Katy Perry's Mad Potion

So is this what cupcake dolls are made of? a lilac purple potion? Were witches chemists btw? always mixing potions and sh*t. I spent my early childhood (the last generation of the good times, 89 baby here) smelling the purple lavender gummy dress of my cupcake doll usually during the summer, even biting it, and I always wished I could wear that scent, smell like my doll, (dress like my doll lol). Turns out I delayed to acquire this magic potion and I hate how long I was rejecting it thinking "oh another childish sugar bomb", not giving it a chance. Stupid of me cuz Katy Perry has some of my favorite perfumes and they never go bad, well except Mad love that smelled dusty after awhile. Apart from the florals and the fruit notes listed, that I detect none basically, or do I even care to detect, NO I DONT, there is something like playdoh here (not almond-like), something so edible, exactly what made me bite my doll's gummy skirt as a kid! Im 31 and when I wear this and leave the house I feel so young again and playful. These days its the perfume I go for when I feel sexy and carefree. As a kid Id have guessed that this is where my doll bathed in, this lilac-lavender purple juice lol. So! Straight up purple cupcake doll from beginning to end, it stays true, doesnt change at all to my nose and I absolutely love it for that, its thick and cannot be dissected. I spray it on my neck and arms, and even the days I go perfume hunting (why am I always searching for new addictions idnt know. Well I know, Im greedy) I spray 5-6 other perfumes on me, and on my way home I get a whiff of that potion from my neck reminding me "Im here and you wont get over me". I grew so fond of it. Some say Clinique's Cocoa and Cashmere smells like it.. uhh I have both, not much.. kinda similar yes, but I think Mad Potion is unique, its like artificial ice cream flavor lol. Even if I have tried some of the suggested dupes on here, no, nothing exactly like it. And yes I agree with others, its not a perfume, that was always my verdict when I was snobby and trying to discover real perfumes. It's not a typical perfume, it's a potion dang it haha! It transforms you into a cupcake doll. Thats what I love about it, its playful and juvenile. I dont always wanna smell like "perfume" angelic florals, or seriousness and seductiveness or high class fruit salads, but as a potion on a happy witch's hand lol or Breyer's ice cream factory.

Oh I am so happy!!! I love this!! It's gorgeous - beautiful - I'm MAD about it!!! Really. I was not expecting to at all, because of it having so many bad reviews here, but....FANTASTIC!!! I think it's fantastic. And I am so lucky too, in that I get a beautiful combination of all the notes! It's not just vanilla/musk for me at all! It's a gorgeous fruity, flowery sweet mixture of a potion. I love Katy's perfumes; every one I have blind-bought, and loved! I have Meow, Purr and Killer Queen Royal Revolution, and now Mad Potion, and I am definitely going to get all of hers if I can, when I can! She's terrific (with her perfumes). And, it lasts really well on me too. All day, and I can still just smell it when I'm in bed! Amazing. Considering I was expecting the worst! And the sillage is very pleasantly gentle. The people around me can smell it a little. It's really lovely. Thank you Katy. And.....the BOTTLE!!! Wow! It is superb!! It's my favourite bottle and colour of all my perfumes, and anything else I've seen. I love the colour! I love the design of the bottle, and the box. A true love of mine. p.s. I forgot so say; I only bought Katy Perry's Mad Potion (I love saying the whole name!) FOR THE BOTTLE!!! I didn't care at all whether I liked the perfume or not, I just wanted the bottle, to look at!! It's so gorgeous! So, I am very very happy that I love them both!! Sadly though the colour of the perfume will disappear, because I'll be using it a lot! I'll have to buy ANOTHER ONE - FOR THE BOTTLE (full, with the purple liquid in it!)!!!! LOL!!!

