Top 10 Fragrances - My All Time Favourites!

21st March is National Fragrance Day so I thought I'd post 10 of my favourite fragrances!

I love Jimmy Choo's Flash. It is such a unique fragrance. It doesn't have the best staying power but it is still one of my favourites.

Jimmy Choo Viva La Juicy La Fleur is another favourite of mine. It is sweet and fruity. I love the chunky bottle as well.

Nina Ricci's Ricci Ricci is a lovely, deep fragrance. One of the key notes is rhubarb which you don't find in many fragrances. The bottle is also beautiful. It has a lovely shape and has a plastic ribbon wrapped around the neck.

Lolita Lempicka Eau de Minuit is an amazing fragrance. It is released every year with a different bottle design. It is a more intense version of the original Lolita Lempicka eau de parfum. It is sweet and powdery. The notes include liquorice flower and iris.

Chanel Chance Eau Fraiche is a gorgeous fragrance. It has a citrusy element but it is not a run of the mill citrusy fragrance. It is composed exceptionally well. I love it and it has great staying power too.

I love Cacharel Noa. I have bought this fragrance over and over again. It is a lovely soft, feminine fragrance made interesting by the incense note. There is also supposed to be a coffee note in this fragrance but I can't really tell.

Marc Jacob Lola is a lovely, floral fragrance. It is quite rosy, but it really stands out from the crowd. It seems to have a lot of depth to it.

Taylor of London's fragrance Panache is one of my favourites. It has floral and aldehydic notes. It is the most inexpensive fragrance of this bunch at £14.99 for 100ml. It is a great fragrance though.

Chloe eau de parfum is one I notice other people wearing all of the time. It is quite a soapy scent and has excellent staying power and good projection.

Vera Wang's Lovestruck is a deep, floral fragrance with musk in the base. 

October 2016 Favourites!

This month I have had two go-to fragrances. I have been using Nina Ricci's Ricci Ricci Dancing Ribbon eau de parfum and Reem Acra's eau de parfum.

Ricci Ricci Dancing Ribbon is slowly overtaking Ricci Ricci as my favourite Nina Ricci fragrance.

Reem Acra's eau de parfum is another lovely scent for the autumn/winter months. Out of the two fragrances I think I have used Reem Acra most often this month.

I have also been loving Soap And Glory's Glam-A-Lot body spray which is another great scent. I think this is quite difficult to get hold of now which is a shame.

My brown New Look boots are back on my favourites list. I still absolutely love them! I love the cutouts and the chunky heel and they are really comfortable.

I adore my silver tourmaline ring which is full of autumnal colours. Sometimes I can't stop staring at it.

I tried Carex's Love Hearts hand wash for the first time this month and I am really impressed. I love unique scents like this and it really does smell like Love Hearts.

My bottle green boohoo skater dress has been my dress of choice this month. I love the colour and the fit!

I have been using Avon's glimmerstick eyeliner in blackest black and I am pretty pleased with it.

Everything's Rosy!

I have just ordered Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy Rose.

I love rose scents. I don't like that the bottle is glittery and I didn't know if I was going to like the scent as lots of fragrance claim to be rosy but aren't as I had imagined. I don't really think of Flowerbomb La Vie en Rose as a rose scented fragrance, but I do love it. As the bottle is glittery, part of me didn't want to like this scent and have to add it to my collection, but it has a lovely rosy scent so I just had to add it to my collection.

I have a few rose scented fragrances in my collection already.



Nina Ricci Mademoiselle Ricci has a soft rose scent that is feminine and subtle. The bottle is beautiful as well with the rounded glass with a ribbon design wrapped around it.

John Galliano eau de toilette is a more vibrant take on rose with good projection and a very uniquely designed bottle.

Marc Jacobs Lola has a combination of floral notes. It isn't strictly a rose scented fragrance, but you can definitely smell the rose in it. I absolutely love Lola!

Ghost eau de toilette is a gorgeous scent. I wore it yesterday. It is surprisingly long lasting for an eau de toilette and the scent of rose dominates this fragrance.


Another rose scented fragrance I'd like to add to my collection is Chloe's Roses de Chloe. I've had it on my list for a while because who doesn't need another lovely, rosy scent?

