Fantasy Anniversary Edition

This is not reformulated in my opinion. I currently own two bottles of 2005 & 2006 Fantasy, with the crystal-studded cap bands, a bottle of ‘modern’ pink bottle Fantasy with the plain plastic cap band, and two bottles of Anniversary edition black bottle. (All large bottles; I have a mini pink bottle too for traveling). Past this, I have gone through many the bottle of crystal band-style Fantasy and plastic-band style over the past thirteen years. The bottle of 2005 Fantasy I’m whiffin’ RIGHT NOW is the same as the current pink bottle and Anniversary Edition. It just is. I bought the current pink bottle to save the two bottles of vintage, and then when Anniversary Edition released, I bought that a) as my souvenir of seeing Britney in Vegas, b) ‘cause I’m a completist, and c) because the black bottle is way more ‘me’ aesthetically than the pink. I believe EA when they claim there is no reformulated version. Because all mine are the same. I suspect that some people who don’t have an original to compare to just kind of have the rose-colored nostalgia you get for stuff you liked way back(kind of how when I watched the old TMNT cartoon recently it seems lame, but it’s the same as it was in the 90’s, I AM THE ONE WHO CHANGED and now my fond memory is tainted)....OR, possibly, if your vintage bottle really smells different, it is due to ambient conditions (heat, light, etc). Then too your skin can change over time and with variations in weather. Sometimes I spray Perfume X and get the vetiver...sometimes I spray and vetiver is on vacation that week. As your chemistry changes over years, you pull some notes more strongly, not at all, etc, and they’re still in the juice, your body is just interpreting them differently than before. The proportion of kiwi to white chocolate didn’t change, our chemistry did. I do not own the yellow snakeskin ‘Stage Edition’... that and Private Show VIP are the only ones by Britney I don’t own. I have tested Stage Edition though, and don’t recall feeling it was any different. Some of the massive swing in opinion may also be due to the fact that perfumes can change over time even when stored properly. Certain notes deepen and get more beast-mode, certain notes may lighten up or go away. Shalimar and pure sandalwood oil do this in my personal experience, and it’s very commonly said about M by Mariah Carey that if it turns darker brown-yellow, it gets AMAZING. Likewise, if your bottle of Womanity is not light pink, look out; you might be in for a blast of tuna. Many frags, though, improve with age if kept safe. So, people claiming old Fantasy is much better may have inadvertently aged their bottles into awesomeness, which, UM YEAH!!!! But it doesn’t mean it was like that in 2005. Fantasy is my favorite perfume, though I hate to choose just one. There’s nothing embarrassing about Fantasy. For years it was the only scented product of ANY CATEGORY (body wash, candle, shampoo)I could use that didn’t produce a headache and a stuffy face. So I got to know it REALLY WELL. But because it’s been part of my life so long these very old bottles are still in my collection, telling me there’s been no reformulation past what environment and sheer age do to a bottle. SO: there’s no reason to go out of your way for Anniversary Edition unless you prefer black glass to pink, which I do, the bottle is much prettier in my opinion...but there’s also no reason to hate on it for not being ‘the original formulation’ either. It’s Fantasy. Good old comfortable trusty Fantasy. I wear Tom Ford Oud Wood maybe twice a year...? I wear Fantasy probably every week. Thanks Fantasy for being there for me when every other scented product made me miserable.

Ok so I got this today and I will say it's amazing. I got the 2013 bottle when I checked the batch code. Its my first britney spears perfume so im just going off what I smell. This to me sticks close to the skin but it does last quite a while. About 3-4 hours on me. To me this is nice as an everyday scent or for bedtime because it isn't too overpowering. I smell the kiwi that quickly fades. The litchi is quite nice because its softer. Its done well here. The cupcake is there but the fragrance as a whole is very blended so its not a stand out note. I think if I layed this with demetrs vanilla cake batter or one of their gourmands the cupcake note would definitely come out more. Theres a whisper of white chocolate every little while. It doesn't dissapear but it is in the background. For me i get more of the cupcake and its a really cute touch. I love jasmine as a note in general so to me this is a keeper. Musk is also a winner for me. The dry down is wonderful and it reminds me of the holidays. Holy cow the drydow is pretty! So so pretty. Its calm, soft, sweet... its pretty! For a first impression im very happy :) I'm no expert in notes but all I can say is omg I love this and im happy to have it be part of my collection. Idk if this makes sense but it smells like the color periwinkle 😂 it smells like Christmas... sugared something.. I love it! It smells familiar but new to my nose at the same time. Again britney fragrances are new to me so maybe someone else who is familiar with her fragrances won't be as impressed but I am. Ps i smell the softest sweetness that reminds me of a nice cotton blanket. Or even sheer periwinkle curtains in a white room with the breeze blowing through them. (I like to associate my fragrances with colours ik its a bit weird). For the life of me I cant put my finger on it. Its so so so addictive. I'm going to read some more reviews to figure out what this is :) its probably just a mix of notes that blend amazingly together though. Edit: now owning this for 2 weeks i definitely get more white chocolate when I wear it. I have a perfume table in my room.. lately when I walk by it I've been getting lingering notes of this and I kinda crave it now. Very nice and comforting and it would flourish in the fall and winter!

