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Death by foam strawberries & caramel vomit

Posted by Robin on 30 July 2014 11 Comments

Death by foam strawberries.

Caramel vomit.

— Reviews of Paco Rabanne Black XS and Viktor & Rolf Bonbon, respectively, from @fragrantreviews at Twitter. The joint project of Nick Gilbert and The Candy Perfume Boy, delivering fragrance reviews in 140 characters or less, celebrates its 4th birthday this week; you can see their "greatest hits" here and here.

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  1. jonr951 says:
    30 July 2014 at 2:31 pm

    Lol! My poor Bonbon! ; P

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    • Robin says:
      30 July 2014 at 2:31 pm

      Ha…but you have to admit it’s a great, concise review 😉

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      • jonr951 says:
        30 July 2014 at 2:46 pm

        I don’t want to, but ok, it is. ; )

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        • Robin says:
          30 July 2014 at 2:54 pm

          🙂

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  2. kindcrow says:
    30 July 2014 at 8:22 pm

    My one-word review of Candied Citron: Vomit. It was a very realistic note 🙁

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    • Robin says:
      30 July 2014 at 8:36 pm

      Ha! Is that the Love + Toast one?

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      • kindcrow says:
        31 July 2014 at 8:14 pm

        Yup 🙁

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        • Robin says:
          31 July 2014 at 8:25 pm

          Double sorry then…I don’t adore it but do wear it sometimes.

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  3. Marjorie Rose says:
    30 July 2014 at 8:48 pm

    I like this one (although sadly, it could describe MANY scents):

    “Karl Lagerfeld for Him: A bland fougère consisting of top notes of ‘blah’, heart notes of ‘yawn’ and an intense blast of ‘meh’ in the base”

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    • Robin says:
      30 July 2014 at 9:09 pm

      That was a great one, I still remember choking on my tea the day they posted it.

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  4. Nile Goddess says:
    31 July 2014 at 3:21 am

    LOL Wonderful reviews.

    I smelled Bonbon for about 3 seconds.
    Sensed tooth enamel melting / a cavity growing.
    Stopped

    😀

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