Vanille Abricot

This scent is so yummy, but also richer and deeper than any less-expensive gourmand perfumes. I first bought this around 2005, as a broke high schooler. I had smelled it at the mall multiple times before I purchased, and I just had to have it. It was the only nice perfume I owned at the time, so you know it was irresistible! I bought another bottle in early 2020 (it’s now glass instead of metal) and I personally think the juice in the glass bottle is just the same as the old version. Still yummy and addictive. It’s a bit of a changeling no matter which bottle you have. Sometimes you smell like sweet peaches. Sometimes you smell like sugary sweet whipped cream with only the barest touch of apricot. Sometimes you smell exactly, and I mean exactly, like Oreos. A freshly opened package of Oreos. I am totally pleased to smell like an Oreo when this perfume decides to take me that direction, haha. If that would bother you, then this is not the scent for you. It’s definitely a bit juvenile, but you love what you love. I think I’ll still be using this one decades from now.

zenbabylove, you have saved me from the brink of insanity. I recently purchased a bottle of this after sampling and loving the test bottle (which was considerably older than the ones for sale, and smelled just like vanilla apricot ice cream with powdered sugar and vanilla angel food cake), only to get my brand new bottle home and find to my extreme dismay that the first spray revealed vaguely sweetish NOTHING. This juice has been SO watered down in its most recent formulation it plays tricks with your head. I blamed myself after a generous spraying and thought I had become anosmic, but in the end I decided it was the reformulation that was to blame. I threw my bottle away because the employees at the store said I could not return my purchase. It wasn't even good enough to swap. Thank you zenbabylove! I owe you one. The reformulation blues are painful indeed. The newest bottles are glass, with blue rectangular stickers for labels, that you can peel off with your nails.

This perfume is so yummy! When I first spray it, it's a lovely clash between sweet and sour. It brings to mind instantly Sweet Tarts and Sour Patch Kids. I imagine something candy, chewy, fruity, and rolled in sugar. After a while, it becomes a warm, apricot cake. The apricot and sugar stand out most to me, but the other notes somehow meld to make the scent so realistic, and there's nothing sharp or synthetic about it--unless you find the scent of candy in general synthetic. You have to like sweet in order to like this perfume. If you love Flowerbomb, La Vie Est Belle, Pink Sugar, or Pour Femme by D&G, and you aren't afraid of going sweeter without a flower in sight, you may just love Vanille Abricot. If you love Fresh Cream by Philosophy, Prada Candy, Pure Vanilla by La Vanilla, and the like, this might just be a perfect new sugar fix for you! I absolutely love it and it will forever have a place in my collection. :)

I've tried really hard to not like this perfume, but I digress--it makes me feel happy! It definitely isn't something to take so seriously, since it's pretty much 100% liquid fun. Very cute, but linear scent. CSP Vanille Abricot opens up with Skittles + waxy vanilla candle (yes, it smells exactly like the ones you can buy at IKEA). It doesn't really deviate much from that except the vanilla gets warmer and more full-bodied; it's thick and rich, but not suffocating. It smells like a mixture of either vanilla extract or cake + orange-coloured fruits (or Skittles). Smells completely delicious and edible. This should be a staple for any gourmand lover out there. It's sweet, but nowhere near the likes of Pink Sugar, which is another gourmand perfume that is in the same subcategory as CSP Vanille Abricot. If you like Pink Sugar, you'd most definitely like this. Sillage is poor however, but it does last quite awhile.

Very unique smelling to me. But also familiar. It's very sweet, it smells almost nectar-y syrupy. It has some of the sweet notes that pink sugar or the fantasy britney spears perfume has but smells very different. There is an apricot element - it smells like very sweet apricot jelly. It also reminds me of those little sugar cookies you buy in a vending machine that have some jam in the middle, in this case apricot. I just realized that and I think its the best comparison. It smells divine honestly. There is no offensive smell, zero alcohol smell, no spiciness, its extremely tame and a crowd pleaser I'm sure. It doesnt really smell like vanilla to me. It's a light smell that definitely isnt heavy. It isnt so sweet that it gives you a headache. I would definitely re-purchase this if I ran out. Please get this. Just please.