Pink Sugar Aquolina for women

Let me start by saying WOW!! Delicious!! I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A BOTTLE OF THIS ALWAYS! the first scent I get is a raspberry and candy floss bomb, the dye down comes in about ten minutes and oh I am in heaven!, candy floss infused with creamy caramel If I close my eyes I feel like im on a pink fluffy cloud rolling in vanilla cream with a Ferris wheel in the background beautiful colours and smells of a carnival intoxicating my scences with pure harmonious balance. As the scent goes deeper the vanilla starts to shine with the candy floss and caramel blending together perfectly. As the scent continues to evolve the vanilla and candy floss are in twined with one another and create a soft but noticeable decadent scent with the raspberry peeking through slightly. This scent is beautiful from the pretty box and bottle to the deliciousness in the bottle! I think this scent is for the fun flirty and who like creamy sweet scents! I don't find this cloying at all this perfume has great sillage and longevity. Everything I like in a perfume! I like to smell yummy : ) Will be trying Gold Sugar next!

I so wanted to try Pink Sugar and was overjoyed to receive it in a swap . I am a gourmand lover and never pass an opportunity to test anything yummy! Well, to my nose Pink Sugar is all about sugar and synthetic vanilla. I do not get cotton candy or burnt sugar/caramel. I do get heaps of sweet and artificial vanilla, almost identical to the vanilla note in Comptoir Sud Pacifique perfumes (Vanille Extreme, Vanille Coco, Vanille Passion). Towards the drydown, it smells exactly like Vanille Extreme. It is much cheaper than CSP too, so I would recomment it to anyone looking for a very sweet vanilla gourmand along the lines of CSP vanillas. I will wear it in the winter or even layer it with other perfumes to give them some warmth!
Now to try Gold Sugar!

Calliope music, a carousel, sideshow circus, and cotton candy at a grab joint all in one bottle- wow!

I am impressed!

its ok, i guess. it smells like burnt sugar and over powering when too much is sprayed.

i used to be so obsessed with this a few years back. i think i definitely overused it because now i really dislike this perfume. i gave my bottle away because i just get so sick of the smell. it is probably one of the sweetest perfume ive ever smelled and a little goes a long way. im not saying it smells bad. if i were to smell it on others i would have no problem at all. i think im just over this fragrance now. i am not going to repurchase this for now but maybe in the future i might when im feeling nostalgic.

the perfume however does have a great longevity. it lasts up to 6-8 hours on me. the sillage is also amazing! people can smell you from meters away in the first hour or two. definitely a great quality perfume. if you wanna smell like a candy bomb definitely check this out!

Man, I feel bad writing a meh review for this one because they really did create the prettiest perfume bottle!

But as for the scent...oy.

It did NOT smell good on me. This was a gift from my mom so I really did try to wear it. I figured that maybe it would grow on me. It didn't.

I KNEW that it smelled of cotton candy. I told my mom this and she just looked at me like she didn't smell it at all.

I am not really a fan of cotton candy or of overly sweet fragrances. So this was a no go for me.

This may smell better on someone with a different body chemistry but who knows.

I like the bottle and I like the way it looks sitting on my dresser. I should just gift this to someone who likes it or give it to charity!

It's like walking on a cotton candy cloud all day. It is really sweet but comfortable in a I'm wrapped in a cosy cashmere sweater kind of way. Strong & longlasting.

so now, all I smell is very strong, cloying, unpleasant licorice. I liked it at the store, once it dried down. But now after buying it.. Oh god.. . Nasty licorice fig disaster. Where's the cotton candy I smelled? I want that good scent I thought was pink sugar. What happened? Or was I mistaken? Is this perfume always this nasty?

I have a 3.4oz new in box bottle of this up for swaps if anyone's interested. Message me

This was a blind but-I only ever smelled the hairspray. Well, reviews are correct. It is very strong licorice/fig at first. It was nasty smelling, almost like bug repellent. But it softens up quite fast and first, it was vanilla- ultimately turning into a sweet cotton candy still enfused with the presence of fig leaves and vanilla. Luckily the licorice is completely gone in the dry down. also get no fruits here. soo.. Do I like it? Yes. Guilty. But I don't love it as I thought I would. I feel slightly embarrassed wearing this out. I'm 24, so as much as I like to think I am, I am not a young girl anymore. But I'm a woman which likes sweets. So, what of it? It is surprisingly strong with amazing sillage and lasting power for an EDT. It's stronger than a lot of the edp's I own. My mom could smell it upstairs.. So it's safe to say: go easy on this one. A little goes a long way, and I could see this scent maybe being offensive to some. Not that I care about that. I want everyone to smell me! This is definitely a scent men would go for. They can't help it- if it smells good like sweets to them, that's all they notice! I've only eve gotten compliments from men while wearing very sweet, cheap frags like this one. And a few women asked what I was wearing today. I will be reaching for this quite a bit. And may I add, the bottle and packaging is so cute ;) warning: this is gourmand, but not all gourmand lovers will find this appealing.

very exotic , like middle east country. India

Amazing perfume :)

I decided to blind-buy it after I read many great reviews, and I recieved it today.
After I first sprayed it on my inner wrists, I smelled nothing but licorice and a little sweetness in the background. Now, 45 minutes later, the licorice note is fading and the sweetness of the vanilla pops out. I also sense a hint of caramel. The licorice is still there though, but it's not overpowering anymore.
This scent is actually very similar to Mel Merios Vanilla Spirit, it's just softer.

I guess it depends on your skin chemistry how strong the licorice scent is. I'd say you should test it before you buy it. Also, this scent is very sweet, and it might be too much for some people.

This just arrived today in the mail and I couldn't wait to put it on!

My first impression was sugar being caramelized and baby powder sort of the way Love's Baby Soft used to smell back in the early 80's (which I loved)with vanilla.

My inner wrist didn't hold the scent so I sprayed it on the back of my wrists and it holds the scent there... strange! Anywhoo....

I did another spray on declotage and I'm very glad I stopped there! Anymore would have been WAY too much.
The reviews that this is a sillage monster is correct.

I've had TM Angel and this smells nothing like it, not even close. I've also owned BS Fantasy and this is slightly similar in the sweetness and vanilla but Pink Sugar is not floral at all.

I also don't get any hints of black licorice.

I'm actually shocked that this is/was geared toward girls! This is too potent and is certainly a grown up fragrance.

It's been on about an hour and I'm getting a slightly spiciness and the perfume smells deeper and richer. Just lovely!

