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titCoothPrimb – :
I REALLY do believe that this is a beautiful, tasteful, floral fruity gourmand (ffg), more gourmand than fruity/floral. It is superior in its longevity and is a good dalliance for a mature woman on the search for a delightfully balanced ffg. It is very lovely and fresh.
However, I have noticed something weird. There is a burnt sugar plastic smell on the cover – in my case, it was the translucent pink one of the big cat. But this is not the only issue. The next thing I noticed is as time went on and the burnt smell subsided a little, the liquid in the bottle turns from a transparent white to an off yellow colour.
Now there is no difference in the SCENT of the perfume. It’s just that I am wondering if there is any connection between the smell on the cover and the appearance of the juice. Perhaps the scent on the cover is used to keep the liquid a see-through colour as you spritz and oxygen is introduced inside? This is my second review on this scent and it is bright, sugary and licorice. However, the overall presentation with the burnt rubber scent of the cover makes me wonder.
ko2627 – :
Up close this smells like black licorice. From a slight distance it smells like wafflw cones being made at an ice cream parlor. This smells identical to pink sugar and I love it. I have the body spray version, crazy for cotton candy
gbuha – :
@abundantday: You got a bad one. Try again. This perfume is STRONG, and I say that as a person who has dry skin that eats most fragrances within an hour. (But if you want something more caramely, try Delicious Vanilla.)
Becass – :
I purchased a tester of this on Ebay and it had almost no scent at all. I don’t know if it was old or watered down. I used it on a cotton ball, tissue, various fabrics, my wrist and so faint you couldn’t detect hardly anything. A huge disappointment. I really have wondered about reviews of this that praise it and say it is long lasting on them. I guess it could be their skin but not I couldn’t believe what I experienced. I keep seeking a long lasting caramel gourmand.
roman1991 – :
Okay so I’ve never smelled Pink Sugar so I can’t confirm if it’s a dupe or not, but this smells like straight, unadulterated cotton candy. I do have the stinky lid problem but it didn’t like stink up the whole room or anything. The perfume itself I really like. I don’t get any other notes except cotton candy, like if you stuck your face in a cotton candy machine (not recommended ;P) But yeah I like that this fragrance doesn’t pretend to be what it’s not.
*EDITED TO ADD: After wearing this for some time, it’s starting to smell like soapy cotton candy. It’s probably just my nose but this is literally gag inducing on me now.
diga75 – :
I remember finding this at Ross in my mid-twenties and just about losing my mind. A cotton candy perfume. That was pink. WITH A BIG CAT ON TOP OF THE BOTTLE. That still somehow looked kinda sophisto?! I bought two.
That was ten years ago, and I still always keep a bottle on hand! I can totally understand this being written off as too basic for some, but (and I know this is going to sound like an oxymoron), it truly is a sophisticated cotton candy scent.
You really can pick up on the different notes at play here: the soft floral of lily of the valley, the sharp green of fig leaf, the sexy spice of licorice, gentle fruits off in the background, and warm burnt sugar to round it all off. Seriously, take a whiff of this and then go through the list of notes and see if you can’t find them all. It’s gorgeous.
This perfume is great for layering, but also stands strong on its own. Projection and longevity is crazy! I get a zillion compliments every single time I wear it. AND IT’S UNDER TWENTY DOLLARS.
Go. Buy a bottle. I’ll wait.
mrbezrukov – :
After reading the reviews here, I thought I would try this “blind” as I have been searching for a delicious cotton candy scent for a while.
It is a VERY sweet, sugary, gourmand scent, just as it is described. I don’t personally detect any fruit, caramel or licorice (all of which I adore). I do strongly smell the cotton candy and vanilla. It sits as a fairly light/medium scent on my skin. After an hour, it had faded a lot, but with faint wafts of it if I sniffed my hand.
For me, this fragrance is nothing too special, though it is nice and quite yummy. It is not as strongly scented as Body Fantasies Cotton Candy, though I do find it is sweeter. Also, I find the Body Fantasies dry-down a bit musty. I did not find that with this scent, so that is a plus (for me).
When I walked into the room after using it the first time, my husband said, “What is that smell, it smells like dessert, or cinnamon, or something”!
