Cry Baby Perfume Milk

I think I might be very well qualified to talk about this fragrance and its strawberry milkshake vibe. After waiting for so long I finally got my hands on it and I have to say... Wow. It was a very unexpected scent profile. Here's the thing, my favorite everyday fragrances are Burberry Her Elixir and KKW BFF. If you've been looking for strawberry milkshake fragrances, you've definitely heard of those two. And while they do fit the scent profile of a powdery strawberry milkshake, something about their development just doesn't reach that lactonic strength despite being really great fragrances that I absolutely recommend. BFF being a yummy, playful, softly alluring strawberry milkshake with whipped cream and marshmallows and Her Elixir being a powdery distant strawberry milkshake, much more refined and at a cafe somewhere in a gentrified neighborhood of London. But this? This was beyond lactonic and it surpassed everything I expected it to be. If you're a Melanie Martinez fan or familiar with her work at all, Cry Baby Perfume Milk is a no-brainer must have fragrance if you can absolutely get it. Because it embodies every single aspect of her Crybaby and K-12 albums. The milk is prominent throughout every bit of the fragrance, opening with a salty sandalwood profile reminiscent of cinnamon that's welcoming you to the lactonic strawberry notes, blended in with the dark, edgy and herbal androgynous scent of the forest fruits and with a baby lotion caramelized drydown. I have never smelled anything like it and it's nostalgic of so many things while still being very mature and sexy. It's definitely a fragrance for anyone. It's reminiscent of Nesquik strawberry powder, gingerbread cookies, caramel, butterscotch, lipstick, lotion, strawberry shortcake dolls, and the dirty herbal spiced fruits give it a smokey, tobacco-esque punk edge that's just incredible. If I could compare this fragrance to something, I'd say it's a strawberry milk twist on By Kilian Angels' Share thanks to the nearly cinnamony savory and salty caramel + woody notes. With all this in mind though, the price points for this are absolutely ridiculous. This is not a $1600 scent even if it's wonderful. I would understand $200-$300 AT MOST. The longevity is quite good, and the projection is definitely powerful. I love this fragrance and think it's quite unisex but does lean towards fem. Similarly to the Crybaby character in her albums. This is definitely a masterpiece and it's such a tragedy that it is discontinued. I highly recommend this fragrance or a dupe of it if you can get your hands on it, it's a very genuine and powerful powdery strawberry milk experience but it does evolve further than that. 10/10, forever keeping it in the archives and purchasing many dupes of it as I can find to wear.

FINALLY got my hands on this fragrance! I got some sample/decant bottles and I'm SO glad I did! I've been wanting to try this perfume for YEARS. First Impressions: when I first sprayed, it was VERY sweet, yet tart at the same time; almost citrus, but mostly berry. At first, I was quite disappointed because I, nor my boyfriend really got any hint of Milk or Cream which was the entire reason I went on a wild goose chase, but as it dried down and matured, it got SUPER super sweet and almost musky or woodsy. I was pleasantly surprised <3 This scent is truly unique and unlike anything I've come across before. I didn't get as much of a strawberry milk/lactonic, plastic doll heads, or lipstick accord I was hoping for, but it was still worth finding and wearing. My boyfriend likes it, and he's super picky about scents. It also lasts HOURS too, which is nice! makes a very good skin scent and did get *slightly* creamier towards the end. I REALLY love this fragrance. I am a person who prefers Vanillic/milky/creamy scents over ANYTHING else, but this is definitely a runner upper. Its sweet but very mature at the same time, so honestly anyone of any age could wear this. I just turned 28 last week and was hoping for something to help me feel youthful again and this was a good blind buy. since it's so rare, it's IMPOSSIBLE to get your hands on and when you do, it will cost you a pretty penny. I've spent more than double the amount perfume costs for a tiny little sample bottle. it's AMAZING for layering and DEFIANTLY a gourmand-MY FAVORITE!!! Final verdict, I LOVE this stuff. I didn't quite end up with the smell I was hoping for, but I still SUPER love the fragrance and would def purchase an ENTIRE bottle if she ever restocked <3 I am a Huge Melanie Martinez fan,found her summer of 2015 when a lot was going on in my life, but it was also a very good year, so I have some memories tied to her music, so its nice to have a fragrance that can bring me back to Cry Baby Era, pre K-12 <3 ps, the advertisement wasn't scary at all * not to me *. not sure why people are turned off by it and then say they love Melanie, because that's kind of her whole shtick - creepy cute

