Wanted Girl

Hmm. I expected to hate it. But I actually really like it! I added a $2 sample of this to my cart to get free shipping on another purchase. I kind of expected this to be a 30 minute tween scent something between an Ariana Grande perfume and My Way/Valentino smelling. Not at all what I expected. It isn’t the most original composition but has a very nice sweet general mass-pleasing sense to it. I was thinking, “wait, do I want a FB of this???” Then I looked up the notes and the perfumers and of course it’s a winner. Ropion designed one of my all time top 3 favs, Carnal Flower. This is a sweet gourmand carmel-like floral that reads to me a bit like jasmine. Something occasionally smells a bit like Alien to me. If you told me this was an Alien flanker (clarins era) I’d believe you. If you hate jasmine notes I’d recommend sampling first. Even though jasmine isn’t listed, the “datura” note I suppose has a similar white floral smell to “Alien” jasmine. I see this is rated similar to Alien Fusion, which I wore until it ran out and was discontinued. Yes, they’re similar, but not identical. Fusion smelled and behaved like a true Alien flanker. This smells better. Less like Alien, more amplifying the gourmand notes I wish weren’t so subtle in Fusion. This smells less synthetic and airy than Fusion as well. Though different, I would recommend this for anyone who is looking for a replacement now that Fusion was discontinued. Patchouli is not distinguishable to my nose and I get no funky stank from it. Base notes blend nicely to make an intoxicating rich sweet spicy heart of the scent. Very mass pleasing blend, blind buy safe/safe gift option unless the recipient hates white florals and/or spice/pepper. I don’t need a FB. I already own too many scents including some that remind me of this. But I do like it, and if I was gifted a bottle I wouldn’t resell it. Who am I kidding... I’m most likely going to buy a bottle to replace Fusion in my collection. Surprisingly a winner! Side note-I never watch YouTube/TikTok fragrance review videos, as I find nothing to gain from listening to a fame thirsty wannabe describe a scent in whatever empty words will entice people to like&subscribe, so I know nothing of the cult of personality viral hoards or what their opinions are on this scent. Buy and wear what makes you happy, not something sold to you by a talking head on a screen ✌️

The lovely Azzaro duo formed by Wanted Girl and Wanted for Men had all the trademarks of a sellout pair, but they work out SO well. Wanted Girl is not the typical sweet scent you'd expect, with almost no lactonic notes (that I perceive, anyway). The opening is not very ginger forward, but you can clearly smell the orange flower with the pink pepper and a hint of pomegranate, the latter being rather short lived. The dulce de leche is rather prominent, you can feel this for the entire duration of the wear, but it's not sickly! As soon as you feel the caramel note you get a tempering slightly bitter note, which might be the datura flower, or at least the idea of one. The base brings an ever-so-slight smokiness from the tonka, with a bit of a bite from the patchouli and vetiver. If you tend to stay away from patchouli, you might like this, the vetiver and tonka keep it rather grounded. I find the composition beautiful, balanced from that slightly bitter note, with an amazing depth from that vetiver in the base. It's not at all juvenile, but not really grown-up at the same time. In terms of performance, this will get you through the day, but I would not use it in warm weather since it would be way too much. It's made to be a crowd pleaser, but I would recommend testing first (might be too much for some). I've seen it compared to Poison Girl and Girl of Now, personally I smell it closer a bit to Black Opium.

Ah this is gorgeous! I can’t get enough of it. This was part of a bunch of samples I got and I put off sampling it for a while because I thought it was just going to be another ‘cloyingly sweet’ gourmand but my word, this is lovely! It starts of a little sharp and sweet but within a few minutes, it morphs into a warm, sweet, creamy floral...and this is the best part, the middle notes, I think...ah! I can’t stop sniffing my wrist, I’m getting carried away😂 I would say it is fairly unique for what it is bc I haven’t smelled anything exactly like this in recent years. But of course, it does borrow from some popular elements for it’s dry down. Something about this reminds me of a teacher back in primary school. I can’t describe what I’m smelling unfortunately but I find it comforting; maybe something similar was worn by a really nice teacher...or was it my mom?! Wait I think it was my mom😂 Anyway, all I’m saying is that this is definitely worth a try. It’s an everyday, no-brainer kind of scent; I can wear this and gift it to my mom as well so it’s not juvenile at all. It’s not too heavy and has a decent sillage. This makes me very happy; this gourmand, I love.

I read so many comments that this is a generic fragrance but, as I see, people cannot agree what does this fragrance reminds them of. And that is because this is not so generic. For me, this is the perfect summer gourmand. Dang, i love smelling like this in summer. Unfortunately, though i can feel it throughout the whole 8 hours at work, the sillage is so so poor. The others cannot enjoy the magic potion it is. Only you, as a wearer, are the lucky chosen to enjoy it's marvel. This is my 1st gourmand i loved and now, the 3rd year after it was crafted, I still love it like in the 1st day. Such a perfect frag for a morning coffee on a sunny beach..if the sun above the beach in the morning had a smell, this would be it. Too lovely for me. Too delicious. Such a pity for the low projection. The others should have the right to smell it, too but such a luck that the one who wears it can enjoy it the whole day...

Got this for my girlfriend for her birthday because it smelled the most original and I liked it the most out of the other fragrances at the Macy's counter. Not terribly expensive, and for the price I got a full bottle, a travel spray, and 2 extra vials all in a collector's tin, plus a free Azzaro handbag. For a fragrance this nice, and all those extras, less than 100$ was a steal. This fragrance is a bomb of caramel and tonka gourmand aromas that fill a room when you spray it. It's gorgeous, and though it's sweet, you can do 4 sprays without it being cloying to others despite it's rather large sillage. She also loved the bottle, and the fact that you can use the atomizer sprayer or the trigger to use it. Looks great on her dresser. Overall, a classy, well-priced sexy gourmand that lasts forever, has great sillage, and comes in a beautiful bottle to top it all off.