The bottle is very pretty and solid glass with a pink cap shaped like a panther. However, as other users have said, the cap totally STINKS of a skunk! How very odd! I immediately threw the cap in the trash so that it won’t contaminate the fragrance. I don’t like not having a cap, but I think in this case, it is preferable!
Честэрфилд – :
I love it. On me it is very similar to my prada candy perfume i wear. It is slightly more fruity than Prada Candy but after dry down they are quite similar.
Caseexhipse – :
I use to own pink sugar until i got this one. This one smells so much more like cotton candy and it doesn’t have as much of a stinky licorice scent that ruins it like pink sugar. I love this fragrance! I will say the cap stinks so i would suggest throwing it out. I would rate this scent 8/10. Very yummy!
Herriopen – :
Blind buy. Disgusting! I could not believe how dreadful the first sprays were, skunky and funky and sooo cloyingly gross! After about 15 minutes, I had to remove my shirt and wash it, and scrub my neck. I have read the comments regarding the stinkfest of the bottle’s cap. And it is FOUL. I will remove it and let the sprayer “breathe” for a few days, and then give it another try. But I’m not holding out much hope. I have GOT to stop blind-buying!
bri4ko – :
Smells exactly, and I mean exactly, like Pink Sugar. Which I have and love, but really have no need for another (I already have a few backup bottles of PS stashed). I bought it because some reviews here stated they liked it better than PS so it was worth a shot. I’ll give this one to one of my daughters, they will think the bottle is cool!
Lion_163 – :
Expected this to be an EDT version of Body Fantasies Cotton Candy Body Mist but it does not smell like cotton candy at all.It is very sweet, and sugary but the quality reflects the cheap price.Very disappointed.
dko327bedyWelty – :
I love this and I really don’t go for gourmand “food smells” normally. This smells like cotton candy on me, not skunky or burnt, no citrus…it is lasting long too…and it smelled up the house enough my daughter says “it smells like the circus” and laughed. I will pass on any that might smell like popcorn 🙂 One spritz is definitely enough for me…I must admit the bottle is a bit bizarre…I thought it was a cat but somebody said it’s a sad dog…either or not sure why it’s there…must be some story behind it. DO NOT WEAR IN SUMMER…THIS WOULD DEFINITELY ATTRACT BEES.
senka80 – :
I blind-bought this in July, 2017 when I first started collecting fragrances in earnest.
A 46 year old woman, there are times that I literally NEED to smell the sweetest of the sweet, the most extreme concentration of olfactory saccharine sweetness imaginable and, ladies and gentlemen, DCC meets this need every time I find myself at its mercy.
Now that the weather is cooler, this fragrance seems to be reading from me with a stronger – though, oddly, still not cloying presence. It’s nearly a cotton-candy-soliflore, if there is such a thing.
And, to speak of the performance:
Longevity and Sillage are both powerhouse. Value = brilliant! I feel that the price is far less than the quality of this perfume should mandate.
My personal taste is a very strong love for this, most sugary, super-sweet candyfloss concentrate that, when the mood strikes, deeply satisfies a primal psychological and emotional need perfectly.
The fragrance alone I rate (as per my own tastes) a 10/10 with a + for accuracy in advertising and the fulfillment of expectations and beyond.
P.S. If you’d love to love Aquolina Pink Sugar but are stymied by the licorice note, you might consider giving Delicious Cotton Candy a go; you might be very pleasantly surprised.
Snooki – :
Perfumes are such wonderful things
I’m in my 20s’ and i like vintage perfumes
my mother is 50 and she likes all sweet perfumes with almond or caramle or any other candy
this is no exception
i cannot stand the smell of this for a minute
but my mom seems to enjoy this very much
PS: same juice as pink sugar
oktagonec – :
I really love this perfume! It comes in a cute and unusual bottle, lasts for hours, and it’s easy to find.
I prefer Delicious over Pink Sugar because it’s a bit softer and has less of an intense licorice and burnt note. I get mostly sweet cotton candy with some spicy undertones, I think the bit of spice helps this to work as both a day and an evening fragrance.
And for people comparing it to Angel- I’m going to have to disagree.
SalamonSmit – :
I own this and pink sugar and they are so similar, but pink sugar has a strong alcohol smell when first sprayed, I also don’t smell much cotton candy in either, but IMO DCC and PS are both sweet, smelling more of the caramel and vanilla in DCC. Also I put the cap in the bin, it stinks.
