Harajuku Lovers G

I miss her. This takes me back to when I used to work at a CVS, and we had a perfume cabinet with the whole line of Harajuku lovers + testers. Every time I was facing shelves or restocking and went by it, I had to have a spritz. I started working there in the summer when I was 16, Gwen Stefani was on the radio too many times a day, I literally lived on the beach/coast, so coconuty sunscreen was already a staple scent in the air (except nobody was intentionally trying to smell like Banana Boat) - there's a lot of memory and nostalgia wrapped up in this bottle. I recently caved and got one of the tester bottles sold on ebay. Smells EXACTLY as I remember it, but on the dry-down only. On initial spray, there's a weird metallic-mineraly note that lingers for about 10-15 minutes that I don't recall existing back then, but when it's gone, it's just this soft, creamy, floral coconut that's left, and that's the magic I'm chasing. I have to give it a REALLY heavy spray for it to last. Doesn't project too much and doesn't last too long. 3-4 hours and that's about it. I recall from years ago it being a bit more potent and longer lasting than this, HOWEVER.....It's possible being an ebay purchase of a d/cd fragrance that what I got was dilute or just plain stale. I don't really mind - I knew the risks going into it, and to be honest? I'd do it again. It's an excellent summer scent. It's the one you want to put on after a day at the beach. You've come home, you've washed the sand and the sun off your skin, you're wearing something light and breezy and on your way out to dinner or maybe the bar for some drinks - THIS is the scent to carry that coconut beach vibe out of the sun and into the evening. It's just so light, so fresh, so sweet. I'd love it if one of the currently popular dupe houses (Dua, Alexandra, Oakcha, etc.) would pick this up and try to clone it. It really was/is something special (at least to me).

For a long time I have searched for a tropical fragrance that stays tropical from beginning to end without becoming a sneeze festival or disappearing into thin air - or, becoming suntan lotion. This is sunshine in a bottle...a tropical breeze across the most exotic of beaches. This is an expensive beach where all the girls are perfectly tan and wearing the perfect bathing suit. No person on this beach is uncomfortable in their own skin. Everyone is on holiday. The scent opens with pineapple/coconut milk and blends into the sandalwood seamlessly. This scent is tropical done classy! It is what I wanted in every tropical fragrance I have every tried - not one plastic note to be found and I get glimpses of the scent wafting up towards my nose all throughout the day even if I do not reapply. For an EDT that is quite impressive. I love this. I hope they will make it for a long, long time. Let's not forget how cute the bottle is - even at my age I love the doll cap!

I've been lusting after this one for years, and now finally its mine! Take me away, a sweet escape.... G transports me to a beautiful sunny beach, where I am sipping a Pina Colada underneath an umbrella. Sweet memories of Sanibel Island with my sister come to me as I take in the aroma's of milky coconut and apple. I am wearing heart shaped sunglasses and have red manicured toenails. This is just so delectable, the perfect summer treat. Need I even mention the adorable Alice in Wonderland bottle, which actually looks kind of like a mini me in a perfume bottle? So sad its been discontinued, I was very lucky to get it along with Love and Lil Angel as a set on ebay for a bargain, as it can be sadly quite hard to find and expensive these days. It's just so dreamy and uplifts my spirits. Finally summer has arrived, but even in the cooler months I have G for that perfect spritz of paradise :D

I fell hard for this one, and knew it was being discontinued and stocked up. If you store them properly they will last. Just use them in the summer! I hate when you love something they go ahead and dumb it down. Rich coconut and buttery. Really great! I also have the dark haired one, which I love that one also. The other's didn't work on me. I could hardly pull this fragrance up on Fragrantica, probably because it's discontinued? I guess re-inventing and re-inventing is the way to make big $$$. But Chanel No. 5 has been around forever and some other lines too. I guess when a celebrity has their name attached to it, it's a hit for only so long. Unless of course, your name is Elizabeth Taylor! Although, I'll admit I don't have any of her's. But my God, what a beautiful woman!

Deceptively complex! I went through multiple bottles of this in the 00s and always got tons of compliments. It's warm, sweet, and comforting, and will get you noticed without being too over the top or loud. The coconut is more gourmand than tropical to me, and it settles into something more like a light coconut cupcake musk. Decent projection and longevity, too. I kept my last empty for a while just so I could sniff it. It was that perfect to me. I recently received a sample of Nest's Sunkissed Hibiscus in a Sephora order and it smells almost exactly like G. If you loved G, give it a shot!