Carioca Crush

If you live near an HEB, you need to smell the pomegranate spray sun screen. This body mist is the closest thing I've ever smelled to that sunscreen. Of course it's pear and not pomegranate, but the JUICY fruit ness is light, playful, with just that little bit of wood and musk. I want to swim in this scent all summer long. SDJ please please please make this permanent and release a body wash too, because 🤩🤩🤩 I hope it becomes permanent, because it's sold out right now and I would have to stock upppppp if they don't just make it permanent. The fruit dries really fast but the musky woods linger for a while. I like layering this with Arquiste Peau, which is also a really light woody musk. together the base notes last all day and I can still pick them out in the morning. It does lean a little juvenile, but I was searching for that. I wanted a fruit burst of joyful playful fruit to layer over my very serious perfumes. I'm ok that the longevity isn't crazy because I'd prefer to re apply a spritz throughout the day when I need a little pick me up : )

So fresh, juicy and vibrant 😍 At first I didn't think it was anything special but once it dried down I couldn't stop sniffing my arm. The litchi and pear are definitely the heavy hitters here but then the floral and woody notes peak through more in the dry down and *that* is what sealed the deal for me. The pink violet, cedar and musk add more complexity to the fruits – giving it a more genuine perfume-y quality and makes it smell a bit more exotic and pretty. I can see why some are comparing this to God Is A Woman and Versace Dylan Purple but Carioca Crush is miles better than both imo. It basically smells like a perfumed version of a lollipop or fruit punch. Hopefully they bring this scent back and make it permanent in the future because it's quickly become my other favorite SDJ scent besides 40.

I know I said that I would be ok with Carioca crush not becoming a permanent scent, but I want to change my mind and say that I love every single body mist from this years summer collection, especially after having them sit for a while. I honestly can’t decide which I like more. Each one of them has served a different vibe for me this summer and I just went back and sniffed all of them again and now I have a memory attached to each one. There was always one from their limited editions that I wasn’t impressed with, but I found a use for each one from this years launch. I’ll be happy to see any of them come back as permanent and sad to see two of them leave us. I hope by some miracle they decide to keep all of them, but I think I’m pushing my luck 🥲 This was the most fun summer launch of 2024

I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I do, I bought it because it was on offer. I expected this to be less sweet than Beijos De Sol, but it’s much sweeter. Is it unique? Definitely not, but it’s very pleasant. If you like fruity scents and you’re put off by the floral description of this, give it a try because the fruit is the main star of this fragrance. It has a summer berry juice sort of fragrance, that’s the best way I can describe this. It’s kind of juvenile and if you didn’t know it was SDJ you’d probably guess that it’s a Bath and Body Works fragrance, that’s not to say it’s not nice, it’s just what you would expect from a fruity body spray. Not my favourite SDJ release but it’s pleasant all the same and I’m glad I got one.

Surprisingly, this is my favorite from the new 2024 summer collection. Carioca Crush will likely be the best-seller of the line. It's a juicy and fruity body mist that can be easily worn during daytime all year round. The fragrance opens with a beautiful, candied pear note. Following that, I mainly detect violet and a soft musk/white cedar accord. The lychee and praline notes are very subtle to my nose. As many others have noted, Carioca Crush is very similar to Ariana Grande's God is a Woman, though less floral. The pear note in Carioca Crush is sweeter, while in God is a Woman it's more prominent and raw. I finished my bottle so quickly !