Feminine, cuddly and perfect for warm weather!

Way way way too cloying. I don't wear this often but every time I do, people love this!

Kismetdaisy this is nowhere near Fancy. Fancy is my favorite fume and has a lot more of an obvious floral note before drying down all yummy. Pink sugar is sweet from the very get go. I suggested purchasing a vial sample off amazon or eBay to see I the licorice note is aparent on you or not. On my I get nothing but caramel and a smidge of cotton candy, others get just cotton candy and some the licorice note. I love mine all creamy and caramel smelling :)

I have a question for anyone that is willing to take the time to read it. I've noticed that the notes in Pink Sugar is almost the same as the notes in Jessica Simpson fancy.. the basic notes, anyway. I just got Fancy and I like it, but it's not one of my go to frags. So, does this smell similar to Fancy? every time i go to the store, the only tester they have of Pink Sugar is the hair spray tester... I haven't been able to test the actual EDT yet. But the smell of the hair spray smelled REALLY good. I love gourmands-vanilla, super sweet, foody scents even. I read that it is very cotton candy like, sweet, vanilly, and very gourmand.. And I don't find Fancy to be all that sweet or vanilly.. and ive also read that they smell similar. so basically, I don't want to blind buy this if it is going to be similar. I want it to be foody, sweet, sugary, vanilly. I notice that a lot of reviewers have talked about the strong licorice note in it--and I HATE licorice scents. When I think of licorice, I think of Lolita Lempicka. So nasty to me. But i read that the licorice fades and then turns into the really sweet scent that i'd want. So the other question is-is the licorice that noticeable in this one? I really want to order it, but I need to know if it's going to be as sweet/gourmand as I want it to be.. I notice when there are a lot of fruit notes, I don't like it. I am vanilla/caramel/foody notes all the way. Any help would be appreciated!! thanks!

I wanted to like Pink Sugar. After all, it has a massive following. I liked it on a test strip, but on my skin it was caramelized burnt sugar with licorice. I sprayed my sample on a couple of other people, and nobody liked it, so in the trash it went.

Recently I got into Al-Rehab perfume oils. The oil called 'Soft' smells remarkably like Pink Sugar, MINUS the burnt notes. I urge anyone who disliked the burnt quality in Pink Sugar to try Al-Rehab Soft.

BTW: I'm in no way affiliated with Al-Rehab, just a fan.

This smells like burnt cotton candy; super deliciously smokey, melting-sugar-granules goodness. Oh god... I wish there were a candy out there that tasted like Pink Sugar... I'd gladly have my teeth extracted.

Extraordinarily sweet and maybe not quite as refined as I had hoped. I am still looking for the best caramely scent.

Is it weird that I'm a straight man and really like the way this smells? Any ladies here think this would smell sexy on a man?

Aquolina Pink Sugar is so very sweet. It is cutesy and happy smelling, it reminds me of carnivals somehow, has that "sugar in the air" smell that you get near the cotton-candy and caramel-popcorn stands that so often sit next to each other. But, on my skin the smell of something chemical is also brought out, it taints the sweet sugar; I suppose it is the licorice - however, this prevents one from smelling completely like a glob of cotton candy and lends Pink Sugar some warmth. Personally I cannot get past the chemical smell that may be the same as the "burnt plastic" smell that some others here describe, but I left it on my skin long enough to know that that smell DOES fade with time, and Pink Sugar simply smells better and better over time.

Every time I smell it I think of my school days. More exactly of my chemistry teacher demonstrating the dehydration of sugar (sucrose) with sulfuric acid. The result is pure carbon (charcoal like). That is how pink sugar smells to me. Not caramel, just charred sugar.

I really don't get the hype about this scent. I smelled it and thought immediately that I have better things to spend my money on. I used my sample as a hair perfume.

It is the perfect Spring and Summer fragrance. I wear it when I want to feel like I just went to the carnival. It is innocent and sugary sweet - a true gourmand. Yummy.

I've been wearing this since it came out. I have repurchased about 3 times over the years. It's sweet and yummy. I don't wear it as often as I used to but when I do I smell so good all day. I have a lot of people mention that I smell like cotton candy/vanilla.

Pure cotton candy, touches of licorice, vanilla, raspberry...but mostly just pure cotton candy. Very strong scent with the biggest sillage I've ever come across in a gourmand. I'm the kind of girl who over-applies her frags, but with PS, 3 sprays is enough to fill a room. 5-6 sprays, and you're probably scenting your whole house. It lasts into your next shower, and if you spray on clothes, the scent will stick stubbornly until you wash them. It's delicious for sure and gives me a euphoric feeling when I have it on, but I don't feel comfortable smelling like this anymore (not in public atleast). I've owned and happily used up 90% of an 1.7oz bottle. I'm keeping what little I have left for my own private sniffing pleasure. I won't be repurchasing the EDT but I will however purchase the hair perfume and body mousse, same yummy scent, but a more discrete way to wear PS.

Tip: I keep my EDT in the fridge, I find that it makes the harsher notes in the scent (licorice citrus) seem less bitter/sour when I spray it on cold on my skin.

Very, very, VERY sweet! Don't walk my way or I may want to eat you up.

What a fun, girly fragrance. It's a blast of all things delicious: sugar, cookies, and - of course - cotton candy! The licorice note is enough to tone down the sweetness a bit without being offensive.

It's not a sophisticated smell by any means, but that's exactly what makes it so charming. Pink Sugar is all about being youthful, light-hearted, and fun.

The important thing to remember is that one spritz is enough. Pink Sugar is extremely strong, especially for an EDT! (The first time I wore it, I did not realize this, and someone standing quite literally 10 feet away told me I smelled good!)

All in all, it's a wonderful smell that lasts the whole day and is guaranteed compliments. It's one of my favorites by far!

This one is new for me. I bought it recently & I admit I got it mainly due to the hype. I found this on sale at a local drugstore, in a gift set, for only $7.49! It's very sweet & warm. I don't think it's just for younger girls. It also last a super long time on me.

Looking at the notes in this perfume, this would normally be something I'd run far far away from. However, the scent is actually very addicting. Sure, it's sugary sweet and reminiscent of younger teens, but at the same time, I can see myself wearing this and know quite a lot of older adults who wear this and receive compliments. It's definitely worth a try and it DOES smell absolutely delicious!

I think this is a great beginners scent for young ladies. Innocent and sweet fragrance which smells like my little sister. Great staying power and sillage.

