Work Your Magic

This is my favourite of the stories collection! I love sweet scents and this definitely sweet, like a sticky sweet like honey. I smell like a beautiful vanilla and honey dessert. Its sillage is not strong and it does fade to a skin scent on me quite quickly, which I actually like. I put it on in the morning before I start my makeup, and by the time I get to work or wherever I need to be, I can still smell it, but only those who are physically close (like a hug distance) can smell it too. I don’t like leaving a trail of scent behind me. To balance the sweeteness, I have sometimes been layering this with Avon’s Soft Musk and the two of these together are just lovely! My second favourite of this line is Skip a Beat, which I also find to be a sweet scent, but lighter. I like Cloud Nine but don’t love it, which is surprising because it’s also supposed to be sweet and have a ‘whipped cream’ accord. I don’t dislike Something Amazing but I don’t reach for it. In a nutshell, I like all four, but love this one!

I have three out of the four Avon Stories scents - Something Amazing, Cloud Nine, and Work Your Magic. Work Your Magic is my favorite of the group. Honey heavy with a bit of apple and then the lotus blossom comes in later. It's different and unique than other perfumes I have since I don't have many honey-based fragrances. The biggest problem with this (and the other Stories I bought) is it has no longevity and its sillage is so weak. If I wanted a skin scent, it would be fine but I usually like my fragrances a little stronger. I still love the smell of this though, so I'm going to keep it to use for my pleasure only. I do think this is versatile and could be worn year-round in any weather.

Work Your Magic does smell like a modern take on Night Magic! I had completely forgotten about Susan Louise's review when I first tried WYM, but upon first spritz, I immediately thought, "This must be the one someone compared to Night Magic!" WYM is softer and sweeter than NM. It is less musky, and in keeping with the rest of the Avon Stories line, it is sadly rather weak. But its pedigree is unmistakable. The name and the colors on the bottle are not coincidence. I still have one Story left to try, but so far, Work Your Magic is my favorite one.

A pretty honey/apple/lotus scent that is very soft, but preferable for a body spray for me as I can hardly smell it at all after about half an hour. Completely expected when I look at the pyramid. Not a bad-smelling fragrance, but not much worth the effort, if I want to wear perfume this is not one I'd choose. I would have liked this quite a bit as a young girl maybe around 12 years old. That said, it is a pretty smell and I'm glad I got to try it, I got it for a birthday gift but would not purchase myself.

Work Your Magic reminds me of another Avon scent - the classic Night Magic Evening Musk. But I don't read any similar notes. Work Your Magic is especially wearable for those who don't want a sweet scent. And the blue/black bottle is attractive.....Price is great when on sale at the Avon website or on eBay.