Praise The Perfume

This is one of my all time favourite perfumes (havent owned the og crybaby). Although I have two bottles. My new one, smelsl quite bright and citrusy, and light. Smells a lot more like somehwat bitter forest fruit, than strabwerry, which makes me sad because my old bottle (dscription below) is quite different. But this is only for the opening. In the drydown (after ~15 min) they both smell the same. Regarldess I love both and on me they project and last for at least 8-10h The old mells like a fruity pink sugar with some powdered milk, but fruity powdered pink sugar is the best way I can describe it, super sugary and sweet, with a bright strawberry and muted sweet lemon, it's also quite powdery in the same way LDBS is. I wouldn't say it smells like a milkshake of any sort, but it's definitely very edible, like a poundcake. If Lira is a lemon poundcake, this is a more relaxed strabwerry poundcake - It's not as overpoweringly sweet as Italian Cello/Lira so it's much more wearable to me and everytime I put it on I feel so calm and relaxed I love this scent This honestly makes me kind of hungry my stomach growls, Pink Sugar makes me hungry and craving stuff, but this one is a step above and actually triggers a bodily response lol The first perfume bottle of this I ordered came a little messed up, some of the writing on it was rubbed off,the cap looks and feels like it doesn't fit this specific bottle I got, and the sprayer nozzle is broken such that you can't press it fully down and it get's stuck, if you press it enough to bypass the stuckness, perfume leaks out from the nozzle. I don't care because the nozzle is still pressable and dispenses an appropriate amount of juice, but I am assuming I got this bottle because it was a previous return and they didn't bother to check that it's a decent one.

Okay, here is my 'official' review🤓 Now that I have the original Crybaby perfume milk I can compare it to Praise the Perfume! I have one sprayed on each wrist write now as I am writing this. Let me begin this review by letting you know that I have had my bottle of Praise the Perfume for about a year now, and I have worn it many times. It never disappoints, lasts all day long and satisfies my powdery, sweet, milky perfume cravings. That being said, it is quite different than the crybaby perfume milk, which I received in the mail this week. Praise the Perfume has a slight hint of strawberry that is not overkill, which I actually love. The Crybaby perfume milk is HEAVY on the berries, so heavy that I would classify it as a fruity perfume rather than a powdery perfume. It is not a linear fragrance; the opening is straight berries and it dries down to a sweet, powdery, coconutty, milky fruit scent that does not work well with my skin chemistry. It lasts about four hours on my skin and all day on clothes, and I prefer the dry down much more on clothes than on skin. Praise the Perfume is powdery, lactonic and sweet in all of the best ways, and it is amazing on my skin, in my hair and on my clothes. It is more of a linear fragrance than the Crybaby perfume milk, and I enjoy it throughout the entire wear. I did not used to be a lover of powdery perfume, but Praise the Perfume has wiggled its way into my heart. OVERALL, I would say that these perfumes are 55% similar. I definitely prefer Praise the Perfume, but that is my personal preference. Everyone's skin chemistry is different, and mine happens to work better with Praise the Perfume than with the Crybaby perfume milk. If you enjoy a powdery, sweet, lactonic perfume, or that sounds appealing to you, I would definitely try out Praise the Perfume.

let me get a little autistic about this perfume. ive had it for about two years, I've let this marinate in my cabinet all this time and I want to break it down for people buying because of crybaby. my sister LOVES gourmands, I hate them. she hated this, I loved it. this perfume is one of my favorites of ALL time. is it crybaby? no. far from it, and im thankful for that. I remember on my first spray I thought this was too milky. too powdery, definitely soft and feminine. news flash, I am a dude, so I threw it in my cabinet for a year and forgot about it. the thing with oakcha perfumes is they NEVER smell the same after maceration. NEVER. double edged sword, I started liking their JM nectarine blossom & honey dupe LESS because of how crazy it smelled after just a few days. it went from lactonic, sweet, quiet candy scent to WOOD. this is not a sharp, cheap cologne sort of wood, but warm, maybe a little smoky, but not to a crazy extent where youre thinking MMM by the fireplace. beware; the sweetness went from soft milk to fruit loops if you spray it on your clothes. woody fruit loops. but im a child, and I like fruit loops. id say this is beast mode, honestly. my strongest perfume for sure. crazy long lasting, but i find oakcha in general has great longevity. the perfume is THICK and oily. beware. TLDR; unisex, sweet, smoky wood on my skin. this shit hasnt been "soft strawberry goo goo ga ga milk" in years. if youre not afraid to get a hella sexy sweet wood perfume, get this. if you wanna smell like a basic vanilla gourmand girly girl, go for Nebras by Lattafa. Weaker, but it's been sitting in my cabinet for 2 years and still smells like marshmallow milk. Just remember to stick your nose in your wrist if you want to remember it's there.

