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.

The ginger and the lemon make this work in the heat. I get good performance, maybe it just works better in higher temperatures (as I am wearing this June in the Carolinas). Although I wouldn’t wear it in the highest heat because I can’t do too sweet in the heat, I do think it would work because of the lemon and ginger. There is a heavy dose of ginger when it dries down the vanilla balances it out but it is still there. I had a coworker friend try it out as we were talking about how her boyfriend has a good nose and will tell her a perfume doesn’t go with her chemistry. The next day she told me her boyfriend loved it and as soon as he smelt it he told her she smelled like a dirty little hmm that wants to get hmmmed. Is that the vibe it gives off to men? 🧐 😂 ❤️🔥 😳

Sometimes, my life need some sweets like fuel for driving. Sadly, eating and drinking the sweets could only respond my need through my tongue. So, I find some sweet perfumes to fulfill my need of sweet through my nose as fuel for life. Poison Girl Unexpected, the sweet fragrance with some spicy notes is like Twilly by Hermes during top notes period, but it gradually changes to next period with sweet scent as Poison Girl's DNA, orange-vanilla notes that I actually love. I think the ginger note is the star of the version and makes me active and sparking after spraying it on my body. The fragrance is quite good longevity, but low aura. However the color appearing on its packaging is more beautiful than the two previous versions of Poison Girl.

If this one smells mouthwash , so possibly it's the luxuriest mouthwash that ever created , i see some medicine leaning in the opening but it goes away after just 1 min ! So it's kinda unfair that saying this one smells like mouthwash , it's sweet_vanillic , ballanced spices (ginger) , and it's a little strange but i didn't get the rose but orchid ! 😅 even there is no orchid in the notes (or maybe something reminds me orchid) and i felt no citruses which is a good thing to me honestly In over all it's like a sugary_floral in a really good way It's a youthful type of scent IMO it could be a good choice for a young girl that is looking for a signature scent ; you can wear it all seasons

Although the original one is overhyped, this is the fragrance that should be discussed! Somehow, my nose doesn't really get the smell of original pg, and I heard the same comment from other people too. Well, Poison Girl Unexpected is absolutely warm, seductive, fun, chirpy, and thank god, sweet in an elegant way, unlike other popular fragrances at the market. For me, it has the similar vibes with Guerlain's Robe Noire. Perfect for the fall/ spring. You can imagine a girlboss with all black suit and Prada glasses wears this, sipping a Martini after a long day at work, or a 18 year old girl who has full of glitter on her face on the way of a music festival! Gorgeous <3<3

I have been using this perfume for a little bit over a year- on and off, I truly enjoy wearing it. I have forgotten about it as I got into new fragrance, and I came back to it just a week ago- its winter and its so so lovely and sophisticated without being heavy! I am almost over 2/3 of 100 ml bottle. The scent is truly hypnotic for me! I can't get enough of it :). It actually reminds me a lot of Cacharel's Gloria- they both have vanilla, Tonka and Hazelnut - very comforting with the added freshness of ginger. So lovely! I recently was looking to get myself a replacement just in case it gets discontinued. My favorite from Dior's Poison line.

Oh this is an absolutely wonderful fragrance! Loved every minute of it projecting from my wrist. It reminded me of 'Armani Code', only that 'Unexpected' is much easier to wear in daytime and summer. It starts off with ginger dancing around softly with rose and vanilla joining in. The drydown is dominated by hazelnut and cashmeran, very soft and cosy. It's fresh and unusual, just what I was looking for. The projection is moderate and probably will depend on how much you spray. The longevity is typical of EDT. Most of all I enjoyed its freshness and unimposing sweetness. Indeed, very unique fragrance.

Of the Poison Girl line, this is the one I enjoy most by far, to the point where it's the only one worth owning, for me. The zesty ginger elevates the PG dna and gives it an unique spin. I also enjoy ginger in general so I was happy to have a sweet gourmand ginger fragrance for those days I'm in the mood for that. (And I have Twilly for woody floral ginger days and 5 O'Clock Eau Gingembre for those deep, dark, spicy ginger nights). I do agree with those who say the porformance isn't great, but I don't mind respraying after a few hours and getting that ginger zing again.

I am so glad I bought a 3.4 bottle of this!! I love poison girl both the EDT and EDP this has the depth of PG EDP but with the added kick of ginger to the aromatic orange notes! The hazelnut is what I believe creates the depth here in place of PG EDP Tonka. It’s fun, sexy and definitely gourmand! It last hours on my skin and days on my clothes! So far I love everything from the Poison line- I haven’t gotten my nose on tendre or midnight but HP EDP is my next pick up and Pure Poison is gorgeous! I have a sample and it’s full bottle worthy for me!