I ordered this because I wanted to try pre-reformulation Fantasy. Now, I never wore the original Fantasy growing up so I had no idea what it smelled like. I wore Midnight Fantasy as a teen but never thought to try the original. When my 3.3 oz bottle arrived, I checked the batch code online and it is indeed from 2013. The black bottle itself is the prettiest Fantasy flanker I own, it’s quite heavy and the scrawled note to Britney’s fans is sweet. I wasn’t expecting much, but the descriptions of a white chocolate cupcake intrigued me. Well, that’s exactly what I received. If I smell the cap, then yes I do get the fruit notes, but on my skin this is straight up dense cake batter. It’s not sugary in a way that’s cloying, which is a criticism I agree with regarding the current formulation of Fantasy that I test in stores sometimes. I find this quite linear, no blast of fruit at the opening or anything like that- just straight up white chocolate cake. It’s delicious and I crave this when I come home from a long day at work. The lasting power on skin is average, better than some of the other Fantasy flankers, but this absolutely lasts all day on clothes- it’s ok to overspray this one. Perfume is subjective and I wouldn’t deign to say that anyone’s opinion is incorrect, but some of the reviewers seem like they are describing something totally different. Perhaps they received a bad bottle. I was on the fence about leaving this review because I don’t know how many bottles of this are in circulation and I don’t want it to drastically increase in price like Fantasy The Naughty Remix (which I have yet to try due to that outlandish price increase). Even though this is basically the current Fantasy without all the synthetic fruit syrup, it’s enough of a difference that I can’t imagine being without a backup or two. Ultimate comfort scent.

It's still easily available in my country. I have a bottle of this one and also a bottle of the pink Fantasy which is produced in 2015 according to it's batch code and they're at least 90% the same. the only difference I can recognize is that in Anniversary's opening there's much less kiwi,the fruityness feels more litchi-like and it reaches a fruitless drydown much faster while in pink 2015 Fantasy fruits specially kiwi is more intense and lingers for a longer time and it takes longer to reach to the drydown phase so the pink 2015 feels more potent,sharper, more fruity and tart. I would never recognize any difference between the two if I didn't test them side by side but now that I did it I can easily see it. for me Anniversary edition feels like something between my 2015 Fantasy and Intimate Fantasy. بعضیا معتقدن فنتسی تو همون چندسال اول تولیدش یعنی یه زمانی بین دوهزار و پنج و دوهزار و ده ریفرموله شده و بعضیا معتقدن این مشکیه شبیه فنتسی قبل از ریفرموله ست. من یه بطری فنتسی بطری صورتی تولید ۲٠۱۵ دارم، این مشکیه رو هم دارم و تا نود درصد یکی هستن. تنها فرقشون اینه که مشکیه موقع اسپری شدن، کیوی زیاد غالبی نداره و میوه ای بودنش بیشتر لیچی طوره و زودتر به درای داون میرسه و تو درای داونش چندان اثری از نتهای میوه ای نیست. صورتیه طولانیتر رایحه میوه ایش رو حفظ میکنه. درکل انقد شبیهن که اگه دقیقا همزمان و درکنار هم تست نشن نمیشه همین فرق رو هم متوجه شد اما الان که کنار هم تست کردم کاملا فرقشون رو حس میکنم. مشکیه درکل سافت تره و ترشی کیوی رو کمتر داره و یچیزی بین فنتسی صورتی و اینتیمت فنتسی(سفیده) هست

I haven't had a freshly bought bottle of the original Fantasy in the pink bottle since probably 2014 or so...but I just got this one last week (January 2017) and it smells IDENTICAL to the way I remember it (from the 1st time I ever bought the original pink bottle.) So if they truly did reformulate the original Fantasy and it isn't just people's imaginations...I urge you all to try this. It smells exactly the same as I remember it from a long time ago. (I think I bought my first bottle back in 2008 or so of the original Fantasy.) White chocolate, a sweet cupcake note, a juicy sweet and sour kiwi, all laid on top of the gentlest touch of a warm woody note. GORGEOUS. Crowd pleaser. Sweet but not immature. Compliment getter. And surprisingly long lasting for a celebrity fragrance, I get 6-7 hours of this with decent projection (about 3-4 feet.) Overall Rating - 9/10