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alek2000 – :
I remember I really wanted this in 9th grade so my mom surprised me when she bought it for me. It was my first perfume so I treated it like it was made of gold. I really loved it but now I’m older, I want something more mature.
It’s great for teens, and I always loved the pompom. Made me feel so fancy putting it on. It’s not unique and is a bit generic but it’s still really nice. I love the candy, marshmallow, flowery scent. The bottle is so pretty!
I would recommend it for teen girls, but it’s a waste of money for women, it’s not sophisticated or elegant. It’s just a fun girly scent that doesn’t last long. It’s also a bit pricey for the quality, you could just buy some cheaper celeb scent that’s pretty similar like one direction ‘our moment’.
In conclusion, it’s good but you could buy something so much better for that money. Not worth 60 dollars.
vsemkent – :
I love Ariana Grande so much, but I feel like all of her perfumes are too sweet to reflect her personality, they kind of lack a little bit of her sass and edge that counter her baby face and lovely voice.
LANA51 – :
I do like this scent and its light but it doesnt have my interest to purchase…its kinda boring.
japstink – :
This sounds insane but this perfume layers well with gucci edp/gucci brown! Marshmallows and leather.
Mokegeotsu – :
Ari is just a lovely fragrance! I get a burst of raspberry at first, and it settles into an incredibly smooth, warm, fruity marshmallow scent. It’s nothing mind blowing, but it’s a nice, sweet fragrance perfect for everyday wear. The bottle is beautiful!
P.S. This one has much more lasting power than Sweet Like Candy or Moonlight.
Also, I see this compared to JS Fancy a lot – on me it’s very different. Fancy was kind of a messy gourmand…Ari is a bit cleaner on my skin.
adriellemyzud – :
It’s a beauty. It’s sweet but not in a loud and insane way.
I have received so many compliments. I enjoy it, it’s easy to wear, playful, sugary, fruity and a bit powdery, but still has some elegance to it. The longevity is decent. It’s quite pleasant and adorable. My new favourite celebrity fragrance since 2016.
kasik – :
It does smell quite similar to Jessica Simpson Fancy so I can see the similarities. This is just a like for me, a safe sweet girly fragrance which looks nice on my display. It’s nothing remarkable but it is pleasing to wear and probably good for a girls night out or a date.
Acceciday – :
The opening pear and berry note is nearly identical to Jessica Simpson’s Fancy. Smooth, creamy candy is what this is and I love it when I want something pretty and easy and fresh.
Flotskiy – :
The Bottle: It’s cute,girly and giving me Britney Spears (Fantasy line) vibes Love it!
Inside the bottle: Sweet gourmand smell. When sprayed you get a lovely blend of the marshmallow,pear,grapefruit and hint of raspberry. When it dries down you can smell the florals mostly the orchid, but the sweet smell still stays. Musk is very light and complements the sweetness.
Overall: This is only Ariana Grande perfume so far that seems to last longer then 30 minutes(I recommend you wear it on clothing for longer usage). This perfume is perfect for someone who enjoys light sweet girly scents that is not overpowering. It’s simple and yet intriguing. Good choice for someone who is starting to use perfume or someone who like gourmand smells.
bigori – :
I thoroughly enjoy this typical, girly little scent. As one would expect, it’s got the same watery fruits, berries, marshmallow and clean musk vibe as Justin Bieber’s “Someday” or Nicki Minaj’ first fragrance. This is absolutely NO different, almost identical even, to my nose anyway.
In spite of this, I adore the scent & bottle. This is what I’d wear just running errands. You won’t turn any heads because not only is this another run-of-the-mill celebrity scent, but even “Someday” has more sillage and staying power! 20 minutes after application I can’t even tell it was ever there. Would not repurchase unless it was on massive sale.