Not bad, the ginger gives it a playful nuance. Although not listed, I sense a coconut note here because something is reminding me of suntan lotion, albeit a lavish one. There’s a sparkling quality which adds to the freshness of the composition, but it’s not citrus fresh heavy, there’s a creamy, milky base - like vanilla almond milk, that keeps this solid. I prefer it to most of the Poison flankers. Pretty good projection and longevity which is a pleasant surprise considering the mediocre performance of the aforementioned flankers I’ve tried.

I bought this on a whim and LOVE it. I have never tried the original Poison Girl EDP, but I have the EDT and love it. I may love Unexpected even more. On first spray, I get gingerbread and lemon (without smelling like potpourri, just amazing fluffy Poison Girl cake). I also love the iridescent touch on the bottle. I hope Dior brings this back into the permanent line. Edit: the more I wear this, the more I actually prefer the EDT, though I would say say are 70-80% similar. Go figure. But I love the iridescent bottle nevertheless!

I just got a bottle of this. I love the dry-down. It's vanilla and nuts and absolutely gorgeous. It starts very pungent with that ginger note. I bought it for how amazing the dry-down is, soft and sexy. On me the base notes last a lot, even though you can not smell it from a distance if you spray just behind your ears. I do 4-5 sprays, 2 behind my ears, 2 on the collar bones and sometimes one on the back of my neck, when I have my hair up, I got quite a few compliments this way with this fragrance. I absolutely love it

-The first Poison Girl edp is balmy,warm and rounded, comfy yummy scent.All about vanilla and almond. -The second Poison Girl edt is sharply sweeter a bit colder,candy like and sugary.All about that frosted orange and caramel. -The third Poison Girl Unexpected is jammy and juicy, even colder than the edt.I get more fruity floral tones here and I would say its all about blood orange and rose. The edp is the closest to Hypnotic Poison edt, but softer and not dark and smoky.

Very nice, preferred this to its sister fragrances. Mouth watering and yet fresh. I used it the days before Christmas when making the preparations and it felt cozy and energetic to sniff, went so well together with the scents from the fresh tree and the baking. It is a bit tickeling, like anticipating a surprise. I believe this will be perfect all winter long, especially those crispy clear days. My day time favourite so far for winter week ends and holidays for sure!

This is my favorite scent ever, it’s so unique and addictive !!. There is just something so seductive, sexy yet playful about it. I love the spicy fresh and sour opening. However the dry down is very sweet which can be a bit overwhelming. I seen a lot of reviews claiming that this scent is completely different from the rest of the poison line which is sort of accurate. Overall a unique, sweet and spicy smell that may not appeal to everyone.

I'm slightly addicted to this and I don't know why. I'm reminded of the L'Interdit DNA. A sweet floral with pear, although I don't see it in the notes. The opening is beautiful. The ginger is subtle but noticeable. What I like most is the dry down, which starts happening after about an hour. A lovely floral scent skin scent+ that makes you smell good but not obnoxious; not like you're trying too hard. That's why I love this.

This one’s smells so good smells Devine love this DNA I have all three probably the best of Dior The exact notes are top ginger bitter orange salt Middle rose Peony jasmine Base vanilla musk tonka bean A little bird told me this smells like an edt of midnight poison And it does no joke I’ll have to get a back up since this is now discontinued It’s such a beauty such a damn shame This gets a lot of hate sad for us who love it

Unexpected love! It varies a lot from the other, previous Poison Girls. At first it smells like sweets called gummy bears. So youthful! Later I could smell more ginger and vanilla, but still very soft and truly lovely. I did not expect much and I was so positively surprised! So clean, so charming, so delightful scent! Perfect for spring, fall and cool summer. Poison Girl but so alluring that you simply can't resist her.

This smells really great! Very sweet, but also a little spicy which comes from the ginger note I guess. I haven't smelled something like this before, so to me it's a good flanker. Longevity and sillage seem to be moderate on my skin. I like it a lot and will see if I can resist to buy a full bottle of it. I think I may finish my samples pretty fast.

This is a truly delicious gingerbread scent. Although it's sweet and gingery, it somehow manages to also be sexy and spicy. Wearing it to bed in winter is like being wrapped in a fur blanket by the fireplace. Sillage and longevity are average, but not bad. I'd say it's a great perfume to have in your collection now that it's discontinued.

