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The fact that their best seller is called Dream Angels(TM) should have clued me. Nearly everything is a loud gourmand Angel knock off. Fruity Sparkle Angel, Watermelon Lysol Angel, Sexy Powder Depilatory Angel, etc. No matter what's on top, everything has a strong vanilla base-note to go with their vanilla-pink-thong kink.
Actually I take that back. Their Beauty Rush line lacks vanilla and smells more like old Laffy Taffy stuck under a school bus seat.
The least offensive were the Pink (TM) body mists which smell like Bonne Bell lip gloss and lemonade. I find that endearing.
And their Sexy Little Things (TM) is an amusing fruity/marshmallow/wood thing that would be a perfect scent for Hello Kitty. It's what Momoberry should have been.
But I still give the props for understanding scent as an accessory. After all, what scent would you say goes best with sparkle shorts in imported polyester/spandex?
Please pardon the hate. Finals are almost over and with their passing I can return to the scents I love (such as Frederic Malle's French Lover which I had to try after reading Marina's fantastic review. For our moment of Zen, a reminder that Eros and scent have been linked since time immemorial.
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That is why I hate going into VS stores, because of the smell there. :-)
The smell emanating from that store is pretty gaggy. Agent Provocateur is worse though..
Glad you like French Lover!
Hi Marina,
Clearly you have better sense (or a more responsive chemorepulsive response) than I. Thanks for the tip on French Lover, it is a brilliant find!
Hi Pansy,
What pray tell does Agent P smell like?
They have a counter at Bloomingdales that sells sequined pasties right next to the Natori caftans. From what I can tell their clientele are Golden Girls gone wild.
It smells like the sort of woman who would own her own stripper pole...
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