahahaha since it is new unused tester unit. So i spritz 1 time. Then the fun started to begin... zesty, delicious, fresh, a bit citrusy in a nice way.. it is so berries flavor... then within an hour the floraly-sweet takes its role... you can smell sweet flavor but not to sugary... it is more vanilla... sweet but not to overpowering. And it stays for hours till reaches the dry down... super nice. I cant tell yet which one i prefer between pink sugar or simply pink. Since both has similiarities but different sensation. Later will update my review...

I'm very happy with this delicious fragrance! I tend to like all the Aquolina fragrance line and have loved Pink Sugar for years. This one, is very similar - but the differences are noteworthy. Anyone who likes Pink Sugar, but doesn't like that stronger 'burnt sugar' note are going to love this. It's like Pink Sugar, with the 'in your face' qualities removed. I especially wanted to try it because I love strawberry and raspberry in anything and this definitely doesn't disappoint! The fruitiness is great, but is well balanced by the other notes. From the composition, you might think it's only something teens could wear, but I think this could go for any age. It has a great sweetness, but doesn't feel overly young to me. A much better fragrance than something like 'Viva La Juicy' - which to me just screams 'young teenage girl'. Not as long-lasting as the original Pink Sugar - mostly because it's just a softer scent to begin with - but I got my bottle for $18.00 on Ebay - so at that price I can spray as often as I need to :)

Thank you sooo much to the review down below that said this is very similar to Animale Love 💕 AL is my fave and it's hard to find now and sellers have hiked up the price to ridiculous amounts that I refuse to ever pay. So I now have my replacement and it is identical to Animale Love. It's more floral than it is gourmand but better than regular pink sugar. I prefer sweet florals so a gourmand with florals that show themselves, is right up my alley. I will be stocking up on this! I love this strawberry shortcake land fragrance! It's so sweet and comforting. It reminds me of me, the person I was before I learned about the cruelties in the world. I must've had a doll that smelled like this back in the 80s. Oh and funny thing, before I discovered this, i purchased Creamy Sunshine and I fell in love with that one and my first thought was this is so ultra related to Animale Love they could be flankers! Then I discover Simply Pink and it is related to creamy sunshine! I love both of them! Far better than the original.

This is definitely without a doubt 100% better than the original Pink sugar. It is not as cloyingly sweet and has a nice pop of freshness provided by the green notes and an air of softness thanks to the almond. Licorice is still ever present in the initial spray, and still settles quite heavily on the skin, but for me the sillage is much softer and less spicy/offensive than the original. The praline accord replacing the caramel in the original is a nice touch as it gives the scent a bite of saltiness and feels more sensual. My mouth waters when I smell my wrists. This is what the original Pink Sugar should have smelled like! **UPDATE: I am absolutely in love with this version of Pink Sugar. It smells SO MUCH BETTER than the original. I would often get a burnt licorice note lingering on me for hours which made me end up hating the original Pink Sugar, but this flanker doesn't do that at all. I have been reaching for it more and more lately and for the $19 price tag I really am not complaining. Love!

Sweet Perfection! I love that I can detect the lovely white flowers beneath the raspberry!! The vanilla peeks through frequently, as well. Unlike many other people here, I do not smell licorice. Wheres the licorice?? That fact I can't detect any is a total plus for me. As much as I love licorice-and I really do, I do not want to smell of it!! I find "Simply Pink" much more versatile than Pink Sugar Original. Although I love the original, it has a heavy musk bottom to it that sometimes turns my stomach. Simply Pink smells fresher, crisper in a fashion that does not give me a head or tummyache!! I myself would wear this to work. It is youthful but I don't feel it is age defined. It has a free spirited soul that is perfect for sunny. outdoorsy days on the weekend. I had a dream I was wearing this in the city. When I lived in Boston, I would spend days out in the sunshine checking out book and thrift shops and going to Bon au Pain. Great for women and (men) with a heart of a child!!

I was very curious about this one and found it on ebay.de at a great price. When I first sprayed it on I found it almost identical to the original Pink Sugar, but when I sprayed the orignal on the other arm the difference was notable, especially as the scent developed. At first I noticed the familiar sweet top notes, but there are no burnt sugar, then I get a fizzy cherry note, despite cherry is not listed. As the scent settles a raspberry hard candy note appears and becomes prominent. After three hours the scent is almost gone, but on the other arm I still feel the sweet musk and caramel base notes of the original. Aquolina Simply Pink is all about the pink fruits, the liquorice and sugar from the original is toned down. It is true to its name - Simply Pink, this is Pink Sugar minus the sugar. A daytime version suitable for warmer days - harmless but pleasant. :)

You spray it and you think that this will disappear on you in 30 minutes, but, surprisingly, it gets more vibrant and prominent as it dries down. The scent itself is very nostalgic. I am quite sure it smells like something I used to wear in the past but cannot figure out what it was yet. This is a very delicate scent, yet feminine with character. It is not anything like sweet fruity tropical scents, more floral and a little bit tangy but in good way. You definitely smell the jasmine and raspberry but not in a syrupy synthetic manner, just fresh and natural raspberry. I would say the majority of women from all ages would enjoy this scent because it is not too much in any aspect, yet offers good projection and longevity. A very safe purchase and would recommend it to all girls out there looking for a summer fragrance.