The best Posion. She’s luxurious Christmas time happiness. I agree with other reviewers that it smells cold. It reminds me of a frosted winter morning, and that’s the exact time I would pine for this fragrance. There’s just nothing like the spicy mix of ginger, zesty blood orange, rose, and vanilla. 9/10.

Oh wow! One of my favourite scents. A perfect combination of fruity, floral sweetness, vanilla and ginger. Wearable any time of year, day or night. I cannot get enough of this one. My only criticism is longevity and sillage, and therefore price, but the smell is worth it.

I really like this one! Compared to the original Poison Girl, I think this one is more unique and "unexpected" as the name states. Unlike the sickeningly sweet Poison Girl (for me), this one has a twist. When I first smelled it, it took me to India for some reason.

This oddly smells like a 'lighter' Hypnotic Poison to my nose. The citrus notes are present in the very beginning, but it settles down into creamy vanilla with candied almond. I like it a lot, more than Hypnotic, truth be told...

I love this!!! <3 <3 <3 Even more than the original version!!! However... Very quickly, after about 15-30 minutes, it all comes down to the basic notes (tonka predominates)... :(

love this perfume. mom got it as a gift, didnt like it and gave it to me. such a nice sweet scent, isnt too boring or overpowering, great signature

fresh citrusy and a bit fizzy at the start! mellows to a warm gourmand after 20 minutes on my skin. homely and very fall and wintery

Very flirty and sexy, I'd love for my woman to wear this when I take her on a date

Love you i like citrus+vanilla things

This is available around here since last weekend and I tried it a few times on my arm/hand, so here is a second early review: Let me first say that this is very similar to the other two Poison Girls and not 'unexpected'. They really don't choose great names for this line. The ginger is noticeable in the beginning, or to be more precise: This has a fresh spicy, tart note in the opening. But compared to other scents with a ginger note (Twilly, Deep Red, some JPG flankers...) it's not a very pronounced, 'gingery' ginger. I understand the sour candy comparison from perfumer François Demachy that was posted in the comments (and is also on Dior's official site). It's sparkly and fizzy in the top, but also very sweet. I think it would have been better and more interesting if they executed this concept more boldly. This way it's a bit like Trolly glow worms when you keep them in your mouth too long - sweet and sour and fun at first, but just like regular sweets after the first blast of fizzy sourness wears off. When the perfume dries down, the Poison Girl DNA is very evident. A dash of rose, lots of creamy vanilla, tonka and almond (or almondy tonka, as almond is not in the official notes here). It's a little less sweet than the original, but also a little less rounded in they final drydown and a little lighter. Still I think if you already have Poison Girl EDP, EDT or any good dupe of them, you don't really need PG Unexpected. Except if it's your signature and you can't get enough of it. If you hate Poison Girl, don't bother, this is not for you. If you like this kind of scent, but don't have anything like it in your collection yet, it could be a good choice. PS: It's ridiculous this has more dislikes than likes and loves combined at this time, before it's even out in most countries. Come on. I wonder why some people feel too mature for a Poison Girl flanker, but immature enough to waste their time trolling around sites about perfumes they never smelled.

As much as I disliked the original, i have to admit this one is quite nice! Spocy and sweet, a tasty little gourmand that tickles the senses and amuses one's nose. Once again i get no rose from it, but I won't complain. The center of attention is the spicy, sparkly ginger, which is accompanied by citruses. There's plenty of vanilla, which sweetens it and rounds it all up into a sum, but it's not the focal.point and it's not overbearing at all. Like Poison Girl, it is quite linear, with the only change being a slight elevation of the spiciness of the ginger after some time, which makes it a tad more spicy and a tad less sweet, but that's all there is in regards to it. It has way better projection than Poison Girl, can be smelled by someone standing next to you (and perhaps arm's length away), and it lasts quite a bit. The scent mainly goes away after four to five hours, but the spicy skinscent it leaves behind lasts for many hours afterwards. Just a slightly woody, spicy scent, nothing special, but pleasant enough and hints at remains of shower gel or perfume which gives an impression of being generally well groomed even though you've just pulled a rough all nighter. It's rather safe for the general public, and can be worn in most places without being too much or too little. I think it makes a nice cozy and playful autumn scent. I just love the spiciness of ginger for autumn. Nina rouge by Nina Ricci is another spicy gourmand which i happen to be in love with, so I'm thinking there's a good chance if you like one you may like the other as well, so give it a sniff first chance you get! I can definitely see them side by side on other people's shelves and not just mine.

