Charlie White

I was at Walgreens picking up a few essentials yesterday and saw that the holiday fragrance gift sets are on the shelves now, and, being the fragrance addict that I am, I had to take a look. I saw a box that included 2 bottles of Charlie White for a steal and instantly looked up the notes here. I was a little skeptical when I saw the notes, especially the watermelon and violet, but I couldn't say no. I figured if I didn't like it there would be someone that would. I got into the car and sprayed Charlie White on my wrist, and it was love at first smell. CW is clean, sweet, and fresh. It fits very well in the green floral category. I think the reason I was afraid of the watermelon note is that it conjures up a fake, sugary impression in my mind - like watermelon flavored gum, when it obviously doesn't really smell like watermelon should. Fortunately for me, that watermelon is nowhere to be found in this fragrance. There is nothing syrupy or overly fruity. The jasmine and lily are the most prominent floral notes. I don't get any violet whatsoever. CW reminds me of my signature fragrance Glow by JLo - not because they smell that much alike, but because they both make me feel put together, clean, and feminine. They can both be worn at any time, anywhere, and really any time of year. They are timeless fragrances IMO. Charlie White might end up in my top 5 - a fantastic little drugstore gem!!!

The Charlie scents had a long story in my family. It’s very funy and cute. My mother bought her first Charlie in her first selery. That time it was very expensive. My mother cherished her bottle, but my grandfather didn’t know that. He tried to sterilize hes feet with perfume (...old times...). My mother screamed: „Father what are you doing? What perfume do you useing?” Grandfather said: „Hmmm... some kind of a Charlie...” Mother was shocked, after hearing that grandfather wasting her precious perfume. Buti t wasn’t true, grandfather was jokeing. But with a (approximately) 3 or 4 years old child (how was me :) ) hearing, it was a good opportunity to buy a Christmas present for her mother. So I told my idea to my father, and went to shoping. We bougth a 15ml Charlie White perfume and I give it to my mother as a Christmas present. After the boxing day I secretly sprayed out nearly the whole bottle!!!! Everything smelt Charlie White!!! Everything in the house!!! My mother was shockd again... They saved 2 or 3 ml in the bottle, but it was a failure of a gift. From that time on Charlie White was the scent of Christmas for me. And I really love this scent. :)

One summer when I was in a warm country for a few weeks I was desperately looking for a cheap enough scent for temperatures over 30 degrees - everything annoyed me that was sweet and fruity, and I came across this 100 ml one at the chemists, and I repurchased it the year after- I would probably even wear it now if I was in a warmer climate. I sprayed away like there was no tomorrow, as it didn`t last more than a couple of hours and as I remember it was really crisp, tuberose-y, refreshing and maybe a tad bit synthetic too, but the synthetic feel went away quite fast. It felt just perfect on me in the scorching heat! It`s one of those perfumes that you should really only wear over 25 degrees, otherwise they will give you this `meh` impression. I also bough it for a friend, who told me that it was a bit like floor cleaner..Well, we`re not all the same.. EDIT: I can`t smell any watermelon in this, honestly. Just sprayed it on and it`s basically ozonic, bit sharp tuberose, slightly sweeter as it dries. But no watermelon, none. Lovely anyway.

I love this for nostalgic purposes. And it's kind of odd, like me. Definitely not for everyone, and I do NOT suggest anyone blind-buy this based on its notes. I wore it in high school in the mid-90's. This was back when my mom was always bringing home drugstore perfume from the clearance bin at her work. I wore the hell out of it. I thought it was a cute, oddball, punk rock kinda fragrance. Now I only wear it every once in awhile because I do realize it's kind of a bizarre one (glad I'm not the only one who picks up the note of pencil shavings. I always thought that and wondered if other people did too!), and the sillage is actually pretty strong coming off me. But the scent itself is actually VERY dear to me. Based on this review, you maybe wouldn't guess that? But I love it very much. I always get excited whenever I run across a bottle of this in a random Walgreens or wherever (which is not often). It's the only Charlie fragrance I like besides Charlie Black (which I have only ever seen in the UK).

Cheapie but freshie! It smells really elegant. Now, you can't expect much from this juice bottle because it will be very basic. If you do not want to smell basic, then this isn't for you. But, but...it's a very elegant scent and could be a dumb reach for times when you just want to smell clean and nice without choking yourself out. People who are still buying this mainly buy it for the nostalgia factor. I bought this for my mom, although she used Charlie's classic one (gold cap), so when she saw the Charlie white, she smiled and said, "Charlie!" She liked it a lot. I think I will buy one for myself too. Yeah, the little irksome part is that after 10 minutes, it smells synthetic on my skin. And the perfume doesn't last long (duh). But I don't expect this to be a crazy designer label at that price.