Hot Crush

Baby powder + warm sugar. This light and playful scent comes out the gate with a strong johnson & johnson child bath product floral (similar to the ashoka flower or silk blossom note in Pink Attitude) that takes awhile to settle into some kind of vaguely caramelized sweetness leaning toward lightly spiced woodsiness, but it doesn't offer much in the way of depth for the drydown, and takes quite a bit of overspraying to get there. The glitter versions had better lasting power than the regular mist did, I would presume as there is more fixative to keep the sparkles attached where they were sprayed. The shimmer was pronounced and highly reflective, did not clog the nozzle and stayed for ages. I've seen Prada Candy mentioned as Hot Crush's inspiration which is surprising, as that is a powerhouse syrupy x baby wipes/dryer sheet scent which this does not reflect whatsoever. Hot Crush is a cuddly innocent 'just washed' lounging in the garden sort of vibe that eventually gets around to emitting a familiar cozy, tepid sugared base which was used in other mists Victoria's Secret launched during that era. Sort of a watered down version of what BonBon was during the time. Simply putting this out there as the rumors of it being brought back for August are afoot.