Ok, I'm going to start off by saying I do l Iike this fragrance - however, the prominent notes are completely different on me. While I do get a little bit of the lactonic notes, I mostly get powdery and woody/resinous notes. I do get the, "forest fruits" that sweeten this up, but I don't get "strawberry milk" vibes at all. As a matter of fact, I sprayed this on, and it instantly reminded me of my childhood church; I would get anointed with an oil that smells very much like this fragrance (literally takes me back 30 years!). It's a soft, pleasant fragrance. I layered this with the Baby Powder Fragrance by Demeter, and the Baby Powder was much sweeter. Now, I might have to let "Praise the Perfume," sit/macerate a little while, to get what everyone else detects? I just got it yesterday, so that's possible. Either way, as of right now, I am currently getting soft, powdery, sweet-woodsy, resinous fragrance. It's very nice, and super layerable. I like it. UPDATE: I've worn this off and on within the past month; it has gotten sweeter, and slightly more lactonic, but it's still a sweet, resinous fragrance for the most part. Reminds me of a lipstick/makeup. Still very pretty.

first off, got 2 say this is the best dupe of crybaby that i have came across considering i owned the original by melanie martinez, the cute baby bottle n' all. i tested between a strip i had of the og (i lost the bottle within a move, RIP) it smells almost the exact same, but i would say PTP is a little bit more powdery & crybaby has a more artificial almost sour strawberry scent... ick, never liked that part. but to those who are not familiar with either: oakcha's praise the perfume is a lovely scent of childlike wonder swirling a giant strawberry milkshake with a paper straw with tinges of baby powder in the air. wearing it it goes on sweet berries but simmers down into caramely woods. it fades away after about ⁓5h so keep it in ur bag 2 refresh up, it comes in a nice pink magnetic box telling u to do so anyways. much luv <3333

I never owned the scent Cry Baby so I can't speak if this is a true dupe or not but I do know the singer Melanie Martinez's work, songs and aesthetics. I would have to base my judgement on Praise the Perfume as if were a stand alone scent and not a dupe. To me, it hits the mark. It aligns to the story that Cry Baby is telling with it's notes. On me, it smells like a gourmand. I get the berry/strawberry scent with a caramelized lactonic scent. It is sweet and powdery and from time to time, the caramel /candy scent comes through. The sillage is potent. I oversprayed and it was overpowering. I get away with sprays on my wrist, neck and hair. A little goes a long way. Love this scent!

I remember smelling the crybaby perfume went I went to the k-12 show years ago and honestly this is so similar, the only difference being it’s just a bit more powdery but not in a gross way, it smells very light and pretty. It has the exact same soft scent trail . It’s really accurate but If it was more milky/lotion and with a little more of a lipstick kind of rubbery note in the background, I think this would be dead on. Although I’m impressed because it’s actually addicting to smell. And it’s stronger. it smells like if you were wearing powdery lotion, drinking milk and berries. And made it into a soft pretty scent 🍼 (I own the perfume now and I still reach for this one too)

Instant love at first sniff✨ It’s what I hoped to be when I got Burberry’s Her Elixir and Lattafa’s Yara (pink) as well as Bath & Body Works’ Strawberry Snowflakes. Got the sweet and creamy right away, no tart or sour effects. The bubble is as wide as 6 feet with 3-4 sprays a coworker did, I could smell it when I walked by where she sat in the room. I wore it a few days later and sprayed 3 — 1 behind each ear and one on the chest. I enjoyed smelling it throughout the day at work and still smelled it radiating as I sat on my porch that evening before my shower. I love it so much!