National Fragrance Day!

Today is National Fragrance Day according to The Fragrance Foundation!

I am going to list 10 fragrances that I think make great gifts.

1) Jimmy Choo Flash - This is probably my favourite fragrance. I have bought it for so many of my friends and family. It is very distinctive.

2) Lolita Lempicka Eau de Minuit - I bought this for my mother a few years ago. I love the liquorice flower in this. It is similar to the original Lolita Lempicka eau de parfum only more intense and it is released every year in a different bottle.

3) Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy La Fleur - This is a lovely, sweet scent and the bottle is young and fun.

4) Chanel Chance Eau Fraiche is one of my favourite fragrances. I think Chanel's Chance range is very different to their other fragrances. This one is gorgeous and it lasts well on my skin.

5) Nina Ricci Ricci Ricci - I received this fragrance as a gift and have since bought it as a gift for other people as well. It is my favourite Nina Ricci fragrance.

6) Marc Jacobs Daisy - Most fragrances in this line by Marc Jacobs would make great gifts. Daisy has a lovely, fresh floral scent with a distinctive 'Marc Jacobs scent' which runs right through the Marc Jacobs fragrance range. 

7) Vera Wang Preppy Princess - I love all of the Princess fragrances. I recently found Preppy Princess is available on allbeauty.com and I have my eye on it as a gift for my sister. I wasn't a huge fan of the bottle design when I first got it, but the fragrance is lovely. 

8) Vivienne Westwood Boudoir - This fragrance is floral and to be honest I'm not sure if it will be to everyone's taste so perhaps it wouldn't make the best gift, but I love it and it lasts so long on my skin.

9) Chloe Chloe - I was given Chloe by Chloe as a gift and it is one that I have bought for other people as well. It is another fragrance with great lasting power.

10) Ghost Anticipation - This was the first Ghost fragrance that I bought for myself and I have since bought it for both of my sisters. It has a light floral scent. It is very similar to Victoria Beckham's Instinct. 

New 2016 Perfumes!

There are lots of new fragrances coming out this year.

There are three new Marc Jacobs releases; Daisy Blush, Daisy Eau So Fresh Blush and Daisy Dream Blush.

They all sound like nice springtime scents and I look forward to trying them.

Their colour scheme fits well with Juicy Couture's Viva La Juicy Rose which is another 2016 release. I love rose scents so I think this one will be interesting. I think the bottle is awful though. I'm not keen on glitter on bottles and this one seems to be opaque which I think takes away from the lovely squared-off shape of the bottle. 

Nina Ricci is releasing Nina Pop which is the same scent as the original Nina in a colourful bottle. This is to celebrate 10 years since Nina's release.

..But the winner of the most hideous bottle design goes to Moschino's Fresh Couture, which comes in a bottle made to look like a bathroom cleaning spray. I think the bottle is quite shocking. Who came up with this terrible idea?!

My 2015 perfumes!

In my opinion 2015 hasn't been a great year for fragrance.

I got 9 newly released fragrances this year which is less than 2013 and 2014, although there are a few on the want list that still haven't made their way into my collection.

Marc Jacobs Daisy Sorbet and Daisy Eau So Fresh Sorbet were released at the beginning of 2015 both of which are lovely. I have bought the Daisy and Daisy Eau So Fresh limited edition releases over the past few years and they have all been really nice.
Daisy Sorbet is a lovely white floral scent with a hint of sweet violet. It is very uplifting and it makes me think of springtime.

Daisy Eau So Fresh Sorbet is a much sweeter, fruitier scent. It is my favourite of the two which is great because it comes in a larger 75ml bottle; Daisy Sorbet comes in a 50ml bottle.

Nina Ricci Delices de Nina was also released early in the year. It is quite sweet and is an obvious relative of the original Nina with its metallic-like scent. I have to admit it is similar to other Nina Ricci releases in the apple shaped bottles, but I do really like it.

I bought Chanel Chance Eau Vive as soon as it came out. It is a nice addition to the Chance line. It has its own personality. It is citrusy but also floral. I really like it, but the original Chance and Chance Eau Fraiche are my favourites from this amazing line.