Oleg_Nagornuk – :
This just came in the mail the other day after having won it on fragranceNet.(I can’t believe I actually won!) The cap smells awful like others have mentioned and in my opinion it’s hideous, But the perfume itself smells very nice. I get the cotton candy but I can also detect some fruit and caramel. Smells so yummy!! I didn’t find it to be too loud or in your face, I sprayed five times and it was just fine. I bought the body lotion to go with it and it’s lasted a pretty decent time, I can still smell wafts of it from spraying a not 4 hours ago. I had never smelled it before today and I’m very happy with it. Score!!
Роман (Шмель) – :
It is more expensive than Pink Sugar in my country (NZ) so I wont be buying it,i found it actually weaker than Pink sugar and the bottle is ugly,why does she make such ugly bottles for yummy perfume,yes I think her perfume is yummy but not as strong as Pink sugar in this one,it is $37-60 a bottle here in my country whereas I can get PS online for $28 the same size!,It doesn’t last on the skin but the initial blast is nice,the dry down on me was liquorice. I would give pink sugar 10/10 and this one about a 7/10
Desdishado – :
Sweet, sugary, PRECISE dupe for Pink Sugar. Listen, I’m all about saving a coin, so if you’re like me, purchase this… The longevity is decent, not as long as Pink Sugar. The silage is decent as well…
dinimito – :
I blind-bought this and DCC does NOT disappoint. This is THE sweet-candy smell I’ve been craving.
Now, I have “Sugar. Aw, honey, honey; you are my candy, girl, and you’ve got me wanting you” stuck in my head.
After I finish coloring my hair and take a shower, I’m going to don a lot of silky, frilly pink and white and wear this! The scent is absolutely divine.
Buy this ONLY if you LOVE sweet, super sweet scents. Otherwise you will hate yourself.
I don’t know if this will make sense to any of you, but I feel like this is a perfect scent for a voluptuous bleached-blonde with a neat pony tail, pale pink cashmere sweater, and grey wool poodle skirt complete with crisp crinoline petticoats, a pale pink chiffon scarf tied in a side-knot at her delicate throat; flawless from top to toe, the look this fragrance evokes for me is completed by classic black & white saddle shoes worn over dainty white, lacy ankle socks.
YUMMY!!! Pass the cotton candy!!!
Nick_name – :
I bought this at Ross for $12 + tax. When sprayed, I can smell the citrus notes mixed with the cotton candy note. When it dries down, the citrus is replaced with a soft hit of black licorice and a little bit of warm caramel. I don’t detect any plum.
This perfume isn’t as strong as I hoped it would be, but it has great longevity. I sprayed it on yesterday afternoon, and I can still smell it this morning on my wrists.
Etrim98 – :
Strong one or two spray max sugar bomb bargain from Ross. I put one spray on my neck and the scarf that I used that day still smelled of it after two weeks. Due to the reviews below I did notice a slight synthetic kind of plastic smell but that might have been from the white plastic leoapard cap because I sniffed it and it smelled godawful so I took it off the bottle. But other than that it does have a curious faint note that reminded me of Chinese preserved prunes but it’s not prominent. It’s probably the fruit notes reacting with the sugar. This is one of the sweetest and strongest gourmands I have ever encountered but not complex or best balanced or most refined. My recommendation is to go easy on the sprays as my brother, who never notices any perfumes I wear made me swear to never spray this one in his apartment again, as one whole day after my initial spray he came home and got a headache smelling this one.
GotFoovahof – :
Wow I love this! I had to go Sherlock on a faded sample to track this down. Smells like magnificat by v canto
tsiwkach – :
Pink sugar with less sillage. I’m guessing it’s longevity will be lacking. Strange presentation though, with the sad dog
xxvxx – :
I just received this scent in the mail and immediately ripped the box open and sprayed it. My cap does not smell like others have noted, first of all. The first blast is pure cotton candy, just exactly like standing next to a cotton candy machine at the carnival. But of course, on my skin it is turning a bit sour. Not sure if it’s the caramel note or maybe a fruit like the orange or plum, but something isn’t sitting right to my nose. I do not get any sandalwood, musk, bergamot, actually I don’t smell most of the notes. Just the sweetened sugary vanilla, caramel, and over-ripe fruit. And something about it does remind me of an older fragrance, like a late 80’s, early 90’s smell. I’m going to mix it with either Bonbon or Ari’s Sweet Like Candy tomorrow and see if I like it better mixed.
