Midnight Sparkle

Amy1983 is right, not one whiff of this conjurers up midnight or sparkles. However, while she obviously disliked the fragrance, I must say I love it. Rue21's frags go for $9.99, and anybody who has been to one of the stores knows that their target audience is tweens to teens who are either trying too hard to be cool or are really strapped for cash (or both!). So of course their fragrances are not going to be sophisticated because their demographic is not sophisticated. HOWEVER, this poorly-named EDT stands out among their suspiciously similar-smelling fragrance collection. Unlike the others it is creamy, warm(ish), sweet, and yes, orange-y. It is a grown-up orange creamsickle. It is a delightful flowing scarf perfect for those March days where it's winter in the shade and spring in the sun. It is an in-between fragrance too mature for teens but too young for adults. It's never loud. Upon first spray it emits some sort of low-key mandarin. As if the energizing orange went on a backpacking trip to Europe and came back wiser and calmer, but even more fun to be around. While she was on this trip she hooked up with a light cream and made friends with powdered sugar and a very delicate white flower (I almost want to say heather) and the group occasionally hung out with almonds and a really, really chill banana. On the drydown the almond and banana come out a little more but are still mostly covered by cream, sugar, and that awesome orange. Silage is close, but wafts in that fun way where you occasionally get sniffs of something that smells really good and then you realize it's you and that's awesome. Longevity is surprisingly good for a cheap scent on my black-hole skin. After three hours I have to lift my wrist to my nose to smell, but then again I only used one spray. All in all, a great buy for a great price. Not so great now that summer's coming up, but I definitely look froward to using this for the remainder of spring and when fall rolls around.

Randomly thought about this perfume today as it was the only one I ever bought from Rue 21 when I was in middle school and I wore it religiously! This is what the mall during the holidays smells like for me but in the most amazing nostalgic way. Maybe eventually I'll cough up 100$ for it but after stocking up while it was 10$ a bottle brand new its hard to convince myself. :')

This does smell pretty strongly of orange, which I always do associate with Christmas somehow. I see why they chose that for this limited edition. I wish they'd paired it with some spices though instead of the sweet, sweet fruits. It needs a little depth. It also does not seem to have much lasting power. I may still buy a bottle but I wasn't overly impressed.

The notes aren’t listed here. But I would say it is probably a combination of: Orange Vanilla Something spicy like clove or cinnamon And creamy notes. Perhaps a touch of caramel It smells very Christmas/wintery to me. Like, a snow princess on ice skates, with a fur bolero surrounded by fairies. This scent is entirely delicious. Totally a sweet, gourmand, fragrance that is lamentably no longer available.

I got this last Christmas when I origionally stopped in to Rue 21 to repurchase the "Twenty One Black", which is my favorite fragrace by them, but then I saw this limited edition gem on display. It really does smell like an orange creamsickle. All I smell is creamy orange and vanillia, but theres nothing wrong with that! It smells very nice. A good scent for winter in the daytime.