🖤🌸💜🌸🖤I was so excited to get the gift set today off of EBay for 23.00 ....WOW I looooOoooove it...I imagine Snow White wearing this 🍎 What a little magical enchanting bottle and scent. The bottle is just too cute I love the cap it has glitter inside it just darling my signature look is glittery lips. I love round bottles this one is not cheap it's heavy frosted glass. I got the gift set that included Mad Love and this one both 1 ounce bottles. I'll review Mad Love next. But let me envelope my senses in this magenta coloured delightful juicy fragrance first. First spritz REALLY is like a scent of a waterfall of a 🔮BEWITCHING potion. It takes me away to a dreamy place delight..relaxing. Nothing offensive. Soft and delicate. I detect the apple peony and orchid most of all but not strong 🍦vanilla. I love it. It is very different than her other's. Not as sweet that's what I like.I smell 🍉 even though its not in the formula. It also smells like caramel after a half hour. Yummmmy. Just yummmy. My favorite scents are light light gourmand skin scents light and airy and this perfume defines just that. It's been 10 minutes and the scent is still lingering softly. I smell hints of 🍨vanilla now but not heavy. Wow I love this alot. ... It smells whimsical of something I've smelled in the past. I want a big bottle now because it looks so cute on my vanity. 🍭 Ps. Congrats to Katy having her 1st baby. 🌼🌼🌼🌼

Katy Perry comes up with yet another winner! Vanilla lovers-you NEED to try this. Ok, first off, I don't get any plastic notes in this at all, it's compared to VS Vanilla Lace which on me is the epitome of burning plastic, but Mad Potion is a smooth, creamy, sweet, and realistic vanilla. On me it smells much more like Indult Tihota or Outremer Vanille (minus the cotton candy, thank god) than any of the other perfumes it's supposed to smell similar to. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that it's the closest cheap dupe for Tihota I've tried! It's awesome because I love Tihota, but it's honestly so linear that I can't really fathom paying $200 for it until I'm rich ;) This is actually more complex! It's still pretty straightforward, don't get me wrong (I get vanilla, musk, and orchid and that's pretty much it, there are some other subtle nuances but it's all about the vanilla). I'm totally in love with the bottle and name too, the concept of it being a potion is so appealing to me because as a little girl I saw perfumes as magic potions, everything about MP is so magical and whimsical. I really don't get all the hate for this, it's wonderful!

It was a blind buy for me. $25 usd for 100ml. I expected a lot to this perfume. That it will b like killer queens line. With a strong scents and very sexy. So i avail it. I was so excited to unboxed it when i go back home. I was amazed by the bottle. A frosted bottle with a purple fluid and purple cup and silver design. So i thought its a better scents because of the bottle and fluid. Then i spray it on my neck and wrist.. And im pretty disappointed! I cant smell anything! I try to sprayed it again. I just smelll a watery vanilla. I never thought it will b smell like tht.. Its so weak and so watery. Its not even good to call it eua de parfum. Ifs really weak. Yes i like the smell. But i wish its stronger one and have a good longevity and sillage. I need to sprayed it a lot. So i can smell the vanilla and musky scents.. This fragrance is for a child and not for mature people. I love the vanilla but i dnt love the watery scents on it.. Its like i put a vanilla liquid in a 1 gallon of water. I recommend this to a child and teen ager. The box is also made from a cheap soft cardboard..

Mad Potion is about equal parts sharp white musk and vanillin (artificial vanilla). It's slightly powdery and very reminiscent of plastic hairspray and marshmallows. That said, I kind of like that sort of thing, so this is not really a miss for me. It's more of a skin scent than VS Vanilla Lace, and Body Fantasies Vanilla, which both have incredible projection and similar vanillin/white musk scent profiles. Mad Potion's skin scent properties make it ideal for hot humid summer conditions because it actually lasts up to 12 hours on me and does not overwhelm me or anyone in my vicinity. If you want to smell like a plastic vanilla doll, this one is definitely worth checking out, but only if you can find it heavily discounted. I found a 30 ml. for the price of a sample. ETA: I'm surprised that so many people seem to favor Meow over this. I feel that Katy Perry's quality is uniform throughout her entire range. In my experience, there is a very strong plastic hairspray element in every one of her scents. Whether or not that's problematic is up to the individual.

Review is for my own future reference - I LOVED the first time I smelled it. It's a very sweet warm yummy vanilla. However, it's a sickly sweet fragrance that I'd likely get sick of wearing every day. It also had very very weak longevity when I bought it (~2015). I bought and returned this perfume b/c I was a student at the time and didn't want to waste money on a perfume that didn't last long. If gifted to me now I would keep it and I've thought about repurchasing it before. Overall, a very yummy scent for high school/uni aged, but it doesn't last long. Edit: I just bought a 100ml bottle. The first spray has a strong alcohol scent. the dry down is still a beautiful yummy warm sweet vanilla. However, the silage is still VERY weak. Lasting power is okay. I agree like some others have said, that you could probably buy a cheaper body spray that smells the same. I still LOVE this though. I wish the sillage and longevity were better though bc it is SERIOUSLY lacking! I'm surprised that so many people dislike it!

