Honey I Washed The Kids

I'm SOOOO EXCITED!! I'm picking up my bottle tomorrow after finding out it's sold local to me less than an hour away!!! Will post a review after! (11MAY23...lunchtime) Okay...just picked up my 6.7oz bottle in-store. Amazing attendee running the store also, coolest woman I've met in months! I'll be picking up "Vanillary", "Shade", "American Cream" and "Lord of Misrule" in the upcoming weeks...I don't think I can wait until September. Okay, back to the fragrance. This is the most smooth, luscious, decadent and aromatic "HONEY" fragrance that I own!! I previously gave that title to "L'Envol de Cartier-EDT" but THIS is sooooo much smoother!! It has all the same beauty of the honey, but with creamy vanillic notes and a citrus combination that almost smells peachy to me! I'd previously planned to buy a backup bottle of "LDC" but I don't think I'll need to do that. I'll hang onto what I have left in that bottle, but it won't be used anytime soon. I'll be on my "LUSH-HIWTK" kick for the next few weeks and it will be my summertime "Honey" fragrance this year! I sprayed three shots to my chest and one on my wrist and spread it between the two. I'm in the happiest most decadent citrus-honey-vanilla scent bubble!!!! I can pick up a nice earthy note in the background, I don't know what it is...but i love it!! It's grounding the sweetness of the fragrance and bringing it back from "Uber-Gourmand" territory and making it more...mature. I really hope to experience the caramel and toffee notes later in the wear...this will be amazingly perfect if that happens. To start out with this gorgeous HONEY and CITRUS and then to transform to two of the sweetest most decadent gourmand notes later on!?!? This will be about as close to perfect as it comes!! So far, the sillage trail on this fragrance is PHENOMENAL!! I don't know how much it's projecting as I can smell it clearly, but if someone else comments on it I'll update this review. I think that I'll be wearing this, layered of course, with various vanilla and woody fragrances over the next week. I'm definitely in love with this one! 10/10 in every category!! EDIT: (15:24) This layers PERFECTLY with "M.M. - By The Fireplace" !!!! EDIT: (21:54) OMG OMG OMG...Okay, while cuddling tonight, the wife said to me "Omg, what are you wearing...you smell like dessert!!!" You...don't know...how LONG...I've been waiting to hear those words!!! You don't know how many fragrances i've bought to get those words...and FAILED!! I FINALLY HAVE A FRAGRANCE THAT MAKES ME SMELL EDIBLE!!!! 💛💛💛💛💛 WOOHOOOOOO!!!! 💛💛💛💛💛

It has the scent of honey, through and through. From the first spray until after a few days on your clothes in the laundry basket, this perfume presents itself quite evidently. There’s also a presence of green or clean notes in the opening, which is a great contrast from the sweetness of milk and honey. Citrus notes loom somewhere in the background; only a tinge of it is prominent, but it is there, and again, works to dampen the sweetness of honey. This is why despite being heavy on honey, this does not become excessively cloying. I wore this at work, and I had several men come up to me and shower me with compliments. I noticed that, overall, men have more affinity with this perfume than women. And the projection is wickedly long with this one; I leave a trail everywhere I go for hours on end. From the start of my 16-hour shift until I reached home the next morning, people have been noticing the smell. This perfume will undoubtedly garner you all the attention you deserve.

On me, this is a heavy, syrupy fragrance. And when I say heavy, I mean I have to hold my breath after spraying this one! But it is one of my favorites, I love a heavy gourmand. I don't get any of the citrus notes that other folks have mentioned here, on me this is just a rich, caramel and honey heavy scent. I have noticed that Lush's fragrances sometimes irritate my skin and make me feel oily. I try to spray on my clothes or neck only. With about 4-5 sprays, this lasts on me all day. I can even smell it on my clothes the following day, or on my seatbelt in the car. If you're looking for a heavy, sweet, and edible-smelling fragrance, this one is definitely one to try, but I recommend smelling it on yourself first to see if you get more of the citrus or the gourmand.

Probably my favorite Lush scent! I’m a huge fan of the Scrubee. I was so happy when they put out a body spray based on it. I would say Honey I Washed the Kids came pretty dang close to the actual smell of the Scrubee. I would say Scrubee smelled a bit more lactonic, and HIWTK just doesn’t have that factor. It does smell like honey, vanilla, and caramel to me. However, something smells a little sharp and green. It smells more like a field of wildflowers, surrounded by fuzzy honeybees. I thought it would smell more like oatmeal, warm vanilla, and sweet honey. At least, that’s how Scrubee smells to me. I would say HIWTK is a warm vanilla honey scent, but it does have an element of freshness. I do enjoy it.

I absolutely love this scent from Lush. HIWTK has always been my favourite scent range but for some reason I’d never thought to get the spray. It opens with the most gorgeous honey citrus scent that is the closest to the bar soap smell. It dries down slightly powdery whilst still maintaining its fresh and sweet mix. It’s not overly sweet and balances freshness so beautifully, so it’s not cloying in the heat at all. The value for money is incredible as the lasting power is basically the same as an EDP and you get 200ml for under £25! If you love the scent range I would definitely recommend this fragrance.