Review (3/5): Salty, Sweet Brown Sugar and Pistachio Cookies
B&BW had all of their body sprays on sale for $5 last Sunday, so I stopped in and picked up the new Magic in the Air (very nice), a back up of A Thousand Wishes (surprisingly very nice), and Golden Pear and Brown Sugar. This review is for the last.
Top Notes: Italian Bergamot, Decadent Pistachio Mousse, Sugared Almond Cookie.
Heart Notes: Caramelised Praline, Toasted Hazelnuts, Plum Blossum.
Base Notes: Silken Vanilla, Glazed Chocolate Wood, Whipped Musk.
As you can see by the listed notes, this is a sweet gourmand fragrance intended for the Autumn/Winter seasons. It is festive and has a bake shop vibe. In the top and heart notes I am able to detect the pistachio, almond cookie, and hazelnuts, but I do not detect either the bergamot or the plum blossom. As with most B&BW fragrances, this one dries down to the base notes within 15-20 minutes. In the base, I mainly detect vanilla and chocolate. I do not pick up on a musk note which is fine by me because musk is not one of my favourite notes.
All in all, this is a well blended, sweet, sugar cookie type of fragrance that is warm and comforting. If you like gourmand scents, especially those with a few or more of these notes, then I think you would like this fragrance. It is probably too sweet and cloying for warm weather, but on cold, windy, wet Autumn/Winter days this fragrance can be the perfect compliment to a cozy sweater in front of a warm fireplace. Smells good enough to eat! The one thing I do not understand is why they named it "Golden Pear" and Brown Sugar. The notes combined definitely give a brown sugar smell, but I do not detect any pear smell.
Recommended for those who like (or think they might like) sweet, gourmand fragrances.