AMAZING!! SIGNATURE PARFUME

I love pink sugar! On my skin it smells of licorice and burnt caramel, with a hint of cotton candy, vanilla, and musk. I know many people who may not like this, but I do! and yes, I believe it depends on your chemistry as well. Also some may not handle sweet scents as well as others and may find this cloying, so people wearing this: do not overspray this one! :) I can see myself wearing this in the summer as well as winter. It makes me happy, and feel young and carefree. That is all.

Just bought this yesterday, seen it on sale for $17 and managed to grab the last one :D the scent is very girly, strong notes of cotton candy and sugar/caramel. I love sweet scents and this one takes the cake, one spritz is all I need for it to last 7-8 hours. So glad I managed to get this, been meaning to add it to my collection.

bought this. extremely satisfied.
really worth the money as u will get a very caramel sugary scent which is so flirty and cute.

Old time favorite, just sensual and extremely long lasting on my skin. It is a wonderful comfort scent and so tasty as a perfume can get!

I have just received this today my first thought is the packaging and bottle are gorgeous so sleek and modern I love it, but I don't love what's in the bottle! :( which is a shame as I thought it would be nice as everyone made out. To me all I can smell is a burnt plastic/liquorice. I am not keen on this scent at all I think I might try it again in a few days but I don't think this scent is me.

I wanted to buy this perfume for quite some time but wasn't sure if it would be the right one for me. I've always considered myself to be a fresh-scent lover and the notes in pink sugar are anything but...
But I found it for really good price and I ordered it. today it arrived and I have to admit I constantly fell in love with it...It's just sooo yummy, girly and sexy! It's sweet but not sticky. The sweet notes of cotton candy, caramel and vanilla blend perfectly with the fruity ones...It's the perfect harmony for me!
And one more thing. It's said to work for the young girls, but it certainly works for me even if I'm not 18 anymore (32) :)

What a great perfume! This is delicious. The fruity notes blend perfectly and though it's sugary sweet, I find it's complex enough not to be too much. The vanilla really gives it a nice balance and the caramel gives it a lovely gourmand nuance. Lasts ages and projects well, really cheap too - definite winner!

I was hoping this to be a beautiful cotton candy smell pink and all,but no.

I don't get any of that. My friend said I smelled like cotton candy, but I don't smell it at all.

All I get is STRONG licorice and I hate licorice in perfumes. So to me this scent is ruled by licorice with no cotton candy, caramel or sugar.

I guess the lasting power is between weak and moderate.

Do love this but sometimes go off it,feel wonderful sometimes but other times feel like ive rolled in all the sugary food at the fairground and then need a shower lol,dont get me wrong,lovely smell,awakens your senses but you have to be in the mood for it,i dont get any burnt note in it though on me,just pure syrupy sugary sweetness,would reccomend for sure,best for cooler weather i think!

I really like Pink Sugar & mostly get the vanilla on my skin with a hint of burned caramel, I prefer to use this as a soft furnishing spray for my home than a perfume for myself

Starts off as insect repellent (fig leaf?) but after 30 minutes, it smells like a SWEET VANILLA CUPCAKE! It reminds me of the Lily Prune Sublime Vanilla Ulric de Varens EDP that I got as a gift from France but less strong (probably since this is EDT). 2 sprays on my neck lasted 12 hours! However, 1 spray on my wrist didn’t last as long (maybe ‘cos I wash my hands a lot...). Anyway, I love to use this for bedtime 'cos I wake up smelling edible!

Here's the progression of Pink Sugar on my skin:
black licorice---->pink spun sugar---->vanilla caramel

Pink Sugar opens with the strong sweet scent of chewy black licorice candy and little else. After about 20 minutes, the black licorice diminishes significantly and is replaced by fluffy vanilla spun sugar and a sweet milk note, which by a long shot- could translate to pralines, creme brulee or caramel and nougat. Take your pick.

Pink sugar is a unique gourmand because of the heavy and prominent licorice top notes, and even if you aren't a huge licorice fan, just wait patiently until the top notes have dissipated. The dry down is softer and milkier, without ever becoming obnoxious or cloying.

If applied with discrimination (one spray), it does not project a lot, so it's appropriate for any situation where you'd want to smell like a candy ball. It's longevity is considerable. I like it because it ends in sweet milk, as opposed to the dusty shapeless musk so common in contemporary gourmand scents. Absolutely worth experiencing...
for the experience.
Update:
This lasts close to forever on skin. It's like a fragrance temporary tattoo. Be ready for the commitment.

liquorice blossom and basil (probably the fig leaf) dominate the top notes on my chemistry. Drys down to a musky caramel, with strong sillage. Won't ever be a favorite scent, but could be a nice bed time scent. The strawberry did poke thru about 6 minutes after spplication.

sorry to say,i dislike this perfume.when i sprayed it the first thing i smelled was a sweet and sour plum like.Then later a woody scent kind like an old wooden furniture smell appeared.What a weird combo

I have loved this for years. there isn't anything I don't love about this perfume. I can wear this during the day, night, before bed, fresh out of the shower, you name it. it always smells good on me and it smells good on anyone I've ever known who put it on.

same like burned plastic, I regret having bought this perfume...
totally make me dizzy

I remember smelling it on a friend after she put it on and thinking it smelt like caramel apples. Bought it on amazon for 20 bucks, fairly priced! I would recomend no more than two sprits away from neck or chest. Its just too strong to keep that close under your nostrils( and thats cause I don't have a strong sense of smell to begin with). I would recomend the wrists, but its still a very nice pleasant smell and lasts all day :)

An usual EDT which starts all plastic-candy and ends balmy-candy, which makes you feel care free and relaxed, with extreme projection and longevity...

I applied 6 heavy sprays

0 - 1 hour - Floods the room, this starts a little strange; it smells like plastic squidgy dolls or plastic immitation novelties, mixed with candy

1 hour - 8 hours - 10 inch projection, WOW. It evolves into a more balmy-candy frag and after 6 hours or so becomes close to powdery-candy and now very moorish and cool. I think the colour white, not pink. I have had so many compliments wearing this and I adore using it, its so young - I actually bought it for Xmas for my 6 year old daughter but after initial interest, she discards frags. I love it, plain and simple this is what its all about - relaxing, makes me care free and I feel like Disney. It hit my coat 6 weeks ago and its still projecting. Its so affordable also- about £12 for 30 ML. I don't get any notes stand out; this is more of a gourmand and mixing pot of multiple sweet candy aromas, but I won't disect or analyse it, that would defeat the point of the objective here..

