SJP NYC Eau de Parfum

I love strawberries, so this hooked me in immediately as strawberry is the strongest note here - it wears from the top and hints remain as the fragrance dries down to a skin-scent. The osmanthus also is long-wearing and compliments the strawberry and mandarin perfectly. Out of the florals, the honeysuckle & mimosa are the strongest, and I get quiet hints of the rose as the vanilla develops - I also wonder if there is freesia here too? The floral bouquet settles into the rum & creamy sandalwood base really smoothly. The lasting power is neither outstandingly great nor terribly bad - it wears for around 6/7 hours. For the affordable price-point, I think that this is very decent. I love that SJP NYC has such authentic key note accords, and appreciate that the other scent notes are kept very subtle to keep the fragrance uncluttered and clean. I'm very happy with my blind buy of this and have been wearing it every other day, as it's very easy to wear. I'm 40 and don't feel like mutton dressed as lamb in it.

So I CAN like a strawberry scent! Maybe it matters that this one is "wild strawberry", as until now, every strawberry top note has smelled artificial and overpowering, and like a makeup/cosmetic smell to me. But tbh I didn't even know this was strawberry until I looked at the notes. It smelled like red berries or perhaps a more tart raspberry to me. This was love at first sniff for me. I immeadiately thought of the sugary fresh fruitiness of Police to be Woman, but NYC is less crystallised sugar and more of a fruity sweetness, and less citrus. But the overall vibe is very alike. I'll be buying this and letting it replace Police as my summer scent as that one is about to disappear from shelves. For summer, I don't go for aquatic green shower-fresh light airy scents. I go for sweet fruity fresh, but need them to not have such a strong woody or musky base so it doesn't turn heavy. Police and NYC are my only solutions so far :) Love it, and glad I tested it on a whim!

To be honest... this might just be my favourite of all time. While it's true that it holds sentimental value for me, as it acts as a portal into the past, into a particularly sublime spring and summer I once lived...it's more than this nostalgia and these connotations. It's definitely the pretty mist itself, too. I am a huge fan of refreshing, tropical island scents. This one is so uplifting. Never cloying. It simply soothes instead. Just the right amount of sweetness. I look forward to the weather warming up here over the next few months, and misting myself with this beauty...and reliving the love and the lust of a time gone by. Fragrance as a time machine. As if the domain of perfume isn't cool enough with its pretty bottles and all of the dopamine of a true addiction, and the way it creates worlds....it also takes us back in time to people and places that were once everything to us. 🥹🩷

This starts off smelling a whole lot like Paris Hilton by Paris Hilton but it quickly gets a little more boozey which makes it smell more mature than Paris (in a good way). It's bright and sparkling much like Paris and Versace Bright Crystal but it develops more depth the longer you wear it with the hint of creamy musk like lovely has but even more subtle. Strawberry is a prominent note but there are also some delicate floral notes as well. I smell the honeysuckle and mimosa. Lovely is my favorite and signature scent and I was excited to try another SJP perfume. This is a more young smell than lovely. And it doesn't last as long. Over all its pleasant and light. I couldn't see anyone not liking it.

Blind bought this out of curiosity and because I found it SUPER cheap online (used). I’m a fan of floral fruity perfumes so this was a big hit for me. I found this floral and sweet. Reminded me of my favorite Victoria’s Secret perfume which has been long discontinued... Bombshell in Bloom. It actually smelled EXACTLY like it in my opinion. I was so excited to have found a dupe! Then something horrible happened... cheap packaging! I opened to sniff again and the bottle slipped out of the darn plastic packaging and shattered all over the floor. Literally wanted to cry! Owned this perfume for a total of six hours :(