They could never make me hate you. 💜 ‘Praise the Perfume’ has been a mainstay in my collection since release. ‘Marshmallow Mist’ is absolutely the cute little sister to this. I see the resemblance to ‘Pink Sugar’ but this is miles ahead in composition and refinement. I get powdery spun sugar and light airy woods here; it comes off very cotton candy to my nose. 😇

I never smelt the original, so I can't say how similar it is. I do however really enjoy this on its own. Leans more tart and sweet. Smells like a tart strawberry and caramel milky candy to me. A little juvenile but I still love it. One of my personal favorites. Lasts long on my skin with the right prep and the projection is pretty good too.

Very cute smell that I can’t describe. I do not have the Melanie Marrinez Crybaby perfume so I cannot compare but in itself, it’s a really nice cute smell. I have a lot of other sweet perfumes but I find it smells kinda like Milkis with strawberries. It’s a cute smell. Also lasts long.

I love this perfume so much. Candy like sweetness but at the same time smells kind of like a very good shampoo lol I wouldn't say it's a "clean girl" scent though despite me just describing it as a shampoo!

I never smelled Crybaby but I love this for what it is regardless. It’s powdery, lactonic & sweet - but not cloying in the way Burberry Her is or juvenile in the way Pink Sugar is. I really adore it.

In love! I know nothing of the original's scent and idrc anymore. I also have All Cried Out, but I prefer this way more. I can handle the "overhwelming" sweetness in this. Praise the perfume indeed!

after having it macerate for quite some time i can say this is a lot nicer than when i first bought it!!! it’s a lot creamier and milkier now, and the dry down is really nice.

It smells like strawberry lemonade on me for some reason lol and then lemon-y pez candy haha

I also never tried the original cry baby perfume, but the packaging and innocent description really drew me in. I am obsessed with that soda pop type lime scent that so few perfumes tend to utilize... I didn't know what to expect with this perfume. And I need to say, fresh Out of the box I was extremely disappointed. I don't understand why but I couldn't smell it at all. It had zero sent. I sprayed 9 to 10 pumps all over me and the room and I couldn't smell anything. A faint Pink sugar scent if anything. So I set the bottle down and a couple days later I went to give it another spritz. The lime hit me first, and brought a huge smile to my face. That's when I started to smell the lactonic, milky sugary vibes with a hint of berries. Still, it was very weak. I ended up finishing the entire bottle in a couple weeks because I would spray triple the amount of sprays I would usually use on a perfume. I don't know if it was just me, or the particular batch I bought but it was like pulling teeth to get any lasting fragrance out of this. I loved the scent it was aiming to be but dear God, make it more concentrated or stronger! I'm gonna try another brands dupe next.

from what i remember of the original crybaby perfume bottle i lost (one of my biggest regrets in life, lol), oakcha's praise the perfume version smells close to it. however, it has this heaviness that i feel defines it apart from the crybaby perfume. i get hints of lipstick and an abundance of woodiness compared to the original. it smells like you're in a cabin in the woods while strawberry custard tarts are baking. it's a pretty heavy scent in that a little goes a long way, and i used it quite often in the fall and winter and went through almost 2 bottles and i'm still on the 2nd. it's great for when you're going on a sweet date and definitely want to noticed! my favorite perfume dupe for the original crybaby is montagne parfums' strawberry milk <33

Worn several times and I love it. I never smelled the OG, so I can't compare it. But it's wonderful. For some reason it smells like Burberry Her Elixir to me. To the point I'd argue it could be a dupe for it. Very fruity, comfortably lactonic, very wearable powder and woody notes. Super feminine and perfect for spring. The only odd thing I would note is that it kinda reminds me of scented dolls that I had as a kid in the late 90's-early 2000's. Something about it brings up nostalgia there. Lasts super long on me also. A good 9+ hour wear time on my skin. But overall, it's basically a Burberry Her Elixir dupe.

Like many buyers before me, I have not smelled the original, but I was very intrigued by the demand and the notes, so I went for it. I disliked it on day one because I found it more powdery than anything, also I used too much. But after a few months I grew to love it after it had settled, and didn't apply it directly to the skin (I walk into the spritz). While I still wish it was more "strawberry milk" I do kinda dig the fact it makes me smell like a doll.

