Candie's

What can I say? I LOVE it! It's hard to find, I bought it on ebay and I'm planning to buy MORE before it totally runs out of the market as other great fragrances that get discontinued. It's citrus fresh on the beginning then it dries down to amber "settle person but not old" (O_o). Not good longevity, like 1-3 hours on my skin, and the sillage when you spray it on it's great but as the time passes I just feel it near my skin. It's not totally girly fragrance like bunch of fruits and flowers and bees and weehhh rolling down the flowery hill with a cloudy dress; even tho it's youthful... how can I say... Let's say 18+ lol. Well I think it was in here (or amazon o.O?) that I read it was famous on its time cuz it was the "stripper's fave fragrance". How come they discontinued it! Strippers still want to smell good, I want to smell Candie's! XD. Either way, this perfume took me back to 2001 when I first smelled it and tolly love it! Fresh, citrus, free, careless, relaxed...

I recently picked up a bottle of this when I found it for maybe $10 @ a Burlington or Marshall's...cant remember which. Not sure why all the hate but I personally have loved this since it came out in my teens. Smells like a fresh fruit salad with a clean shower gel vibe. Shampoo like. To my nose it smells like pineapple (even though there is none) and mandarin oranges, with some bright and creamy tropical florals blended in. Nothing horrible nor great. Reminiscent of the late 90s and early 2000s. The bottles have been updated. Mine is a triangular shape with a pink cap and pink and orange ombre effect down the bottle. Great cheapie for warm weather. Takes me back to a happier, simpler time. Sits close to skin and has a soft sillage.

I found an old review I wrote for this scent and thought I'd share it here---also, let me add that right now, at 41 years old, this is still one of my favorite nostalgic scents. :) (2006 review): Let me start by saying that I'm not a cheerleader, I'm over 16, I don't wear pom-pom socks, and I don't think this smells like dead things. :-) I really enjoy this fragrance, its young, sweet, and fresh without being overpowering. I feel it lasts pretty long on me, especially when I layer it with the lotion and shower gel. It's an uplifting, feel-good perfume that has never once irritated my sinuses or given me headache (which, as sensitive as I am, thats rare!). Would definitely repurchase! Love it!

I've definitely smelled this before, although I have no idea where or when. It isn't the kind of scent that could be easily mistaken for anything else. On me I get powdery florals tucked into an almost caramel-like sweetness which I'm guessing is the fruit and amber. The fruity notes aren't in your face like with some other fragrances from this time period; the notes all play nicely with each other and produce a surprisingly complex, interesting, uplifting fragrance with good staying power and projection. I personally love it but be warned that it does smell like something a teenager would wear.

I had this in middle school when it first came out. I can't remember it being the most amazing perfume, but it was fresh, fruity and citrusy, and was a great perfume for the price.

This is growing on me. It's a middle-of-the-road kind of fragrance - not annoying or offensive, but doesn't knock my socks off.

middle school...and the dry down was the best when I would be out riding my bike.. very fresh to me and awakening.

I bought this one some 10+ years ago- who remembers when or where now. At the time I was 40-ish years old,fairly perfume-naive and I remembered the Candies shoes from 1981? or so. (Yes I had a pair, or a copy at least). Anyway, Candies perfume is kind of a strange little bugger. It reminds me of the Halloween season, what with that orange/ambery thing going on. Candies perfume isn't horrible, it's just missing something. It isn't professional-for work, and it's not romantic or sexy-for evening. Ultimately as I recall, I gave it away or threw it out-I think it was a .5 oz bottle I picked up for less than 10 dollars. Apparently from the reviews, it pretty much has died a natural and well-earned death.

The top is smells like fabric softener and overripe peaches. The dry down is nice and it's moderately long lasting. Considering the price... it's a yes, but don't pay more than $5. Update (Sept 2022): I recently bought the new one in a pink and orange ombre bottle. It's much improved! It no longer has that smell of overripe peaches. It's a lovely fresh, fruity, floral now. There should probably be a completely separate entry for the newer version.