8 hours - 10 hours - 6 inch projection

10 hours - 14 hours 2 inch projection

14 hours -18 hours- Close to skin

WOW, IMHO ignore the plastic opening and sit back.....an antidote to life's stress

Quality

I always wore this perfume as a teenager in high school. I feel this smell is more geared toward a younger crowd. I do not wear this item any more because I feel the scent is more for younger people. It has a very cotton candy type smell-very sweet. I remember reading in a magazine that it is Zac Efron's favorite smell on a girl.

i got this one year ago and as a cotton candy lover i was super excited about it. but then i remembered the big disapointment: i only could smell the licorice. nothing more. just licorice.

today i found it again in my "perfumes that i don't like" box and decided to give it another try. i remembered the huge sillage, so i sprayed it in the air and walked through after i had a shower and surprise: what a delicious smell floated my bathroom. sweet, carefree. fluffy!!!! and just a hint of licorice in the back.

here is my key to pink sugar:
one spray in the air and walk through naked after shower and then dress yourself. that makes the perfect effect for me. through clothes. i am really really amazed. such a happy carefree scent!

This fragrance deserves a big applaud. It comes across as girly scent, but it my opinion it's much more than just that. Surely, it smells sugary and sweet, but once settles on you, it feels deep and oriental.

Other bonus; I feel like eating french pastry while wearing it.

I love how it is sweet. I bought this at a time when I am envious of young girls who can rock sweet scents. I was about to accept the fact that I can no longer use such, when I chanced upon a tester of this scent. My nose loves the smell! It makes me feel young again. It reminds me of marshmallows or frosting. I would love to purchase the full bottle but all I can find in our country is the sensual variant.

I first smelled this years ago on a co-worker of mine. I loved it..sweet and girly on her. It reminded me of cotton candy and fun, carefree summer days. I never did buy a bottle back then because it was her scent. Fast forward 7 years and I came across a bottle of this at Ross. I did not hesitate to buy it, I don't work at the same place so no one I knew rocked this candy sweet scent. I went home opened the pink and white tube and began to spray. I was surprised at the smell, it wasn't what I remembered at all. On my skin I got a sweet, spicy, licorice. I liked the smell but was a little disappointed because I wanted that spun sugar smell. I went on about my day and about 4 hours later got wafts of the cotton candy smell I was craving. This scent transforms from beginning to end so much on my skin. Longevity and sillage excellent. Definitely not a sophisticated scent but youthful and fun...yes.

I have to say that I don't like the first scent of this, but after an hour it smells delish. If you like really sweet and vanilla scents like me, you'll love this! And boys like it too, so just spray this on an hour before you go!! ME AND MY FIRENDS LOVE THIS!

I saw Pink Sugar at Shoppers Drug Mart on sale for $20, so couldn't resist. It was a blind buy for me, and as a gourmand lover I assumed I would like it based on the notes as described in Fragrantica.

First of all, I have gotten a TON of compliments on this one, mostly from men. Apparently this is a winner with them. If I put my nose to my wrist and smell this, I don't like it at all. It's synthetic, intense, and super sweet - instant diabetes. However, if I wave my wrist around, or turn my head suddenly and get a whiff of this in the air, DELICIOUS! I'm not one to describe notes, but I smell a sweet concoction of bakery shop goodness. It's an attractive smell that I enjoy wearing, however not every day. But whenever I do, I always get compliments.

This is a definitely a sillage monster, and one spray goes a long way, so use lightly. I wouldn't pay full price for this, but it's a nice addition to my way too big stash of perfumes, for days when I'm feeling carefree and want to feel good and smell good.

I hesitated if I should write a review because everything important has been said. For this money you get amazing result. It;s fluffy, yummy, soft, girly just great beyond my description. It was a blind buy for me and I don;t regret any cent. It opens up little sharp for my taste and I smell some sour berries and bergamot. I was afraid it turns to a headach-y smell but no. This turns to a sugar with smooth caramel icing and I get the orange. That;s how it smells on me. No sharp edges and fortunately no liqorice or burnt sugar smell. When I used it for the first time I was wondering why I smell oranges the whole day. I feel like walking bakery or like a kid who ate so much vanilla-orange cupcakes and still doesn;t have enough. I;m surprised with its amazing longevity, more than 20 hours and the sillage. Wow it;s enough to spray just once and you;re in the cloud of this yummy smell. It;s very comfortable and cute scent and it really doesn;t matter how old you are. Luv this stuff!

I wish I could smell the liquorice and spice in this but apparently I can't. :( But- Still loving this. :D
Is it bad I love it so much I want to flap my my hands and smack them against a wall? Yes? Okay guys, I have issues.

Not quite sure how to put this.....but this was THE most synthetic, offensive thing that I have smelled in a long time. Sprayed it; and immediately the back of my throat began to itch. Is this a joke? I mean, I think there must be 2 very distinct batches of this fragrance on the market right now. Maybe that would explain the polarized opinions on this one. Is there a reason the name Aquolina isn't on the bottle? Have they changed formulation or something? I blind bought this, because it was under $30 at Sephora and threw it in the garbage that night. It smelled to me like a sugar-scented cleaning solution. I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something here.

(I'm very sorry if you love this fragrance. I mean no offense, as this is just how it affected me.)

This is a really sweet, pink cotton candy scent when used in moderation. When I say moderation, I mean both application (this is the only perfume I apply by spritzing in the air and walking through the 'cloud' of perfume), and how often I wear it. I can't wear this scent more than one day a week, or I become annoyed with it.

When worn sparsely it's a cute, girly, somewhat childlike scent, but when applied too heavily, the burnt sugar note becomes very prominent and annoying on me.

I'm glad I have it though, because on rare days it's just exactly what I want!

i have this and it is my super fav for layering with everything else, it is sugar and spice and all things sweet and nice.

try this with love spell when youre going out and watch the compliments roll in!

Sweet sugarwool scent. Sugar, caramels 'n berries sweetness.
It has a quite noticeable smokey note; musky smoke to be exact. It picks up strength once applied.
I was surprised by lasting power, 5 hours and it was going strong.
Good for day or night.

It's so sugary and reminds me of a carnival. It does smell like cotton candy. You have to love sugar and more sugar to like this one.

