True Love's Cake

Oh this is DELICIOUS! A true gourmand-lover's dream. Birthday cake is one of my all-time favorite flavors and scents, and I have been on the hunt for a while to find the perfect one, and I think I found it! This one starts off very buttery and then develops into this mouthwatering spiced pistachio and almond cake scent. The butteriness reminds me a little of Wrapped in Vanilla from Bath and Body Works. My nose does not pick up much rose, so if you are not a fan of rose you may still like this. My only complaint is that I wish it lasted a bit longer! I have been layering this with my SDJ 62 body butter and my Milk Bar Birthday Cake body mist, and it is an amazing combo!🎂

I’m typically not fond of sickly sweet gourmands, and upon first spraying this, I had the same reaction with any other gourmand “BORING!!!” Mind you I sprayed it on a tester strip (horrible idea) Oh how deeply wrong was I, and how quickly I changed my mind when I tried it on skin!! Maybe I haven’t tried too many gourmands, but the dry down on this is intoxicating. It’s almost like a molecular musky marshmallow fluffy cake batter vanilla. It reminds me of that same molecular dry down, of the only other gourmand that I can stand, which is Kayali Yum Boujee marshmallow! I feel like you could layer these two perfectly!!

I wasn't expecting anything thick and heavy, even as a gourmand, from Skylar. This fragrance is light and clean and ever so slightly showery, keep it from leaning TOO sickly sweet. I have read many reviews that say that this dries down to something boring and linear, like a body spray. I don't agree with that, and actually think that the pistachio comes out as it dries down, and leaves me with something that reminds me of La Monde Gourmande's Pistachio Brulee. It is sweet, nutty, and a bit floral from the rose. A very easy wear for work or school, and it seems like it would be good for all seasons!

First sniff was like opening a can of buttercream frosting, or catching a whiff of cake batter that had just been mixed. Then I began to pick up on the rose, honey, and almond/pistachio notes. It's a very strong and sweet cake scent, but also comes across a bit jammy as well due to the rose. After a while, it begins to get less sweet and the cardamom and other florals starts to come through more. Honestly, I would swap the ordering of the notes on the pyramid. Despite this, I personally love it! Feels very posh tea party coded lol.

I really really REALLY love this one. At first I got the sweet cake scent, then the drydown to the rose water skin scent goodness. I don’t find this scent linear at all, I actually find it to be a pretty complex gourmand. It’s definitely a new favorite, if not my new signature scent!!