Cute, simple and delicious. Don’t expect anything groundbreaking.
alinka2 – :
I absolutely love this scent. It is very sweet with strong fruity-gourmand notes, but manages to stay light and fresh, perhaps because of the grapefruit note somewhere in the background. The lasting power on my skin isn’t best, but it lingers on clothes. Celebrity scents often smell cheap and artificial to my nose, but Ari surprised me in a best way possible. I have received numerous compliments wearing this, and the bottle is beautiful.
albatros – :
This is a very Hollywood perfume in the best way. A possible classic someday. Makes me feel like I’m about to get on the Oscar’s red carpet. I’ve tested this a few times, and I’m fully honest in saying that the best word to describe this is lavish. The marshmallow adds an undeniable sweetness, which is very pleasant. It’s not the most unique scent, it’s very…typical female perfume, but with that bit of classic Ariana Grande sweetness. Now, for the bottle. It’s beautiful. Ariana’s best, and I love them all. Ari is a very beautiful, classic looking bottle, that I would love to have sitting on a vanity.
usacribrams – :
Wow….this one is sickeningly sweet….like instant headache sweet. Not good. I could see tweens loving this but not Women 25+
OptorkGot – :
smells like candy
i love this perfume
great for spring
lober11 – :
First it smelled like lemon sorbet. Then more Vanilla in the drydown. Very generic, character-less and very very faint. So boring.
jen4ik – :
This is yummy! Its a soft vanilla marshmallow scent and I quite like it! Decent price for the big bottle. I wish it lasted longer, I sprayed it after my shower and on my skin its already gone after only 2 hours but its still faint on my clothing. This will make a nice cozy bed time scent however, I probably won’t buy it again because of the lasting power.
jktcmrf – :
A girl friend of mine owns this perfume and it smells beautiful. It’s not super strong, and it isn’t cloying even when smelling it immediately after spraying it. It’s very sweet and while not complex, it isn’t linear. As a guy, I’d love this perfume on a gal. God bless you!
minskov.sanya – :
This fragrance is very light and pleasant, clean and sweet at the same time.
It reminds me of Katy Perry Meow because there is the candy like pear.
Very inoffensive as well, i see it as ideal for everyday at school or at the office.
Longevity low to medium.
alexSTunq1 – :
I have this perfume among the sweetest I ever had, the smell it’s fresh, very very sugary and last all day! The pompom gives a very glam touch to the bottle and it’s a dream come true, one of my signature fragances, if you love sweet, girly scents and get a lot of compliments this one is for you 🙂
Xeroxrbbhg – :
I absolutely love this perfume! It isn’t for everyone though as it is super sweet and honestly smells kind of cheap and immature in my opinion. It isn’t a bad sort of cheap but a more casual one if that makes sense, like something you could pick up at a drugstore and toss into your bag. It smells like a mountain of girly sugar cubes all stacked on top of one another with a bag of pink granulated sugar poured on top. It isn’t a scent for everybody, but if you want to smell like smiles, clouds, and mountains and mountains of sugar, this is the scent for you. It isn’t a unique scent and is something that you can sort of smell in other scents (especially those made by other celebs)but I still think it is worth at least a smell. I find it great for layering, especially with similar scents like Britney Spears’ Private Show. I would give it a 5/5 personally but for those who are looking for something more unique or less sweet it would be more like a 2/5. Packaging wise it is beautiful even though it doesn’t cost much and the attached pom pom matches the smell of the pink liquid perfectly.
maxel – :
I dislike this perfume alot. I thought it would be marshmellowey and sweet and fruity but all I can smell is the strong scent of chemical florals. I really had high hopes. Dissapointed.
TomisImizi – :
THIS is what I wanted “Fancy” by Jessica Simpson to smell like! I love gourmand scents but I never tried celebrity fragrances before (I usually make my own oil blends). Ari is kind of similar to “Fancy” but without that sickening Play Doh I sense in the latter. I am not a fan of Ariana Grande’s music but that doesn’t matter to me because I try to ignore marketing so I can focus on the product. Applied properly, this lasts 6-8 hours on me.
This is not a seductive vixen fragrance, this has more of a soft, feminine, sex-kitten vibe to me. I give it a 7.5/10 for smelling good & affordability. A couple hours after testing, my boyfriend cuddled up to me & said that I smell wonderful. He gave it a 9/10 which is shocking because he claims to hate all scents except for shampoo & soap. Sure, it’s not a Givenchy but for an affordable celebrity fragrance, it is very good at what it does.
sammy54 – :
I tried this at a mall in Budapest, but it barely lasts 20 minutes on my skin.
