Sexiest Fantasies Fireworks

OK, revised review... I'm not afraid to say that I'm sometimes a Wal-Martian and that I cruise the local drugstores for fragrances. This evening I slapped down the whole $6 for this sweet gem after I tried it yesterday and my fiance said that I smelled good (I aim to impress. ;) ) Last night, I thought there might have been clove in it, but I've decided that little kick is... patchouli! Now, normally I HATE (AND I MEAN HATE!) patch. Any other time it takes over the whole fragrance on me, but this patchouli just stays calmly and politely vague in the background, adding a bit of interest and zing. Normally, I don't like peach either, but it's very mild in here. Fireworks opens with strawberry (not super sweet, not perfectly simulated, but it's really pleasant) and some peach and vanilla. The little patchouli hangs around, and it mellows a bit to a sweet, sexy-smelling concoction on me. It has lasted for a few hours now. It doesn't smell edible, but people that don't care for sweet fragrance might not like this, as it is a sweety. For a body spray, this stuff is a keeper.

On my skin, Fireworks smells sweet & light, with a surprising & seductively strong kick/kiss of spice that keeps me coming back for more. The unlisted spice note reminded me of cinnamon candy, in a good way, & not at all synthetic. or maybe even patchouli, a scent that usually evokes hippy armpit, but that in this fragrance smells more like an intriguing pheremonal connection. In that way, it's *almost* a unisex fragrance, but might appeal more to women who wear male scents than to men. I'd suggest Fireworks to anyone who wants to feel (& smell!) vibrant, sexy, edgy, unique, courageous, spicy, & intriguing. When the weather is warm, this scent can inspire wildness, flirtation, exploration, & celebration, if you let it. When it's cold out, the cinnamon-spice keeps your skin warm & your blood running hot, making you cozy & dangerously cuddlable.

Ok...I give up and admit it: I was at CVS tonight and sniffed the "Sexiest Fantasies". I often disparage the fruity-floral class of fragrances because, frankly, many of them are simply too screechy, artificial, and banal. However, I'm no perfume snob, and if it smells good to me...I'm with it. And guess what, Fireworks is really, really good (I mean REALLY good!!!). Fireworks IS very fruity. It's realistic mixed fruits and vanilla. Sweet (but not saccharine) and Sexy!!! I give Fireworks a "love." Excellent work by Parfums de Coeur. I'll be back at CVS very soon with my Extra Care Bucks! P. S. Inquiring minds want to know...how is this a fruity-floral when there are no floral notes? I asked the same question about Love's BabySoft Heart Throb. Maybe I like fruit notes without florals and florals without fruit.

What is the deal with the newer peach fragrances? Synthetic peach used to smell "fake" on me, but lately there seems to be a better quality used in perfumes. I am starting to really appreciate these peach scents! Initially I get a gigantic blast of sweet, fairly realistic strawberries, not the "bubblegum" some people have described by any means, then that lovely peach (with a hint of slightly sour plum this time around) which seems to be used in many of the Sexiest Fantasies body sprays. The vanilla, the same slightly boozy one from Love Struck, follows closely, and also a hint of a spicy powdery accord, which is not listed in the notes. Sillage and longevity are both on the high end of moderate.

If this fragrance was placed on a perfume clinical test together with high end body mists, this will be number one, if not part of the top three best. Fireworks remind me of the middle notes of Thierry Mugler’s Angel. It greets you with very ripe strawberries, hints of peach/ mango followed by caramel, vanilla and amber. I love the long lasting caramel dry down trailing like whiffs of Prada Candy. This is lovely artwork by Parfums de Coeur. My fragrance opinion: The way the human body processes fragrance is as unique as the wearer, thus for as long as millionaires and billionaires of planet earth continue to belong to species homosapien body chem. is body chem.