DKNY Delicious Delights Dreamsicle is a sweet, peach scented fragrance. It is light and summery. This was released alongside Delicious Delights Cool Swirl and Delicious Delights Fruity Rooty and although I think they're all terribly named they are all great, original scents; not smelling similar to the other fragrances from the Be Delicious line.

DKNY Delicious Delights Cool Swirl is pistachio scented. It is quite sweet, but it also has a play-doh type scent to it.

DKNY Delicious Delights Fruity Rooty combines delicious, sweet berries with violet and rose. This is the sweetest of the three fragrances.
I couldn't choose a favourite of the three Delicious Delights fragrances. They are all so different and uniquely delightful.

I got Marc Jacobs Violet for Christmas. It has a sweet, creamy floral scent with a touch of fizziness. It doesn't really smell like violets at all to me.

I ordered Vera Wang Hippie Princess online today. I tried it when it first came out and really liked it. It is a sweet, fruity scent. I wonder if 2016 will see another Princess release.

There are some other fragrances from 2015 that I do want to add to my collection, but have not purchased yet, Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream Forever, Jimmy Choo Illicit and Marc Jacobs Decadence being the main fragrances I have my eye on!

New 2015 perfumes!

There are so many fragrances coming out this year that I want to try.

Nina Ricci L'Extase is a rose based fragrance, which is out now, but I haven't had the chance to try it out yet.

Marc Jacobs Daisy Sorbet is also out already and is another one I haven't had the chance to try yet. It sounds like a delightful fruity-floral scent. It has passion fruit in the top notes and I love passion fruit so I look forward to trying this.

DKNY Delicious Delights Dreamsicle has notes including mandarin, peach and apricot so I don't think I'm going to be able to resist it.

DKNY Delicious Delights Cool Swirl has an interesting combination of notes including black cranberry, creamy pistachio sorbet, heliotrope and patchouli. I think this will be very different from the other fragrances in the Be Delicious range.

DKNY Delicious Delights Fruity Rooty sounds more of a fruity-floral scent with notes of blackberry, blueberry, mandarin, rose, violet, candied apple sorbet, lily and vanilla. I like the bottles for these Delicious Delights fragrances as well. They are lovely pastel colours.

Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fresh Sorbet is in stores already, but I have yet to try it. I expect it to be a lovely, springtime fruity-floral.

Jimmy Choo Exotic is released in 2015 in a blue bottle. It was previously released in 2013 in a pink bottle and 2014 in an orange bottle. The new Exotic has exactly the same composition as the previous two releases, which is cheating a bit, but it is a great scent and I like the new blue bottle design.

Jimmy Choo Blossom was released in January 2015. It has a tropical, fruity scent and reminds me of something that Escada might release. It is nothing like Flash, which was the first fragrance to be released in this bottle shape.

Nina Ricci Les Delices de Nina has notes of mandarin, lemon, strawberry, caramel, raspberry, praline and white musk. I think this is going to be a bakery-sweet scent like the last release from this line, La Tentation de Nina, which was lovely. I'm looking forward to trying this one out.

Lanvin Marry Me! Confettis is the latest fragrance from the Marry Me! line. It is described as being lighter and brighter than its predecessors. I wasn't keen on the original Marry Me! fragrance, but have enjoyed some of the releases since. Marry Me! a la folie is my favourite.

Escada Turquoise Summer is another typical Escada summer release. It is very fruity and tropical.

Annick Goutal L'Ile Au The sounds like an interesting fragrance with notes of mandarin pulp, mandarin blossom, osmanthus, green tea and white musk. I'm looking forward to trying this fragrance. It is unisex and I have a feeling it is going to be a case of you either love it or hate it.

Diesel Loverdose Red Kiss is described as a floriental, gourmand fragrance and it has notes of orange blossom, hazelnut and amber. I have heard it is as strong as the original Loverdose is.

Marc Jacobs Violet has a lovely bottle design and has notes of bergamot, white lily, violet, patchouli and vanilla.

Lolita Lempicka  L'Eau En Blanc Edition Perles is due for release in April 2015. It has notes of violet leaf, iris, raspberry, white violets, heliotrope and musk. I liked the original L'Eau En Blanc fragrance, but it wasn't my favourite release from Lolita Lempicka. I look forward to trying this one though.

