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It’s not quite as fun when you lose the key. Pink cotton candy, candied rose, and vanilla sugar.

 

Rose and cotton candy on me. The rose fades faster than the sugar/cotton candy smell, making this, on me, more of a cotton candy smell on the long term. And the cotton candy smell sticks around for a decent amount of time.

 

This reminds me of Un, but where Un is a hard candy, as opposed to Pink Fuzzy Handcuffs cotton candy smell. I also find Un to be a better dupe for Lush's Rose Jam.

 

Overall, I wish the rose stuck around longer, though this is still a nice cotton candy/rose scent.

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Irresistible for me: Beth's vanilla + rose blends make me sit up & beg.

This is primarily candied rose with vanilla sugar on me. The cotton candy is suggested, & I do get a "fluffiness."

Big fluffy throw at first, but it calms down to a very wearable medium-low throw. A real treat.

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I love candied/vanilla florals.  Candied rose...is this similar to Hope? I can't recall, I haven't sniffed that one in awhile. It's not screaming "cotton candy" in particular but there's definitely a sugary sweetness. This is a good one.

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This is a pink, sugared rose scent.  It is cotton candy and sugared rose.  My skin tends to amp sweetness so the rose is a background note so this is more candy and less floral.  

 

I made a body oil out of this and the scent hangs around for a long time on my skin and clothes.  

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I got this one on a whim back when it ran.  It's aged very well.  On me it is a perfect 3-way of candied roses, cotton candy, and rock sugar.  The roses have a lot more staying power now than when I first got this.  Loving it.

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This one does remind me of Hope, but it never goes dusty on me like Hope does. The cotton candy isn't very prominent until it's been dried for a few hours but then I can sniff it up close. I love this one, the Lab does such beautiful sugared flower scents.

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Is this the right place to review the 2024 version? I didn't see a separate entry for it.

 

Having enjoyed this one a great deal in its first run, I can say with confidence that the new one is exactly what I was expecting: the fluffy sweetness and warmth reminds me of standing over the cotton candy machine as the heated sugar filaments are wound around the stick, perfumed with just a breath of rosy elegance. It's a real mood-lifter for me!

 

I have no proof of this, but would swear there's an unlisted pale musk element as well -- a nod to the fuzziness of the cuffs, perhaps. I think that's what keeps it airy and light through all the stages of drydown.

 

Overall this seems to land at a very special intersection: playfully feminine without being cutesy, gourmand without going full foodie. So happy to have it back in rotation!

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Wow. Sweet, but not too sweet, and a perfectly jammy but very unique rose I really like! I never, EVER go for rose scents. Pretty unprecedented. Fun, cute, and settles down to a nice not-too obtrusive rose skin scent. Absolutely a mood elevator. Impossible not to feel like this is fun. 

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This is surprisingly enduring. It starts out a little synthetic-smelling -- I think that's actually how my nose is interpreting the rather green-chilly rose note -- but soon settles down to a soft, sugary vanilla marshmallow-like scent. As it warms on my skin, the rose blends with the vanilla and feels more pink than green. 24 hours later, it's a gorgeous soft sweetness lingering on my wrists.

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This is a sweet, soft, lovely scent that reminds me of Pink Snowballs.  I have a love/hate relationship with rose fragrances, and this one is definitely in the love column. I find it to be very consistent and linear - there is very little change from the scent from the bottle through all stages on my skin.  It's a sugary delicate rose with just a hint of fresh floral sharpness to keep it interesting.   I don't specifically get cotton candy from this blend unless I think about it, and I don't find it overly sweet or cloying.   Wearing it makes me feel feminine, delicate, and cozy and I feel like I'll reach for it often when I want something soft and beautiful that is appropriate for wearing in a crowd.

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Ugh noo this doesn't work on me!! The cotton candy is glorious, but the candied rose and i guess sugar smell like something i would expect to smell in a high-end bakery and are very in the foreground - it doesn't morph on my skin, as i'd hoped the cotton candy would amp and soften those notes a bit, but alas...

The candy/sugary aspect just is too rough on me, too harsh. Guess this will have to go to someone that will (absolutely) love this!

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