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.

Princess is maybe the most all-around pleasing fragrance in my collection. It's a diet gourmand: I get straightforward marshmallow (nothing gooey, nothing burnt, nothing powdery) and fresh green tea. The freshness from the tea and ginger is definitely there but it's not at all jarring or sharp-- to my nose, it keeps this far far away from cloying. This is not groundbreaking but it is different in that it's extremely wearable and missing any of the heavy gourmand notes that make perfumes go saccharine or offensive. No praline, no straight up sugar, no dulce de leche, etc.. nothing controversial here. It's an airy and fluffy fragrance, sort of in the vein of Cloud, but creamer, smoother, and simpler. I love it. This is a weird/specific reference...but if any 90s babies here remember the Disney channel ~original~ Wish Upon A Star, I picture Katherine Heigl's outfit in the opening scene when I smell this: white crop top, lavender mini, and light frosted lips. lol. Performance is up to 8 hours on me with moderate projection.

I love this one. I first sampled it back in my 20's, but never got it. Recently I got a travel size and found it still smells beautiful. I hadn't become dated or over used, so I got a full size! Thank goodness the bottle design changed. This is a marshmallow dominant scent, but it doesn't smell water down or like its going to give you a tooth ache. The opening note has a moment of lemon before quickly becoming a fresh/floral/minty ginger. It's so subtle and in 5 mins it's faded. The matcha accord is not dominant, it's so well blended with the marshmallow. Imagine going to get a gourmet matcha marshmallow treat from a Japanese confectionary shop, the flavors are perfectly fused together where you just get a hint of matcha. Just enough to add freshness and a little something special. Other people have described the silage as "vanilla", but to me it's marshmallow. After about 2-4 hours, it's a powdery sweet skin scent Overall it's playful and confident scent without being "challenging". It's my go to marshmallow.

I was given a sample today and only tried it out once I left the store. Immediately purchased a travel size soon after. This reminds me of a modern, more grownup take on V&R’s Flowerbomb. I’m getting warm vanilla matcha latte. I’m not picking up any of the citrus top note so far but I think the green tea and ginger notes kind of settle the sweetness of the vanilla marshmallow so that it’s not cloying. The vanilla comes through very strong, a note that doesn’t usually doesn’t agree with my chemistry, but I’m this fragrance it’s just absolutely gorgeous. Moderate to intimate sillage, I can detect it on myself without directly smelling my wrists. I haven’t worn it in public yet so not sure if it leaves a trail. Decent longevity, the vanilla lingers for quite a while. So sexy, so cozy, a little romantic, flirty, playful. I could see this being my winter go-to scent. Perfect for a date night though it could work for every day too. I would like to buy a full bottle but unfortunately the packaging is ugly as sin.

Wow! This is an instant love for me. I usually stay away from green notes but this is the most gorgeous delicious vanilla and tea fragrance! 💚 Ok so at first spray, please don’t be alarmed because it smells really sharp ONLY the first 5 seconds. So just give it 5 seconds to settle. Then you will smell the most amazing gourmand matcha latte! It smells exactly like a creamy green tea matcha latte infused with a tiny hint of ginger, lots of sugar, and marshmallow fluff ontop! It’s so delicious and comforting🍵🥛🌱 When this settles, the vanilla becomes even deeper and more prominent and so warm and addictive. Love love love! Overall, princess is a very comforting and warm fragrance, and feels like a warm hug. I love spraying it when I’m feeling stressed it really relaxes me. Also, a great everyday fragrance for matcha tea and marshmallow lovers! 🍡🍧🍵 Longevity: average (about 4 hours on my skin) Projection: intimate ( only those close to you will smell you) Weather: Autumn, winter, and summer nights

Beautiful green tea and marshmallow fragrance with a refreshing opening ginger and lemon that help balance out the sweetness. I don't want to say it smells like a matcha latte because there isn't a milk/lactonic note I can perceive. Truly, it's matcha and marshmallows. I initially got the travel spray and could not stop sniffing where I sprayed along with the nozzle itself because of how amazingly refreshing and simple the scent is. Although soft and more intimate, I want to say it has medium to long longevity on me, as I still catch whiffs after a day at the office. Perfectly sweet and scrumptious, I had to get a full bottle. Although a safer and well-loved fragrance, I believe this is still fairly unique. One criticism unrelated to scent, the design of either the new and old full-size bottles don't reflect the scent well. I feel like the packaging with the bold letters and slogan suggests a strong, projecting and daring fragrance - of which Princess just isn't.

Well this is wonderful...for about 30mins, and then it settles into a cozy vanilla scent that sits close to skin with no projection. In the beginning the aroma is just lovely, the vanilla is mixed with some spiced greenness that's just delicious and refreshing. Why does it have to disappear so fast😭🤧 Killian, please make this stronger🙏🏻 I'd love to have a bottle of the beautiful zesty opening, such a great blend of contrasting sweet and sour notes, where they don't clash but compliment eachother. The drydown is nice but it's completely different from the opening, and quite simple, can be found in many other vanillas, so it's not really worth the full bottle. This is what I wanted Diesel - Loverdose Red Kiss to be, sweet with some apple freshness, unfortunately I remember it being really sour and synthetic. I drink green tea daily but I don't smell it in this like others claim, perhaps matcha has a different scent which now I am curious to try.

toasted powdery matcha marshmallow, spice from the ginger, with jasmine whispering underneath. it came off as earthy sometimes, so pretty. i didn’t get any of the other notes listed. this was heavy during summer but i wore it year round anyways. this was my first “beast mode” perfume, people could smell me from across the room and it lingered on clothes for days. not overspray friendly, for me at least! the atomizer ended up getting stuck in the cap, and i wasn’t able to spray it anymore. it’s been sitting in storage since 2020. a few days ago, i took it out of storage and was able to get the atomizer out of the cap! it doesn’t smell the same, it’s sweeter and more powdery than it was before. sad the bottle design made it unusable for years.. i’m shocked this isn’t rancid. princess is still a beautiful and cozy long-lasting scent. happy i have the chance to use this again. it’s going to end up becoming my favorite a second time <3