My 2014 perfumes!

I have built up quite a collection of new fragrances in 2014.

I have bought 19 new releases from this year.

Marc Jacobs released more limited edition Daisy fragrances, Daisy Delight and Daisy Eau So Fresh Delight, both of which I love.

Daisy Dream came afterwards with a unique bottle design.

Jimmy Choo have had some fantastic releases in 2014. Exotic was re-released in an orange bottle for 2014.

Flash London Club was a fragrance I was really excited about. It has a similar scent to the original Flash, which is my favourite.

Stars is a limited edition release from Jimmy Choo. It was probably the last thing my fiancé ever bought me before becoming my husband and it was a great gift. It has a scent along the same lines as the original Jimmy Choo fragrance and the longevity is just as impressive.

Cacharel Noa L'Eau was a limited edition release for the summer. The original Noa fragrance is one of my favourites and this version is a light, fresh and slightly aquatic interpretation.

DKNY's MYNY was released in the summer and it is something really different from DKNY. I have lots of fragrances from the Be Delicious range, but this is a lovely, sophisticated, floral scent. I haven't heard much hype about it, but it really is a lovely scent.

DKNY did release a few new fragrances from the Be Delicious range, which I bought into.
There was Golden Delicious Sparkling Apple, Be Delicious Sparkling Apple and Be Delicious Fresh Blossom Sparkling Apple. In the UK these fragrances are only available from The Fragrance Shop.
They are all lovely and fresh, but they do smell similar to previous releases from the Be Delicious range.

Vera Wang Forever Vera is very difficult to get hold of. It was supposed to be exclusive to Kohl's in the USA. It is a really nice, well balanced fragrance. It is quite a mature scent.

Vera Wang's Princess Power is the latest release from the Princess collection. Like last year's release, Pink Princess, Princess Power is only available in 30ml or 50ml bottles, which annoyed me. It is a lovely, crowd pleasing, fruity-floral fragrance.

Vera Wang Be Jeweled Rouge is another 2014 release. It is really sweet and fruity. I love it.

Lolita Lempicka Minuit Sonne is an amazing fragrance. The deep liquorice flower note seems more prominent than in the original Lolita Lempicka fragrance. I love the fragrance, but the bottle has glitter on it, which comes off onto your hands, which is a bit annoying.

Tom Ford Velvet Orchid is a strong, warming fragrance. I love this fragrance. It is unique, mature and lasts well.

Nina Ricci's La Tentation de Nina is another beautiful scent. It is bakery-sweet and really different to other Nina releases. I think this was a great offering and I look forward to trying next year's Nina Ricci fragrance, Les Délices de Nina.

Juicy Couture's Juicy Couture Malibu was released for the summer alongside Couture La La Malibu, which I have not picked up yet. Juicy Couture Malibu is a lovely summer scent. It is similar to the original, Juicy Couture fragrance, but is a bit less harsh. It has a very light, fresh feel to it. I really like this fragrance, but I have to admit it isn't the longest lasting fragrance.

Chanel No 5 Eau Premiere isn't technically a new fragrance for 2014. It was originally released in 2007, but in 2014 it was released in the classic, rectangular Chanel bottle. It is a lovely scent. It is similar to the original No 5, but this one seems lighter and has a more sparkling opening.

2014 has seen the release of many other lovely fragrances that I have not managed to add to my collection yet and I hope 2015 will bring lots of new and exciting fragrances that will no doubt mean my collection will grow and my shelf space will shrink!

2015 perfume releases!

I am excited to try the new fragrances due for release in 2015 especially Jimmy Choo's new fragrance, Blossom.

It is to be released in the same bottle design as Flash, but with a deep pink bottle.
Flash is my favourite fragrance. I love it! I have bought it as a gift for lots of my family and friends as well since it came out at the beginning of 2013.

Flash London Club was released earlier in 2014 and that is another lovely scent, which is similar to Flash, but I think Blossom is going to be something rather different.
The top notes of citrus and red fruits of which raspberry dominates.
The heart notes are sweet pea and rose.
The base notes are sandalwood and white musk.

