Next Has an Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess dupe called Summer Sun, its perfect for the beach, very coconutty. Super cheap to buy too.
I have both commodity sample boxes but have been really underwhelmed by them. I think paper was one I set aside for someone else though.
Thanks for telling us, which one?
I feel like Paper is gonna be one of those that people either love or hate.
)I could see why people would love it, and I didn’t hate it, it just wasn’t for me/ it very much IS for the person I selected it for though
Thanks so much for this, welcome to the fun!I got two free samples of Charlotte Tilbury's fragrances, Magic Energy and Calm Bliss.
Magic Energy, on me, was straight up bananas (literal and metaphorical), going from ripe bananas to green bananas and then back again plus a vague sort of beachy woody scent in the dry down. Reading the sample card I was expecting an aromatic green fragrance, so I was kind of mystified. It almost smelt like it could be a Bronze Goddess flanker. It was OK, and I will probably use up my sample but wouldn't buy a bottle.
Calm Bliss started promisingly: a watery floral merging Estee Lauder's Beyond Paradise with a light watered down version of Cacharel's LouLou and a hint of Davidoff Cool Water Woman, but then unfortunately disintegrates quickly into department-store-bathroom handwash.
The fragrances were both more interesting than I thought they would be. I had been wary after memories of the awful musty-blousey Scent of a Dream, but these were not in that realm of terrible.
(Bit of a lurker on here, hope it's OK to butt in
It was the one called More Sex. I tried the others but I wasn’t keen- one of them had a very disinfectant type smell.
it's as bad as their new lip gloss being called 'plumpgasm'
Absolutely. Grim
The whole range of names (especially More Sex) could have all had a bit of a rethink tbh. They sound like a freebie lipgloss or nail polish or something you'd get back in the day when you bought Cosmopolitan magazine. The bottles are also a bit
, especially at the price point.I hate when cosmetics companies do this. It's so un-edgy and cringe if anyone ever asks what you're wearing.
I like that one. I haven’t smelled it beyond a sample though. It’s a shame when it’s pricey!
This is a rogue one and you may have also tried this already - have you tried leaving the perfume in a dark place for a few weeks? I had a Jo Malone fragrance that cost me a fortune that didn't last, I forgot about it for a few months in the back of my wardrobe and when I rediscovered it the longevity and scent was lasting soooo much longer on my skin!