про100йко – :
The pear note in here is kinda “odd” because it gives the fragrance a strange metallic/“aquatic” smell (not in a good way as it is not fresh). It is just odd, like “artificial”, therefore I did not smell the usual sweetness from pear. Longevity is poor and there is no sillage. I like sweet, fruity, floral fragrances but unfortunately, this one (and the whole line) can’t give me that satisfaction.
There are few celebrities that I like their fragrances: Jennifer Aniston (Near Dusk, J by Jennifer Aniston, Chapter One), Rihanna (Reb’l Fleur, Nude, Rebelle, Crush, Kiss, Rogue Love), and Sofia Vergara (Sofia by Sofia Vergara, Love by Sofia Vergara). And that’s it…for now 🙂
rvd981speagoessenda – :
I’m not much of a fan of Ariana but I got this as a Christmas gift and it smells so amazing. It’s very sweet and lasts a good few hours. Very delightful fragrance. I would give it an 8/10.
shmatok52 – :
It just doesn’t smell unique to me.
f1a9bd – :
Any of you that have read any of my previous reviews knows I’m not someone who complains much about performance. I’m not someone who has unrealistic or high expectations of performance. Even if a fragrance only lasts 3-4 hours…I won’t complain and I’ll just reapply at lunch.
But this one……..
I’ve got to say…it’s THAT bad.
The smell itself is VERY pretty. Warm, sweet, the smell AND the packaging actually, is very cute…very much like Ariana’s persona and her high pitched cutesy voice. So the smell itself…I have no complaints on. It’s beautiful. Mostly warm, sweet and powdery with some fruit in the backround.
But that performance…MAN is it bad! I just received this over this past weekend and I’ve worn it twice now. Once on Sunday (my only day off) lounging around the house, and once to work yesterday which was Monday morning. I OVERSPRAYED it yesterday before I left my house for work (about 14 sprays) and I kid you not…it lasted 30-60 minutes in terms of projecting. After that, it was a skin scent. And by skin scent…I mean you literally had to press your nose to my arm to smell it. Any of you may be thinking…”Well…maybe you just got anosmic to it and couldn’t smell it any longer.” I thought of that. Asked two co workers if they liked the fragrance I had on and both of them looked at me confused. I had to literally put my forearm up to their nose and then they nodded that yes, they liked the smell.
So where does that leave me?
I like the smell and I now have the big 100ml bottle soooo…I guess I’ll have to think of a way to use it up. But literally…it’s THAT bad…that someone who never complains about performance is calling this one out.
Scent Itself – 7.5 or 8/10
Projection – 2/10
Longevity – 3/10 – Projects for 30-60 minutes and then is a skin scent for another 3 hours.
Overall Score – 4/10. Maybe a 5 if I’m feeling nice.
This projection is just pitiful. Disappointing. And it’s a shame because the scent inside is very nice. And the bottle is beautiful. Maybe Moonlight has better performance?
synderon – :
Ari by Ariana Grande (love her!) is a pretty, sugary fruit blend of raspberry, pear, and grapefruit. Playful marshmallow and thick caramel add to the sweetness in a toasty warm endeavor but of limited depth. Light veils of hot musk, creamy lily and dark vanilla give it a little more character. It is mostly sweet and milky, but it is innocent on the brink of ignorant. It isn’t a very adult perfume, almost shallow and childish. It has a lot of potential in some of its dimensions, but the overall lace of flavors leaves a dissatisfactory finish. On a positive note, it is delicious and delectably gourmand.
lpc895Diobtetty – :
Lovely floral powdery scent
Realy warm like a hug
Absolutely love this fragrance
Lasting power is 9 hours on me
Silage is lovely
Everyone loves these kind of fragrances
gulea831 – :
At first it’s light, fresh and very nice, but later there is also some sourness. I like it, but I prefer a bit sweeter scents.
dest – :
Surprisingly amazing! I sprayed it on this morning usually 3-4 sprays and could still smell it by the end of the day! Also I got so many compliments; I highly recommend.
Smertnik – :
This is a YES for me! In the opening I get fruit fruit fruit and then it settles down in a sweet (not screeching), but soft way. It is very easy to wear and it screams girly. For me it’s unique from the other sweet fruity girly perfumes. You definitely get the marshmallow. I wear this to work when I want to smell girly and inoffensive. It doesn’t last very long on the skin, so I always BATHE myself in this, and my clothes and my scarf. On textile it does stay and linger. When I put my scarf back on after a day I am pleasantly surprised by the smell. I do recommend you try this one!
slavian03 – :
This is lovely. It’s extremely sweet and on first spray i get the grapefruit and marshmellow mixed together. Once dried down the fruit side to it has disappeared and it smells just like candy floss.
