Circus Fantasy

I finally got this after a long while! My Britney collection is growing a lot more than I'd like to admit but who cares, that's beside the point! Now let's dive into Circus Fantasy.. I actually adore this! Not nearly as much as Fantasy and Fantasy Sheer.. But for a flanker? My goddess, she's in the top 5 of my Britney collection! And just BARELY.. I think what I adore about Circus Fantasy is that this is very much a fruit shampoo scent that I can actually get behind and I think it's because of the delectable sweet, CLEAN clean musk drydown. This is a very clean fragrance but it's also got a sugar sweetness to it (Because of course, it's Britney bish..). I've gravitated toward clean and flowery more these days but Circus scratches an itch for me when I want sugar with my clean lol and like I said.. I still idolize Fantasy/Sheer (They are just idol perfumes! this isn't up for debate!). Circus is very much a well put-together woman (Or young lady) who is clean, put together and confident.. But a little playful. It opens very bright, sweet and sugary.. And it stays sugary quite a bit. It's essentially a blast of sugar and raspberry. It isn't aquatic to me, but somewhere between air and water.. I appreciate it for not being entirely one or the other. It lends to its uniqueness. The drydown is divine and where the clean musk, vanilla, sugar and raspberry all settle on a bed of woods and violet (I LOVE WOODS AND VIOLET YESSS!!!). To be honest everything about this perfume is stuff I like aside from the overdose of raspberry but that settles down and it isn't grossly sweet to where it cloys me (I'm looking at you Midnight Fantasy, which I SADLY cannot wear because of how beastly and cloying it is with the plum overdose..). Circus Fantasy surprised me. Moreso for the fact that I really thought it would be my TOP favorite but.. Instead it is just confidently in my top 5 Britney fragrances (I know you're wondering what they are so: Fantasy, Fantasy Sheer, Fantasy: Intimate Edition, Believe and Circus Fantasy.) Circus Fantasy kicked Curious out of my top 5 and only because for all intents and purposes, Curious is a bit boring and too "vanilla" if you will. I still adore that scent too! Circus is just more fun and flirty while still being beautifully clean, feminine and a pop of energy! Final review stuffs: It lasts for hours on me! Smells beautiful on my skin! Adore the drydown.. Even better when sprayed on clothes and it dries down and my clothes smell like sugared musk and flowers the next day!!! Day or night this is a very versatile, pretty perfume I think you can wear for almost any occasion.. Be mindful when spraying, you can definitely overspray! I say go easy on it at first then find the right dose! AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE GOURMANDS DON'T BOTHER because she is VERY sweet and she WILL let you know because that sugar and raspberry is there from open to heart to dry down finish LOL. This is a CLEAN fresh girl shampoo gourmand (Like almost all of her scents smh LOL). Like really if u don't like the fresh, shampoo clean girl 2000's y2k vibe of the perfumes from that era idk probably avoid most of Britney's frags. Solid 8 out of 10!!!

I bought this for the raspberry note as I hunt down every raspberry fragrance, but I can't smell raspberries in this. Unless it is a dry raspberry-in-potpourri kinda note. .a hint of apple and cherry is also present . To my surprise this isn't too sweet because it also smells herbal there's a soft powdery thing going on that keeps it from smelling too sweet, or something but it is very sweet.. dry Kind of sweet. But fresh at the same time. Like a fresh potpourri smell .. At first I get a sophisticated tangy zesty smell but then I gets whiffs of floral cinnamoney vanilla that retains some zesty tangy note to it... (now I know after reading the description that they used zesty raspberry, and apricot blossom is a soft fruity powdery note) ...then I could also say I get sour cherry.. or apricots and herbs... I thought I might be detecting the lemon verbena note that is in hidden fantasy but nothing listed in notes says lemon or lemon verbena or any kinda grassy herb.. yet i get spicey cinnamon apple cider boiled with orange rinds sometimes too. Or more like Christmas mulled wine without the fizzy alcoholic touch. This is super mysterious and impossible to pin down and I never smelled anythinglike it .. like a mysterious fairy flipping and dancing while still having also a mysterious and elegant personality and she is wearing crystal jewellery out in the sunset. I absolutely love this unique gem It s like a moving festive tent full of morphing fairies that come out at sunset. Because each time I smell it I get a whiff of something. Hidden fantasy to me smelled indeed like a hidden lemon verbena cupcake or an herbal zesty cake that u just got to wait for it to appeare as the scent develops into it. It is indeed hidden because when u smell a zesty herb u usually don't expect a cupcake full of spice and everything nice to pop up. both hidden and circus fantasy remind me of mulled wine and christmas and potpourri scent near the fire place If u wanna know how this circus fantasy perfume tastes like in an herbal tea, u should try cherry herbal infusion by ahmad tea. Has rosehip, cherry, apple, hibiscus and other flavours in it. I think red plants have a component that make them smell similiar kinda..