I really don't find this super sweet like some say, its creamy and warm vanilla at the same time. Perfect amount of sweetness!
Such a comforting smell :)

This is what I remember from my first impression-
First spray- Powdery Cotton candy, my reaction was like what the heck? (The cotton candy "faded" away) Leaving me with baby powder. BUT- hold the phone, the baby powder was sweetening, turning into sweeter baby powder cotton candy(this was within 15min. The baby powder faded finally, and tiny bits of caramel replaced it, I started smelling something fresh, which I think is bergamot. It faded, leaving me with cotton candy and caramel, mmmmm,it was lasting for about four hours, then the vanilla kicked in. Then I took a shower at 10,(forgot to mention I put it on about 1 o'clock) and so anyways I went to bed and woke up a 6. Guess what, I could still smell it. This is a favorite. My gosh. The cheapest place I found to buy it is Target.com a 3.4 ounce for around 28 bucks. (sorry for all the errors) So, anyways I also like layering P.S. with Pink Chiffon from bath and b.w. and other times with J.S, Fancy. Okay then, thanks for reading, bye. :3

This sticky-syrupy sweet fragrance is fun at first. It gets real old real fast, your friends & lovers will get sick of smelling it on you. True.

I was so curious about Pink Sugar! It was so hard to find it here in Brazil but now I finally got it!

I am not good telling notes apart, but it seens the scent changes. Sometimes I spray it and love, and sometimes I smell something weird (that lasts seconds until I start to smell that wonderful scent again).

Longevity is pretty good, not sure about sillage because to be honest I was expecting much more compliments than I got haha, so maybe people are not smelling it? Maybe I need to spray like 3 or 4 times (Yes, I did that once).

This also works on fabrics. Sheets, clothes, pillows, I can't get enough, really, gotta drink the whole bottle.

WARNING: The straight up cotton candy, caramel, sugary baked whipped dream that is Pink Sugar MAY CAUSE A DESPERATE NEED TO CONSUME YOUR FAVOURITE SUGARY TREATS! Lol but seriously, this stuff is so gourmand it makes me hungry everytime I get a whiff of it in the first few hours, I'm not even kidding! The notes stay the pretty much the same from first spray to last, cotton candy/caramel/vanillery smell, which warms up a bit later but other than that it stays the same. I'm a bit disappointed as I wish the fruit notes would last longer but they are gone in less than 10 minutes. I don't think Pink Sugar is synthetic at all, like I said, it's very gourmand, and a very realistic one at that. I could see how this could be too sweet for some people, but for me, it is very warm and comforting, it reminds me of cookies during Christmas. Give this baked goodness a try!

I like the smell on other people, or from the bottle, but on me it smells absolutely terrible. It smells like burned sugar and shitloads of licorice. And the smell just wont go away! The day after it smells a tiny bit of cotton candy, sugary vanilla. But the way to get there is just not worth it for me.

Yummy raspberry/caramel fragrance. It's so yummy that it can really make my mood better. I like it, but I feel myself already old for it:)

Love love love!
Very distinctly cotton candy and sweet, but the licorice is very noticeable on me and keeps it from being annoying.
(For comparison the Prince Matchabelli Cotton Candy was annoying-sweet on me because there was nothing to temper all that sugar.)

I'm using a sample at the moment but on me, one tiny spray on the arm does waft up every so often and make me want to eat my arm. =D
Longevity is about 4 hours of wafting.

Edit: used a store tester to spray twice on one arm before going about my day. Wafted up every now and then, but sillage was weak so no worries about knocking people out with this.
Weak but very pleasant ("ooh, what is that delicious smell that I smelled a moment ago?") sillage for 3 hours, skin scent for another 5 hours.

i adore this perfume! such a nice smell, very sweet but really - that is what i love :) everyone i've met who have smelled this on me has actually told me that it smells amazing. definitely seeing this becoming my signature smell!

sweet and warm, almost too much so. very sugary cotton candy. I like it, but I don't see it becoming a mainstay.

I have the hair perfume and i really loved it!! it make me feel like a Barbi hehehe

I've been so curious about this fragrance and how it would smell on me. I finally purchased it today just for the opportunity to test it. On my skin, I didn't really seem to get the fruit notes at all, but perhaps sugar/caramel and licorice as top notes, a fair amount of musk with the sweetness within the first hour or two (while my husband thought it smelled exactly like cotton candy after an hour). Finally, the musk seemed to leave and the fragrance of vanilla and carmel stays with me still (about 6 hours later). I think this one will be a fragrance that I might like on my wrists alone, or in combination with another perfume (to give it longevity). It might be overpowering any closer to my face. Oh yes, I got a compliment on it right away. :)

I don't know what it is, but I have just fallen for this fragrance...hard....and no, I do not fall into the young-girl category, I am early 30's and decided to get a sample of this fragrance from EBay, not really expecting much, but curious by all the hype! I can understand that some may not like this scent, it is very sweet, but heck, this makes me feel really good and yummy, I can't stop smelling myself hehe. It's warm, vanilla, cotton candy and all good things.
I have ordered a full 100ml bottle, and am now stalking the postman.

super strong. really turns me of that after a couple of weeks the juice turns yellow. and if possible, even sweeter. gave mine away!

I love it so much!!!

I love how sweet this perfume is..
the only strange thing about it "which i love btw", is that it's sooooooo heavy for a sweet perfume i mean ... the one who created this perfume swore he'll make the Earth notice when someone uses it ! <3

so yeah, one spritz's enough :D

Almost every young girl uses this perfume, and usually overdoses it. I like the sweet perfumes, but this one is way toooo sweet. Simply sugar and nothing more or interesting. 1 spritz is really enough.

Interesting perfume. When I sprayed this on at home with the heat on I picked up serious bergamot, then cotton candy and finally the caramel. When I was outside and at work I scent morphed into a heavy dose of rubbing alcohol first then a sweet odor like shampoo after. I'm not sure if the bergamot morphed into something else. Not sure what to think about this but I like the smell when I wear it around the house. This def won't replace my Prada Candy.

OMFG! It is exactly how it sounds. TOO SWEETNESS OF EVERYTHİNG. Sweet sweet sweet nothing more..

I really wanted to like this because so many people rave about it, but I just hate it! It smells pretty good in the bottle, but once it warms on my skin it smells disgusting and overwhelmingly like licorice. It just smells really cheap on me. I much prefer Prada Candy (not that you can really compare the two), it's sweet and caramel-y, but is much softer, classier, and doesn't have any licorice notes.

