Sweet Like Candy

My main goal at the perfume shop today was to test and compare SLC & Ari, neither of which I have tested before. Sadly I dropped the paper strip right after leaving the shop! I had sprayed some on my arm, just not on a pulse point. To my nose 'Sweet Like Candy' is not as sweet as Ari. This is also sweet but WAY more subtle. The dark berries are there, not sharp or chemical-smelling, very nicely done. The whipped cream and marshmallow are there too. If you think of dark berries mixed with whipped cream and marshmallows, that's how SLC smells like, without too much added sugar. In a way the name is misleading because Ari is extra sweet - it's literally sweet like candy - so these two perfumes should swap names. 😉 Reminds me of Viva La Juicy Noir. Very nice, soft, sweet but not too sweet, comforting scent. Quite dreamy too. Sadly I don't pick up the pear. And you need to be into dark berries to like this perfume, they create the atmosphere. I might prefer this during cooler seasons as a warm comforting scent. I don't necessarily associate whipped cream with summer ~ I want something ultra fresh and light this time of the year. SLC is not heavy though, I found Moonlight heavier thanks to the plum note. If you're thinking about blind-buying Ari, SLC or Moonlight, and don't know which one to choose, I'd say: -If you want the sweetest option out there, that's strong and bright, then go for Ari. -If you want a dark berry cream dessert that's still sweet yet more subtle, then go for SLC. -If you want a heavier plum dessert, which is also good for night-time, then go for Moonlight. They're all well done and beautiful in their own way, and the marshmallow is in all of them. To me, SLC and Ari are very different from each other. In fact, I find SLC to have more in common with Moonlight, though they're different too. All three are clearly in the same family though, share that same Ariana DNA. Lastly; I will not recommend these scents for specific age groups because putting age-limits on smells is unnecessary and restrictive. Also grown adults have sweet tooth's and therefor sweet smells don't belong only to kids, teenagers and early 20s. 😉🍬

Guys. Guys. GUYS. What a beauty. I literally want to infuse this scent in my freakin scalp and veins. ITS JUST SO GOOD. You smell it and IMMEDIATELY THINK "so good". (Okay look....first time I smelt it in a store, all I got was alcohol. But trust me. Spray it on ur wrists real well (and ur clothing), come home, and you'll see.) With every whiff you get of this, you will just be in absolute ecstasy because it smells SO NICE. (atleast for me). I dont know what the heck it is- but it just smells like someone you walk past in town or something who just smells LOVELY. Gosh- I literally spray this everywhere. I first smelt this scent when I was on the back of my friends bicycle and I just COULDNT stop smelling her hair LOL. Thats how nice it is. Its like......."beautifully sweet????-ish skin thats kind of....fresh? BUT NOT IN A "💥CITRUS💥LEMON💥ORANGE💥BOOM" kind of way....just very "🌬🎐💞😍 ". So so nice. Its not too fruity at all. Heck- its not even fruity....its just...a cream-y...pleasant.."instantly in awe" kind of scent. Not harsh or bitter or "too sweet" like all these other folks are out here saying. Trust me I KNOW what sickly sweet smells like- and its bloody disgusting. This, however is not sickly sweet. Just...please....try it.....AND I ALSO REALLY WANT SOME PERFUMES THAT SMELL LIKE THIS LOL 😭😭

When I tried this for the very first time, I instantly knew that I had smelled this before somewhere. I had never owned it, never knew anyone who owned this growing up (surprisingly), but the smell was so familiar - I definitely have smelled this somewhere or on someone before. It's so familiar!! I was also a bit disappointed though because my expectations were really high thanks to the name but I found it was actually more subtle soft juicy scent rather than a screaming in-your-face sugar overload sweetness that I get with Vanilla Suede. The name made me think it was going to be either very sugary or just way more sweet than what it actually is, or at least much more bold but no, it has a much more subtle, underlying sweetness whilst still being incredibly sweet. This, like Ari, had issues when I first got them because it felt like no matter how much I sprayed, even smelling directly from the bottle, I couldn't smell a thing at first. I had to give it time before I could start actually detecting the scent of it but now there's no issues. The scent itself smells like a bittersweet fruity blackberry. It's so hard to describe but it smells so nostalgic coming from someone who never owned this growing up. Very signature scent worthy.

Many years later after the launch of Cloud, Love Notes, Mod, ect I still have the unpopular opinion that this is the best Ariana Grande fragrance. I'm not gonna pretend it's mature, but the powderiness of the marshmallow is cuddly in a very seductive way. The vanilla mixed with the whipped cream give it a lactonic twist. The blackberry adds fruitiness and it's so playful mixed with the marshmallow. I remember when I first tried this I thought yes, this is what I'm going for, and to this day I haven't found anything quite like it. It's so cute and innocent, not in the sense it has no sex appeal, but in the sense you'd wanna protect whoever is wearing it. Some days I almost smell a bready note to it. This is insanely sweet and gourmand; it's up there with Pink Sugar. If I get into a car with it people ask what I'm wearing so I guess that means it's noticeable. For me it lasts about 6 hours even on skin, but you may have better luck spraying it on clothes and hair because I think I'm in the minority. For years I've consistently seen reviews that this doesn't work for a lot of people's chemistry.

33 year old mom & proud to own/ wear it!🥰 I’ll share a full review & how I wear it to enhance it to perfection with body mists & fragrance oil. Sweeter like candy, more spillage & longer wearing. Most importantly, you make the scent unique to you with few layering to take the fragrance to its full potential. I use it in a way that enhances it instead of making it a completely different scent. I always get compliments this way! I absolutely love The fragrance notes, I just wish it was stronger, better silage & longer lasting, that is my only issue with this perfume! So here it how it goes. 👇🏽 Body Mists to Layer With: {2 suggestions} 🍭 Phlur Heavy Cream Body Mist. 🍭 Phlur Berry Cream. Fragrance Oils: {2 suggestions} 🍬 Al Rehab Sukkar Banat سكر بنات (means girls sugar) and it absolutely fits! It has notes of cotton candy etc. 🍬 Dubai Flower Musk Tahara Marshmallow Crush. It’s a scent dupe to Yum boujee & marshmallow blush perfume. **All suggestions share notes with each other.** Than liberally apply the perfume & enjoy the dreamy edible scent bubble! You’ll turn heads. 🤤🤩💕