It sounds interesting and I can't wait to try it, but for me I don't think anything can live up to the original Flash.

Nina Ricci's 2015 release sounds like it is going to be super sweet and the bottle helps to illustrate this. The fragrance is called Les Délices de Nina.

It will be available in 50ml and 75ml bottles. Usually Nina Ricci releases 30ml, 50ml or 80ml bottles.

The bottle makes me hungry just looking at it and the fragrance sounds like a bakery-sweet, gourmand.
The fragrance has top notes of mandarin and lemon, heart notes of strawberry and caramel and base notes of raspberry extract, praline and white musk.
I'm excited to give this one a go. I think it'll be lovely, but I tend to find sweet fragrances like this don't last long on your skin.

I mentioned in a previous post that Marc Jacobs will be releasing new limited edition Daisy and Daisy Eau So Fresh fragrances next year.

I have been really impressed by the Sunshine editions and 2014's Delight editions so I don't think the Sorbet editions are likely to disappoint.

Daisy Sorbet has top notes of pink grapefruit, pear and passion fruit.
The heart notes are wisteria, jasmine and lily of the valley.
The base notes are violet, wood, cedar and musk.

This one sounds gorgeous. I love the scent of passion fruit and I'm sure this fragrance will be done well. I think the floral and woody notes will give the fragrance a bit more depth so that the passion fruit isn't too sickly sweet.


Daisy Eau So Fresh Sorbet will be released by the side of Daisy Sorbet.
Daisy Eau So Fresh Sorbet has top notes of mandarin, apple blossom and lotus.
The heart notes are magnolia, jasmine and violet.
The base notes are woods and musk.
A lot of the heart and base notes are similar in the two fragrances. I think Daisy Eau So Fresh Sorbet will be the softer of the two and Daisy Sorbet will be bolder.

I am looking forward to trying these fragrances too and will probably end up purchasing them both.

So it looks like we have some lovely spring scents to look forward to next year. I'm sure there'll be many more wonderful fragrance releases announced in the new year as well.

More perfume excitement!

Today I got to try the new Marc Jacobs fragrances Daisy Delight and Daisy Eau So Fresh Delight, which I found when I was shopping!
I asked in Boots and they said they would be getting them in and said the Marc Jacobs summer editions usually come in around April, but last year I bought the Sunshine editions in February so hopefully they'll get them in really soon as I want the advantage card points!
Both fragrances are delightful. It was love at first sniff.

I also got to try Escada's summer fragrance, Born In Paradise, which has only just hit the shops today. It is exotic and tropical.
It has top notes of pineapple and coconut milk, heart notes of watermelon, green apple and guava and woody and musky notes in the base.
It is very different. I really like this one.

I have still been unable to find Jimmy Choo's Flash London Club in the 100ml bottle. I want it so bad, but the department stores only had 1 or 2 bottles of the 60ml in!

I ended up buying Nina Ricci's La Tentation de Nina from Boots and I got a free Nina Ricci bag with it. I don't use these free products so I usually put them on ebay to get back some of the money I paid for the perfume. Some freebies go for a fortune as well.

More 2014 perfumes!

I have already mentioned in previous posts that I really want to try the Marc Jacobs fragrances, Daisy Delight and Daisy Eau So Fresh Delight, which are coming out in the next few months.

I have tried Jimmy Choo Flash London Club, which I love, but I am struggling to find a 100ml bottle! I also want Nina Ricci's La Tentation de Nina, which came out in January. I have tried it in store and it is really nice, but I haven't purchased it yet.

Other 2014 fragrances that I am looking forward to trying are Jimmy Choo's Exotic 2014 version.
There was an Exotic released last year, which smells like berries combined with the signature from the original Jimmy Choo fragrance. I love it.
That was the pink coloured one, but this year will see the release of Exotic in orange, which I'm sure will be just as delicious.

Another fragrance that I'm sure I will like is Vera Wang Be Jeweled Rouge. Just looking at the bottle you can tell it is going to smell like berries and sure enough the notes are red currant, gardenia, sweet pralines and woody and musk accords.
I think this fragrance is out already, but I haven't seen or tried it yet.

