To Twirl All Girly

I love this. It smells like a head shop, but in a good way, similar to their Tiptoeing. It smells a little like the incense displays by a well-known company that's always found in places like co-ops and tattoo parlors (and often head shops haha). Back in the day Electric Fetus in MN had a very similar scent, as did Pacific Sunwear circa 1995 and Zumies back when they both were heavily sports and skateboarding oriented and as close to counterculture/Hot Topic as you could get in the midwest at the time. I don't get the ylang ylang that other people get, but I do smell the tuberose and incense notes. To me there is are also notes of frangipani, melon, sandalwood, labdanum, and possibly ceylon cinnamon. It's an floriental in the same vein as Avon's Imari. I like both, but this is much less generic smelling. It's an aroma probably everyone will recognize, but they won't know from where. I'm allergic to citrus and scents with d-limonene and this is safe for me. I have the oil version which has excellent longevity, but has more intimate sillage. But with perfumes like this, you don't want a sillage beast that announces your presence both long before you arrive and long after you depart. It's more of a romantic, even naughty, evening scent, but can be worn during the day with some ease. It's probably not office or work appropriate. It reminds me of summers by the water, more rebellious days filled with way too much fun, the hormones of youth, and platform shoes. Don't go to her expecting anything specific. She needs to be appreciated for the unique creation she is. If you can do that, you won't be disappointed. Also, for those of you sensitive to synthetic aroma chemicals, TTAG should be safe for you, just apply sparingly. If you have MCAS and are searching for something that won't send you into a flare, this might work for you. I can wear this around people with MCAS and fibromyalgia without them getting triggered.

I ordered a sample of this after falling in love with Pilar & Lucy's "Tiptoeing Through the Chambers of the Moon." Despite reviews warning against wearing this in warm weather, I decided to wear it this morning, as fine a summer morning as any. "To Twirl all Girly" passed the first sniff test, so I had no reservations wearing this out (if something smells too crazy from the bottle, I'll wear it around the house to test its reaction to my skin prior to wearing it out in public or to work). She opens brightly with a bang...Gardenia! and Jasmine! and Incense! She settles in about an hour to a creamy, warm, spicy sweetness. Three hours into wear I'm getting plenty of gardenia, jasmine, incense but it has been tempered with a warm vanilla/amber vibe. I get no fruit at all in this, which is fine by me. Previous reviews were on the mark about sillage...a little goes a long way. I have two drops on each wrist and a drop on my throat and it projects about 2 feet. Three hours into wear these 5 drops are still going strong. I really like this, perhaps even love it - time will tell. Not as enchantingly dark as "Tiptoeing" but definitely enchantingly girly...twirly girly. EDIT: I MOST definitely - LOVE this perfume!

I just love Pilar and Lucy and both of their beautiful fragrances and am so glad that I bought them. To twirl all girly is simply wonderful and enchanting to me. I used to have a room in my house called the candle room. It was my 70's throw back room that had many different candles and incence burning all the time. I had throw pillows and tie die scarfs thown about along with beads hanging everywhere. I even had the atrological sings up on the cealing. It was my retreat away from the world when I needed to unwind. When ever anybody came into that room they always commented that it smelled so wonderful with all the incense and candles burning. This fragrance reminds me of that time and when the florals kick in I am in heaven and want twirl like a girl!!!

Beware--you will get more compliments than you may be able to handle. Men will want to eat you up...heavy night-blooming jasmine, incense, with a bit of brown sugar. It's essentially no more than incense and vanilla with a bit of salicylate, and it smells SPOT ON of Cassini, but it's good. Quite good. Unfortunately, the last two bottles I purchased turned rancid WAY before their time (6-8 mos.), and I'm not into wasting money. Sorry Pilar and Lucy, but you're using something unstable here, whether it's the wrong carrier oil, or subpar compounds/essentials, time to switch recipes, suppliers, or both. I won't be funding your cheapie bottles and juices any longer!

A winner for me! At the beginni g I got a heavy incense then it started setteling and I started smelling something very fresh. After about three, yes three hours I am covered in the beautiful scent of gardenia!!!! I had originally decided that I would only purchase ttcm. But have now decided that I must have this one too!! I could become addicted to these fragrances!!!