I am scandalously late to the entire Poison line (sniffed one about 10 years ago, decided I didn't like it and never revisited). A week ago I tried the Hypnotic Poison which I liked, but not enough to drop 80€ on it. SO when I say the edt pearl roller on sale a few days back, I impulse-bought it. And I like it! At first it is an explosive mix of ginger and blood orange, not at all what I expect "poison" to smell like. It settles down into a nice, warm vanilla/tonka blend that doesn't smell cheap. The bottle and advertising makes it seems like this is another suckersweet teenage fruitfest, but it has a bit more class than that. I have been wearing it for about 5 hours now and I can still smell the base notes on me, but sillage is véry soft, almost next to none. It smells warm and pleasant, it is definitely a scent you wear for yourself, not to overpower your entire office or to turn heads on the street. You won't leave people wondering what you are wearing. It is like a nice haircut, a nude lipstick and some mascara: you look (and smell) immmaculate and refined, but you aren't trying too hard.

This is really nice, and I'm so pleased, because I wanted to like a version of Poison, and poison girl unexpected is the one! I've never found any of the others wearable for me, it's not that I hated any of them, I just couldn't tolerate them on me! Perhaps that's why it's called 'unexpected'? Because if you don't usually like the others, you'll like this one. The fragrance opens with a fresh burst of ginger, blood orange and lemon, it's almost Christmasy. Then it warms down with some rose and it radiates quite well, the 'candy' element comes out more in the mid notes. This feels like a cool weather fragrance, I'm yet to test it in sunny weather, but I've a feeling it might be a chameleon and be good in both. The dry down is vanilla and tonka heavy, the hazelnut element is not very apparent. I do really like this though. I like gourmands, it reminds me a bit of La Nuit Tresor a la Folie, especially in the dry down. This has excellent sillage, it's a build-able fragrance, if you want more, spray more. You choose. I really like it in my hair, it smells divine! Lasts around 12 hours for me.

A Valentine's gift from him. Rollerball Pearl edition. He didn't ask me what I wanted - as always - so I didn't expected to get a fragrance, specially this fragrance. I'm not a gourmand girl but I like my sweets (Angel, Classique, Shalimar Ode...). I found the Poison Girl EDP uninspiring (not bad, but nothing that rocks my World) and didn't bother to try the EDT. This was truly an unexpected gift (couldn't help myself). So, the fragrance. The liquid is gel like. The bottle is nice and good for carrying in the bag. The scent it actually is quite conforting. It opens with a vibrant citric note and then it turns like a rosewater vanilla cake with some spice added (maybe the ginger?). And it smells familiar (there's something about it that reminds me of L'Occitane Miel & Citrón in the drydown). It stays close to the skin but you're envelloped in a warm sweet rosy cloud. It feels conforting like a hug. All in all, thumbs up!

I'm a die hard vintage OG Poison fan. Due to IFRA reformulations, I continue to hunt down vintages. I found this perfume browsing through another poster's shelf. The notes are playful but synthetic. If in the air conditioning, easy to wear in the spring. If you choose to wear in heat, only put 2 sprays back of knee caps max. The hazelnut is prominent. The citrus top notes are quite faint. I IMMEDIATELY associated this scent with another beloved fragrance, Lover Dose Red Kiss by Diesel which is what I refer to as Valentine's Day in a bottle. I believe anyone who owns these two scents could do a comparison and know right away, these two could be sisters. I believe it's full bottle worthy and does last longer than Lover Dose Red Kiss however both do have synthetic vibe from first spritz. The vanilla is more prominent in PG Unexpected. Over all, I would repurchase. Like for me.

I love the fragrance and its one of the few that doesnt give me a headache, but i have to agree with others that the sillage and projection is nonexistent. This performs like a strong body spray and unfortunately, unless ive JUST sprayed it, no one can smell this on me even when i ask. It's a winter smell for me because the ginger and vanilla are very gingerbread-like and I have to admit that I'm probably the only person who gets to enjoy it. There is a tiny hint of the poison DNA in there, but the star is the ginger note. I unfortunately will probably not repurchase because of the longevity issue as it dissipates within the hour. It would be far too costly to keep having to spray this all day as was the issue with many natural perfumes I have enjoyed. I will probably replace this with Hypnotic poison when its empty.

Uniqueness - 5/10 Longevity - 6/10 Sillage - 5/10 Value for money - 6/10 I tested it today and liked it. Unexpectedly. Because I dislike the original EDP (too sweet) as well as EDT (because of citrus, to my nose it doesn't sit well with the original sweet base). Opens up with sweet ginger and blood orange, so uplifting and cute. Then I got soft vanilla and tonka beans. This flanker is rounded, feminine, and cheerful. Not overly sweet like the EDP and doesn't contain that totally alienated citrus like the EDT. After 8 hours I still feel a hint of it on my wrist just from one spray, so I would give it a at least 6/10 for longevity, even though it doesn't have heavy sillage. Overall, likable fragrance, the roller bottle is adorable and would make a great gift, especially for someone who is into sweet fragrances.