I'm almost 46 and maybe I'm not too grown up as I like this scent very much. I don't find it too sweet at all, but very comforting and not too loud either. It reminds me of Chia, what is a good thing. The drydown is similar to Lea, but this one stays longer. I'm in love ;).

There are a lot of reviews on here for this fragrance. I am a total lover of this scent. It's soft, feminine, lightly sweet, expensive cotten candy and vanilla. I didn't realize there was licorice in this and I've been wearing this for years but it must just enhance the good flavors of "yum". When I used to wear this at work, I'm retired now, I would get at least 3-5 people a day asking me what I was wearing and where did I get it. I will not go without having a bottle of it in case I run out. I am a huge fan of "Givenchey Organza Indecence" which has been discontinued so that is the kind of perfume I go for.

I'm doing a second review to describe this fragrance a little more.
At first spray it was sugary but fresh at the same time...I know that sounds odd. For the first 4 hours it was cotton candy...the 5th hour it became marshmallows and by the 6th hour vanilla and sugar. Sillage can become headache inducing if you over spray...a little bit goes a long way people. Longevity is sooo much better than so many pricier fragrances.

I was at sephora today testing perfumes and as soon as I sprayed this one I was in love! I'm not the type of girl who usually likes sweet scents, flowerbomb was probably my first very sweet scent and the main reason I got it was because my fiance loved it so much...for me it's alright...I think flowerbomb smells like white chocolate.....but aquolina smells like cotton candy...now I never knew I would fall madly in love with a fragrance that smells like cotton candy....heck it smells amazing on the skin. My nose has been glued to my wrists ever since I sprayed it and my wrists smell so delicious I can eat them. I disagree with people who say its sickening how sweet it is...I disagree...it's more like an addictive kind of sweet, I think I'm high off of pink sugar today. I also disagree with people who say this perfume is immature or it's only for little girls or teens....what are you people talking about?.. .I'm 25 years old and I love this scent....it's not immature and childish...it's a cute, super feminine, delicious and highly addictive fragrance my friends. ...never in my life has a perfume made my day! =)
I sprayed it 5 hours ago and I can still smell it and it seems like it will be lasting for a few more hours. It's definitely nicer for winter. The price is ridiculously amazing. I Love Love Love everything about it. =)

On me it's cotton candy, vanilla, caramel, lots of musk and then some more cotton candy. For my skin type this is not Pink Sugar, this is White Death. Made me sick to my stomach, but for people who can take it and have the right skin type, this is the ultimate musk-based crystal clear sugar.

When I first tried Pink Sugar, it didn't quite click with me. I've since gotten used to it, and I realized I was laying it on way too strong the first few times I wore it. I'd say a little goes a long way on this one.

When I first put it on, I was surprised by a rather unpleasant bitter note that reminded me more than a bit like celery. I wouldn't have minded if the rest wasn't all spun sugar and super sweet caramel. It was like trying to enjoy a huge wad of cotton candy, but finding bitter vegetable bits inside! Yuck!

That went away pretty quickly though. In its place was pure sweet sugar! I've seen a few people compare Pink Sugar to Candy by Prada, but I'd say there's a significant difference. Candy is more like creamy sweet white chocolate that you can curl up and fall asleep in. Pink Sugar is a little more...crisp? sharp? (I'm not sure what the right word is here...) It's more like crystal rock candy and bright pink Ring Pops with a little caramel and vanilla swirled into it.

I had this on with Angel yesterday - wow!, sugar sweetness bomb! :D

This is a toothache in a bottle...but it is a favorite with young girls. My daughter gets MANY compliments when wearing this. The licorice with the cotton candy is what gives the illusion of burnt sugar on some. I wore this many years ago to school and heard teachers commenting that they could smell cotton candy...LOL I actually use it for layering with other perfumes to make your own unique combo just a drop on the wrist will transform a "Plain Jane" perfume into a gourmand delight!

Since I tried this yesterday this has become my one of my favourite if not my favourite scent! I think I'd still wear Magetism and Lolita for sexy dress/night time fun but I can't get enough of this at the moment! I think I've changed my mind and would wear it in summer as well. Just simply gorgeous :D.

Hi, I'm new and this is my first review.
This is my most favorite perfume of all time ever.
I love it and i wear it every day. This smells so pretty, people compare it to warm vanilla sugar from Bath and Body Works, and that's great too, but this one is so much more complex with really great caramel notes. I can't get enough of it, it is so awesome!
My boyfriend loves this on me and I get so many compliments.

LUSH. Starbucks strawberries and cream frappuccino! This perfume is FUN. It's not sophisticated or elagant but it's bubbly, lively, fruity and creamy.

I've been through so many testers trying to find a gorgeous, creamy-edibly-sweet scent and just smelled wine and florals and spice, even though the creamy notes were supposed to be there....
This delivers eeeexactly what I was hunting for.

Opens with a gorrrgeous strawberry/raspberry fruity blast with a hint of licorice. Then it settles to a starbucks strawberries and cream frappuccino spinkled with fesh nuts... just the perfect balance of cool, light cream..
Perfect for cold days, fun days! In hot weather it'd be very sickly.

Drying down further I get creamy toffee but strawberry notes are still there in the background. It's subtle strawberry though, not heachachy and sickening as you inhale it. Neither is the toffee/caramel.

Over all it's heavy, noticable, yummy, very comforting with a big personality - just how I like to smell.

I will definitely be getting more of this at some point this year.

i do not own this perfume, but did give it a sniff at ulta the other day. at first glance I thought the price was pretty resonable, but my thoughts did change when I smelled it. I thought it was WAY overpowering and sickly sweet. I am a fan of sweet fans, considering I own both of Taylor Swift's fragrances along with Britney Spear's Fantasy, but this scent gave me a headache.

I love Pink Sugar! I think all girls ages 10-20 should have Pink Sugar ( not saying it isnt suitable for any other age) Pink Sugar has a very sugary smell, more than sweet. You can very much so pick up the licorice, caramel, vanilla and of course the cotton candy!! This has a sort-of burnt smell that others complain about, but i think adds depth and finishing elements to the perfume. I love how at the end all you get it VERY RICH vanilla. <3 it

I don't mean to be rude when I say this, but it absolutely behooves me how people will buy a perfume called PINK SUGAR, and be flabbergasted about the sweetness if the perfume. People, the second name of the perfume is SUGAR. It is to emulate the sweet sticky, goodness of sugar. If you're not a gourmand person or don't like sweet scents, step A would be to read the name and avoid it.