I don’t give a toss what ages this is aimed for, i like it so i’m wearing it. I had the tester strips for nearly a week and i could still smell them so i bought this perfume and Arianas Sweet like Candy. It’s not worth me doing a review on both as they smell too similar with SLC being the sweeter version.
I love the bottle, but i’ve took the pompom off both of them as it’s just a big NO for me. Annoying and gets in the way when you spray.
Can’t comment on sillage or longevity on my skin atm as i never gave it a chance, i just opened the box, sprayed my wrist and here i am 2 hours later!
If you’re in the mood for some strong sweet, sugary marshmellow candyfloss….
this is for you. x
babay – :
I’d best describe Ari as being one of those fragrances which you wouldn’t spend money on as you very likely already own something with the same blueprint, but you probably would wear Ari happily enough if you got it as a gift as it is very hard to find it offensive.
Ari opens with sweet citrus, watery pear and a brief burst of jammy raspberry. We then quickly move on to a jumble of quiet powdered underdeveloped floral notes that could really be anything, and musk-infused sugary vanilla (I guess this is marshmallow).
The mix is very linear on me as the sugary vanilla is by far the strongest scent note, and it develops quickly & blends everything else too closely together for me to differentiate between very well.
The sillage and longevity are so-so; nothing great at a wear time of somewhere between 5 to 6 hours and a sillage that leaves the fragrance close to the skin very quickly, but there are plenty of worse offenders out there.
If you are looking for a gift for a Ariana fan, I would recommend Sweet Like Candy slightly more; despite the name it is not as overwhelmingly sugary, and the fruit notes seem less synthetic.
Injesinue – :
This is a basic girly fruity floral, I’ve smelled a lot of them, it still smells very nice though.
Reminds me a bit of Noir Tease.
Sweet, inoffensive, soft, musky, fruits and marshmallow.
Aerohoplenerilbo – :
You don’t have to be a teeny bopper or a fan of Ariana’s music to enjoy this luscious raspberry and marshmallow gourmand. This does not smell cheap, and I do see the similarities to Dolce and Gabbana pour femme intense. The bottle is cute, the pom pom is a bit annoying though (it kept getting in the way of the sprayer when I tried to spray my wrists–so now my pom pom is delightfully scented, oh well). I don’t get much more than rich raspberry, marshmallow, and soft musk for the duration of the frag, but it doesn’t really market itself as anything super crazy anyway. The kicker? It lasts about 12 hours on me. No joke. 3 sprays. It’s relatively inexpensive now as it’s being seen at Marshalls and TJ’s lately. Probably not my all time favorite gourmand, but for the time being it is worthy enough to stay in my collection.
usehicspoonse – :
The thing about this perfume is, I always feel like I have to choose between this, and Sweet Like Candy, where I gotta say Sweet Like Candy wins every time…
This doesn’t have the same drawing sensual feeling to it that Sweet Like Candy Has. Ari is still fun and all, but it’s not flirty or sexy. Ari isn’t something I’d wear on a date. What I do love about this scent tho is the marshmallow! This scent is really sweet and girly and I like it, it’s just I think Sweet Like Candy does it a lot better.
Not to mention Sweet Like Candy is a lot stronger. It’s hard to smell Ari, it’s too soft. On skin,in the bottle, or on a sample strip, I can just barely smell Ari… It also doesn’t really last. (but if you spray it like 7 times in the same place, you can smell it then)
In conclusion, yes Ari is very nice, but if you had to choose between it, or Sweet Like Candy, I’d recommend Sweet Like Candy. Save your money, don’t spend it on Ari. A lot of ppl would disagree with me however so, try both and make up your on mind on it! 😀
korot – :
I only had a sample, but I loved it, a soft sweet smell, a slight marshmallow. Much better than the Sweet Like Candy, in my opinion
darvina14-22 – :
I first smelled this fragrance in a magazine ad, I absolutely loved it!! It’s sweet, feminine, and I love the marshmallow. With that said, it doesn’t last. I can spritz myself in the morning and within an hour it’s gone, not even a hint of it will be left. It makes me not want to buy it again despite my love of the smell.
