Cat Deluxe

I was 12 in 2006 when this scent came out and it was everything I wanted and more. I thought Cat Deluxe was top tier elegance, sophistication and luxury. I begged my parents to buy it and finally I got a gift set for Christmas. I treated every drop like gold. After using it up, I completely forgot about this perfume for many years. Last year, however, I noticed it's still available in every drugstore and felt an irresistible urge to buy one - so I did and fell in love all over again. I'm absolutely biased because it revived so many feelings and memories. It reminds me of innocence, hopes about life, dreaming about love and that unmistakable confidence of young teens feeling they own the world and they are soooo grown up. Trying to be more objective: Cat Deluxe is a very nice sweet floral scent. It's youthful but not juvenile - actually I think probably too mature for young teens. It has a fluffy pink sweetness without being gourmand, so it's kinda different from the mainstream sweet scents that are so popular nowadays. In my opinion CD is more of a day fragrance, maybe a bit too light for evenings, but I can imagine some can pull it off. It can be worn all year, also light enough to be wearable even on summer days. Longevity and sillage is moderate - it's more like an intimate skin scent that last about 4-6 hours (though I got compliments on it even after I stopped smelling it on myself so maybe it's just my nose). Besides these, Cat Deluxe was the only scent I could tolerate during the first trimester of my pregnancy. I constantly had terrible nausea for 14 weeks and every single scent bothered me. I even had to switch to unscented shower gel and body lotion. I was devastated that I couldn't use perfume, but this little gem saved me as it always smelled pleasant for my nose. I'm already on my third bottle since last year and I'm sure I will always have one at my shelf until it's sold. It's a shame that it's only available in 15 and 30 ml bottles, I'd love to buy 100 ml.

Okay, so this was the first perfume I ever truly fell in love with and never got tired of it. It’s so beautiful and subtle, very feminine and seductive, but also comforting and inviting, feels like it can calm my nerves whenever I smell it. Like a warm hug of everything nice. It’s truly unique. Naomi did a wonderful job with this one, I actually like almost all of her perfumes, but Cat Deluxe is in its own category. I stopped wearing it after I broke up with a boy that bought me this perfume because he knew it was my fave, so then it reminded me of him, and he was a real jerk to me regardless of his gift giving, lol. So I stopped wearing it. And then after many years I tried it once more in the store and I was like “damn, this smells absolutely beautiful, why would a stupid boy stop me from wearing this gorgeous scent?” How stupid of me. So I bought it and now it will never EVER leave my collection. It’s still the best. 🥰💕 oh, and I almost forgot to mention! It’s great for any occasion and any time/season of the year! 😉

This was my signature fragrance when at the club around 2010 for 3 years. Fruity sweet, powdery pepper, but fresh. Cat Deluxe was flirty and energizing. If you were a fan of this just like me, you likely also loved it because of the powdery, peppery, sweet flirty kick. Since Cat Deluxe is discontinued, I highly recommend two others. 1) Gabrielle from Chanel (the default one) as a 'step up dupe'. Gabrielle has that same peppery sweet and powdery feeling Cat Deluxe brings, but a bit more flowery and a lot more sophisticated* and less fruity. Still it's similarly flirty and energizing along with that feeling. And I also recommend Chanel Allure edp, since it also has that airy peach. This has been my signature scent after Cat Deluxe. 2) Angel Dust Fugazzi (with the black bottlecap). Because the cozyness and fuzzy reminds me of Cat Deluxe. You're welcome. :) * not that a cat deluxe wearer can't be sophisticated, but Gabrielle is classy sunsual without the electric oozing sensuality that cat deluxe has.

This is actually a very nice fragrance! There are some days I need to go out and can't make up my mind of what I want to wear. Just something.. Simple, for every day. And this fits the bill just great. It's very soft, a little girly, creamy/powdery, sweet but nowhere offensive. The blend is great, but I can't really tell notes apart. From begin to end it only gets a little fuller of scent, but does not really evolve. There is a little synthetic scent to it, but that disappears soon enough that it doesn't bother me. The sillage is noticeable with just a little, the only downside is that it wears up for not more than 3 hours max. But that might just be my skin. Although it is not the 'best' fragrance I own in my opinion, it always stays in my wardrobe.

Like so many of you here, I used to wear this as a teenager, it was my signature scent. Funnily enough, even nearing 40 I still find myself buying a bottle every few years, although my taste has become a lot more sophisticated over the years. There's something in this scent that I just adore, I think the combination of peach and violet is what I get the most on my skin. It lasts really long too, feels like it's just right for my complexion and blending with me well. Love spraying this on in the summer, yes it's cheap and way out of my age range but who cares, it makes me feel happy and young again lol!