A masterpiece! This perfume is to Katy Perry what "Passion" was to Liz Taylor. Maybe it's not a coincidence both bottles are purple? Don't get me wrong, this isn't Passion. This is a very unique, complex fragrance. It reminds me of the love-child of Hypnotic Poison and Pink Sugar, but with more jasmine and musk, yet it's still like nothing I've ever smelled! I do notice a slightly "burnt sugar" smell in the dry-down. By the way, the sillage is huge. I just used the body lotion from my gift-set, and didn't even need the fragrance with it and it lasted all day. If I use the fragrance as well, it will definitely be a night-time, going out scent. I read the Katy Perry says this is her chosen going out at night fragrance. I chalked that up to publicity, until I smelled this, and now I absolutely believe her. This smells expensive, classy, complex and remarkable. The bottle is super-cute and fun, love the '60's retro throwback kitsch.

( it's not fair how a bottle can influence you psychologically on how to judge a scent) Many reviews here, most of them actually , made me NOT look forward to this blind buy. One mentioned that this is a 'masterpiece '. A little over board, I suppose. A vanilla creme brûlée is the first hit. I say brûlée cuz there IS a burned sugar element to it . Or maybe it's the deep bourbon vanilla. To my luck , I get the so called apple musk which immediately evens the sweetness out. Wish the musk stages would last longer. Is 8$ worth the 30ml? No. All in all 2-3 hours on my skin. Thousands of body mists last longer and have better quality. I could easily bathe in it. So personally I think it's ridiculous that a 50 and 30ml exist of this bottle. The smallest should be a 100ml. Sharing it with my 4 year old daughter. Edit: sprayed before bed at 10 pm, and got whiffs of it at 4 am. A pleasant vanilla scent.

Yes this is light, linear and somewhat short lived, but not overly so. I find that as the hours go by and as the fragrance mixes with your body heat, it kind of regenerates itself throughout the day but still stays close to you. I find myself getting little whiffs of it even after 8 hours. It almost gives off a "your smell but better" kind of vibe. Someone a few reviews down says that it smells like those cheap Easter chocolates (I'm thinking of those mini milk chocolate eggs wrapped in foil) and even though there's no chocolate in the notes, I definitely see why they get that ..I love it though! It's simply a quiet, sweet and safe fragrance for me and I've enjoyed this for years. I should probably mention that it's OK to overspray this (well you should, otherwise you wont get anything out of it lol). It wont make it stronger, but it'll help make it last longer.

I bought this last summer but didn't use it until a few days ago (I'd been busy with my signature lavender scent. But I decided to remember why I liked it a few months ago and I've been binging on it for a week now. Spraying at least 3 times a day. The longevity is ok, but I want to be smelling it continously, so I keep putting on more. Sillage is not strong, but it's ok. Enough for my fragrance personality to show, but not enough to choke people, especially since my tastes are a bit unusual. I hear the strongest note is vanilla, but I don't feel vanilla at all with this one. Burned sugar, yes, but not vanilla. It also makes me feel warm, it reminds me of heat. I can tell it's going to be one of my all time favorites. A friend says it smells like a very rich, dense, oversweet chocolate cake to her. Guess sweet scents are not very much liked.

I finally got hold of a bottle of Mad Potion today. The prices have been insane in Australia and I absolutely refuse to pay top dollar for a celebrity perfume. Finally they are more realistically priced. For me this is Sugar Cubes that have had Vanilla extract slowly dripped over the cubes until they dissolve and then Sherbet Fizz stirred through. Mad Potion is a simple fragrance but it is different to any other Vanilla based fragrance I have experienced. Longevity on the skin (and it was a hot day today) was 4 hours before it lost its potency. I think I could make it last longer sprayed on my clothes. I really enjoy this fragrance, love the bottle and the sparkly lid. Purple is my favourite colour, everything just oozes gorgeous. Loved it so much went straight out and purchased another bottle.

I realize that this is a simple vanilla scent,with a slight chocolate accord,with not much else going on. But I must say,that's why I love it so much! So simple,yet so comforting! It is a skin scent,so it does not project as much as I would like it to. But,the price point is fantastic! Since the price has come down,I was able to score a big bottle at a very reasonable price. I actually paid less for my 3.4 oz. that I bought last week,than what I paid for the small gift set when it first came out. At first I thought the bottle was tacky,but now I see the bottle as whimsical! Awesome frosted bottle,purple juice,and I love the whole idea of this being a potion! So yes,this has been done to death,but it sure makes me feel happy! Yeah,KATY!

