Juicy Couture Viva la Juicy Fragrance Review

*Press sample*

Scentbird recently sent me 2 new fragrances to try out, 1 of which I’ll discuss later in another post. You can see here for a detailed post on Scentbird. For this post, I will discuss the infamous Viva la Juicy from Juicy Couture. Keep in mind, the packaging comes in a vial, just as the one I showed you in my previous review. I just failed to snap pictures this time, whoops!

Fragrantica describes this fragrance as a sweet, white floral that has distinguishing notes of vanilla, caramel and citrus. Here are my thoughts based on that knowledge:

• 6:15am – Immediately after the first spritz, the first scents to cling to my skin are wild berries, which are one of the top notes.
• 6:30am – At this time, mandarin begins to creep up, in conjunction with the wild berries present 15 minutes ago.
• 8:00am – The honeysuckle and gardenia are more prominent at this point. Really brings me back to my childhood when my mom had gardenias blooming in the front yard. I also unfortunately notice that the scent is disappearing rather fast to be considered an EDP. Bummer.
• 11:00am – Terrible news. There is the slightest hint of vanilla and caramel (bottom notes) lingering on my skin, but I don’t see them being there much longer. Horrible siliage. I expected so much more out of this fragrance for the price, but it disappointed.

This fragrance is an example of why Scentbird comes in handy. It gives you the opportunity to buy and try a fragrance at only a fraction of the full cost. Being that Scentbird fragrances come in convenient travel sizes, that makes it easier to reapply your Viva La Juicy throughout the day and trust me, you’ll need to. This fragrance lasted a whopping 5 hours, which is terrible for an Eau De Parfum. I have several Eau De Toilettes lasting much longer than this. While Viva La Juicy is a unique fragrance, Scentbird would be the best way to go as far as affordability and convenience. Be sure to subscribe to Scentbird here for your monthly smell-goods. Happy sniffing!

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