Body Fantasies Signature Cotton Candy

My review for this fragrance is entirely compromised by tooth-rotting rose-tinted nostalgia, but this, along with the other body fantasy fragrances, really are the first that I can remember of my personal journey with scents. Even now as an adult, I am looking at my current tastes and I can pick out a direct line of influence from these fragrances (Toasted Sugar, Pear, Cotton Candy) to my current loves. I recently got a 7ml of Love...Don't be Shy, by Killian, and I love it so much because the gourmande marshmallow notes reminded me of my first love. Love DBS is a much more mature and refined fragrance in it's own right, and I love it because it feels like a scent that has grown and matured with me into adulthood, but the clouds of sugar-floss cotton candy sprays from fantasy, was where this imprinted love began. I can still sing the TV advertisement jingle "I don't do it for anyone but me... body fantasies!". I found a gigantic 90's 8oz bottle of this fragrance on ebay, and when it arrived, I was not at all shy about it and bathed myself in this scent a way that was reminiscent of my teenage self stealing this from my mom to try and cover up the smell of weed after school. Borderline sticky with sweat under the 90s summer sun with butterfly hair clips and portable walkmans and first crushes and heartbreaks. For the rest of my day I was caught up in fits of giggles and pure undiluted joy, transported to moments and memories of my younger teenage self. That inner child was given something special in revisiting this fragrance, and it reminds me that scent is such a powerful thing. For others without such a sentimental connection, this fragrance is no more than the cloying smell of burnt sugar--sticky and overpoweringly sweet in a cheap plastic bottle. For me, this kitsch fragrance has a place of pride on my vanity next to my Chanel, Killian and Guerlains. It is something really invaluable and special in the way that you simply cannot prescribe a value. And I think, in the end, that's what our journeys and relationships with fragrance is about.

This body mist is actually so good! It does open with a grape candy note, but I don’t find it off putting as to me it doesn’t read as grape medicine or nauseatingly sweet. However, the grape note settles into a bright tart raspberry that only stick around for about the first 30 minutes of wear. After about 30 minutes, the fruity berry notes mostly disappear and the scent becomes the most authentic, sweet, sugary, pink cotton candy scent! I was looking for a straight up, genuine cotton candy scent in a body mist which is exactly what I found in this body mist :) I got a 3 ounce bottle for only $3 at Walmart which is an incredible value as well, so I can absolutely say I love this body mist! The longevity is not great, but I’m happy to reapply throughout the day given the price. This scent seems like it would be well suited for spring and summer, but I actually think I’m going to enjoy wearing it in the fall as well because of how sugary it is, it’ll probably be less likely to become cloying in the cooler weather :) <3

Fluffy CREAM-SODA Scent. Opens with hot-pink/purple Fruity Pebbles scent, that dries down on a fluffy vanilla with faintly creamy tones. Doesn't quite get to the level of marshmallow, but gets to a slightly creamy caramel/brown-sugar while retaining the Fruity Pebbles scent in the top notes. Overall I get a cream soda scent that has some faint creaminess - like the elusive creaminess of cream-soda, almost to the level of a grape creamsicle but not quite. For a body spray this is pretty powerful, and one spray lasts 2-3 hours on my skin with arms length projection. It's a love for me. Enjoy! update: I tried this again after a few months, and I was surprised that it evolved. I didn't think that would happen with a body spray. However, under the Cream Soda scent, there's a marshmallow-y vibe similar to Guimauve Reminiscence (although Guimauve doesn't have the Cream Soda top notes). Overall: a cheapie sugar rush, thumbs up.

Alright now, as someone who swears by sweet scents, this one is BY FAR my favorite!!! Even though it's a mist, it stays on my skin for a few hours, and GOD is it delicious :') It is true that it smells more like grapes, in fact, it reminds me of grape Fanta, it has that creamy soda / juicy tinge to it... My bf said that it reminded him of some kind of medicine they used to give him at the dentist, but funnily enough, he actually liked that about it lol?? To me, it smells like all the glossy, pink, glittery things in the world. Think of bubblegum pink, jelly sandals, flavored lip gloss, gemstone stickers, glittery nail polish, scented markers, and all the cutesy toys you wanted as a kid, never got them from your parents, and can finally buy them yourself! PLEASE LAYER THIS WITH FANTASY!!! ♡⸜(˃ ᴗ ˂ )⸝

I'm afraid they're going to discontinue this fragrance - it's getting harder to find, so I'm happy I have a backup! It's amazing. You can clearly smell the raspberry and strawberry over the sweet fluffy cotton candy and a wisp of vanilla musk. It doesn't last, of course, but as we know, fragrance will last better on clothing. Spray this on everything, it seriously smells SO. GOOD. I've been wearing GH Delicious Cotton Candy but this is like a lighter, fruitier version of that. Give me ALL the sweet scents, I literally can't get enough. Also, I'm 31 years old and have truly stopped caring if wearing "juvenile" scents matters. News flash, no one cares, so wear what smells good and makes YOU happy mo matter what celeb put it out or what the bottle looks like.