This is a weird scent..Just got a big bottle today and I can't discern which note I'm smelling the most.I'm not sure if its celery or parsley or something I've cooked Pasta sauce with lol...I kinda like it but I expected it to smell more sweet than sharp probably by just looking at the bottle and its name.Most bottles that look like this have a sweeter scent inside in my experience but then again..I'm kinda new at this :):)

I used to wear this in my early 20s. From the name, you'd expect a vanilla gourmand but it was fruity and spicy instead. The body spray produced a playful yet clean citrus scent that was good for day wear, and the cologne was more heady - perfect for a night out. It wasn't until after the fact that I learned it was heavily favored by exotic dancers. No judgement, just explains a presumption I periodically encountered.

Sampled this today, and as someone who has over 200 perfume samples I do have to say that it is unlike any other scent I have! Didn't know what to make of it at first... Very peppery with a sweetness lying underneath it. Must be the peach or citrus, but to me it smelled more like pear or melon. I enjoyed the dry down more as it started out a little too peppery for my taste. Thumbs up for originality though!

Seeing how long this one’s been around I’m surprised there aren’t a lot of reviews for it. It’s definitely citrus forward & not bad at all- especially for the price. If it was smoother I’d love it but there’s a powdered peppery note in there that makes the back of my throat a bit scratchy. It’s sharp & bright. But I didn’t get a headache- which is rare for me with citrus.

Many of these reviews seem to be for the fragrance manufactured by Liz Claiborne, which is not the same as the Candie's version (which was bought out by LC a few years after being introduced to the market.)

I admit that I only bought this because I hoped I'd magically turn into Alyssa Milano (she was in the original ads), which sadly didn't happen. I'm a marketer's dream. Way too gullible... CANDIES smelt nice on first application; I could really smell the peach [which was the strongest scent note in the fragrance for me], alongside hints of the listed lemon and mandarin. I love peach & mandarin, so the first ten minutes of CANDIES is nice, though very sweet (I like some sweetness in my fragrances, but this verges on just this side of being too sickly). It's the heart notes of jasmine, gardenia and ylang-ylang that give me real problems. The notes are just way too strong. I couldn't pick any individual notes out of the floral blast; they all hit me at once. The lingering peach is the only note that stands out individually. Then we get to the amber heavy base. Sweet + heavy floral + more sweetness = migraine. The staying power is good and you could pick this up cheap (I paid $10 in Walmart while on holiday in the early 00s). The packaging is clearly cheap and rather tacky, which I suppose is not really surprising given the small price-tag - it does match the juice though...

From reading the notes in this fragrance, this should be my all-time favorite fruity composition. I pretty much just smell the ylang-ylang and a hint of citrus. If I smelled gardenia, peach and jasmine, I would wear this all the time. Maybe I should keep the mini around and try it again later. As of right now, the rating for Candie's by Candie's is 2/10.

C. is a horrible fruity mishmash in a cute but dated bottle: this one screams early 90's at the top of its lungs. Dried orange peel notes dominate a strange mix of fruits and florals. Liz C. scents rarely agree with me, and C. is no exception. Mediocre sillage and lasting power, unisex if anyone cares to try it.

I have this only because it was included in a gift coffret. I got it out and tried it again, and I still don't care for it. It's not horrible, just not for me. It doesn't smell like quality ingredients. At least not for a women's perfume. It smells more like aftershave to me.

Citrus and woody. It was really strong and really masculine on my skin at the time which was more than ten years ago when I was a teenager. I might would appreciate it more now and it may even smell different on me now, but I will leave this one in the past.

top is bitter and medicinal; there is definitely mint in this and maybe petitgrain or vetiver with some citrus, rotten peach and gardenia; a mish mash of ugliness with a medicinal quality to it, not a fan. The base has musk in it for sure.