My Ju-Ju

Personally, l love the scent! it is unique, it is bold and ready to stand out. l love the fact that new notes emerge during different stages of the day (God knows that l am totally captivated by the hint of powdery and vanilla notes) People might have different opinions, but do remember, its not supposed to be for EVERYONE. If a scent was meant for everyone, you would all smell like dull species :) Ps. l adore the name for the fragrance.

It’s so interesting to see how this perfume smells differently for different folk, on me this is a beautiful billowing gourmande bomb. It lasts for over 12 hours and is both enticing and smooth. Not cloying but huge.

smokey opening, but quickly dries down to a warm, round, soft vanilla. to me the vanilla and tonka bean are the most noticeable, with some musky undertones. it's like a soft but grown-up vanilla.

I’d categorize My Ju-Ju as a nostalgic childhood scent- youthful, almost infantile, fluffy and innocent. It smells like hairspray in the opening and plastic dolls, like the powdery vanillic rubber that childhood toys are made from. Personally, I collect these type scents, but I realize most people don’t want to smell like plastic. I totally see how this was inspired by/ designed for a particular child. I detect mostly lily of the valley and Indult’s famous vanilla after about an hour. Overall I enjoy the composition but have a big problem with the price. There are other more affordable scents that smell like dolls to me. In fact, this scent is really familiar to me. Despite sorting through my mental Rolodex of scent memories, I cannot put my finger on it. I will be lurking in the comments to see if anyone else can pinpoint what it resembles, because it’s driving me crazy! Edit: I think I’m smelling shades of L’Instant Magic by Guerlain, but waaay sweeter. Ju-Ju is a little girl, braiding her doll’s hair, while L’Instant Magic is her grandmother applying baby powder to her granddaughter after a bubble bath.

This is a weird one. I can’t say I like it but it’s not off putting in any way.......just very, very spot on childhood doll plastic rubber smells. It’s actually brilliant if that’s what you’re looking for. I’ve heard of many people saying that scents like Loukhoum or with an almond play-doh note smell like dolls, and I was always like ‘yeah, ok, I can see that’. But this???!! This is the scent of new Barbies circa 1982. It’s playing with Barbies while some cookies are on a tray next to you with lemonade. Extremely nostalgic and quite comforting on the right person.....but definitely synthetic.