Titan163315 – :
This is what i thought pink sugar would be. I love it! PS was weak and smelled only of licorice musk.the musk was overkill, with powder in there aswell. the cotton candy on clothing for Pink sugar lasted 30 minutes if in a closed and sealed space( gym locker). This , DCC smelled alittle licorice if you sniff cloesly to your skin, but its much softer than with PS. Cotton candy wafts though the room!! Hours later i still get yummy wiffs of cotton candy! People say they smell like something is baking, cinnamanbuns ect. i smell cotton candy all the way. I paid much more for this than PS, as its hard to find in my country, and when i received it i thought from first sniff it smells like PS- what a waste of money i thought since i just bought Pink sugar for half the price. but then, I fell in love with DCC, its everything i thought PS would be, cotton candy that makes a statement, is soft and delicous, and is noticable for those around, with out suffacating them. Last so long too! Filled up my one and only travel spritzer with DCC- it easily won its way to the top to have in my bag!)
Aerohoplenerivgi – :
With all the glowing reviews, this one disappointed me. It’s not a true cotton candy to my nose, more vanilla. My boyfriend says this perfume smells like Cold Stone Creamery. There is a strong chemical note that I finally identified as Coppertone sunscreen. Not inherently unpleasant, just not something I ever feel like putting on.
ekshn – :
Can we talk about this AMAZING perfume for a second please? I bought this as a blind buy based on reviews. It’s taken me a bit to get acquainted with this one. The bottle is NOT my thing. I decided to “avoid” that by keeping my bottle in its box, which I do actually like, it’s pretty. I smelled AQ Pink Sugar years ago and that’s what this fragrance reminds me of. It’s actually not that close to Body Fantasies Signature Cotton Candy – that one is more fruity and sharp. This one is soft, sweet, sugary, sexy, and just heavenly. I know I love it because I can’t stop spraying it on myself and when I smell it I just want to keep inhaling! It’s super comforting. Lasting power is decent, but not overwhelming – nothing like TM Angel, that’s for sure. It’s also hard to go overboard with a yummy scent like this (IMHO). It is just so soft.
For the price guys, you cannot go wrong. It’s a must for anyone who likes sweet/gourmand/candy scents.
olegka01 – :
I LOVE this . Smells exactly like a perfume oil from the Middle East I used to use a couple of years ago. Can’t remember the name, but think it was a local, unbranded one.
Sugary cotton candy and vanilla – a heavenly combination ! It has a caramelly and slightly strawberry like drydown, but stays very vanilla and sugary. It is truly a guilty pleasure! Projects very well and lasts for ages.
I know some people find the bottle cheap or tacky and I can see what they mean, but somehow I think the bottle suits the fragrance perfectly: a bit too much and over the top, but still absolutely fabulous . And personally I love the panther on the lid – my bottle has a pale pink panther lid, and not the silver one pictured in this article.
If you love gourmands, this is a must have 🙂
Dimcheg1992 – :
Interesting experience with this one.. Finally getting around to making my review on DCC. I was expecting something magical. I saw reviews that this was even better than Pink Sugar–and Pink Sugar is one of my fave perfumes. At the very least, I read that this is a perfect dupe of Pink Sugar–and I will say that’s somewhat true, but I find myself never reaching for it. It’s been kinda chillin at the back of my dresser lol. Doesn’t make much sense since it definitely does have a huge similarity to Pink Sugar. However, I think it lacks the overall depth and amazingness of PS.