This scent is always very mood-dependent for me. It smells like strawberry milk made with artificial syrup, and although there's something nostalgic and childish about the smell that I genuinely enjoy, some days it's just too much. It's incredibly hit or miss, even for the biggest gourmand enjoyers. I will say that the value makes it a much more acceptable blind buy, and if you're interested, please try it for yourself!

While I do not care for the way it smells on me -- milky, fruity, with a hint of citrus, but... Slightly artificial? -- it is a perfume I am endlessly complimented on when I wear it. Oh, well. :D I'll wear it for the pleasure of my coworkers and husband; the latter never likes any perfume I wear, but for some reason, he likes this one! Sigh. 😆

I didn’t get any powdery, fruity or lactonic notes from this fragrance. It honestly just hit me in the face with citrus notes. To my nose, this perfume smells like sweet oranges. I still like this perfume though, the longevity is crazy. I wore this in my freshman year in high school and people said they could smell me from the floor down.

I dont mind this- do not have the crybaby perfume its based off of but thats fine. On initial first spray for some reason it smells of tart lemon? that fizzles away though and then very much berries with a touch of powedery-ness, then you finally smell the strawberry milk of it all. she's cute, I dont mind this one at all!

The initial spray is VERY powdery and soapy, with a hint of Chapstick. I was NOT a fan at first, especially because the initial smell lasts a while, but omg, the dry down is soooo sweet and creamy! I wouldn't say it smells like "strawberry milk" but the dry down is sooo delicious, soft, and yummy!

smells like the perfume version of strawberry milk, the strawberry is very synthetic which I do not hate at all. This scent doesn't come of as super sweet to me. ive had this one forever and all my friends and me really like it!!!

gifted this as i thought this would be like the infamous crybaby perfume i have never smelt crybaby but this is a nice powdery strawberry scent it is very candied and gourmand

Smells like the original, only more refined. Very lactonic and powdery. Not for everyone, but if you like a milky fragrance with fruity notes, this is it.

I like this. Its a lot more powdery than I thought it would be. It goes good with other strawberry scents.

Super powdery scent that sits close to the skin.

This was the first perfume I have ever bought with my money. To be honest, I don't really have a perfume collection to go off of. I only have this and a very tiny bottle of Sublime Rose by Tory Burch. I've just smelt a few perfumes either in my mom's collection or from smelling random fragrances in stores, so saying that doesn't really mean much. In terms of the scent, its pretty heavy on the forest berry note once you smell it, and it can be sickeningly sweet at times. It can feel like the forest berry note is suffocating you. It even gives me headaches sometimes. I've never smelt the original so I cant say how similar it is to it. Though I have gotten compliments on it before. For example, I hopped into a friend's car for an outing while wearing it and the first thing they said was, "Damn girl! You smell good!" so I suppose you might find people who like it. In terms of what I like about it, the first thing I think of is how good the sillage is for a perfume of this price range. I'd say within 6 feet is a good estimate to how far it can reach, but besides that, that's pretty much it. I'm currently shopping for a different signature scent so that I don't have to be represented by this smell anymore.

let me start by saying I'm not a huge fan of the original, i own a bottle but this one isn't that close of a dupe imo. i get that fruity milk scent but its extremely strong and that powder note is also very prominent. in the dry down on my skin the powder and berry note is all that's left. for me its sweet, yes. But the powder and woody notes just give it a kind of headache inducing grandma vibe which i wasn't a fan of. its almost a super sickly sweet. i couldn't handle it on me after an hour i HAD to shower and it was still on my skin! which would've been great if i enjoyed the scent more. overall its not something that i would reach for personally but if you're okay with really sweet lactonic scents id recommend it!

I can’t say how similar this is to the original Cry Baby perfume, but I prefer the dupe from MIIM.MIIC. While it is sweet, the woody smell in Praise the Perfume is way too strong on me. MIIM.MIIC’s is much more fresh. It has decent longevity and sillage, it’s just not for me. A friend of mine loved it though! In terms of perfumes listed as similar— ❌ Aquolina Pink Sugar: has no woody notes ❌ BBW Strawberry Pound Cake: has no woody notes ❌ Burberry Her: floral heavy, no woodiness ❌ Kayali Yum Pistachio Gelato: super grassy on me, not fruity or woody ❌ Lattafa Yara: a tropical fruity scent ❌ Oakcha Pink Euphoria: not woody

i honestly do not know how there isn’t a lipstick note in this. as an owner of the original 2016 crybaby that i wore religiously in 8th grade-freshman year, this does not smell like it at ALL!!!! i have smelled (and own) way better and way more accurate dupes. the only notes that i get from the ones listed are the woody note and a very faint strawberry note. otherwise, there is no caramel or milky essence to it. doesn’t mean it’s bad but i would not market this as a crybaby dupe in the slightest. mind you i’ve let this perfume macerate for over a year now and i still don’t get any strawberry milk resemblance!