My January Sales Picks!

I'm very tempted by a few items in the sales at the minute.

I wasn't too impressed when I looked online last week, but I have found some pretty good deals on fragrance gift sets on the Boots website and I have also found some sales bargains on the Oasis website.

If you spend over £100.00 on www.boots.com you can get £10.00 off with voucher code VC23DEC. The code is valid until 11th January so it would be handy if there's a perfume that you want for yourself or as a gift in the next few months.

There are some good sets for under £20.00 if you are on a budget.

I have the original Ghost, which I love and these gift sets are a great price. I really want Ghost Deep Night and Ghost Moonlight. There are a number of fragrances in the Ghost range, but these two are top of my list.

Davidoff Cool Water Woman is a lovely refreshing scent that I have been meaning to add to my collection for a while.

Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy Noir is another lovely fragrance that I still haven't purchased, but I have wanted it since before it came out. I was all set to buy it one day in the summer when Boots had their points event on where you got loads of points for purchases over £30.00, but Boots don't stock the 100ml bottle and that is what I wanted so I was disappointed that day, but I will definitely own this fragrance one day.

I mentioned in a recent post that I only have two celebrity fragrances, but that has since gone up to three after I found a 100ml Britney Spears Hidden Fantasy gift set for £12.99 on the last day of 2013.
I'm not a huge fan of celebrity fragrances, but I have added a lot to my want list since watching so many perfume collection videos on youtube!

Kate Moss's Kate has had some great reviews and it is one I'd like to try.


If your budget can stretch a bit further there are some great deals for between £20.00 and £30.00.

I couldn't find Vera Wang's Be Jeweled anywhere when it first came out. It is a lovely scent and has a really pretty bottle.

Yellow Diamonds is one I have had my eye on for a while. I have Bright Crystal, which is the pink coloured version that comes with the same bottle design.
The testers for this fragrance are always 50ml or 90ml. In Europe last year I saw a 30ml bottle of Versace Yellow Diamonds out of the box and it is a really small bottle - a lot smaller than it looks in the picture so don't get caught out.

Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy is a must have fragrance. I love this scent and £23.00 isn't bad for the 30ml gift set.

Nina Ricci Nina is a lovely scent and would make a great gift.

I think Boots are offering Marc Jacobs Honey gift set for a great price. It works out cheaper to buy 2 of these gift sets than it does to buy the 100ml bottle from Boots, which is quite crazy!

Vera Wang Princess is what my blog is partly named after. It is another one with a pretty bottle and I love the box design too.

If you have even more Christmas money left over then the following gift sets are between £30.00 and £40.00.

Marc Jacobs Daisy gift set would make a great gift. I love this fragrance. I got mine in a gift set about a year ago, but I must confess I bought it for myself.

Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fresh is a fragrance I have wanted for ages. It is also available in a huge 125ml bottle.

Marc Jacobs Dot is another great deal here. It is a lovely, fruity scent. It reminds me of watermelon. I love the bottle for this as well.

Paco Rabanne Lady Million is one of the most popular fragrances that I still don't own, but it is one I expect to be purchasing in the next few months.

Chloe Eau de Parfum is a lovely, elegant scent. My other half bought me a gift set of this scent a few years ago and he paid nearly double the price that Boots are charging.

Elie Saab is one that I have wanted for ages as well and this is one of the best prices I have seen for it.

I wish fragrance gift sets were so readily available all year round.

On the Oasis website there are loads of lovely clothes and accesories in the sale. Here are a few of my picks.

About two years ago I became obsessed with white or cream tops and I bought loads. I still have a soft spot for neutral coloured tops as they are so easy to wear. They go with anything else that you want to wear and they can be dressed up or down.
I love the 'natural' coloured one, top left and the light pink cap sleeve top is really pretty.
I also love prints so and the white printed top is lovely.
I first spotted the daisy print dress about 3 months ago. I love the style of it, but I keep changing my mind about whether I like the print.
I love the denim skater skirt as well. It is a great price.
The jacquard trousers are another bargain. I have become quite obsessed with buying trousers recently. I love the colour of these ones.

There are plenty of other bargains to be had on www.oasis-stores.com.