No it's not a guerlain or a Chanel, or some other aldehyde-rich scent. It's a sugar scent, that aims to please, be light and funky, carefree, and jolly.

On me, smells like sugar and caramel with musk. Dries down to less caramel, still the musk,and strawberry sugar. Doesn't last long, and isn't particularly potent on me, but that maybe because I do 3-4 sprays, including one on clothing. On my clothes I can get 6 hrs, skin a measily 2.

I'd love for this scent to last longer and I HATE the sprayer because after a while it kinda gives out and spits the fragrance at you and dribbles on your fingers while doing so.

Do I recommend? Absolutely if you love sugary, young, carefree scents :)

I think I should do an update on my review since I have this for a while now. At first, its full of fruity cupcakes and only a little bit of cotton candy to me, and this is my favourite part of the fragrance. After about half an hour it becomes this sugary musk, I'm not such a fan of the musk overdose here but I love the sugar. The drydown is vanilla and caramel, and I don't get burnt notes throughout the fragrance. The top notes and base notes are to die for, a shame the fruitiness fades so fast though. Neverless I still love this, and its not yellow yet. BTW don't believe people who says it will embarrass you, its lies. In fact today, this short boy told me the way I smell makes him horny :| not my favourite kind of comments but it least it isn't a negative one LOL

Let me start by saying I have a love hate relationship with this fragrance.I have bought this scent 3 or 4 times and ended up giving it away only to wish I had kept it.The one thing I can't stand is licorice and musk but I love the smell of caramel and cotton candy.If they took out the licorice and musk I would bathe in this stuff.This is the queen of gourmand scents and there is nothing else that smells like this.I have gotton compliments on this more than any other fragrance I own.On me you can smell all the notes but the best way to describe this is candy sweet shop in a bottle.My mom loves this on me and I am almost 34.The key to wearing this is to apply it lightly no more than 3 sprays.one on each side of your neck and one on the chest or stomach.I don't get a burned sugar smell but I get hot sugar spinning into cotton candy like at a carnival.I probably will buy this again and give it away again and buy this again.........................:-)

I bought this perfume online after waking up from a nap one afternoon and smelling a warm candy smell that surrounded me . I must have been baking earlier in the day. After doing some research, I thought this might be close to that warm smell but it is nothing like the smell of my afternap. It is very sweet and cloying. I don't like it, I will be giving this away to charity.

I love pink sugar...I've tried many sweet, vanilla gourmand scents but i didn't realy like any of them...this is one and the only one...I would realy like to find something that smells as nice, but it looks like I am out of luck....I will repurchase it over and over again....

i HATE this scent so much! It smells like ribbon candy you find in an old persons candy dish! I was sooo disappointed.

I Truly love it,it smells really nice

I like sweet candy perfumes but this one is heavily synthetic for my taste , this smells really nice on some ppl, but when I wore this it gave me a headache & this perfume was the first one I ever got told " whatever your wearing smells to strong & unpleasant " I purchased this for my mom Aswell & she didn't care for it either. Like I said before this smells nice on some ppl I just don't care for it & will not repurchase

Sweet,warm, and sugary scent. I smelled like a cupcake walking around when I wear this fragrance. I had people came to my cubicle asking if I bring in cupcakes.

This is an amazing fragrance. Many say it is "too sweet," so I would only recommend it to those who like sweet/foody fragrances. It is very comforting and girly. I smell the caramel, vanilla, and cotton candy notes the most. The musk note ties everything together so nicely. I am also a big lily-of-the-valley fan. The fruity notes are not as noticeable to me, but I am glad they are there. :-) This is a perfect February scent. It reminds me of a Valentine's Day bake-off.

Also- It is a bit heavy, but not overly, and it last a really long time which is a big perk. I like my perfumes to last all day if possible. I hope that helps!

This pink sugar perfume is my top favorite.. At first I wasn't sure of buying it since the bottle was too simple and thought it wasn't going to smell good. But after I read the reviews of every one saying that it smells good and super sweet. I went to a perfume store and omg was I wrong this perfume drive me crazy lol it smells awesome super sweet.. I love it alot especially cuz it has cupcakes which its my favorite...

Does anyone know if it's available in Greece;

I tried it in store and the burnt sugar smell was the first thing I smelled. It was sickening. After about an hour the burn sugar smell went away and left a nice vanilla musk. The burning sugar smell prevented me from buying it.

Cindy Leffingwell - I love your review. I'm 40 and thought that perhaps I was too ancient to wear such a fragrance. Damn it!! I'm going to buy myself a bottle! I love the gourmand fragrances!!

The product says a fragrance for young girls which like sweets. Who says? I have been looking for days for a fragrance. Test after test. Sample after sample. And,nothing seemed right. And, then this little sample came in the mail. Love at first whiff. Maybe I don't want to smell like a 49 year old. Maybe, i like the fragrance after a long bubble bath, baby oil and powder and a little Earl Grey tea. Seems sweetly sophisticated enough for me. Love it.

I`m trying to expand from my perfume comfort zone, and when I saw this for 20$ I figured no better time than the present. I must say, I judged this perfume without really giving it a good smell because it is not at all what I imagined. It is sweet, yes, but it also has quite a few fresh notes to balance it out. The opening is fresh and zesty, then the sugar starts to come out, at first its smells briefly of cotton candy and lily, then the lily stays but the cotton candy fades and then it dries down to a vanilla caramel musk. The notes are easy to pick out in this one. Surprisingly the musk and lily stand out quite a bit making this not as sweet as I imagined it would be. More interesting than what a lot of people give it credit for. I am not disappointed.
What is nice is that you pick up the licorice the whole way through, but it comes off as natural licorice (I used to eat that as a child) and not the over processed candy stuff.

If you don't are a teenager keep distance of this. Sweet like cotton candy. This fragrance are not sexy, pleasant, soft or anything good. Why in earth a woman would desire smell like this? It's to teenager only.

Yes, it is sweet, and young, and not my usual. But I think I might love it....I really like it anyways!

I enjoy this perfume. It makes me feel very girly.

Strong perfume. Dries down to a sweet cotton candy and on me it lasts for a whole day.

I want to purchase this knowing its going to be really sweet,but can anyone tell me if its as heavy as britney spears fantasy or is it a lighter sweet perfume?

