Bluebell

One of my friends told me about the Good Chemistry line and I'm glad I purchased several of their fragrances. I love Bluebell and for now, it's my favorite out of the five I bought. I am yet to purchase 4 more and have a feeling something else might compete with my love for BB. This fragrance line (only referencing the scents I've bought) would be very appropriate for office wear. Some may go on strong, but they dry down quickly and have clean, soft scents that are inoffensive. Those who've said that BB smells like D&G Light Blue are spot on. It is a lighter/milder version of Light Blue. BB doesn't pack as much of a punch as D&G and is lighter on the pocket too. If you want D&G but don't want to spend that much, go for BB. The fragrance that comes exactly close to smelling like BB is Cafe Puro for women. As soon as I smelled BB, I smelled the almost duplicate likeness to Cafe Puro, which I also love and have. Someone said this BB "smells like the color blue". That's a great way to describe this scent. It's fresh, clean, soft, and leaves a very charming trail that others will certainly comment on (perhaps because they also think it's D&G but smells different and possibly more pleasant). While this is likely more appropriate for warm weather (better performance), I am currently using it in winter weather and loving it. Makes these gloomy days more bearable and happy. I can still smell it on myself at the end of the day. This is a safe blind buy and I can see myself using it up fairly quickly and repurchasing it. The one thing I MUST mention is: I'm not sure how GC got away with listing this as a Vegan perfume. Yes, it certainly doesn't have those nasty chemicals that most all other perfumes have, but it lists denatured alcohol as it's very first ingredient, which means there's a lot of it in the fragrance. Look up what "Alcohol Denat." is and the massive concerns for what it does to the skin. I hope that moving forward, GC will consider using alternatives that will lead to a truly organic fragrance line.

Ah! This is so, so good! Good Chemistry is Target's brand of vegan and paraben-free perfumes (launched January 2018), which is a big bonus. I have a few of their scents, and decided to wear Bluebell for the first time today. I have the rollerball, which I prefer to sprays because you can really concentrate the fragrance where you want it. If you're not familiar with what bluebells smell like (the note "bell flower"), definitely conjure up in your mind the smell of Dolce&Gabbana's Light Blue. It just smells like the color blue. It's no accident that Light Blue and Bluebell smell so similar since they share this note, but I really think I prefer this. Not only is the price amazing, not to mention the lack of nasty parabens, but because it's a less complex scent than LB, it's great for layering. I wore my Laura Mercier Vanille with Bluebell today and it was stunning. And it's lasted all day! Such a great warm weather perfume, I'm really looking forward to wearing this all summer long.

Blissfully uncomplicated, inexpensive (Target!) but not at all cheap-smelling. I'd pay several times what I actually did for this EDP. I grow a couple different types of campanula (bellflower is the common name) in my garden and I've never noticed they have a scent. So I'm guessing the crisp, clean (really natural) flowers here come courtesy of the jasmine and other unidentified floral notes. Works deliciously with the citrus! The drydown is a little powdery, but not excessively so. BB wears close to the skin so is perfect for days when you don't necessarily want to announce you're wearing perfume. It's perfect for lots of other occasions, too.

One of my favorite scents and I love that it’s a clean fragrance brand. The main notes I smell are: floral, green, crisp, and crab apple. I wouldn’t describe it as a sweet scent, as it isn’t gourmand to me at all. It’s definitely not Sugar Berry. This smells like spring in a bottle: cut grass, Bluebells growing on the highway, and a bite to the air. Highly recommend this one if you love florals. It isn’t a 8 hour perfume, but it’s not priced like one either. I’ve had the perfume and body spray and both smell the same. The perfume is more intense, obviously.

I love this! I have many more higher end and niche perfumes, but this is one of my favorites. It has decent sillage and longevity as well. It's sweet, floral, fruity-- it just makes me feel good and happy. It's inoffensive, yet I don't find it boring. I bought it for about $5 at Burlington a couple months ago, but when it's gone (and it's already half gone in that short time), I'm going to have to replace it. I do think it's slightly similar to DKNY Be Delicious, but I think this one is a bit sweeter and simpler, and sometimes I like that!