Cuddle Punk

(Based on the "petal" sampler, may smell different aerosolized) This one is kind of weird (complimentary). The cypress lends an "underripe" sort of quality to the apricot that tempers the sheer fruitiness to a fresh, light scent. Kind of reminds me of the skin of an underripe mango, except it's apricots. I'm inclined to call this a "happy" scent to be honest, it's tropical without feeling like you dunked a mai tai over your head. Every-day tropical if you will. Perfect for warm weather. The vanilla smooths the apricot out to an almost yogurty quality and the tobacco is faint in the background but present enough to keep this fragrance from smelling too sweet and childish. I can't overtly smell coconut but that may be the source of the milky sweetness (as opposed to the apricot's fruity sweetness). I didn't anticipate liking this one as much as I do! Of the petal sampler box, so far this is the only one I actively plan on buying a full bottle of, provided the dry down isn't weird (derogatory). I do agree with another reviewer that this is very much a candle scent but I think it works as a perfume too. Edit: After less than 2 hours it became a skin scent on me, which is heartbreaking. It still smells lovely and fruity (think apricot vanilla yogurt) but I really wish the performance was better.

I usually don't like this type of fragrance but this one surprised me in the best way. This is the type of scent that takes you on an adventure and constantly changes. It starts with a dose of tobacco but the sweetness from the apricot and freshness from the cypress balances it out really well. The apricot note is prominent throughout but leans orangey on me which makes it nice and bright and really punchy. Personally, I don't get any patchouli which is fine with me. It is definitely woody and fresh but deepened by the tobacco which pops up occasionally, made more interesting from saffron and coconut and brightened and balanced by cypress and apricot. I LOVE this.

Sometimes I read these reviews and I wonder if I have a completely different olfactory operating system? I LOVE this fragrance. I do not smell fruit of any kind, nor Cypress or anything along those lines. I adore apricot, which is what drew me into this one...but I do t smell it at all! I smell (to my delight) black pepper in abundance. Maybe patchouli. I find it to be a bright, wide awake scent with a decent sillage and pretty good lasting power. People here have mentioned the Vaseline/vaporub vibe- but I don't get that here at all. The pinrose fragrance called simply 'Pinrose'smells like bathroom cleanser to me, though, maybe a little like Vicks.

This and Pillowtalk poet were my favorite from this line (I got the sample pack that included the whole line a while back.) Anyway, I bit the bullet and grabbed a bottle off of ebay - it seems like they may be discontinuing this one which is a shame. It's lovely and unique, sweet and warm - apricot, vanilla and patchouli. Really perfect for fall - longevity 10+ hours and has great sillage/projection for like the first 4-5 hours. This is NOT a wallflower perfume.

I didn't get any top notes, just a really mellow vanilla/patch/tobacco that was brightened up by the saffron. Sillage was about 2 feet after I first put on but within an hour it was a skin scent that lasted in total of roughly 2 hours. Had this lasted longer even as a skin scent i would have splurged on a full size bottle, as it is I'm happy with the small rollerball I have. If I find on sale, really discounted, I'd buy just for those two hours.