Bubble Gum Factory

This is so cute, whimsical and lighthearted! For the daydreamer that doesn't take themselves seriously at all, this smells like bubblegum pop x 150 but it lasts with a big strawberry in the background that likes to occasionally make an appearance, it's really cute but only for days or times when you can handle an overload of sweetness and I'm saying this as a primarily gourmand lover. Very fun wear tho especially since it switches during the wear from pink classic bubble gum to strawberry gum to pink bubble gum again and then almost a strawberry milkesque scent reminiscent to BHE minus the oak moss base. Got a sample and immediately purchased a 50ml (it's now off backorder on Luckyscent). This is the first Kalotinis I've really really liked, I don't like Pear Gelato because of the aquatic fresh note it has that no one ever fucking mentions when they talk about how 'lickable, fluffyyyyyy and gourmand' it is. I'm letting Pear macerate rn, hopefully it gets better with time. But this- this is great from first spray imho! I do not find it similar to Bel Rebel Bubble gum at all, that's a aldehydic soapy bubblegum scent, this isn't soapy clean smelling in the slightest. I detect no aldehydes. Kinda reminiscent of Boardwalk Delight too but without the dryer sheet fresh note that has. The name is a perfect description: it literally is a factory of (strawberry) Bubblegum! Love a dopamine fragrance like this ❤️

Fluffy, puffy clouds of goodness I have a sample of this scent and when I first applied this, I immediately loved it. First, the strawberry/raspberry scented marshmallow cloud, followed by a joyful, light vanilla. The bubble gum scent, to me, is the part of the scent that I remember from when I unwrapped my piece of bubble gum so many years ago. That fluffy puff that filled the air. It feels happy and comforting at the same time. I would not call it a “bazooka bubblegum” scent. This is a light cotton candy to me and it is one that seemed to stick around and not be plastic or musky in the dry-down. Not being sure that this would be for me, I still found myself sniffing at the spot on the top of my hand where I applied the sample. This feeling that this scent gives me, is so nostalgic/youthful in a world that drags me down. I had to order it right away and will sit by the mailbox waiting for it. It is a scent that I will wear for me. That said, I have a feeling that it will last well on me because, I only applied to the top of my hand and smelled it throughout the afternoon and evening in puffs of happiness.

Got a sample yesterday night full bottle today. It’s so cute. I might be a bit old for this fragrance profile but I love it so who cares. But mostly my son came out of his room at the two hour mark and could smell it from about 10 ft away. And he and my husband love it. Lasted through the gym and still going strong - it has a sweet bubble gum scent like a strawberry Bubba bubba but also a more sour classic bazooka bubblegum smell.

I wish I was mature enough to not love this but alas, I love it haha. It reminds me a snow fairy from lush (I think that’s the name - the pink label??) or the gumball with the red candy coating. Like blow pop gum not a traditional gum scent. It also reminded me of the pink medicine we took as kids in the 80s? It’s very sugar pop and very young but I dunno I’m into it

It smells very sweet and candy like. It literally smells like strawberry cotton candy and bubble gum and the powder of strawberry jello when you first open the packet 🍓🍬 very girly and gourmand in a sugar sweet candy way

bubble gum and strawberry, hands down theodoros kalotinis 😌 if you are looking to test this perfume i recommend you to get it from tryoutyourscent.com

So this one really smells the first 30-60min,like walking into a bubble gum factory first the punch of synthetic strawberry,then warm gum without flavor then metal cabinets or lab tables machines,if patient to get your fresh pink bubble gum after the harsh unpleasant 30-60 minutes then its very nice,if you have the patience of course,I got a sample 1st& I couldn't stand the opening it's realistic of the bubble gum factory & then after 1hour for me it's fresh airy pink bubble gum& a fire strawberry smell on& off,mainly light fresh pink bubble gum though& I wear this often now,casual days. It's fun. Ended up buying a FB,I won't go around anyone or in public for 1 hour after spraying,after that hour it's everything sweet pink bubble gum & lasts very long.🩷