When I first received this and tried it, it smelled SO good, like pure sugar– but in the dry down was that horrible plastic smell everyone speaks of. The cap is the culprit. I took the cap off and that’s how its been ever since, and yes, after about 48 hours of no cap, that skunk smell dissipates. This is when I started to get the licorice smell..the caramel, the bergamot, vanilla, fig leaves, the brown sugar, the strawberry, even the clementine. You can smell every single note, except the musk and cedarwood. It’s beautiful. But instead of a pure cotton candy, I get sugar the most. Pink Sugar is the cotton candy winner IMO. It smells like straight cotton candy, drying down to the yummy burnt caramel musky vanilla. The burnt caramel and musk is absent in DCC, the licorice less pronounced.. and it doesn’t really change from top to bottom. It’s also more juvenille– but still pretty complex in its own right. good thing is, it’s ajust as strong and well projecting as PS. I got this in a swap, knowing I was almost out of Pink Sugar and could use this until I could buy a new PS. Sadly, this wasn’t a good enough substitute– I need my Pink Sugar. The other problem with DCC is how cloying it can be. I can spray a TON of PS, and it’s never cloying.. .it all just dries down to an irresistable vanilla. I love ridiculously sweet scents, But this is a whole new level sugary sweet when over sprayed. If it wasn’t for the drowning sugar vibe of DCC, this would be pure love.
I would definitely wear this, I do like it, overall it’s very nice– BUt I just figure why, when I have Pink Sugar, the OG of Cotton Candy, the masterpiece. If I can’t swap it, i’ll keep it and use it for sure..I just figure I could try to get something else. but hey, for the price, this is some good stuff.
Raidan – :
When I sprayed this, I wanted to SMELL it. Well, that I DID..ALL. Day. Long…This is AQ.Pink Sugar on serious steroids! Followed me all day, & is very strong. Next time, I will spray one spray on my back or something. I love strong perfumes, if I spend money on it, I want to smell it. But THIS can be sugar overload. Tread lightly. Even better mix it with a vanilla, a chocolate, marshmallow, strawberry scent. That will work better for me. MY favorite Cotton Candy scent will always be Body Fantasies (Walmart, Drug Stores). Love that one. Straight, light, wonderful cotton candy. DCC smells ok, just don’t overdo it. I cannot believe I read it doesn’t last! If you are spraying it on your wrist, NOTHING is going to last. I spray everything in front of my chest. I can smell it there, it’s on my clothes & in my hair. (From a distance). This was almost too much that day. Spray strong scents (like this) under your hair, or behind you somewhere, a small amount. Less is more w/ this one!
mlj427Unlogrere – :
When I sprayed this, I wanted to SMELL it. Well, that I DID..ALL. Day. Long…This is AQ.Pink Sugar on serious steroids! Followed me all day, & is very strong. Next time, I will spray one spray on my back or something. I love strong perfumes, if I spend money on it, I want to smell it. But THIS can be sugar overload. Tread lightly. Even better mix it with a vanilla, a chocolate, marshmallow, strawberry scent. That will work better for me. MY favorite Cotton Candy scent will always be Body Fantasies (Walmart, Drug Stores). Love that one. Straight, light, wonderful cotton candy. DCC smells ok, just don’t overdo it. I cannot believe I read it doesn’t last! If you are spraying it on your wrist, NOTHING is going to last. I spray everything in front of my chest. I can smell it there, it’s on my clothes & in my hair. (From a distance). This was almost too much that day. Spray strong scents (like this) under your hair, or behind you somewhere, a small amount. Less is more w/ this one!
egory777 – :
The skunky note might just be from the cap. Try removing the cap and letting the bottle sit without it, then spray a few times to clear out the rest of the smell that may be stuck in the sprayer.
nikolay1505 – :
I honestly believe this is THE sweetest perfume I have ever smelled. However, it is DELICIOUS! I would wear it on a very cool evening date…and I think he would love it! It is very inexpensive too!!
Стёпик – :
I really like this perfume. It is very sweet. Delicious is the word. Reminds me of pink sugar. Long lasting.
qazplmktlbe – :
I purchased this scent because I want all of the Delicious scents by Gale Hayman. I did NOT like this one at first. I couldn’t smell anything but sugar and if this was by Demeter Fragrance that would have been o.k. but I expected more from My Gale. Lucky for my husband raids my fragrances without asking. One night he passed by me and I was literally entranced. I asked if he got a new scent and he informed he was wearing one of mine. Mine? He showed me the bottle and it was Cotton Candy Delicious. I couldn’t believe it. This scent on him was far from one dimensional sugar, he smelled as though three chubby cherubs were sitting on his lap sucking on Italian lollypops. I have repented to the fragrance god for my earlier dismissal of this divine scent.
eustoliashimada – :
This is a beautiful scent. A Fragrantica friend of mine purchased it first and recommended it to me and I was not disappointed. The top notes are clearly citrus, followed by that sweet depth of licorice, warm melted white sugar, caramel and vanilla and don’t forget that persistent musk and a tinge of strawberry, just like cotton candy!
