Cabana Sunset

Okay y'all! BIG UPDATE! I have now owned this fragrance for a year. I am not a Paulina minion, nor do I really like her ...I watch her videos only on occasion, if she's reviewing something I'm interested in. Just wanted to get the record straight 1st. Btw my 1st review is below. Now on with my update.... unbelievably to me....this has became a scent I actually adore lol. The sharp apple is no where to be found. I get the custard with a sweet lychee right off the bat with a sweet powder note dancing around them. While this scent is VERY different to anything I've ever smelt so sometimes I feel like my brain doesn't always know what to 100% think but all I know is I REALLY enjoy this frag during spring and summer seasons. Along with the gourmand sweet custard, sweet lychee, & sweet powder, I also get a creamy coconut, with strawberry and then tuberose helping balance all these fruits, then I also get a vanilla and a warm/sweet Amber. The Amber comes in closer to dry down. Full dry down for me is vanilla, Amber, clean airy musk, and a light strawberry. While there is still a slightly synthetic-esque to this frag, it's rounded out now, nothing sharp stabbing my brain, or making my brain scream WTFFFF. It is ULTRA feminine, and I love it. Yes this is probably what barbie smells like. This has really really good longevity and decent to good projection. I get compliments on it and actually find it kind of comforting. I def don't think this will be for everyone BUT it's 100 times....no 1000 times better than when I 1st received it. It actually kinda smells like Cry baby mixed with Jusbox Cherioca Heart, then add a splash of custard on top. Idk I really can't compare to anything b/c I haven't really smelt anything super close to this. I honestly feel it's matured VERY well and I also learned how to love it b/c it's so different your brain can go ???? So even after maturing you have to sit with this frag for a few days. I love using her for layering as well. I layer this with my crybaby dupe, Her elixir, Idole, Alien goddess, DBIR Extradose, etc. So good for layering. I adore it and IDC what anyone else says or thinks and it HAS gotten better. No lies....just MY truth. Goodnight 🤟🏻🤗

I've let mine sit & it's wearable now. A LOT better then the 1st week or 2 it was here! I'm praying it gets better with time. We shall see. For now it is synthetic. Fake strawberries, light coconut, and some florals and fake custard. now the lychee/green apple isn't as sharp as when I 1st got it. And some notes blended in better. So I'm crossing my fingers on patience. UPDATE: 4.5 weeks of owning: I get a lot more vanilla/custard now, I get some creamy coconut & a note that my brain is processing as 'strawberry scented dior lipstick'(if they had one lol). Now that my brain has compartmentalized this synthetic note I'm actually starting to enjoy it a lot more. I actually strongly like it now. Even tho it does have that synthetic note, I keep wanting to sniff it. Something about it is pulling me in. The sillage on this (what you smell in the air wafting around you) is actually a lot better than if you put your nose to your arm to sniff. I also like the smell better on my clothes than I do on my skin. It's ultra girly & EXTREMELY unique thats FS lmao. With that lipstick, strawberry note, with creamy coconut mixed into lipstick to add extra moisture, accidently drop that lipstick into a vanilla custard, you try to save your custard by adding in a a few apples and a splash of lychee. & btw that sharp SUPER SOUR apple smell is completely GONE & I can only pick up a small trace of apple now. So it is getting better little by little. It's much more rounded out, & lasts ages. Patience is paying off. Atm I wouldn't repurchase. But I'll happily wear it during warm to hot days & I'm gonna see how it smells this winter as well. sometimes seasons have a HUGE effect on scent.

To the comments below: I didn’t say to not write if you thinks it’s bad but some comments are ridiculous in that they try hard to get people to scare people away and not even try it. What I’m suggesting is to those who haven’t tried it to find a sample and try for themselves rather than just right it off because of the bad comments. Perfume is subjective, what you hate I might love and vice versa, we don’t all have to agree on how amazing or disgusting a juice is. There is a difference between giving your opinion/experience and being just plain nasty. Which is what some of the comments below are- completely nasty and hateful. I personally like it and yes there are people who like it and even love it. Why do the people who hate it get mad when they see someone liking it?? Sus! Just an observation. I decanted mine and took 10 ml with me on vacation so maybe it macerated faster but it’s way way less sharp for sure than when I first tried it. For me this is beautiful and I’ve smelled a lot and I own a lot- niche, designer, middle eastern. It’s a strong like for me, not a love. I’m keeping it and I’m glad I bought it. to me this is good! Everyone that has smelled it on me likes it. My 3 girls, husband, mom, and 3 sister in laws all say it smells good on me and from the nozzle, so there’s that. Stay blessed and get yourself a sample!

Cabana Sunset is a strawberry slushie blended with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! The strawberry jam and the vanilla custard are the two most prominent notes to me and they're pretty much all I smell, but I love it! The strawberry is sweet, like the topping you'd get with on a strawberry sundae or the strawberry puree you'd get in a lava flow. Take your pick of sweet strawberry and vanilla combination and that's what Cabana Sunset is for me. I agree with Rose perfume Lover's comment below about this giving Barbie vibes - yes! Cabana Sunset was marketed with the imagery of lounging under a cabana at sunset while sipping on a tropical smoothie. I don't get any tropical vibes from the scent, but I think the pink bottle is appropriate because the scent makes me think of strawberry scented dolls. I also wanted to add that I do NOT get any Raid or bug spray smell - not even a little. Those comments made me scared to try Cabana Sunset and I waited a while to finally get a decant. It was love at first sniff and I'm glad I don't get any bug spray smell. Just delicious strawberry jam and vanilla custard 🥰 Update 2/27/25: Sometimes I pick up on the peach note. I could do without it, I would prefer just the strawberry. Wish I could take out the peach!

Wow the hate on here is crazy! If you don’t like okay why are you on here trying so hard to make sure no one buys it. Why try so hard to make others run away and not even try it. Don’t listen to the hate or the love for that matter. Get yourself a sample or a decant from Mercari and judge for yourself. Perfume is subjective. I’ve bought perfume with crazy hate comments before and loved it and I’ve bought perfumes with ridiculous amounts of praise and have gagged. I’ll say it again perfume is subjective- get yourself a sample. And for the love of God move on it’s just perfume. If you have to blind buy it just sell it no biggy. I paid $170 but I got a free 100 ml body spray this time. You can turn around and sell both and still break even or more than likely make money. I think they did that so people could try their body sprays. Which I’m glad I did because I will be purchasing them instead of the glass bottles from now on if they are the exact same thing in a plastic aerosol bottle. It’s actually a great deal. Not as cute on the shelves but the same juice for $100 less is fine with me. Anyways people, stay blessed! Be kind! It’s just perfume!