This is amazing and delicious candy-like perfume. Not exactly what I was expecting or used to... It is not the usual tuberose overdose, nor it is a synthetic bubblegum flavouring. And it does not have any particular standout note. It kind of really smells like a bubble gum or candy factory, but don't get me wrong, it does not smell like the machinery, only like the actual sweets, like a mixture of candy, strawberry lollies (but this is not a strawberry scent, it is not a dominant note nor it is a synthetic strawberry candy, it is just one of candy flavours perfectly mended together), some old fashioned bubble gum (in a good way!), sugary marshallow. Good performance too.

a strong contender for the gayest (complimentary) scent i've ever tried lmao. def get the burberry her extrait comparisons. it's pure, sweet strawberry bubblegum! i imagine if polly pocket were a real person this is what she'd smell like. overall rating: 🩷🩷🩷🩷🖤 4/5

Honestly this isn't really a "bubble gum" scent. At most this is more of a sugar free, strawberry gum. Moreso this smells like a strawberry wax or like in the 80s when certain dolls would have a strawberry scent.

Omg this is sooo sweet and sooo likeable fragrance and let me tellyou something...this layering with Yara the pink one it's machine in haven really ,perfection

cutee. this is very much a big strawberry gumball. a little bit synthetic which imo works very well and comes across as the plasticky chewiness of gum

I don't think this smells at all cheap - it smells of bubblegum, marshmallow, and caramelised sugar (with a touch of strawberry) in very well done, balanced way, where the notes are layered and distinct. If you love candy-like smells, you will love this. But I have to say - this is way too sweet for me! I used to live in a town where there was a candy factory where we used to go on school trips and this smells exactly like that place -- vats of sweet mixtures used to make marshmallow peeps or lollipops (the vanilla here makes this more like the cream soda lollipops than the strawberry ones, to be honest). The bubblegum note is there, but I'm not sure it's the leader. It's like the bubblegum in a vanilla blowpop - buried down a few layers. There's a marshmallow/caramel note as well, which takes it to a depth beyond just hard candy into something a little richer. If you have a sweet tooth you could probably smell this and get everything you need without having to eat any candy at all! It's very strong - lasts a long time and has good sillage. If you want to smell like a candy factory then this is it! I much prefer Pistachio Latte and Cinnamon Rolls, though.

My initial thought to this was not the pink sweet bubblegum that I believed this to be. It was juicy, sour and sweet at the same time. Like a Hubba-Bubba bubble gum rollup in the flavour sour apple or sour something. It is like the juicy first burst in your mouth, and then all flavour disappears and you’re left with an aching jaw after all the chewing. On my skin it is a completely different tale! It is way sweeter and definitely pink as I expected. Almost like a sweet pink cotton candy. Soon after the cotton candy have melted away the gum emerges. It is still a juicy bubble gum, very Hubba-Bubba classic pink. With that said it is obviously leaning very feminine, and very juvenile at that. At times I swear it smells like a LUSH product (I see there are people who have voted that this reminds them of ‘Snow Fairy’ from LUSH and that may be what I am picking up as well. Though, ‘Snow Fairy’ is a line I have never cared for. I am still smelling this on my skin 8 hours later, but it has turned into something plastic-y almost nauseating. I will gift my sample to my 11-year-old niece, I know she will love this.

The open is great then it fades into this apricot, banana, mango-like scent. After the opening I barely can smell the strawberry. It does smell slightly plasticky but this is definitely sweet! I don't know what to think of this. I'll have to layer it with something to make it wearable.

Kalotinis perfumes don't really work for me. They are either very headache inducing artificial, or something smells off or they don't perform. This one is no different, it is sickly sweet and loud.

Straight from the bottle this smells exactly like Bubble Yum bubble gum, but on my skin it’s a very strong, bright, and extremely powdery synthetic strawberry fragrance. I would say it’s a very elevated bubblegum scent due to the powder note, but I personally hate powdery scents, as they feel very mature, so this was not my cup of tea at all. I am a huge fan of this house though. Pear gelato is one of my all time favorite scents.