I listen to rap music so Queen Latifah or Rhianna is more up my alley for a blind perfume buy. But finally, something led me to gorgeous Britney. My first experience was when I sprayed Intimate Fantasy since there was a tester and my eyebrows raised - low key impressed. Do I love Britney Spears? Yes. I do. And after smelling (bought today) this perfume - Britney Spears Circus Fantasy - wow. At first spray does it resemble a very good men's cologne? I don't know but I love this Circus. The first one I bought was Midnight Fantasy - it's good. But this one is my favourite. Then I bought Hidden Fantasy. Really good. So out of the three Britney Fantasy perfumes I now own - Circus is my favourite. Then Hidden Fantasy in the deep red bottle and then third favourite out of three comes Midnight Fantasy in the royal blue beautiful bottle. It's Britney, bitch. And she's surprised me before - and she did it again today with Circus - I did not think I'd like it after reading mediocre reviews. They said silly untruths (smells like soap or shampoo or baby powder - NO.) I fell in love with it at first spray on my skin- the dry down is so good too - is it the combo of Peony and Violet that I love? The top is stunning, the middle notes captured my heart, this perfume is relaxing and gorgeous and so special. The dry down - also great. The bottle is visually my least favourite of the ones I have but the smell of Circus Fantasy, for me, is the best. I don't know what it smells like but it reminds me of something that I love. It's new for me so I hope that the silage and longevity are at least good because I want this perfume all over - a Britney cloud of blue shimmer with studded pink crystals. There I said it. It's Britney bitch. Britney - if you're reading this - I love you.

I blind bought this recently from Fragrance net, the bottle leaked in the box, and I hated the initial whiff I got when opening the packaging. That being said, I decided to try it on just wrists today and I am shocked at how much I love it! This is dopamine in a bottle for me. I'm not sure which note it is but there's something in this that goes straight to the back of my nose and triggers some sort of happy chemical response. I saw a review on this recently that said this was the "youngest smelling" bottle in the fantasy line, I'm not sure I agree with that but it is definitely sweet and girly (as is the entire fantasy line). I think this is more complex than maybe some people give it credit for, or maybe I just got a really good batch!! It opens with a watery raspberry and some sharp floral notes, but if you let it settle it morphs into the prettiest sweetest floral with a touch of wood. The water lily sticks around on my skin and really balances the whole thing, keeping it from being overly sugary. On the dry down I actually get a lot more woods than I was expecting, I think I might try to layer this with a pure sandalwood fragrance to make it a little more mature! I'm not sure about longevity on this yet but I rarely rely on that when looking for a fragrance I love. Before buying this I already had OG Fantasy, Sunset Fantasy, and Midnight Fantasy in my collection. I like them all in different ways but I think this one is my new favorite! I can't believe I hated this one out of the box! The price makes it worth the blind buy in my opinion as long as you are a fan sweet florals and the fantasy line!

Review is for my own reference - I wasn't sure what to expect with this as I was a bit afraid I wouldn't like it. It's not my top Britney scent, but it's good. It reminds of a kids bubble bath or those little bath oil jelly beads from the 90's that came in fun colours and shapes. It's a sweet scent that totally takes me back to when I would smell the jelly shell of the bath oil- I love the texture, smell and colours of them! It is funny how you can associate a smell with such a vivid memory! I don't find the raspberry note very prominent, I think I'd like it more if I could smell more raspebrry, like in Lancome's Tresor Midnight Rose. I do smell a little bit of violet, which I think helps to not make it so childish sweet. I don't know if it's the memory of the bath jellies or the water Lillie's that give it a watery/aquatic smell. i think this would be good in spring and summer, by the pool or beach. I think it would have been fun for them to add a popcorn note since it's called CircusF. I've never been to the virus but nothing about the scent makes me think of one. This one is okay. Edit: I like this better the second time trying it. There is a nice violet, jelly candy, and aquatic scent. Super sweet, but the florals help to not make it too cloying. I still get kids' bubble bath vibes from it. Longevity isn't the greatest, after 3-4 hours it's extremely faint on the skin After wearing this a few more times I really like it, I find myself craving it! It smells like yummy gummy violets candies mmmmmm :) The silage is a bit better than some other britney perfumes at an arms length+.