After falling in love with LDBS Extreme, I felt like I needed something with more focus on the marshmallow note and ended up ordering a travel size of this upon hearing so many great things about it. It was LOVE at first sniff! I was about to go and get a full-sized bottle, but I wanted to test its longevity and sillage first. After continuously getting whiffs of it all the way through the next day, I was sold and placed an order right away. This scent makes me think of a matcha powdered marshmallow. Sweet but delicate, not cloying, and definitely not too powdery. It is soft and gentle, but makes its presence known. Light and elegant while remaining intriguing. Princess lives up to its name. I am a fan of beast mode perfumes, but I am well aware that not every fragrance out there has to be a heavy hitter. I adore this, as it is inoffensive and a crowd pleaser, making it very office friendly and generally very versatile.

I have LDBS and while that one is like a powdery marshmallow / sweet heart candy overdose this is more of a creamy marshmallow. It is smoothed out by the lemon and ginger and matcha and peach. While this doesn't smell too in any of those directions, they just make it more of a creamy marshmallow rather than too powdery or super sweet. @Carrotlyn is completely right when she says "It smells like a matcha milk tea boba with marshmallow fluff and a ginger drizzle over the top". On me this is like a pretty good strength for 5/6 hours then it just lingers on your clothes all day but not super strong. LDBS is a heavy hitter that lasts for multiple days for me. LDBS is good for layering powdery marshmallow with another fragrance to sweeten it and Princess is a great signature fragrance on its own. I don't even like gourmands or caramel or anything too sugary sweet but this is SO beautiful.

Delicious and signature-worthy for me. Gourmand and tea = two of my favorite things so this is extremely fitting for my collection. When I sprayed this on the tester strip, it did not do it justice. Even once initially sprayed on my wrist, it was almost indiscernible to my nose? It somewhat smelled like play-doh to me. It also gives off a similar vibe to Hypnotic Poison, in my opinion. LET IT DEVELOP! Once it dries down the notes truly come through and shine. The green tea/matcha notes are soothing and realistic but not as photorealistically leafy if that makes any sense. It's a perfectly formulated green tea for a fragrance. The florals aren't obviously "floral" either, and the marshmallow combined with fruity apple and citrus notes enable it to pack more of a punch and last throughout the day. 9/10

this is my go-to going out/nighttime fragrance, and i am on my second bottle of it. to me this fragrance is sexy, warm, seductive, and almost good enough to eat. there is a zingy lightness to it which i would assume is from the green tea note, but i personally don't smell any tea outright. the best way i could describe it is a light and fresh vanilla with a hint of fresh zing and earthy spice, like a zing of ginger. i am normally sensitive to vanillas as they can sometimes be headache inducing, but the lightness that the green tea brings counteracts that for me in this fragrance. for me its a bit too heavy to wear during the day, so it makes the perfect sexy clubbing fragrance that i love to wear at night. it lasts a very long time on me and i can always smell it on my clothes the next day.

A hot, marshmallow matcha latte with soy milk. This is what it smells like to me. I am a gourmand lover and I love marshmallow scents, so I wasn't surprised when I realized I loved this fragrance. It's a good staple to have if you're a matcha, marshmallow, gourmand lover. I believe it's on the least expensive end of Kilian's fragrances. Overall, it's a good buy. The sillage is promising and the projection is quite strong. You'll smell sweet all day with this fragrance. Sometimes I like to overspray and ensure I can smell extra sweet all day long. It's a fun, cute fragrance. It's not very mature, but it is definitely something worth buying if you enjoy the notes and like to smell like candy. Good date fragrance, as well.

This smells freaking delicious. I get a bit of the ginger at the beginning, then when dried the marshmallow and the vanilla appear but in a very happy fizzy way. The perfume is not thick, nor stale, it feels alive. Not cloying at all. Not very much of a true gourmand either. Low sillage, but honestly I don't mind to keep on smelling my wrist. This is very special. Smells feminine and pretty, kind of innocent but not childish. Smells like a happy person. I really like it. EDIT: this really doesn't last. like 3-4 hours max, and I am annoyed now however, this scent has me in a chokehold because I love it. If you know tips to make it last, please let me know (apart from moisturizing and vaseline... they don't work)

Quite possibly one of the most beautiful fragrances I've ever smelled. I am a sucker for tea scents! Green tea, black tea, matcha tea, all teas. The green tea note in this is incredible, and the marshmallow provides a surprisingly grounded sweetness to it. Overall I'm totally in love with it. BUT. I cannot justify buying a full bottle of this. The longevity on my skin isn't horrible, but it does not project at all, whatsoever. And this is coming from someone who does NOT like very strong fragrances. It becomes a skin scent almost immediately after spraying it. I'd rather buy a perfume oil dupe of this because at least then I can apply it as much as I want without feeling like I'm pissing money down the drain.

I am shocked at how much I love this. I have passed by it a million times and decided (due to the packaging and notes) that it just was not for me. I ordered a sample on a whim and was happy to be surprised. I hunted down an old 30ml of the OG (still hate the bottle). But this fluffy sweet perfume makes me so happy. It is truly the only perfume that actually smells like a marshmallow to me. I definitely pick up distinct jasmine in the first hour or so. Green tea stands out. Hints of smooth warm ginger. The vague fruity notes just go together to aerate up this fun, powdery, sweet perfume. Feels appropriate in cold or warm weather and lasts a good 4-5 hours. Don’t judge this by its tacky cover.