I was excited to try this fragrance. I was expecting a pink "Dubble Bubble" bubblegum scent. Instead, this perfume has an overtly sweet, syrupy smell. This is your fragrance if you want to smell like pancakes with maple syrup—pure sugar. There are absolutely no bubblegum or strawberry notes whatsoever. Others who smelled it around me also agreed. Perhaps I received a tainted sample?

The only time I can imagine wearing this perfume is if it’s Halloween and I’m dressed up as a giant stick of Bubbleicious—the opening is an absurdly realistic piece of bubble gum. That’s the good part, But I agree with the reviewer below, Bubble Gum Factory goes south.... quickly. That’s when I pick up a burned cotton candy carnival vibe, and it’s not fun anymore.

Very sweet. Has that cold powdered sugar coating that pink bubble gum is coated in but almost smells like super super sweet tuberose/jasmine sambac to accomplish the scent. I do smell the strawberry here too. Then out comes a very synthetic base that is noteable in all Theodoros Kalotinis. Pass. HEELY did it better w Bubble Gum Chic (now called Jasmine OD)

It doesn't smell like the bubble gum you're thinking (Hubba Bubba, Big League, Bazooka) with the sweet, sugary, juicy, fruity, candy and powdery notes you would get from a traditional bubble gum you grew up with. This is it's synthetic, saccharin-like sweetness, bitter, chemical-like aroma that is a bit unpleasant. I think bubble gum is hard to replicate.

I could swear there is coffee in here and it's ruining it for me. The bitterness from the coffee (or whatever there is that smells like coffee) clashes with the beautiful bubble gum note. Such a shame, it had potential. It's a pass for me.

The opening of this perfume is amazing. Smells just like a bubble gum. Then something goes horribly wrong. It goes into a very animalic direction for me. And so far this is the only one that I don’t like from this perfume line.

The initial spray is bubblegum but then it turns into just a sweet strawberry scent. Smells medicinal. Okay longevity and sillage.

i hope i never smell this on anyone in my life

After smelling this perfume on my skin.. I went to the socials, looked up all influencers that raved about this or even just said it was ok and blacklisted them... I am aware that tastes differ and that cheaper brands can’t use expensive ingredients... I am known to love myself some synthetic juvenile fruity body spray like scent every now and then... so it’s not that it’s not my taste, it’s not that I expect it to be like luxury brands... it’s just bad.. there is a nice bubblegum note in the silage, like50 or 30 cm away from you... but in order to achieve that there is a chemical savoury nauseating really repulsive scent on the skin..someone below said she smelled coffee and I get that... it’s not coffee but a harsh chemical stale black coffee like scent that made me scrub this off ...

As of right now, this is the only perfume I have rated on here as HATING! It takes a lot for me to really hate a fragrance, but this was no doubt an instant hate. I don't know what I was expecting, honestly. Theodoros Kalotinis perfumes are always so on-the-nose photo-realistic, that I should have expected this to literally smell like a Hubba Bubba factory. I thought this would be more like the idea of bubblegum, but no. It's literally a super synthetic, photo-realistic bubblegum factory. I'm sure someone out there will love this and think "wow, this is so me!" but wow. That person is not me. This is for a very specific kind of person.

I thought this was going to be a winner for sure. I love the scent of bubble gum. But this is repulsive to me. To my nose I get spoiled fruits and the most synthetic almost burnt sugar and melted plastic note. I don't even mind synthetic smelling scents. I mean I love Montale Mukhallat for it's barbie doll plasticky goodness. But if Montale is Barbie, then this is that mangled doll you cut all the hair off, that your Alcoholic aunt accidentally threw up on.

If this smelled like the notes, Id love it. To me, for some reason, I get no bubble gum or sugar or strawberry. Its just hits my nose as synthetic and repulsive. I am not sure what's causing this because - like I said, if I were just going by notes on paper, I should LOVE this, but it is repugnant for real. I honestly cant rate it above a 3 out of 10. I wish I understood what's causing my reaction to be so backward.

