Christina Aguilera by Night

🎈🎆HAPPY NEW YEAR, PERFUMITES!!!🎆🎈 I hope this year we will continue to create more special memories - perfume-related and otherwise. :) Now, to a tried-and-true scent: "By Night". This is the best from Christina Aguilera's range. I will not be contradicted on this! "By Night" retains the glorious, nostalgic, sexy, sweet, fruity, oriental-floral scent I remember from being a teenager! That red apple is sweet and juicy! I freakin' LOVE it. I notice the tangerine and rhubarb more than I used to. The subtle citrus has some nice sweetness; more so than your typical orange (as tangerines tends to be sweeter than oranges, I believe). While the rhubarb has this tartness that's very enticing, and adds a sexiness to the top notes. Freesia is definitely there, and I still smell it more than the other floral notes here. Freesia is a fresh, very sweet, heady white floral and can be overwhelming or enchanting - and enchanting it is here! A small amount of heliotrope and peach blossom, and very little LOTV to me. Vanilla is a BOSS note in this, and is gorgeous! Sweet and sexy throughout! The amber also adds an intoxicating depth and warmth. Sandalwood adds a nice creamy woodiness, and the oakmoss gives a very slight greenish mature quality, so it's not a girl's fragrance, but easily transcends into an adult's scent. There is a problem here, though: There's one aspect to this I don't love - and, in fact, *almost hate* - and that is (I think) the pineapple. It's far too pungent with a heavy synthetic aspect to it. Take it out and you'd have an almost-perfect scent! Longevity is pretty decent for a celebrity fragrance; nothing outstanding, but not disgustingly underwhelming. Sillage is great in the first spray, but does settle quickly. I don't think you can easily over-spray with this as it, so no need to panic about gassing your friends and family. Based on my hubby's comment, it might not be as appealing to our heterosexual male counterparts on first spray - But it was his initial comment, and one must report the truth as it happened! :P I don't get the comparisons to "Hypnotic Dior". That's not a back-handed comment to anyone. I find "HP" is much more almond-heavy, and has a very definite sarsaparilla/root beer scent that I don't really smell in this perfume. . That pineapple, the reduced sillage, and weird potential to be mistaken for a male cologne means I have to detract some points, but overall - I still adore this scent (and bottle - LOOK AT IT!). *** Kitty rating: 7/10. Hubby rating: "Smells a bit like a male cologne".

Where are people getting this 'cheap' smell from?! I think this has a very classy smell to it! I only really get two notes from this fragrance, and they are the Rhubarb and the Vanilla! With the Rhubarb, it's right there on the initial spray, and it stays for about an hour on me. Then from there, that's where the Vanilla kicks in! You can smell the Vanilla from the start, but after the Rhubarb dries down, the vanilla really comes into play! The longtivity of this fragrance on me is about 7-8 hours, so it's got good staying power! The vanilla is also very evident throughout this fragrance as well. The silage is okay on me. Sits pretty close to my skin. But somehow people can still smell it on me. The bottle is the same design as her other fragrances, and I didn't even find the other bottles anything to scream about, so for me, the bottle is just, meh. So all in all, it's a very nice fragrance, especially if you like Vanilla. The lasting power is good, but the silage is okay. Definitely worth the money!

This is a VERY WEARABLE perfume, one of the BEST of Christina's line and of my entire collection as well. I have already finished many bottle of this so, it should mean something... It is marketed as a "by night" fragrance, it's true, but I think you can wear it wherever and whenever you want. Is one of these sexy dark vanilla fragrances but with a hint oriental notes that makes it perfect for every occasions. Although this fragrance ISN'T heavy, it does have a STRONG resemblance with "Hypnotic Poison" by Christian Dior but, it is more light, fades away quicker and it does stay more close to the skin. I've been also using some other related products from the same line. The body lotion is ok; it's really moisturizing and you need just a little bit to cover a big area of your skin. But it does have only some of the perfume notes coming out. The shower gel, instead, is something that I would NOT recommend. Delusional, pure plastic smell. A part from that FIVE STARS! :-)

okay so i'm so sorry and it actually makes me very said to say this but i'm really dissappointed. this was my signature scent for a while and would probably still be but somehow i had two bottles of this going bad. i don't display my perfumes, i store them in dark boxes because i like them and want to keep them. somehow this one here still managed to ge bad twice. i had both about half a year and they suddenly started smelling really weird. it was just not the scent anymore that i remembered it to be while i could still smell it sniffing from the bottle. it is also not only me noticing that, other people could also smell something strange going on with the perfume. i have to say as much as i love the scent itself, i still won't ever repurchase this again, maybe that happens just because of the poor drugstore quality? i just don't know. however i would consider if you really like this one get the smallest size available and use it up as fast as you can.

Honestly I’ve never smelled anything like this perfume. It’s really unusual, and maybe that’s why it’s so excellent. It’s got a whole moodboard to it. Imagine a glamorous cabaret with showgirls dripped in diamonds and sequins, wearing lace, fishnets and corsets, preparing for their night performance on stage... that’s how I see the vibe here. It’s unbelievably glamorous, just perfect for date nights, like it was made for it. Sparkling black glitter and black lace. Lots of black lace, and red roses. The bottle and the name are so spot on with the atmosphere that the scent is radiating. It lasts long, projects from a bold statement where the most important notes are red apple and rhubarb, thru darker florals, to a sweet yet powerful vanilla mixed with amber. It’s definitely a night, winter/autumn fragrance. Wear it whenever you wanna feel like you’re a glamorous showgirl.