So pleasantly surprised by this one - sweet and tart, delicious and almost edible. After trying the original Pink Sugar and being disappointed by its synthetic generic sweetness I took a spritz from this tacky-looking pink bottle with pretty much zero expectations, but it turned out to be so very nice. Lots of reviews say that it's almost identical to Pink Sugar, but I don't smell that. It's more of Escada DNA for me - sweet and fruity, but fresh and green at the same time. But if you try it you'll have to bear through the first 10 minutes of a little bit of tire-factory going on. I guess that's a signature trait of all Aquolina sugars. But the "tires" disappear quite fast and you're left with berry-praline-almond goodness that lasts.

I am a big fan of the original pink sugar and saw this version in a chemist while up in lismore,I ended up buying this and I love it,it definitely has the same base as pink sugar but it's has an added fruitiness to it which sometimes comes across as a bit on the strawberry jam side with the peppery spiciness and vanilla,like its predecessor it has good longevity and smells great on my skin,I was lucky I found this while in Lismore because I live in Sydney and I haven't seen this in any stores there at the moment,but overall I love the combination of the original pink sugar notes with the new jam like fruit notes within simply pink and think it's just as nice as the original pink sugar.

I wore this one yesterday. I had forgotten about it as I've preferred other frags over time and had somewhat forgotten about this one. I really like this. It's great for spring/summer. It has a definite fizzy quality, like club soda. It's not as tooth achingly sweet as the OG. Interesting reading the comments below...I see a few people that detect a slight hint of oud in this. I don't get that at all. I promise you that if I smelled even the slightest smidgen of oud in here, I'd be running for the hills to get away from this. Um, or I could just stay where I'm at and post it on Mercari. I hate oud. I don't smell it at all in here. But, smell is very subjective so YMMV. 🤷♀️

i adore Simply Pink! Probably that pink lemonade vibe. I often don't like lemon notes, but it fits here and that praline almond note is unexpected! I love anything with almond or praline. It is really unique. One of the best blind buys ever! It kind of reminds me of Hanae Mori in a way. That's more the night time or special occasion version and this the daytime/casual version. This will get a lot of use this summer and fresh out of the shower. Edit: There is some sourness in the opening that can be kind of a turn off at times, but it’s so unique and I really like sour drinks and candy so I’ll put up with it. That may explain some of the negative reviews.

Simply Pink is Pink Sugar's little sister. She wants to be all grown up like Pink, she sneaks into her room and tries on her perfume. But...you can still find her picking flowers, chasing the dog, chewing on raspberry twists and peeling the candy layers off liquorice allsorts. She still likes to climb trees and hides amongst the leaves whilst sneaking peeks at the boy next door. He used to be her best friend but now she can't stand him since he tried to kiss her but neither can she forget... Simply Pink is fun and it sparkles with the memories of youth. It is green, tangy, fruity and hidden in the depth as always, irresistible Pink Sugar.

This is the first perfume i bought and it will always remind me of university, being a girl trying to become an adult and navigating life, learning responsibility for the very first time. It is so sweet, but the soft spiciness holds it down. I dont like licorice most times but i can make an exception for this one i think its nice. Its very cozy, powdery, fruit candy like, and it feels just like autumn and you spilled red berry fruit punch on someone’s cashmere sweater right before they pull you in for a hug. a formative chapter of my life bottled. One caveat, It gives me a headache when i overspray so beware people, she’s strong!

I went to buy BS Fantasy Intimate Ed. and saw this. Didn't know it existed (The original is TOO sweet for me) so I tried them both. Now I have to pick one (BOO) and I went with this one but I will wear it a day or two and see what it does on my skin. I didn't like the initial spray of Fantasy I.E. but the dry down is pretty amazing (as I write this and it finally settles) so... I do like the licorice in Simply Pink but we'll see...

Oh I simply love this perfume. The dry down scent is calm and sweet. On the first spray I got lots of citrus but after a few moments the vanilla and pralines made their appearance. It's perfect for anytime of the day. So I've worn this a few times and I just love it. I sprayed some on a jacket the other day and the scent is still as sweet. It smells like a vanilla cupcake and cotton candy rolled into one.

I would say this is a lighter and fresher version of aquolina's original pink sugar. This is a much softer fragrance. To me this could be the summer version or day time version of the original. If you like the original then you will like this. I am a collector of the aquolina 'sugar' fragrances and I enjoy them all. A very affordable and great quality Italian brand of perfume.

This is so nice! Yes, pink sugar but not as intense with the sweet smell. I’m just glad I don’t smell burnt sugar in this like I did with PS. They are very alike, though. I’d recommend this over pink sugar... PS: this lasted 8+ hours on my skin! I could smell it a little the next day