Candy Festival

So I completely blind bought this based on the notes the price and the pretty bottle..lol the reviews comparing it to I love love had me nervous cause I think love love smells sharp & like an old stale orange sorry .. so sigh of relief when this didn’t.. this is fruitier/fresher to me I got light blue mixed with Jo’s nectarine blossom.. doesn’t smell like it’ll last but I mean hey for 20 bucks I’ll spray it like a body spray..

A good dupe for Light Blue by DG for femme edt, but doesn't last as long on clothes and skin. Love the fresh, floral scent. It's a lovely perfume to wear on a sunny spring or summers day.

Such a beautiful aroma..I just love it. For me the scent is very intense, exotic and gorgeous. I get so much compliments when I wear this perfume 😍

Favorite one. Will definitely buy it again n again👌

After testing all the fragrances in this range that I could see, while checking out at Zara, I got the 10ml rollerball of Candy Festival as an impulse purchase. I'm not sure if I want a full size bottle yet, as it's almost winter in Melbourne and this scent screams summer time. My first impression was of a vibrant sparkly grapefruit. An indistinguishable accord of the listed notes of melon, berry, pineapple and lemon. It was so citrusy that I expected the longevity to be similar to 4711 (an hour at most). However it took about 4 hours to completely fade, and with the support of the pineapple, the zingy citrus quality stayed until the end. Over time it developed into a candy sweet apricot. I didn't detect any of the listed base notes, except musk. It's not a strong EDT, and like most Zara scents, it's hard to spray too much. Overall, it's a feminine fruity gourmand with some notes borrowed from popular masculine fragrances, (lemon and pineapple). It would be interesting to layer it over it's masculine cousins, such as Mont Blanc Explorer and Zara Vibrant Leather. Since I'm listing Creed Adventus dupes, I could suggest Creed Adventus too, but I can't decide what is the most heretical part of a mixing a $30/100ml women's fragrance and a $480/100ml men's fragrance, and I don't want to find out. (Purchased from Zara in Australia)

Aroma of a tropical drink. This smells just like a candy festival, with a highly gourmand, sweet, and enticing aroma. Citrusy musky fruity, it's sweet enough to be feminine. A brilliant glittering grapefruit at an affordable price. Juice that is both refreshing and inexpensive for the summer. Freshie that is ideal for the hot and humid summer months. It starts with a tangy fruitiness that is somewhere between citrus and tropical. As the musk develops, the dry down becomes less fruity and more refined. The performance is rather underwhelming, but for the price, you may reapply and enjoy the invigorating opening repeatedly.

A fun and affordable summer freshie that is perfect for the hot and humid summer. My personal favorite of the bunch. Opens with a tart fruitiness that sits between citrus and tropical. The dry down is less fruity and more elegant as the musk emerges. Performance is pretty disappointing, but for the price, you can reapply and enjoy the refreshing opening again and again.

Cheap and cheerful summer citrus dominant freshie. Performance of a typical Zara EDT. Will be reaching for this lots over the summer. The scent makes me crave a big glass of watery lemonade. I wouldn't call this a gourmand by any stretch. It's freshhhhhhhh.

I reminds me so much of Ferragamo Incanto, the Charms flanker, especially the opening. It doesn't last that long, but especially the roll on 10 ml version is so easy to reapply throughout the day, I recommend it!

I think I smell like peaches! ...although there’s no peach so I guess it’s the apricot blended with the slight sharpness from pineapple and lemon. Of all the notes, apricot for me is the stand out!

Tropical cocktail 🍹 Citruzy musky fruity, it's sweet enough to be 'feminin' but I'd say it is unisex. Great price, perfect for summer It does have that Light&Blue vibe

This one has that D&G Light Blue vibe, not a dupe or anything but it has that vibe. I do not like it enough to keep it

The notes on the box are: Lemon, Tagete, Melon Apricot, Pineapple Cedarwood and Musk

Light Blue mixed with JM Nectarine Blossom is a fair comparison. Candy this is not.

It sprays sweetly. However, there’s a sharp greenness in the dry down. Not a fan.

This is nice, I sprayed it and thought I’ve smelt something similar before then I realised it smells very very similar to Clarins Eau des Jardins. Very fruity and fresh smelling. The names on these are a bit misleading I think, because I wouldn’t necessarily say it smells like candy, the same with the marshmallow one, I get no marshmallow sweetness in that. But these are great for the price so cheap for a big bottle.

It is very fresh, not really candy like, more like juicy, fruity punch, I get some guava at the beginning and it has light blue/I love love vibe, especially in the drydown. I really like it, tropical citrus fragrance for summer.

this is exactly like Cheap & Chic I Loive Love by Moschino. I got that perfume as a gift when I was like 12 or something like that and I hated it so bad for years after one smell. but now... I love this a lot, it's so fresh

Name is MISLEADING! It’s NOT a sweet “Candy” scented fragrance. Smells like fresh melons & musk.. very light. Not worth it.