Snowcake 2010

I didn't realize there were different releases of this until recently when I was checking the dates on my bottles. I have one of the old black Lush Forum bottles (sprayed on my left wrist) and also one of the 2019 white label bottles (sprayed on my right wrist). I remember putting this on for the first time and liking it, but being very overwhelmed by it and getting a headache. Now, either my scent holes have finally toughened up a bit or these have mellowed quite a bit with age. They have a much more linear feel now, like a delicious fountain soda that has gone flat. Still good, but not the punch to the face it used to be. I can detect the artificial quality now that another reviewer mentioned, but it still has a sweet resinous, powdery scent. That's about all mine have going for them. Sadly no spice. No blackcurrant either, which is a plus because it always smells like cat pee to me. I can't really say I get any floral either. A reviewer on the 2013 version page said it reminded them of the smell on some dolls back in the day and now I can't unsee (unsmell?) it o...o it totally does! Like an almond/vanilla vinyl doll head fresh out of the box. I don't hate that about it at all. Very interesting. Also, this perfume is like an old car in the freezing cold. Takes awhile to really warm up, but she's still got it! Took a good 20-30 min, but it's blooming now. Weirdly, the older black bottle version seems stronger. I wonder if they reformulated. The 2019 version has almost completely disappeared on my wrist, which is REALLY disappointing since I spent quite a bit getting a second-hand bottle -__- but the 2013 on my left is still very much there. To anyone who really liked this and doesn't want to do like I did and overpay for a second-hand bottle, I really encourage you to check out a sample of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab's "Dana O'Shee" fragrance oil. They are a smaller indie company and support/promote alot of good causes. But also, the fragrance oil smells very similar to "Snowcake," but better in my opinion because you can really detect (almost) all of the same notes. There is a BPAL page here on Fragrantica, but it is by no means their full catalogue of available scents.

The Snowcake scent is in a LUSH soap that frequently appears at Winter Holiday time, and occasionally in some other Limited Edition LUSH products. As i write this, i am wearing the Limited Edition perfume i managed to score last month (November 2010). Snowcake does NOT contain cassis, a sweet berry which features in a number of LUSH products, such as the elusive Black Pearl scent (which i also managed to score). Nor does it contain cassia cinnamon, as some users of the product seem to think. Rather one of the fragrance components is cassie flowers (acacia farnesia), adding to its light sweetness. LUSH fragrances are not what i would consider sophisticated. But i am quite fond of their highly personal idiosyncrasies. Snowcake has little sillage, it is definitely a skin scent. There is a certain innocence about its only slightly foody smell. I dislike smelling like candy or dessert, and while there are hints of that in Snowcake, it is also floral (rose and cassie). While "LUSHies" associate it with WInter, it think Snowcake's light happy fragrance would be perfectly suitable for spring and summer. I am currently wearing it spritzed on over a slathering of LUSH Potion Lotion, which is scented with almond, rose, carnation, and tangerine. Definitely making this cold, grey winter day merry and bright.

This is one of my all time favourite from LUSH another from 'Turkish Delight'. So almond, real almond but not too sweet, gourmand or nutty. I didnt smell rose, actually i can grab only almond scent. You will surprise how almond scent blended well to the skin. and that's make you smell so lovely. It's available in X'Mas season only!! So dont hesitate to full your bath stuff with Snowcake soap & their perfume.

30 inches of snow on the ground and below zero temperatures made it seem like a good day to try my decant of Snowcake. I'll say two things: I like it though I don't love it, and I can't find the almond. I've now applied it several times and, for me, it consistently opens with an extremely pleasant smell that I would call orange extract. More specifically it smells to me like an icing my grandmother used to make called Swiss Meringue, where the eggs were warmed and a bit of glycerin was added so the meringue would keep for several days. She normally flavored it with orange extract and vanilla and that's what this smells like to me. Longevity isn't particularly good: it fades to a soft almost undetectable benzoin after about 3 hours. This would probably work better layered over the lotion but I think it's too expensive for that to be necessary. I'd suggest Tokyo Milk "Let Them Eat Cake" if you want this warm homey sort of scent. If you want to try a real almond scent you could always investigate Amandes Orientales by Montale. Sillage: intimate Duration: poor Fabulosity: nice fabric softener Price to value ratio: poor 4/10

I think I ruined this fragrance for myself, and maybe forever. I totally overdosed on Snowcake soap last year because I thought it was the best thing I had ever smelled in my life. I bought about 20 bars and used it everday for months and months. Then I bought 3 smitten hand creams. I even got this fragrance and I LOVED it. I sprayed so much on myself one day that I became ill, and ever since, I just can't stand it. But I am really hoping since it's been about a year, maybe eventually I will like it again. It really is a nice marzipan rose scent, and very lovely. Just realize that Lush's perfumes are quite strong, so go easy on them! EDIT- It's been several years now. I just tried a small sample I have left from the bottle I swapped. I still don't like it. I don't think I ever will! Plus I noticed that although the initial blast of scent is strong, it fades very quickly :( So due to the poor longevity alone, I wouldn't buy this again.