Hanae Mori Butterfly 20th Anniversary Eau de Parfum

I am going through a grieving process now this seems to have been discontinued. Been a bit obsessed with this since I was a teenager - I couldn't afford a bottle but slunk into Sephora to sample their tester pretty much every weekend.... I have always hated most sweet perfumes but this one is the exception. Somehow it manages to be both youthful and grown up. Completely unique yet not at all weird. It's what I wear when I want to feel a little bit fancy and dressed up, although it works fine as an everyday scent.

This review is of the anniversary edition (beautiful pink bottle in pink coffret). I get very little berry notes, definitely no strawberries. Which I’m glad because scents that claim to have strawberry notes, tend to smell generic and bathroom deodorizerish to me. This scent leans more on the gourmand side. I don’t get the lychee note as I did in the Parfum (no longer made). Ylang ylang is well blended with woodsy notes. It’s a keeper. Bottle itself is lovely.

This is not a new fragrance, it is same fragrance inside a limited edition bottle to celebrate the 20th anniversary. I love the bottle but the price is ridiculous at $175. It should just be a little higher than the normal price for the artwork of the bottle but not that much.

This perfume is one of my tops it smells like opening a barbie in a new car on a hot summer afternoon while your chewing bubble gum

Ohh I get it. the pink anniversary is a parfum and the regular hanae mori is the toilette!