mishail84 – :
Omg so sad…… It doesn’t last. Even when I layer it. Boooooo!
greellecobe – :
My favorite perfume in the world! This is a dream in a bottle. It smells soo good i want to soak myself in it! It smells like sparkling fruit, marshmellows, and raspberries. It’s the best celebrity perfume you can get your hands on. I can see almost all age groups wearing this !!
alex6624 – :
Quite disappointing, I could barely smell this one after accidentally pouring the entire 1ml sample on myself. It vaguely smelled like something sweet but unidentifiable, sugar i think. It’s pleasant but very weak and simplistic.
stb – :
This perfume is perfect for school, work, etc. It lasts for a few hours at least, and the smell isn’t too heavy. The smell is really floran, but also sweet without smelling too manufactured. The bottle is also really pretty. Would definitely recommend!
proskura5 – :
I love it!!!! I want to eat myself! I just Bough the set and I really like it, very sweet but fruity and vanilla.
HoBsposyhesty – :
This is beautiful. I smell some fruit, but it’s not overly sweet. Any age can pull this one off.
Semit – :
This is amazing..its balanced between sweet and juicy fruits….this is an amazing fragrance from ariana..LLLOOOOVVVEEE
Valia777 – :
I agree with the reviewer that likened this to a fluffy white kitty parade on acid. With that said though, I actually really like this! I too think it’s one of the better done celebrity fragrances out and one of the only celebrity fragrances I’ve tried that really has decent longevity. It’s a candy shop perfume for sure but it’s comforting and warm, and as the votes here can attest, good for every season. I particularly like it for cold days, just seems like the kind of thing you’d wear cuddled up in a fluffy white blanket with mittens on, on the porch with a cup of cocoa while watching the sunset. The middle notes are a bit overwhelmed by the base notes, even the top notes are altered quite a bit by the marshmallow, which you can detect all through the long life of this scent. The pear, raspberries and citrus just barely peak through but I think even so they make this perfume much more complex because the floral middle notes are very faint and so for me don’t do much to add to the complexity. I can detect no rose whatsoever but the other florals are faintly there to my nose. The musk and wood notes make this more than a bubbly little girl perfume I think. I neither know nor care who Ariana Grande is, I think I’m a little too old for her genre but she had a great perfume formulated that I love and that brings me comfort and joy on chilly days for a nice long time. Even with my dry skin in the cold mountain weather! And not many perfumes can claim that! I’ll be looking forward to testing her other frags soon.
Jasonqw3xfs – :
turns into a play dough smell on my skin, but in my hair its the cutest scent!
atamanyknazar – :
i have changed my mind on this perfume, its Amazing!
very sweet and have a Little soapy note in it,makes you feel feminine and fresh!
sahek – :
This is probably one of the most WELL DONE celebrity gourmand scent out there being it is one of the newest celeb perfume which was released. I have (fantasy, fancy, meow et al) but this is probably the only one that does not have a weird off putting note most celeb fragrances have.
Fantasy, fancy and meow has that Thick sweet smell to them that can sometimes becomes cloying and headache inducing. But for me, Ari does not do that. Even if I sometimes overspray it.
The Marshmallow note is sweet but Soft to me which prevents it from being cloying.
But This fragrance last quite long actually.
To me i get up to 8-12 hours especially if i spray it on my shirt.
I’ve been reaching for this most of the time since i got it.
This to me is easily one of the MOST beautiful celebrity gourmand fragrance out there. imho
Don’t sleep on this one!
sarancew – :
It’s so much like KP’s Meow, because of the marshmallow. Meow is a little more candy-like, while Ari has some fruity undertone and it’s a liiiiitle bit more rich in this case. But the longevity is kind of weak, and the price for such type of a fragrance is kind of high. It’s not fair to me.. Anyway, it’s a good scent, but not that unique and original.
anxatran – :
First let me say it annoys me when reviewers feel the need to say negative things about the celebrities. It’s about the perfume only. A lovely sweet perfume rose and vanilla orchard
marshmallows and pears. Hint of musk there too. It’s a comforting divine sort of smell. Not a cloying sweetness but one that you want to keep smelling.