I was looking forward to a powdery strawberry milk scent, but this pulls very citrus on me. It begins to settle in after a few minutes and I get a bit more of the powdery milky smell. I can see someone who loves a very citrus-y sweet smell liking this, and it smells like a high end sugar scent, like something mugler or gucci would make. Long lasting and decent projection, excellent value for a 50 dollar perfume.

I don’t hate it, it’s just not what I was expecting it smells almost identical to pink sugar actually I can’t tell the difference. If I focus really hard I can smell a hint of berries but this isn’t nearly as lactonic as I was hoping. If you mix it with eos strawberry dream lotion you obviously get more berries but I was really hoping for the milk note to top through and I don’t get that.

ive never smelled the crybaby perfume but i imagine this isnt very accurate 😭 to me, this perfume doesnt smell anything like the notes on the website, its almost citric imo. its still a really good perfume tho and it lasts forever on clothes, if i spray it on a hoodie i can still smell it a few days later which i personally rlly like

This fragrance definitely gets better over time, both in the dry down of the perfume as well as the longer you macerate it. It starts off with a strong unpleasant rancid citrus smell, but dries down to a pretty enjoyable but vague powder candy scent. Would really enjoy this if it wasn't for that harsh opening :(

My 18yr old absolutely LOVES THIS. Not that I do not, she and I just don't same the taste generally when it comes to perfume. I had been buying Oakcha scents and she wanted Cry Baby and of course couldn't afford it. She was so very please by this and wants another bottle!

I'm so confused by this perfume and I'm starting to think the wrong juice was put in the bottle. I got it from oakcha and it smells like lemon candy or lemon bars. I don't get any strawberry, milk, powder, woods, or any other fruit.

So at this point I would probably not buy this again. It's not BAD, but just powdery with no strawberry scent at all. At first I thought it may give me a headache but it mellowed out. Maybe it's good for layering?

Performance wise, it’s actually decent. Since it’s extrait concentration, it can last pretty long on skin, but projection is kinda mid not super loud, more like people notice it if they’re close.

Forest fruits or citrus I dont get strawberry or caramel from this at all. Weak projection. Just an ok

it’s weirdly soapy not sure how to feel

It's not for me. Not a fave. It's ok.

no one here has smelled the original. that's not important. maybe I'm out of my depths here with super girly perfumes, and everyone else is able to discern what I can't. I have found great beauty in the cheap and extortionary alike, the common and strange, but smelling this made me feel like a mean snob. It's just far too sweet to pick apart the notes. It's not stinky, no, but it's the perfume I imagine a classmate I had a long standing homoerotic friendship/rivalry would wear before ditching me in the middle of a party. sweet, complex and yet singular, cheap, driven, and yet I can't totally hate it. I will come back now and then for a sniff, and no more. It's long lasting, too, even through a shower so that's wonderful if you do like it. This is for someone, someone who would likely also delight in a perfume found at the counter of a rue 21, but that someone is not me.

First impressions: full bottle It does smell like a bit of pink sugar, but I will add that it’s a lot more wonderful imo. In the dry down it has this plasticky doll head smell. Not sure I like that though. The beginning of the fragrance was the best, but the dry down meh. Too powdery.

I did not like this. I ended up giving it away. The woody notes, fruits and milk in this clashed...and it had this rancid, sour unpleasant smell on me that reminded me of some terrible joop! perfume I smelled in the early 2000s that almost would make me gag! Not for me!

It smells like pink sugar. I am getting a licorice note even though it’s not listed. There’s a slight powdery quality and the strawberry is not well done. It’s definitely a fruity perfume but not creamy.

just smells way too woodsy me. at first it was really citrusy and sour, but once it dried down i got a smell of burnt carmel, wood, and old makeup powder. there's no strawberry or milk notes at all.