I found Fragrantica thanks to hunting down this perfume, so it's only fair I leave a detailed review now that I own it! Obviously, the bottle is over 5 years old now, so the notes may have changed over time. The opening spray is very sharp, almost a mouth-wateringly jammy rasperry and citrus. Not fresh citrus though, more like a sugary lemon warhead. After about 15 minutes I get the "antique toy" smell that people have described. It reminds me greatly of those large doll heads meant for children to play around with hairstyling. Also those fake baby bottles with the permanent liquid illusion inside. This scent literally dug up memories and vivid imagery from kindergarten, it's that nostalgic! After the complete drydown, it settles into a very creamy raspberry plastic scent. The cream mostly comes in the form of baby lotion, it's very soft, sweet, and clean - combined with that continued nostalgic plastic toy scent. Rasperry-scented vintage doll is the best way to describe this perfume. It's incredibly unique, like I said I was able to literally visualize where I had smelled it before. After I obtained the real deal, I needed to find out how the dupes compared. I ordered Strawberry Milk from MiimMic as well as Praise the Perfume by Oakcha. MiimMic is an intense, Nesquik strawberry milk. Nothing much more than that. It smells AMAZING, but I don't think it has the nostalgic toy factor or layered notes that Crybaby does. Oakcha PTP is exactly how the reviewer below me described. Sticky, sour, artificial lemon cleaner. I was told that the fragrance needs to "settle" for a while to develop, so I have capped it and will ignore it until next month. Honestly it's not even wearable as it is lol. Overall I am pleasantly suprised and more than happy to have Crybaby in my collection, even if for me it is more of an experience than a wearable scent! Edit: Ok I let the Oakcha dupe settle for a while. It is a lot better, but I think the closest scent to the OG Crybaby is Yes I Am by Cacharel!!

I received this as a gift when it first came out! It was from my first serious love and relationship of 9 years so I will always adore this, I have sentimental memories attached to it. I’m pretty sure he preordered it for me, so I have a very old bottle of it. It’s sweet, strong, powdery, and milky. When I first used this way back then, I felt like it was mostly a fresh milk + berry scent, like a powdery thick fruity malt milkshake combined with something woody. I remember being confused by the scent at first, I was a 19 year old who loved safe sweet vanilla/floral scents. It took a few wears to grow on me so I don’t think this is a fully “juvenile” scent like most people might expect it to be, it still has complexity to it (even if some people perceive scents as juvenile, wear what you want!). There is a woody smell to it, but a very pink/light woody smell. It def did not do well in the summer for me, it still smelled yummy in the heat but it was SURELY cloying to others around me. I wore it all the time anyways. This is also fairly long lasting, I could smell it on a jacket for days after spraying, and it stuck to my hair even after washing it. I still have a little less than a quarter of a bottle left, but I never use it unless a special occasion is happening. It smells just as good as it did nearly 10 years ago now. I don’t think dupes do this any justice, so I wouldn’t compare this to any of the dupes that are floating around. I would put this in the same vein as “festival nite for her” from Hollister. Festival nite is fresher/floral smelling and there’s no berry in it, but it reminds me of Crybaby. Both are fruity, creamy, sweet. Not a dupe by any means, Crybaby is more unique but they have similar vibes in my opinion :) edit: sad. i sprayed the OG to compare it to the new version, and the sprayer on the OG broke. it now sprays and leaks everywhere.

If the color pastel pink had a scent, it would be this. It starts out smelling like slightly tart berries (I detect a little bit of strawberry and blackberry among an otherwise generic berry scent, no lemon) with vanilla ice cream and turns into just sweet, milky, powdery, cozy goodness with a subtle side of marshmallow and caramel. If you’re expecting strawberry to be the main character, you’re gonna be disappointed though. The vibe is curling up on a soft pink cloud in a warm fluffy blanket, with snow on the ground, and the sky is that gorgeous cotton candy pink reflecting off of the snow and giving everything that pink glow. Unlike some other reviewers, I don’t get any lipstick, soap, baby products, licorice, mint, guava, florals, or citrus. I sometimes get what I think some have described as minivan vibes (musty dusty artificial sweetness) but only if I apply too much and it goes away after ~15 mins. I like to layer this with the strawberry-forward Burberry Her sometimes. I've also tried the Oil Perfumery's dupe, I recommend it if you can't get the original. Until there's a separate page for the dupes themselves (if there ever is any, as of now there isn't), and because the original is almost impossible to come by, people who haven't tried the original have no other choice but to try dupes. The dupes aren't technically 100% identical but most of them are similar enough. As long as people are clear about which version they're reviewing, I don't see why it's such a travesty that they're putting their reviews here. The outrage is giving pretentious gate-keeping and "I-have-nothing-else-remotely-interesting-going-on-in-my-life". Touch grass, it's not that deep.