Cotton Candy de Dua

I have many cotton candy fragrances like Aquolina's Pink Sugar, Michel Germain's Sugarful, Candie's Cotton Candy, Gale Hayman's Delicious Cotton Candy, and Tutti Délices' Barbe a Papa. It's one of my favorite notes. This fragrance from The Dua Brand is one of the best. What I appreciate the most is the lack of burnt sugar and alcohol smells. Cotton Candy de Dua starts sweet and stays sweet, and you can smell the pure cotton candy and sugary vanilla. These two notes are made for each other. Since this is an extrait de parfum, the sillage is excellent and it lasts for hours. If you enjoy very sweet fragrances, please give this a try. It sells out often, so don't hesitate if you really want it.

I was worried when I read some of the negative comments about this fragrance, but I went ahead and purchased it since I usually love the Dua brand. I'm glad I followed my instinct. This really works for me. It starts out like a light, fluffy sugary dream. When it dries down, it settles to a sweet, mature candy-like scent. I read some comments that the musk takes over. For me, the musk tempers down the sweetness just enough to make it a more mature, anytime fragrance. It's not too strong, but it lasts on clothing forever. I really like it.

While it's youthful, it's not a drugstore body spray. (Not that there's anything wrong with that). It's not cheap smelling, and it is going to LAST. Personally, I love it. I think it's beautiful and cheerful. It is mostly cotton candy, but the other notes, specifically the musk in it make it a fragrance and not a sugary dollar store spray. And, heads up-if left to macerate for a couple weeks, it goes beastmode. Dua regularly has sales, often 30% off their already somewhat affordable pricing. It's easy to get addicted.

THE BEST cotton candy fragrance I have tried so far and I have Pink Sugar, Sugarful, various cheapies... this stuff takes the cake. The longevity is to die for. One spray on my wrist and I could smell it all day - I even applied self tanning mousse later on in the afternoon (usually a total fragrance killer) and STILL could smell it for the rest of the night. Can't recommend enough. Scent is very true to cotton candy as well, imo!

While I do like it and it's a nice scent, it's just not special in any way. Like at all. It's so typical, so common, so juvenile, so body-mist-like type of scent. Also it doesn't smell like cotton candy AT ALL. It smells more like candy and should be called "Candy de DUA" because the title is very misleading imo. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't smell bad in any way, it's just not special and it does not smell like cotton candy. I decluttered it. Scent 7/10 Longevity 7/10 Sillage 6/10 Projection 6/10