Victorian Picnic

I like this well enough, but I do have to confess to hating orange blossom (I perhaps should've checked the notes list more intensively before purchase). This is the perfuminess of orange blossom and jasmine tempered by a mouthful of sugary sweet cupcake frosting. Wet on skin, the citrus-and-cake opener masks the white florals, then orange blossom takes over. After a few hours drying down, the lemony cake has gone and I'm left with a toothachingly sweet memory of cupcake frosting. Good for muggy summer days when you can't bring yourself to choke down a cupcake but still have a sweet tooth to nurse - especially if you're the kind of person who appreciates the bloom of white florals in the heat.

On my skin, it opens with a very strong and sweet orange blossom. 😍 I was ecstatic. My 10 year old complimented me on it on the way to camp this morning, but he said he smelled chocolate. Idk about chocolate but orange blossom and a syrupy cake maybe. As it wore on, the floral notes faded and a sweet, rich vanilla syrup and cream remained. I caught wiffs of it throughout my work day, and faint traces towards the end of day, but by the evening it had faded away from wrists but remains faintly on my décolleté. I am in love with this scent!A favorite already and will be wearing this often. ❤️

Victorian Picnic is the perfect name for this extrait launched in 2019. Orange blossoms hearken back to childhood days when I played in a nearby orange grove. A whiff of spongy ladyfingers and jasmine hovers in the background. Early on I caught a carnation/clove note that I later learned is actually wisteria's lilac/clove note. I like this fragrance but wish it lasted longer.✿ Scent family: Floral Gourmand Longevity on me: weak

Liqueur-soaked cake under a wisteria trellis in the summer - that is what I smell!

I was expecting to love this perfume as I thought it would be a sweeter version of Victorian Tea Room, but a note in the opening comes across as extremely green to my nose. It's heavily floral with dry white wine notes. Once it dries down it gets a little bit sweeter but I never truly get the cupcake notes. It has a slight similarity to Victorian Tea Room but I much prefer that one. Definitely a good spring/summer daytime perfume.