Sunny Alice

This is my favourite of the Alices. Its kind of a summer version of the original Naughty Alice with more brightness on top. I am writing this in February which is not the ideal time to be reviewing this one but even in these temperatures it is lovely. The opening mandarin brightness melts into creamy but light vanilla amber combo in an hour or so but overall this stays as a brighter, more top notes blend with sweet citruses and sunny white flowers as opposed to dropping deeper into the more velvety violets and powder of Naughty Alice. I don’t get any marine / sea notes at all. There is pink pepper spiciness on the opening which is slightly out of place here but luckily this fades a bit over time. Very wearable and comfortable to be in with a level of sophistication. None of the Alices project much but stay more private. Should not have been discontinued. There is a little bit of similarity to Dior Sweet Sun in the frangipani/tiare cream notes which I really like in summer fragrances. This one doesn’t turn into a tanning lotion however. A private delight.

I'm surprised lemon isn't listed as one of the notes in this, because that was my initial sensation. I sprayed, thought a few seconds, and came up with "lemon, spicy." As it dries, it becomes a little creamy, and as another reviewer said, it smells hot. It reminds me of a hot, dry sauna room. Kind of exotic and relaxing. I'm also reminded a little of sunscreen lotion, which, to me, isn't a bad thing.

It's said to be marine, vanilla, aromatic and powdery. Reading this I would have expected a beautiful unique exquisite perfume. However I did try it today and for me it just lacks the wow factor. There isn't anything negative about it, but for me it just doesn't blow me away. I smell a white floral scent, coated with creamy vanilla- which for me is the best part, with burning woods underneath which give it an ever so slight spiciness. I'm assuming this comes from the sandalwood and amber working together. Yes the thick creamy rich vanilla is beautiful in this, it isn't like any other vanilla perfumes, this is actually a spicy intoxicating warming vanilla which is rather mouth-watering. I think it is like warmed up melting vanilla on a cornet on a boiling hot day. Unfortunately though, I have to sniff very close to my skin to get a whiff of this because it is overpowered by Frangipani which I strongly dislike. Yeah its not a bad perfume, I just wish this warm vanilla was the predominant part of the scent and without the frangipani, but unfortunately the frangipani ruins it for me. I get a slight cedar and other green/tree/herbal smells coming from this as well. With some tweaking could have been an absolute delicious fragrance. I'm a little disappointed. It isn't marine or aromatic in the slightest for me. For me it is floral, citrus, herbal and woody with occasional vanilla.

I agree with the various attempts to describe this Sunny Alice but I think that is very pleasant and that its character it's simple but somehow complex and it's not a summer fragrance it's just a referral to sunny days it has a certain degree of warmth and freshness blended together. I would enjoy it though all year round. Light casual chic. What I might find unnecessary is the referral to Alice in Wonderland. It's an Alice rivisited by the Vivienne Westwood brand concept. Still the bottle is interesting as it reminds the "Drink Me". So I take that.

I bought my bottle today and I can say I'm pretty happy with this summer scent. I'm a massive Westwood fan and have all her fragrances. This to me is very similar to Flirty Alice, it has that citrus blast at first then the dry herbal note comes through, in this case with the sea salt breeze. It smells hot and floral like being abroad on a warm evening. It's soft yet has a lovely linger of the amber. 8/10