I disagree with the other posts. If you are a lover of vintage white florals, ylang and tuberose, you might like this one. It is not vintage but it is a super sweet floral with champaca blossoms that come off somewhat fruity and are twisted in with vanilla. This is too sappy to be aquatic. And it is NOT incense. I like it because it doesn't smell like everything else or anything else. In the base it gets a bit resinous like vanilla floral nag champa. In the final drydown it is like a nag champa incense. Sweet and authentic. It is amazing. I can't stop sniffing. Love the transformation.

Starts off smelling like fruit salad with ripe bananas, citrus fruits, and melons. There

I adore "Tiptoeing" so gave this one a try. I don't hate it, there's nothing glaringly offensive about it. Somebody else nailed it when they said all of their fragrances smell like candles, and there's nothing wrong with that. But this one feels too heavy, too heady. I can't identify what it is that's feels too much, maybe the tuberose? I'd really have to be in the mood for something like this, and it does seem more cold-weather appropriate. That said, I'm not mad at the overall vibe of a dank head shop. This is something maybe your cool, witchy aunt might wear while giving you a tarot card reading. Sidenote: I wish Pilar and Lucy would come out with some new scents! I feel like they'd continue to be unique, interesting and moody.

This is quite an odd scent! I was expecting something white floral and aquatic, but instead, I was hit with an overwhelmingly incense note, and a vague floral scent that lingers in the background. After the dry down, it really just smells like someone lit some smoky sweet incense in a musty flower shop, but...I don't hate it! I struggled with this one. It's a bit addicting to smell, in all actuality, but at the end of the day, I don't think I want to smell like a musty, incense filled flower shop, honestly. If I walked into a store that smelled like this, it would be heavenly, but personally, I think that's the only time I'd like the scent.

This is a weird scent. I wonder where fragrantica found these notes, officially, they only disclose gardenia. I think this fragrance smells like old fashioned, potpurri-like white flowers mixed with sweet and sour fruit smells. I would describe this as gardenia and tuberose, watermelon, citrus and a hint of banana for some reason, which sounds better than this is. It's also a bit soapy and has a note of floral scented incense sticks, and it's just not well-blended, it smells messy. In the drydown, a sweet drugstore-ish white musk joins in, which is not usually my favorite note, but I actually like this stage more than the opening and the heart. Like I also said in my review of their fragrance The Exact Friction of Stars, Pilar & Lucy fragrances don't work for me at all. They smell like someone mixed perfume oils together at home without any training. They're not disgusting, but they have something cheap about them.

I tried this this morning. At first there is a burst of melon and banana on me. Very sweet and juicy, after a while there comes some smoke and flowers. I thought I liked it, but... after about half an hour there is nothing but very heavy, dusty and strong incense left. Feels like I ́m buried alive in a kind of hippieshop! I kind of expected a girly and bright fragrance and no, this is dark, heavy and very strong. I get sick in my stomach from it and have to wash it off... twice, because it last and last and last... It don ́t really smell bad, but it smells to much, very loud fragrance, maybe it would work with only a tiny drop?

SailorV, you are spot on. I was so disappointed with the cheap incense tone to this one. Thank goodness I didn't put it on me as I think it would've clung for a while. Just didn't get where this one was supposed to be going at all.

This oil makes me think of a little girl that behaves very well in front of the adults, but turns around and commits all kinds of mischief. No one gets hurt and the pranks are kind of funny, however we all know she'll be a handful when she hits puberty. I smell a lot of melon and some candy sweetness, no gardenia until the deep drydown, which goes hand in hand with a syrupy incense note that I enjoy. It begins super strong and remains a sillage monster for a solid 6 hours, garners compliments left and right. I like it but don't love it, but I can see why so many people are loyal to it.

This fascinates me. The beginning smells like bubblegummy gardenia and nag champa incense. The dry down is reminiscent of the softest, sweetest, prettiest powdery skin musk. It doesn't project on me, but it is quite tenacious. It really does make me want to "twirl all girly"--but like a happy girl chewing gum in a headshop.

I knew before I read the notes that there was incense..The scent kinda reminds me of a church,I do like it..But I don't love it,really don't care too much for incense or patchouli in fragrances.

Sweet vanilla and white floral. It's a bit too much white floral for me, but on the right lady, this would work. Not for hot weather, though.

Over the top gardenia and incense. I love it, but as someone else said it's not for warm weather ,and it's definitely not discreet.

They sent me 3 tiny samples and I fellin love right then! I bought all the notes and made my own incense. In my top 30 for ever!