This is nasty it has this dead smell overwhelming If the grinch had a perfume this would be it. The smell of trash I have a bottle and emptied it down the drain. I wouldn’t gift this to my worst enemy! I hope I never ever smell this on anyone It should be named The grinch stinch

Horrible, cheap as hell toilet airfreshener. There is no depth, scent is flat, plasticky, not nice at all to me

Horrid. Smells like kids toothpaste mixed with strawberry yogurt. Please keep away from this.

i really like this ! it’s very yummy, fruity, and sweet. i do kinda feel like it’s missing something, though. i don’t think i would smell it and immediately think bubblegum if i didn’t know that’s what it was going for. it’s almost like strawberry bubblegum flavoring syrup without the powdery gummy part if that makes sense. i think a little banana or apricot note could’ve taken it there, or maybe powdered sugar instead of pure sugar?? marshmallow?? either way it’s still really lovely and juicy. i ended up layering it with peach macaron and it is DIVINE, they compliment each other SO well. i’ll definitely keep doing that until my sample runs out. i’m gonna try candied fantasy soon to see which bubblegum i like more, and i’ll update this review when i do. if you’re looking for a sweet, girly, candy scent that is perfect for layering, you’ll love this !!

This isn’t pink powdery classic bubblegum... it’s more like gumball machine gum at first then it transforms into a classic sweet strawberry. Honestly, it’s very cute and nostalgic and doesn’t cross the line into a cheap teenybop scent at all, unlike Strawberry Kiss and Strawberry Sugar High. Even though it’s ok on its own, I think it would be a good layering scent since it doesn’t have a ton of notes like the two aforementioned fragrances. I would layer this with a molecule scent, an amber or a musk scent to add some pop. Maybe I’ll update later if I find a good combo.

Reminds me of the bubblegum lip scrub from lush. Sweet, creamy, burnt sugar, caramel, bubblegum, berry scent. Not artificial and harsh, but rather the smell of a store where they make all their candies in house. Exciting but also comforting. Definitely a holiday/ cold season scent but wondering how this will perform during the summer. Love this perfume designer and everything he makes 😭🥰

This one really surprised me—in a good way. I’m usually not a fan of candy gourmands at all. At first, it smelled like nail polish on my skin, which threw me off. But then it transformed into this juicy, fruity bubblegum scent. It reminds me a lot of Hubba Bubba from my childhood. Honestly, the first candy gourmand I’ve actually enjoyed.

This is a cute little number. Smells just like strawberry flavored bubble gum. Direct & straightfoward. I do wish it smells a little richer & sweeter though. Still spending time with it to see if it's full bottle worthy. Btw, all 3 new releases of Theodoros Kalotinis are very nice.

This definitely invokes that childhood memory of that flavoured gum that looses it flavour quick , I think it’s called hubba bubba . It’s very juvenile I love sweet fragrances but this is over the top girly . I think this is more for a younger audience , it’s nice but not for me

Very realistic pink bubblegum, including a touch of something menthol-like in the background - an aspect that makes it even more realistic but that I personally wish wouldn’t be there. Maybe it’s just me picking up on that though? Not sure how I feel about this one yet.

The strawberry dry down is reminiscent of Strawberry Poundcake by BBW, and I'm not sure how to feel about it. I don't love nor hate it - just a bit perplexed. Very, very synthetic too. Kind of like children's cough syrup almost. I'm really conflicted with this one.

Am I the only one old enough to remember those dolls that you squeezed and a plastic-like, sweet strawberry scent comes out thru the mouth? That's exactly what this fragrance smells like.

Photo realistic Zebra gum. It's powdery, hyper sugary, gummy. For me, it's missing just a little something, like maybe a vanilla, to balance it out a bit. But it's strong and lasting!

This one is hmmm idk. You def get the podweriness of a bazooka but strawberry is more like a scented marker. My sister told me i smell like a lush cosmetics product.

The dry down on my skin definitely gives me Burberry Her Extrait vibes!

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