I Don't Need A Prince By My Side To Be A Princess

During the Sephora Save 20 sale, I purchased this fragrance after smelling about 50 perfumes. I was worried I wasn't going to like it the next day since my palate was so overwhelmed with all the different perfumes but it turns out I knew what I was doing and picked a good one (it's also great to get 20% off Kilian!) Honestly, at first when I got home I was a little confused by the fragrance because I detected things in it that I didn't notice before like the green tea and the ginger. Hmmm??? A gourmand with green tea and ginger? After spraying it a few more times I started liking it more and more. There was something unisexy on the dry down as well. The dry down is where those base notes come out and shine and they are swoon worthy. I detect a sexy muskiness in the dry down too so I was surprised to not see it listed in the notes. I also had no idea that this frag has an almost cult like following when I bought it and that I was purchasing the new bottle after a 2 year hiatus from the market. Thank god they got rid of those tacky bottles and put it in a standard Kilian bottle. Also, Sephora just refers to it as Princess, as do I. The long ass name is kind of ridiculous, but I guess it's also cute. I just love how this doesn't smell like anything else. It's a green tea Frappuccino with extra whip and marshmallows mixed with a little freshness on the side with the ginger, citrus and peach. I don't get much of the floral notes or the peach but I do get the freshness and I attribute it to those notes. Kudos to Kilian for creating this scent profile. I wear it sometimes with Fenty Cinnamon Bun body butter and it's divine (as recommended by Jaclyn Hill.)

I just got it today and I’m already in love, it was a very successful blind buy. The best way I could describe is that It smells like a lovely, yummy and warm matcha latte with plenty of foam on top accompanied with a rice crispy treat on the side. When you first spray you get a fresh tangy scent but it quickly mellows out into pillowy, matcha marshmallow goodness! It’s so wonderful that I can’t stop sniffing myself, I’m definitely considering this as my new signature scent for when I go back to college. My only problem and it’s a small one... is that I don’t think it has very good longevity or projection, it does need quite a few sprays, which is why I’m thinking of getting the imitation perfume from Oil Perfumery to layer with the real thing so it has something to give it that little boost it needs. Overall I find it to be a very pretty, warm and comforting scent, definitely something I imagine a princess wearing and makes me feel like one. Edit: okay I’ve just gotten the oil and it’s pretty damn close, the tea note just lasts longer but it’s mostly perfect and I mean it! If you didn’t tell me otherwise I’d think it’s just the real perfume so I’d say definitely get it to layer with the actual thing! I’m getting the full bottle for my birthday so I can say this will definitely be my new signature scent!

This was everything I wanted out of LDBS and more. This one smelled to me like a marshmallow sweet vanilla with hints of citrus and and spices while LDBS gave me a very synthetic candy necklace smell which I didn't enjoy. I think it would be a solid sweet gourmand for anyone who loves sugar and vanilla scents. The longevity isn't bad but I found the sillage very intimate. Would be nice for an office or an environment or somewhere where you want to smell nice but need to keep it to a limited space. It reminds a lot of Sweet Tooth - it lacks the chocolate element but I found myself thinking about it a lot while wearing it. Princess is more complex, well balanced, and I think overall a better scent...but I still find myself reaching for Sweet Tooth more for reasons I can't quite articulate. I wish Princess was a bit stronger with more sillage as I think it would be a clear winner to me, but for its price point there's quite a few beautiful sweet marshmallow gourmands out there and I'm not sure it's worth it. Nonetheless I quite enjoy it and would recommend it to those who price isn't really a consideration.

Last night I ordered my second bottle. Men smell this and compliment it from like 7 yards away easy. I understand that the notes are light, however they project on me. I smell it on my clothes weeks later, I smell it on my hair days later, and it’s so light and beautiful. Depending on the weather I get: Powdered sugary marshmallow and ginger in winter, when sniffed closely I absolutely get the matcha, and the ginger just blends it for me. I smell more effervescence of the ginger in the summer. Still searching for the peach but I feel that though undetectable to my nose; it definitely brightens the fragrance. It very hard for me to commit to a signature scent, but this and casili are my two favorites. People definitely know me by those scent marks. This is a blind buy, this is a safe gift. This can go for gourmand lovers, and even greener girlies so long as they appreciate it from the matcha. It’s young and beautiful, it’s also business casual. Definitely high end. This fragrance will have you smelling delightfully expensive and astute.

Ugh. So, so good. Delicious and completely comforting. There's something very special and nostalgic about it for me. It reminds me of something from my past? Kinda like a wonderful friend, Susie's, bedroom in high school? A mix of sweet vanilla perfume, Cover Girl face powder, Pantene shampoo in the 80s/90s long white bottles, some candy lying around. But clean and beautiful, it melts so well with my chemistry. And as comforting as my "bebopbaloopbop" blanket I carried around, through nursery school. I mean, all those notes are my favorites and sing to me in a pleasant, goodly composition. Green glorious apples, marshmallow-I love you-, vanilla- hello old friend, peach-always my dear, ginger-play nice, green tea-one of my first obsessions, and my lovely, little lemon. I cannot discern any individual note. I mean, yes, there is an incredibly realistic marshmallow, but besides that i can just take in the beauty of the blend. Honestly, I haven't been this smitten with a fragrance in a very long time. Moved it-gasp!-to my favorites list.