I could not do without my colleague when it comes to slight nuances. I believed her, I bought Poison Girl Unexpected on trust. It suits me when I wear it. And I expected it, she's an ace. There are indistinguishable scents to my nose, this seems the most natural of the 3, or as she says, the least synthetic or artificial, which nevertheless doesn't bother me. About original Poison Girl I liked the in between notes, that here recur under new key. There's a gummy non-gourmand side, solar, fresh withouth being sparkling, that I adore. 'Unexpected' is little chewy, less dull in the long run, a little undertone, feature that I like after all.

Wow, ginger bomb! First spray is INTENSE ginger, but very natural. It smells like fresh ginger root tea!!! The sillage is strong! It later develops into vanilla, rose, cashmeren... I can't really say it's sweeter than the original poison girl...maybe it is but not on my skin. The ginger is just too strong! I see votes on spring/summer, but in my opinion this scent is the epitome of fall especially looking at the notes. The performance is somewhat acceptable but for the price I was expecting much better. Sillage is huge the first hour but drops to basically nothing afterwards... Verdict: Try before you buy folks.

Was hoping for a spicy ginger and hence added this to my test list a while ago. Was strolling at the airport and spotted&tested it. Totally forgot why I added it to my test list back then(note-wise). on skin it was nice but sadly these days nice doesn't cut it. An.hour into wearing it, felt compelled to look up the notes, and saw ginger was supposed to be the star? Whoa, I didn't get any ginger, even if I forced the idea of it being there..I give this is a thumbs up due to almonds but ...well I.got a few almond scents already. Unexpectedly boring but good for comfort scent still?

Lovely. I came to love this family. It opens candied and citrusy. Like burnt sugar, cotton candy with ginger-lemon sparkles on a smooth tonka beans base with gentle vanilla. Deliciously gourmand thanks to hazelnut note. Perfect for summer evening, but it should fit different weather, too. It fits free time. Why don't I see it in my Sephora, Douglas? The world does not end on J'Adore and Miss Dior, I love the Poison family too. And the Addicts. They should all be prominent. I think I saw the classic edp Poison Girl only.

Poison Girl Unexpected unsurprisingly smells similar to Poison Girl; however the new ginger note gives the fragrance a zingy energy which is lacking in the original edition, plus Unexpected is lighter on the rose and has more bite on the citrus. I enjoy Poison Girl, but I'm loving Unexpected and will be rebuying this over the original one as it just has more personality and I think it is suitable to wear all year round, whereas I found the rose notes in the original Poison Girl too intense for warmer weather.

As I really love the Poison girl EDT I was eager to try this new flanker. It's a nice scent, but I must admit I like the PG EDT much better. This new one is actually too sweet for me. The ginger makes it nice and fresh, but the orange in PG EDT makes it so much more beautiful in my opinion. Except for the ginger PG unexpected is very close to the original PG, and if I wanted a ginger scent I would probably go all in and choose Twilly d’Hermès instead. All in all - I like it, but I probably won't buy it.

Well, this is not really unexpected. It smells like many other perfumes out there. It is not bad, it is very nice, but nothing groundbreaking. I get a sweet fragrance, with a bitter touch, a bit of powder and something that keeps it fresh. The vanilla is delicious and boozy. Everything is well balanced. It reminded me a bit of the dry down of Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille. This is a nice flanker. It is softer and more mature than the original. It is worth trying, but don't expect anything unique.

I blind bought this because I like the original 'Poison Girl' EDP and was intrigued by the ginger note. I'm so glad I did! The added spiciness of the ginger adds warmth and intrigue to the scent. I don't get as much citrus either, which is great because the overly strong citrus top notes were the one thing I didn't like from the original. Sillage is not as strong as the original so it's not just an evening scent and could be worn all day, anywhere. It's almost as long-lasting too!

It starts out with a spicy, tangy ginger note and quickly turns into that kind of juicy, sweet, vibrant citrus blood orange and lemon (which i feel more like some kind of berry). I love the warm, cozy, a bit sweet vanilla and tonka bean lingering at the end but the projection and longevity are the biggest knockoff for me. You really have to sniff your wrist in order to smell anything after 10-15 minutes. I like the smell but it’s not enough for me to repurchase this version