The green notes are also there, they just play second fiddle to the gourmand delight of the other notes. The licorice is quite intense on my skin but the sweetness is not cloying or sticky, just overall good to the last drop. I am delighted with the ergonomic design of the bottle, whether or not the cap has a faint odour of burnt plastic, but of course you need to put your nose real close to it to register that. I would recommend it for women of any age.
vladus7rasha – :
Do you really need DCC?
This is what a wondered having Pink Sugar and Al Rehab Soft….
After reading numerous reviews and then finally purchasing a tester, here are my conclusions:
1. DCC is very similar to Al Rehab Soft (on me), particularly the spray version. The oil is an intense version. DCC is lighter in vanilla and caramel notes but actually lasts and lingers. Though many mention that Soft can be lemony and less vanilla (the opposite is for my skin).
Even the licorice note appears to be present in Soft (as it is in Pink Sugar), but i cannot smell it in DCC.
2. Compared to Pink Sugar, DCC lacks that roasted/toasted/creme brulee note. Pink Sugar is great if you want that note and stronger.
3. DCC is great if you want less vanilla and caramel – on days when Soft and Pink Sugar is overwhelming with vanilla and sweetness, the lighter amount in DCC is bearable for me.
The lighter vanilla in DCC wins me over. Had i wanted more of vanilla and the caramel notes, then i need not have purchased it.
On first spray it is reminiscent of candy floss but settles into a light airy cake like scent so really it doesnt smell like candy floss for the majority of the time.
RhineeOrenrep – :
Wow! True to Name! Cotton Candy! Almost 100% Pink Sugar without AS MUCH of the burnt rubber smell I get on me. Good thing it was a cheap blind buy. I loved the notes, but I could have stuck with my Pink Sugar if I wanted the exact same smell. Up for swap brand new sprayed once for anyone interested! Super Sweet which I generally like!
wapin – :
Holy cats Batman!
So I saw this for $12 at a discount store and thought “what the heck.” Bought it, ripped it open in the car (mistake #1) and sprayed two test squirts on my arm/hand (mistake #2).
Let’s just say for the next three hours of shopping I left behind me a trail of poor souls suddenly overcome with the urgent need to find and consume cotton candy. Wow. So this smells (to my nose) exactly like pink cotton candy, not purple, not blue, pink. The sort of smell you get when your face is buried in said cotton candy or if you were to stick your head into the cotton candy machine.
What I’m trying to say is that first squirt will smell like nothing, and you’ll think “weak juice” and spray again. Heaven help you if you spray two more times. Because you might actually go into sugar shock. One is all you need, *trust me* and do not spray in a confined environment for the love of all the cotton candy in the world! I ended up with a car that smells like a carnival and a raging headache.
Now to be clear, I sort of like this, I mean who doesn’t like cotton candy? And I think one spray would leave a nice sweet scent. But two was at least one too many. This might be one to spritz into the air and walk through.
The bottle I have no explanation for. Why is there a pink panther as a cap? I do not know. But I do know he or she adds just the right amount of utter ridiculously to a scent that already screams “please don’t take me too seriously.” You want to feel 12 again? Buy this. (Warning: not recommended for job interviews, dates, or anywhere else where you want to come across as a competent adult.)
береда – :
I remember Gale Hayman and the Giorgio of Beverly Hills empire when I was a young girl. Affluent women wore the Panther jewelry and watches by Cartier, a mark of status back in the grand ole 80s. Amazing how times have changed and that Panther has now been reduced to a hideous, smelly, resinous, and unsightly cap of a perfume bottle.
I was at a Perfumania Outlet and I bought Delicious Feelings and Delicious Vanilla. (Omgoodness, even their names are cheesy) What’s not so cheesy is the juice itself. DF is a bright floral Spring scent and DV is a dupe for BBW Warm Vanilla. I paid $30 for both which I thought was a great deal for 3.4 oz each.
