Sugar Grapefruit

I wear this scent whenever I need to get moving. If I am dragging in the morning, or feeling particularly grouchy, a few drops of this perk up my senses and put a smile on my face. I only really smell the pink grapefruit, and it's a very ripe one. A grapefruit that isn't "just right" has a bitterness to the scent, but this scent smells like that perfect luscious grapefruit you've been craving, with a teeny dusting of sugar on the top to dampen down any lingering sourness in the fruit. The drydown allows the grapefruit scent to step back, and the sugar (but just a smidge, not too much, nothing candy smelling) to step up. The sillage is moderate at best, and the longevity is pretty weak. I later it with The Body Shop's Pink Grapefruit Body butter for longer wear, and I keep an atomizer in my purse so I can always refresh my attitude and give myself a little natural pep in my step.

Once again Margot Elena has defied my expectations, this time with Love & Toast SUGAR GRAPEFRUIT. The very name doesn't sound all that appealing to me, as I eat grapefruit sans sucre, but this perfumer basically never names her creations literally, so for all I knew this was going to smell like cucumber and basil. In fact, it does not. Instead, although it opens with a bright grapefruit citrus, it quickly transforms into an incredibly succulent fruity-floral fragrance which does not smell much like grapefruit at all. Does it smell like yuzu, perhaps? The lily is not at all dirty, and I thought that I detected jasmine, but what matters, in the end, is that the ensemble of notes here smells very nice. As someone who generally finds mainstream fruity-floral frags pretty boring and unappealing, if not downright sickening (often because they are so very artificial and chemically), I am delighted by this totally natural-smelling composition, which is incredibly fresh and juicy and sweet without being too sugary. The last fruity floral I sniffed which was this good was Krigler SPARKLING DIAMOND, which costs several times more than anything in this line. SUGAR GRAPEFRUIT is simply scrumptious. Yes, it is simple, but it is also a genuine pleasure to wear. Is it haute parfumerie? No, of course not. Nonetheless, I recommend this creation heartily to anyone who likes fruity-floral fragrances. Why wear one of the massively marketed chemical soups, when you could wear this?

This is delicious -- the bitterness of the grapefruit is almost immediately tempered by a very sweet orange. It is a lovely mix of grapefruit and orange, and then in the heart a strong floral note of the lily comes in. The lily is sweet and natural and blends in with the citrus very well. It makes it a more complex scent than a lot of the citrus based scents out there. Good for casual day time or office wear. Lasts about three hours.

This is almost 100% ripe red grapefruit, but it is glorious. The scent is extremely intense for the first couple of minutes, but it settles down quickly into something you can only smell quite close to the skin. This unfortunately doesn't last very long, but the shea butter handcreme is equally fabulous, and layering the two can extend the scent a bit.

L&T Sugar Grapefruit is a shower of happiness. It opens with a fresh, ripe, juicy pink grapefruit with a little sweet orange to soften the edges. The citrus settles down on the skin pretty quickly to let in a bit of warmth from the lily and musk. A bit of optimism and energy for your day.