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Reader Review of the Day: Aquolina Pink Sugar Eau de Toilette

BellaSugar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:02:05 PDT

If you like sweet scents, aka gourmand, here's a real treat for you. Reader RacerWife7 loves the sugary sweetness of Aquolina Pink Sugar Eau de Toilette Natural Spray ($55). It's a bit too candy-shop for me, but it's a popular scent that features notes of cotton candy, strawberry, vanilla, and musk.

To me, this smells like cotton candy. Mmm! It's so good. It's a young scent, really - and I'm not all that young. I just like it. And I've been complimented on it when I wear it. If you don't like sweet-smelling perfume, skip it because that's what this is.

Have any sweet scents to share with us? How about any scents at all? We'd love to hear from you on our Product Reviews website. Who knows. You might just be featured here on this daily post.

Clap Your Hands Say Sugar!

BellaSugar — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:12:53 PST

There is sugar being sprinkled everywhere in the beauty world! Check out these sweet new sugar inspired products. Not only do they all taste delicious, they look fabulous too.

Revlon Sugar Sugar Lip Topping is a frosted powder intended to sprinkle over your lip gloss. Buy it quick - this is a limited edition collection that was released to all mass retailers nationwide on Dec.1. It is $14.95 and available in five shades.

Here's another great gift idea for your BFF. This adorable triple layered Best Friend Makeup Palette by Sugar is a bevy of makeup for your eyes, cheeks and lips. The kit includes: 16 eye shadows, 12 sugar flavored lip glosses, one bronzer, one blush and highlighter, and various applicators. $38, buy it here.

For one last sugarlicious product,

read more Aquolina Pink Sugar Roll-On Perfume is a fabulous way to liven up your senses with a hint of yummy vanilla and caramel. I love that it comes in a roll-on version with some added sparkle - takes me back to the years of Sweet Valley High. $25, buy the 1 ounce bottle here.

Beauty Mark It Results: Fragrances Under $25

BellaSugar — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:00:48 PST

Cheap perfume - doesn't exactly conjure up pleasant images, now does it? But, there are several on-the-cheap perfumes available that are actually quite low on the funk factor. For last week's Beauty Mark It challenge, I asked you to share your opinions on perfumes under the $25 mark. Thanks to all who submitted their reviews, and here are my three favorites:

Team member Ranksubjugation gave Aquolina Pink Sugar Rollerball ($19) five stars - "Floral perfumes give me headaches for days, but I swoon at the gourmands. This smells like yummy cotton candy, and somehow communicates a sense of warmth, too. Very comforting, sweet, fun, cozy!"
Saucymerlot was a fan of Fresh Sugar Lemon To Go ($24.50) - "The lemon top note is a bit too intense initially, but after a couple hours, it is subtly sweet and citrus-y, though complex. . . You definitely think sugar and sweetness when smelling this, though it actually smells nothing like sugar. I also use in a pinch as a home fragrance. That being said, my boyfriend thinks I smell like lemon dish soap when I wear it."
It was a great "accidental find" for Smashedpotatoe13, who reviewed Lucky You Perfume ($21.89) - "A friend left her sample-sized Lucky You in my makeup bag a while back. . . let's just say I 'forgot' to give it back to her. I like that I can buy it at any Target in case I forget to pack my everyday perfume when I'm going out of town."

Paris Hilton's Can Can: A Blind Sniff Test

BellaSugar — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:00:54 PDT

One of the challenges in reviewing celebrity perfumes is that it's difficult to ignore your opinion of the famous person behind the juice. Would Lovely Sarah Jessica Parker have been such a runaway hit if, say, Bea Arthur were behind it? (I would so buy a Bea Arthur scent, for the record.) Or would a well-done perfume like Britney Spears' Curious be considered more sophisticated if it weren't connected to a pop singer?

Which brings us to Paris Hilton and her fourth fragrance, Can Can. I normally wouldn't pick up a perfume by Paris; after all, I need my $55 more than she needs it, and I can't imagine telling people that I'm wearing Paris Hilton. But I wondered if my opinion of Paris was clouding my judgment. So to get an honest and fair opinion of Can Can, I set up a blind smell test by inviting other Sugar girls to smell the scent - without knowing its identity. Would they like Paris' perfume if they didn't know who was behind it? To find out,

read more. Yesterday afternoon, I sat in a small room and invited everybody to come in for a sniff. I didn't tell anybody what they were smelling until after they'd shared their opinions, and I remained stoic and neutral. Here's what they had to say:

CitizenSugar liked it; actually, she was the only one of the group who said she'd definitely wear it. "Is this Aquolina Pink Sugar?" she asked.
TeamSugar said it was "overwhelmingly sweet, like smelling cotton candy. It's not a classy or sophisticated fragrance."
GiggleSugar said it was too sweet for her. "I do like it, but I wouldn't wear it," she explained. "It's a very sexy fragrance - like sophisticated cotton candy."
LilSugar said she "kind of liked it," and would wear it if the scent faded a bit.
YumSugar said it was too feminine and girly for her own tastes, but that it was a fine scent. "It smells like sugar - like cotton candy," she said. "I'm not that sweet, but I could see some people in Sugar HQ wearing this."
GeekSugar wasn't a fan. "Maybe it's because I have Skittles in my mouth," she said. "But it's too sweet and candy-ish. It's not awful, but I wouldn't wear it."

So, there you have it. Incidentally, after discovering the perfume's identity, everybody felt that Can Can captured the essence of Paris Hilton. I agree with them; it's fun and flirty, but it's not cloying or juvenile. Ultimately, though, there isn't much substance to the sweetness.