Chloe_fromAC – :
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweeeeeet! This is so sweet! But I do actually really like it. You only need a little spray otherwise you will be overcome with silly amounts of sweetness! It is like Jessica Simpsons’ Fancy, but sweeter, and not as ‘heavy’ with the burnt caramel and caramelised pears of Fancy… Ari smells like candy floss to me.
By the way, I have no idea about Ariana Grande or her music, and the same with Jessica Simpsons’ stuff. I buy perfumes for the smell, not because of the celebrity.
Mewqs612Bessinepome – :
Another fun and flirty , super girly , soft and simplistic fragrance. It really does smell like fluffy raspberry marshmallows!! So that’s a win cause I’m not always in the mood for M by Mariah Carey.
dinaparadox – :
I think im gonna try this. I dont usually do celeb fragrances, the only ones ive ever liked are Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez. Im more for classy fragrances like tom ford and narcisso rodriguez; but i find the celeb scents kinda like the sharply dressed librarian whos usually conservatively dressed and serious, letting her hair out, slipping into a cocktail dress and pumps and lashing out having some fun. Every now and again i too need to feel young n fun and wear something colurful and sunny; that includes the perfume i wear
Ok so my bottle came today, so time for update:
I didnt realise i bought a tester and lucky for me its still clearly full to the top, unlucky for me though there is no lid. It does remindme of a stronger royal desire by christina Aguilera, with better longevity, so theres a plus there. At first spray its quite alcoholic and sharp, after a few seconds i get the rasberry with rose and powdery notes. Then at the drydown i really get the marshmallow and musk. It does have a slight generic celeb fragrance sort of feel to it, but for 100 ml for 30 bucks im pretty happy with it. I think ill use it a lot. Its got a sunday breakfast in spring kind of feel to it.
Update- its been about2 or 3 weeks since i started wearing this little gem and, guys, i find myself wafting my shirt in front of me randomly like some weirdo just to smell it, my god i cant get enough of it lol. I’lladmit i get bored easily with fragrances after a couple of days, but this ones different for some reason. I almost didnt even know about it, but i shouldnt b so dismissive of celeb scents apparently. Winner
сергей б. – :
This perfume is very good for its genre, sweet fruity compared to many others of the same type. Don’t just go by the notes as almost all of them have similar notes anyway, it’s the subtle differences that count such as how long certain stages last etc. I found Ari to be the least cloying, strongest fruity scent phase and long lasting and harmoniously blended. The oils used seemed to be better quality or just higher concentrations because just one spray scents a small room and if it lands partially on clothing, it carries for a couple of days. Also unlike cheaper less well made versions the fruit scents don’t turn too sharp or fade away or turn chemical synthetic. The only slight con is this fragrance is relatively expensive for a mass market celebrity scent that’s been out for bit, it’s hard to find this with good discounts even online. One other thing that I like is the cool bottle, it’s a pleasure to behold that lovely pinkish purplish liquid in a heavy spiky glass bottle, it’s super substantial feeling. The rounded spiky glass is just cool and beautifully juxtaposed with a soft fluffy Pom Pom that I wished was softer and more squeezable. Also the lilac graphic on the boxes are just a lovely detail.
Messi – :
I bought this in a Walmart gift set, so my bottle was a mini. I used it up in one winter I loved it so much. I like to imagine this scent as the marshmallow hug you receive from your beautiful, Italian girlfriend as she builds you a mansion out of whipped cream. Or maybe that’s just me 😛
feleErervedup – :
I’m not really a fan of Ariana Grande but this perfume is LOVELY. It was a blind buy for me, I love sweet innocent perfumes and this is just it, it smells exactly like rasberries and marshmellows like so many have said in the comments. I’ve been on the search for a good candy scent, I first tried Katy perry’s Meow perfume but that was too thick and cloying for me, I also tried Sweet Sugar by Aqualina but that tooooo sweet (still nice though) but this one is just right, it’s really light and soft, not offensive in any way, just perfect!
piioner – :
Ari by Ariana Grande is as you would expect a very sweet fragrance. To my nose, Ari smells predominantly of sugared raspberries, marshmallows and white musk.
