Poison Girl Unexpected

I wouldn't change the original Poison Girl for the world. I love it. But it's a welcome respite, from the strength of the original, to discover this little gem. I smell a fresh ginger, resinous benzoin, the listed "hazelnut" and I still get the strong vanilla of the original here, but the volume is turned down and it lacks the concurrent tonka. It is less sweet (being nuttier), softer and brighter than the original. The (blood) orange is more realistic and less candied. I link it more to the original than I can to the original's EDT variant, even with the stronger orange here that relates it to the EDT. The EDT of Poison Girl is much fresher in its orangey and citrussy style, and it loses the strong, sweet vanilla nuance, where this doesn't. This one has some fizzy effervescence (ginger, spice) and it is very creamy (benzoin). The spiciness and fresh ginger are really the stars of the show for be and they're what makes me keep coming back for more. That fuzzy spiced ginger. As most others here have noted, this is weaker than the original. It really is. It is less lasting and it's far softer. Much more of an intimate scent. Also, the base here is actually closer to Prada Candy than it is to Poison Girl. It smells sort of like caramel popcorn into the base. In fact, the base is similar to a scent that many considered to be a Prada Candy dupe, Mirage Daydream by Oriflame. Thankfully the longevity of this is not as bad as I'd anticipated so I'm really glad about that. But I do kinda wish the biting fresh ginger in the opening lasted longer. To some degree I still prefer the original, strength being a factor there, but I'm very happy to have this one as well because it's so unique. Especially so, given that this may become harder to find soon due to the discontinuation of the Poison Girl range. Really sad about that! Just want to add that I purchased this thanks to the one person in reviews here who noted that this put them in mind of Lebkuchen. This is so true. ♥️ If there was a more prominent dose of cinnamon in here, this really would be exact. I absolutely love this. One of the best blind buys ever for me.

OMG........WOOOOW.....I just love it! First let me say that I ́m not a Poison Girl fan but this is JUST AMAZING!!! aaaaaaaa......I don ́t know what to say,I ́m amazed,enchated,fascinated,rapt,under spell...... When I got this masterpiece I was sooo curious and so so happy.The bottle and box has a holo style which is just amazing. So the scent:At first it ́s a big burst of fresh ginger like a realistic fresh ginger almost minty-absolutely gorgeous start.Than after this I smell something which is like lemongrass again very fresh lemony smell,OOOOOMMMGGGGG I ́m totally in love----SORRY everybody! After this amazing fresh start it ́s start to calm down and the vanilla & tonkabean start to play with the ginger which now start to be a little spicy(in a fresh spicy,fresh peppery way.)It ́s like a GINGERBREAD,yeaaah everybody a gingerbread--suprise!!After a while I start to capture the blood orange which again gives a scent a new twist. Now after the dry down I can smell the Poison Girl DNA but so so much fresher and brighter.It ́s like a fluffy vanilla cake with ginger topping on it(plus the smoky tonkabean).The ginger now is very peppery & lemony.The vanilla is not overdose,is in a right balance between sweet and fresh(and it ́s very realistic vanilla smell).I think there is the rose but it ́s rather like a waxy rose(like a candle) but only at the beginning (in a goooood way). I totally recommend this amazing masterpiece,it ́s absolutely utterly gorgeous.I recommend to let it sit and give some time to unfold. The sillage is just a dream,very strong and it lingers in the room where you spray it.The longevity is very good I ́m very satisfied, last more than 7-8h. I think the scent still want the cold weather but for early spring/fall and in winter it will shine.

If you didn't like the marzipan note in Hypnotic Poison EDT, then this is a great alternative. It's been replaced by ginger. It's not as sweet as Hypnotic Poison EDT either, but it still has the same well crafted elegance. It's overall, a light-medium fragrance, not beast mode like Poison original. A bit of spice and everything nice. This opens with the scent of mature ginger root, anise and rose. The DNA of Poison original is barely noticeable, I'd say, 10% of Poison original is in it. The initial opening takes you to the high of Poison original, but does not come down and taper off like it. Instead, it takes you somewhere else. It explores the ginger note, then dries down to orange, heavy sweet vanilla and caramel. The opening and middle notes feel to me like a classic French perfume (I see myself, wearing this while shopping and lunching with friends in Paris) but, the dry down is definitely gourmand. There's nothing overbearing or offensive in this perfume. It's understated. I really enjoy this. Thinking about buying Poison Girl or a back-up of this one. I'm also, going to try layering this with Poison original. I hope that Dior makes an EDP version.

I have been meaning to test this for a long time and recently bought a bottle at a very nice price from a girl who didn’t like it well enough. I don’t know if I would be so smitten with this scent if I bought it at full price at the store, but smitten I am. This is everything I expected! Sweet and gourmand like Poison Girl EDT, yet with added zest and fizziness from ginger. Lovely hazelnut accent makes it unique, interesting, with a slightly autumnal mood. Not as powdery as the original Poison Girl – and it’s somehow a good thing. I love everything I can smell here – don’t see much development, just enjoy it all the way through. The craziest thing: after some time, close to the evening, when I get a waft from what I spray in the morning on my skin, this citrus-rose-vanilla combo makes me think of Midnight Poison. Without that heady, dark, mysterious patchouli, of course – but that transparent sweet nectar. For me, this is the quintessence of the Poison line, and it’s def there in the Poison Girl Unexpected. My new favorite – for daytime at least.

I’m a sucker when it comes to sweet, cozy scents that make you feel good whenever you can smell them and it’s always love on the first sniff and this one is definitely one of them. Such a gorgeous, sparkly scent that I keep on thinking about these days. Someone said that it’s like a fizzy sour candy and I think it’s a perfect description of it. Makes you either wanna eat it or take a bath in it. It takes about 30mins-1h for it to become a skin scent for me (which makes me so sad cause I wish I could keep on smelling it on myself while I’m doing something) and then the skin scent stays on for about 2-3h before it completely disappears. Wish it was better especially because I expected something better after reading the reviews cause scents are usually strong on my skin, even EDT, so it was a bit disappointing :( but the beautiful scent makes up for it.