Curious

Got several bottles of this. This is iconic and first perfume I got myself, a signature at the start of my journey. When launched it came in spray format, but the biggest had the fancy atomiser. It was bad because it broke halfway on me and also allowed the scent to evaporate and spoil faster. Since it was my only perfume I’d use it up before it would turn, but the juice did get more thick at the end. I’d screw the top cap back as it was sold and used it as splash bottle. I would then seek the 100 ml tester with a spray. No wonder it was a hit with me since I got that chemistry that makes these white florals smell divine on me. This also packed freshness and aqua fantasy paradise vibe with it. A gentle sillage, never too overpowering. Also I had two different versions: made in France (more floral fresh, smoother profile), made in USA (more punchy fruity note in it). The oldest 15 ml one has clear liquid, but the scent is broken. Another 30 ml looks like early 2010 still intact and very potent and dense scent. Mid 201x bottle has still decent formulation and metal like sprayer. 2020 bottle with blue plastic sprayer is a diluted mess worse than body spray. 6 years macerating and still not stronger than a body spray. Charms: first formula had charms with crystal chain, then there were charms with just ball chain and then nothing. I hope (dreams) Give back beauty will restore this beauty to its former formula and charms with crystals be back please. I don’t care about bargain I’d pay more for better quality, hellooo? This and original Fantasy, Believe are amazing scent profiles! It’s been 18 years since I came upon this site when searching where to get this perfume online btw.

I really love this perfume. I blind bought it after having read reviews, and when I first smelled it, I actually didn't like it too much. It grew on me IMMENSELY over time. Many of the reviews I watched and read about Curious before I bought it described it as youthful, playful, and young, so I was expecting something much lighter and innocent than this - but to me, Curious smells mature (not in an old lady way, but in an independent, confident 20-something year old woman type of way). It is so sultry, and represents the 2000s very well. It's a very comforting smell, and like other users have stated, it smells like the color of the bottle. It's very aquatic and floral, but not in a super "light and airy way" in my opinion - by this, I mean that instead of an open, breezy field of flowers, this smell makes me think of a magical, shimmering, glowing turquoise pond, at night, with lotus flowers dancing on its surface and ethereal rain misting down upon me. Oh, and mermaids. The opening is more forward with the florals and feels brighter and more playful. But after some time, it settles into what I think of as a sultrier and "deeper" version of the inital spray. By the end of its evolution, it's sickeningly alluring and musky in the most "seductress" way possible... all while maintaining traces of the opening and heart notes. I have come to absolutely adore this fragrance. I find myself reaching for it over my other perfumes very often. I wear it day, night, and all year round. To me, it is very unique, and I personally wouldn't bother spending a lot of money on all sorts of crazy expensive designer perfumes when something like Curious satisfies me as much as it does.

An absolute classic. Sold like hot cakes for several reasons.... #1 - The obvious...it smells amazing. #2 - Britney's name is attached to it and this came out in 2004 when not every celebrity had a fragrance line. #3 - It's affordable #4 - Packaging is cute as hell. #5 - It's promotion was very well done and widely done all throughout the world. And don't even get me started on how amazing she looked in the commercial. Anyway...to sum this up...the scent itself is great. Will always be one of the best celebrity perfumes on the market. The packaging is cute. The scent is quality. I get about 6-7 hours of duration from this baby. And the scent it quite versatile. It's very floral but it's not a sugar bomb like a lot of celebrity scents these days so this is an amazing day time perfume, even for most professions. It's clean and won't offend anyone. Britney continues to dominate the celebrity fragrance world (along with a few others like JLO and Paris Hilton). Her scents are always quality...and always last (with the exception of Island Fantasy which is weak as hell). Two thumbs up Britney. I'm sure that several women out there were teenagers when they bought this and still wear it today in their 20s, 30s and 40s. YES...it's THAT versatile! An absolute love! Scent Itself - 9.5/10 Performance - 8/10 Overall Rating - 9/10

This is my first fragrantica review, and I love Curious so much that it inspired me to make it my first. I wish I hadn't been stuck up to try this fragrance when I was younger. I know I would have loved it just as much when it debuted in 2004 when I was 13 as I do now in 2024 at 33. It would have become my signature scent. I love experiencing this fragrance, the bottle itself is a little genie bottle and it makes me feel like an old timey movie star when I hold it. And the scent itself is classic clean girl; the citrusy magnolia is the first thing I smell before it becomes aquatic with florals. The dry down is soft, yet classy! I've yet to find an occasion where this fragrance isn't appropriate. It's a skin scent that makes me feel more like me. I never would have guessed this was a celeb fragrance if I didn't know. The ONLY con is it's poor longevity. I love, love, LOVE Curious but it just doesn't last. And as much as I love the bottle, it's too awkward to carry around in my bag. I guess I could decant it into something smaller, but for this price point, it feels kinda silly? I always associate decants with pricier fragrances, so maybe that's just a me issue. tldr; I love this, but the longevity SUCKS.

An Aquatic Floral musk scent with a tiny dose of soap and some bit of rain. Another one of my faves from Britney, perfect for an after shower spray on a sweltering day, Literally perfect for any day occasion in spring and summer, gives that squeaky clean image with that chilled summer vibe scent. Picture it raining on a tropical beach whilst the the sun is still out, and you're having a pear spritzer by an outdoor bar set in a garden where an array of white florals are growing and in full bloom, and in that garden there's a pond with a lush growth of blooming lotus flowers floating upon it and there's a gentle breeze around, now picture this entire scenario and how it will smell, that is how Curious smells to me, it's a refreshing scent. It lasts me around 8 hours with moderate projection for like four hours and a skin scent for it's duration. My rating overall is 8.5/10 as it's an amazing spring summer scent, and yes it's meant for ladies, but I don't care, and never will and will continue to buy any scent whether it be for ladies, men, aliens, dinosaurs, and all creatures great and small, if I like it I'd get it.