Let Them Eat Cake

I sampled this at a shop, and decided to buy the hand lotion because it was a bit cheaper and I've been looking for a good hand lotion for some time. The formula for their hand lotions is wonderful, very light and non greasy yet moisturizing. It doesn't cause the skin to drag the way that some lotions can. The scent in the lotion and the perfume are identical. That being said, I'm lusting after the perfume so much right now! If you're a lover of gourmand scents but find some of them to be a little bit too sweet or cloying this might be a nice choice for you. I can't review about longevity of the perfume because I don't own it but I can say that the village is about an arms length maybe. My grandma was walking next to me and commented on it. As for a description of the scent, I don't really get coconut at all. To me it doesn't really smell like cooked cake or even cake batter. To me this smells like meringue. Or rather it smells like the moment when you're whipping together the egg whites and vanilla extract. To my nose it doesn't have the sugary element added yet. I like that about it! It's definitely one of my new favorites. UPDATE: I just ordered it directly from their website (instead of the boutique where I got) and I'm thinking now that the perfumes they had there had perhaps been sitting out for quite some time? I say this because my new bottle has some top notes (while only present for a short time) that I did not detect when I sprayed the perfume in the store. I notice now the floral notes that others were talking about in this fragrance, the coconut is also more prominent to my nose. It still smells wonderful, however I do notice that it's different than the bottle I tested in store. I still stand by my review that I don't detect too much sugary notes, and that the eggy smell I loved so much still remains. In fact, the mid notes (which are basically the rest of the scent) smell identical to the lotion and to the bottle I smelled in store. Wonderful!

I can't believe that I didn't try this earlier! But then, I'm not a big fan of gourmands and smelling like cake, I'm kind of over vanilla in general . I love Tokyomilk Tainted Love and other perfumes by them. They all seem to work well with my chemistry. This is an absolute love for me, over my more expensive niche vanillas. It's very nostalgic for me but that's not the only reason I love it. I get a ton of a very clean musk, a bit of vanilla comes in, along with the Coconut milk, with a touch of vanilla orchid. On me, I get primarily a clean, silky musk comingled with the creamy coconut milk. It's more beautiful skin scent and I don't get cake from it at all I do get a big of Warm Vanilla sugar but it's just a touch and it's so nostalgic for me as someone who was a teen and adult in the 90s. The vanilla note in this has a touch of the old school, 90s Warm Vanilla Sugar, not the new gross versions. I'm already halfway through my bottle and plan to buy another, luckily it's so affordable I never encourage blind buying so I would try to get your nose on this first. I think that Tokyomilk has sample packs. But, I did blind buy this (I rarely do that) as it was on sale on Ipsy and it's my most successful blind buy

Smells like a vegan confection...I mean, like someone using coconut milk, powdered sugar, and vanilla to make whip cream. Yum! This is the first bottle of perfume I finished in a very long time and it only took 2 and half years, lol! Honestly, my absolute favorite from the Tokyo Milk line. A simple sugary vanilla and coconut cloud. I get the tiniest hint of a sort of makeup compact type powder in the drydown (maybe that's the orchid?.) Personally, I don't really notice the musk. Wears fairly close to the skin with decent longevity 5-7 hours. (Jan 2017) Woohoo, this bad boy is officially back in my collection as of June 2018. I had the chance to shop at Margot Elena's recent warehouse sale in Denver, CO. Happy to own this one again especially getting it at a steep discount!

A stunner, and one of my most complimented in my entire collection. This was my first “niche” so to speak, even though its price point is incredibly reasonable. Found it at a boutique in Michigan and fell in love with it. As a man who rocks this I constantly get asked about what I’m wearing when i put it on. I’ve kinda limited my wear with this one to a special occasion summer scent. I’ll wear it to higher end dinners, parties, etc. However, you have to spray the living hell out of it, like 10 sprays minimum, and this isn’t even over spraying. Might sound insane but it’s not. I’m typically a 3-5 spray person but not with this stuff. I’ve personally kept this my “secret weapon” in my collection. Great juice, amazing value, great brand.

This one kickstarted my love for vanilla gourmand fragrances way back when I was entering college. It is a cakey type of scent, but also more creamy than it is sweet. Most of the "edibleness" comes from the mix of coconut and sugar cane. The musk grounds it, deepens it and keeps it away from piña colada territory. The vanilla is subtle, not what I've come to expect from gourmand vanilla in the last couple years. On my skin it is creamy and rich. It is true that it is a linear, "flat" fragrance in the sense that it doesn't develop. It doesn't have an opening, it just starts creamy and "baselike" and stays that way through the 6-8 hour wear. Overall, lovely. Still go for it when I'm looking for something comfortable and familiar.