PERFECT LAYERING FRAGRANCE. On its own, this fragrance is... nice. But believe me when I tell you this fragrance is the perfect fragrance to mix with other perfumes especially other fruity, sweet perfumes. This fragrance adds such a nice dose of vanilla, sweetness and warmth to whatever fragrance you mix it with. It layers amazingly with at least half of my collection. My favourite perfumes to combine this with would be, ari (ariana grande), princess (vera wang) and even island fantasy (Britney spears), but it works beautifully with many many more. And I also find that when I layer this fragrance it lasts much longer. So in conclusion, if you want to elevate whatever perfumes you own, DEFINITELY try adding this to it.

This is my signature scent. I love it. I especially love the bottle! I wish the bottle was the same colour as the perfume! And the box, I love that too. I love black, and purple. And the perfume itself is gorgeous! Beautiful. Very sweet and gentle, but very long lasting on my skin. I love the mixture of apple, peony, orchid and jasmine, with the smooth, delicious and creamy vanilla, musk and amber. It's not too sweet - just perfect. It lasts easily 12 hours, and the sillage is just right for me - just a couple of feet around me, so I'm enveloped in this gorgeous purple, sweet, flowery smell. Superb. My husband loves it too, and even sprays it on himself occasionally!

Four sprays on my shirt and I can still smell it clearly the next day. It is cool spring weather here so maybe that is why it has good longevity right now. Sillage is low but I don't mind that, I just want to smell good for me. I do love this scent, it reminds me of Victoria's Secret bare vanilla but with less amber, so it is more innocent/day-time and the VS more grown up/evening. I love that is smells softly powdery and vanilla forward. I don't get the plasticky note mentioned by some which I am glad about. Gentle, warm, reassuring vanilla hugs. EDIT: lasts for days on clothes, day 3 and the other scents I've sprayed over it are gone, but it still lingers. Yay!

''Mad Love'' is a vanilla HEAVEN!!! I LOVE that perfume!!! It has a lot of vanilla and bourbon vanilla as well, I love vanilla in perfumes, it is very light and powdery but very very sweet!! So be careful with this one if you don't like very sweet scents! It reminds me of the blue 'Harribo' candy that I used to eat as a little girl and I have ALWAYS LOVED that smell!!! So when I smelled it it reminded me immediately of that candy!! It's one of my favorites but I don't wear it every day as sometimes I find it myself [that I love sweet scents] a little bit too sweet. Longevity is not the best but on me it lasts decently.

First I want to say that I like it, it's a nice vanilla with an orchid accord, I love vanilla fragrances what's not to like? There is nothing wrong with it. I get no hairspray or plastic or anything offensive at all. It is sweet but not overly so. It lasts a decent amount of time on me, and it's inexpensive (bonus!). I'd also like to say that it's not anything novel. It's very much like BBW Vanilla Bean Noel, VS Vanilla Lace, etc. of this type. So if you already have something like this, then you may not want to spend the money on it. But if not, this is a nice fragrance if you are a vanilla fragrance lover.

I got a cute gift set of this with a perfume and two bath bombs for $19.99 at SDM as per usual!! And really glad I did! It is so pretty, vanilla, fresh, floral, girly. It is on the younger side of fragrances, being that my 9 year old, her two best friends (9 and 7) my 13 year old and her best friend also 13 all loooooved this. So I may end up either putting it in the bathroom as a room spray (my kids steal so many of my perfumes and do that!!!! Grrrrr lol) but I’m okay with the kids keeping it. It’s a nice smell and I could see it brings relaxing smell to fall asleep to in the fall/winter.

While the notes to Mad Potion looked right up my alley, the bad reviews of this and Mad Love put me off both of the two for a long time. However, upon spotting Mad Potion in my drugstore, I decided to see if the bad reviews were justified and tried it out. I will try out Mad Love after smelling this, it's definitely a vanilla fragrance, it's hard to pick out anything but. While it won't stand out in your collection, it's a casual perfume. If you want something fun and not at all serious, go for this one. It smells just a vanilla body spray and is perfect for colder months.