Delicious Cotton Candy is very similar and maybe identical to Pink Sugar, which I didn’t buy because of the burnt sugar note I don’t care for. Well, as a gourmand lover, we’ll see. LOL
Denka301 – :
Just bought this after wanting to try it for awhile. This doesn’t remind me of pink sugar even slightly. On me at least, pink sugar tends to come off sweet BUT very citrusy and fruity.
This is pure sugar! Smells like the cotton candy stands at the fair or the circus. And the plastic cat/cougar cap? smells horrendous but im in love with it. I think its adorable and cute.
Ill try a few things to get the smell off. Which has a chemical-y marijuana vibe (probably because of the material which its made from).
Its similar to body fantasy’s cotton candy which I adore, but less synthetic smelling to me, and more true sugar. Not to mention a much higher staying power. Try this if you love sweet gourmand scents. There’s no way you can go wrong!
gladiator maxi – :
OMG Identical to pink sugar. identical. is that even legal? Im glad though cause its affordable but the bottle is not to be seen. its hideous.
vpu750Negeltzex – :
This smells exactly like Pink Sugar without the lemony notes and the borderline-cloying licorice. It’s a lot softer than Pink Sugar as well with the drydown lacking that burnt sugar/caramel note; Delicious Cotton Candy’s drydown is more subtle with vanilla and (brown) sugar taking the lead, while Pink Sugar is still screeching and burning that sugar away into hapless caramel (note: I am a Pink Sugar fan. Really, I am). I have both perfumes on each arm and I’m comparing them in real-time (between swigs of iced tea at 5AM because that’s how I roll).
Delicious Cotton Candy doesn’t last that long in comparison to Pink Sugar (and that’s not really a fair comparison since they’re different perfumes after all), but I think I prefer the former to the latter.
All in all, I like it but I kinda wish it smelt more, I don’t know, bright and was a little lighter, like the Body Fantasies Cotton Candy body spray which is a marvelous and gorgeous cotton candy scent. (Also, the bottle, the kind-of-weird cap especially, is adorable.)
bariKOOL – :
FOR REAL COTON CANDY SMELL Prince Matchabelli’s Cotton Candy is THE ONE.
I believe it’s been discontinued. #2 is Body Fantasies Cotton Candy. Weak / light but is smells like REAL cotton candy.
This smells like generic sweet sugar body spray.
Blind Buy. Pretty bottle. Pretty boring.
Going into my “frag graveyard”.
rzaevtariel – :
Well… I’ve sampled Acqua e Zucchero, have Pink Sugar, as well as Al Rehab Soft. DCC is very nice; like others, I find it more-wearable than Pink Sugar. I like Soft just a smidge more… but indeed they are quite close! Soft has a touch more floral edge, which I enjoy to contrast with the sugar, but DCC is damned good- nicely-balanced- especially for the 15USD I paid. I’ll be reaching for this often, I think! (Acqua e Zucchero is still the best in my book… but is priced beyond my scope right now)
Very good vanilla-sugar bomb, with subtle touches of florals, fruits, and bitter-sweet resins along with a nice musk-blend on the bottom to round it out. After the top fades, there’s a slight plastic note that appears… but this wears off after 20-30 minutes and the scent is fab!
I see what others are saying about the cap now: it has this funky-skunky plastic odor- kinda weird. Hope it wears off, or I’ll just throw it into the box.
alex312010 – :
This is a lovely scent! Its much more complicated then I was expecting actually! On first spray I definitely get the top notes, orange and bergamot and lilly of the valley!! Its very fruity! Then about 20 mins later it starts to dry down and the cotton candy/vanilla/strawberry start playing their role, making it sweeter and sweeter. Then the drydrown becomes this musky sweet cotton candy with a hint of floral! I really like this, its not just straight up cotton candy and sugar.. it has some nice floral mixed in there to make it more grown up smelling!
This will layer really well with body fantasies cotton candy lotion, I found both of these items at my local kmart!
Oh yes and the cap smells like actual butt LOL I have it soaking in a vinegar/baking soda mixture like another reviewer mentioned and we’ll see if that helps otherwise I will probably throw it away like the others have.
EDIT** AHA! I finally figured out what the drydown reminds me of! It smells very simi