I am admittedly not a huge fan of celebrity scents that go overboard with the synthetic white musk accord. Fragrances guilty of using this note in abundance include; Pink Friday by Nicki Minaj, Someday by Justin Bieber and Circus Fantasy by Britney Spears. Sadly Ari by Ariana Grande also contains this very synthetic and occasionally headache inducing note.
Had this fragrance not included the white musk I would have given this scent a more favourable review. I must be honest and state my opinions, however that’s not to say that this fragrance is unwearable, it just doesn’t agree with me.
The packaging for Ari is really cute and girly. There’s no doubt in my mind that this fragrance is intended for the teen market. It would in fact make a lovely gift for a young girl especially seeing that the sillage is quite moderate making it a difficult one to overspray.
outlock – :
I don’t hate this perfume at all- I like it, and I’m happy with my purchase, and the drydown is DELICIOUS. The drydown is creamy and comforting and smells like marshmallows! That being said, the top notes smell a little chemical-y, and at least on me, the middle notes smell awful. Can’t tell if it’s just my skin or if I should get a higher quality perfume.
Sunfes – :
“Ari” and “Sweet Like Candy” smell very similar. I hate them both.
Saxon-38 – :
So typical, so predictable, so fruity teen girl passion, I don’t dislike it but have smelled a few times before
Svarog88 – :
Malibu, you said exactly what I was thinking. I recently blind-bought this, it’s cheap and seemed like a safe bet. And I was correct. This frag is completely inoffensive and easy to wear, it’s what I would call ‘pretty’. Yet I can’t see that anyone would ever call this their signature scent. Nothing wrong with it, just nothing brand new or earth-shattering about it. it smells familiar, but I can’t quite pinpoint what it reminds me of yet.
This opens with a crispy pear and sparkling raspberry notes. That’s all I can really smell until the floral and musk open up. Thankfully, This is a clean musk smell. I can’t handle the strong-animalistic musk smells. The floral notes are undefined and soon it just turns into a sweet, warm fragrance that’s easy to wear. I do get some of the marshmallow everyone has been talking about, but only in the drydown. These notes seems to just kind of mesh together, they almost become undetectable. This just reminds me of what a young, pretty woman would wear. it doesn’t seem too girly or immature for me, however I am one of those people that I don’t think women should conform to the idea that certain frags are for ‘girls’ or ‘old ladies’. I know 15 year old girls who can pull off Coco Chanel and I know older women who love to get pink sugary fruity stuff from Bath and Body Works.
I hugged my daughter right after putting this on, and she exclaimed ‘you smell like those chocolate covered cherries and raspberries we made for the Super Bowl Party’. She is only 5, but she can usually detect notes in fragrances that I can’t. I’m trying to train her nose early, and I actually trust her judgement so much that now I keep thinking I smell some white chocolate. Maybe it’s just the marshmallow?
buch138 – :
You jump off a skyscraper and sink down into a fluffy pink raspberry marshmallow cloud that embraces you and slowly takes you down to earth while you inhale its sweet and warm hug. Beautiful. And quality. Love
hkl1983 – :
Bought this perfume twice as gifts when it first came out, then got the body spray. Got tired of this quickly. Really liked it at first – loved the marshmallow & pink fruitiness. Bummers. Maybe need to put it away & try again in the future. Nice bright fragrance but liking Sweet as Candy now.
lopatoff – :
OMG…. LMAO!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLO!!!!! I love this! Madrona, thanks so much for the belly laugh!!
*Oh god.
You guys.
There’s a parade of white fluffy kittens on cloud 9. There’s a goddamn marching band of white fluffy kittens, complete with a drill team, raspberry confetti and pink bows are raining EVERYWHERE. Marshmallows are being spewed out in glorious cascades from giant cannons, everyone is grabbing whatever they can. It’s a frenzied fluffy white kitten mardi gras on acid, and the one thing you have to prove you witnessed it is the pompom attached to the bottle.*
I own it and I hate it! lol.
bbj – :
This really smells amazing. Raspberries and flowers dipped in fluffy marshmallow. I get complements on it and get asked what im wearing. The longevity and sillage are amazing too. One of the few perfumes I dont have to reapply.
wworon03 – :
Oh god.
You guys.
There’s a parade of white fluffy kittens on cloud 9. There’s a goddamn marching band of white fluffy kittens, complete with a drill team, raspberry confetti an