This perfume is beautiful. It is sweet and innocent, but not in a little girl/teenager popping-bubble gum way. It has a hint of depth that makes it a bit more mature, though not matronly. It is not seductive, but great for every day.

Yes... yes, and, well, yes.
The number of compliments I've had while wearing this perfume is ridiculous.
There is an innocent yet not too bubblegum pop (which the name infers) side to it and the way it absorbs into your skin is beautiful over time. A definite favourite!

I normally like sweet perfumes like selena gomez and just biebers and victoria secrets pink. But this was just ridiculous ! This perfume is extremly sweet smelling and nauseating and just gave me a head ache soon as a i sprayed it. Horrible and sicking!

Oh yes, this is a favourite of mine! I wear it at home, in bed, watching a movie, reading a book, it's like a warm blanket of comfort for me! Oh yes, I wear it elsewhere also, but it's my go-to fragrance at home.

I love the warm caramel cotton candy mixture, it's just wonderful.

Certainly not for everyone, and very young, but I looooove it and it so does my husband. :)

My brief adventure with Pink Sugar-

My love for fragrance really does bounce from one end to the other when it comes to taste in perfumery. Sometimes I even question myself. I don’t wear this as often as some of my more “grown up” fragrances. But man oh man, I can do cartwheels over this Pink Sugar (same goes for Blue Sugar).

I get the sugar and the caramel... vanilla... then it drys down real creamy, fresh minty on me. The fresh part of it I am sure is from the fig leaf. Which is what makes Womanity so fresh, but just more of an intense fresh. The mint is probably the licorice acting as an accord with another note, probably the fig leaf and something else. (maybe the bergamot or musk?)

Though, I also get bubble gum when I smell Pink Sugar. Exactly the kind that is flavor of the cough syrup that I would get from the doctor when I was a kid; had the color of Pepto Bismol, but smelled and taste like Bubblicious.

Every time I smell pink sugar, I can taste that cough syrup. If not for that nostalgic association, I probably would not love Pink Sugar as much. Burnt cotton candy yum yum yum, lets play in the sand box.

For the price, Pink Sugar is a must buy. Even if it’s not your kind of thing. It makes a good novelty. Lately I have been using it to layer with heavier fragrances, like Bvlgari Black; which smells amazing together.

Longevity- Pink Sugar last pretty good on me 7+ hours. Not too bad, it really depends on the weather and conditions, though.

Projection- To me is moderate, not too light or too heavy. It does bounce out a ways though. People will catch wiffs of it. Personally, I don’t see how cotton candy can be offensive to someone unless they are insane, but who am I question a persons insanity?

Note- Reviews are always subject to change based on change of weather or change to my skin chemistry.

it's soft and lucsous and cotton candy like. it smells like summer at the stampede

i got this as a blind buy..

i should have tried this on my skin before investing in a bottle

love love sweet/gourmand scents..but surprisingly pink sugar just can't meet my expectation at any levels..

the opening is sweet, burned sugar/cookie.when it drys down on my wrist all i can smell is this combination of strong licorice and vanilla..i can barely stand it..remind me of some insect spray..

it smells similar to Hard Candy..but event HC smells more yummy/delicious to me..to me, Pink Sugar smells a bit boring and synthetic..i find JS's Fancy way more wearable

I really like pink sugar, it is ridiculously sweet and strong smelling on me. After I spray it, there is a smell of burnt sugar but it goes away and all I can smell is just vanilla/cotton candy. It lasts really long on me, and people around me can smell it, I get compliments when I wear it but I guess it may be overpowering for some. It is my winter comforter and it is just fun to wear it - btw I am not a teenager ;)

I have owned Aquolina's Pink Sugar since it first launched. I have worn it on a regular basis, and here is why: because I enjoy the smell on myself!
This is one I don't wear for "other people".
However, no one has ever said "Ugh! You smell really awful!"
On the contrary, I have gotten compliments on this scent frequently.
Oddly, though, I do not fit the demographic for this fragrance in any way.

I am what would be considered "wayyyyy too old" to be wearing this.

As I do not wear it to please other people, as I have stated,I do not put a lot of thought into why they like it on 61 year old ME, unless they are preceptive enough to see the 16 year old me underneath!

I do not smell like a burnt cookie wearing this. I think I smell fresh, sweet, clean and not at all cloying.

I can picture Scarlett O'Hara wearing this at her "house party" in the opening scene of that great film, Gone with The Wind. It is a bit flirty in a "who me?" sort of way. As a fragrance, it is a bit assertive. It isn't in the least bit needy.
Question: Who among you knows how to properly open a fan with one flick, and look up at your partner, all doe eyed and with fluttering lashes as you fan yourself?
You don't know how?
Get a pretty fan, and go to Youtube to the tutorials, and LEARN, Pink Sugar girl! ;)

Stay tuned for reappearances of Scarlett O'Hara as she makes her way through the ups and downs of that epic tale. I have figured out every single scent which would suit her for each iconic scene in that movie. Including the final scene with Rhett Butler. But I am not giving it away just yet. It is way too much fun!
Thanks for reading!

A friend had me try this. I went into it with the realization that it probably wouldn't be for me, but what an understatement. SO overwhelmingly sweet. My body chemistry was really bringing out the floral notes and it was just clashing with the ridiculously strong cotton candy scent. It didn't take long for a headache to ensue. Completely overwhelming on me. Never again; definitely not for me.

why do people say this smells like just ''cotton candy'' i say it smells like burnt cookies. BUT i only smelled for a few sort second. I just dont know where that burnt note is coming from. Just me.. i guess i dont know. AND on another note its yoo expensive like to smell just like plain sugar and ''cotton candy'' like 1oz is 45 and im 15 and kinda like sweeter scents.

This is bottled SEX. Super feminine

I wish I could eat it! I bought this without knowing what it smelled like and I don't regret the purchase!

Not a fan...smell way too sweet...pure sugar..pure plain sugar

So many haters...I KNOW I KNOW, a toothache in a bottle, but truth be told, no other scent has garnered such attention for me from men and women. Most people have fond memories of some type of vanilla. For me it was an ice cream parlor in my childhood. Not a complex fragrance....but honestly MUST life ALWAYS be complex? Sometimes I just need comfort :)

I can only smell vanilla,it's the main scent.Top note a bit bergamot and fig leaf.MIddle note a bit red berry and licorice.Base note is a bit caramel.But all of this fragrance is vanilla.

This is an all-time favorite for me. From reading reviews, it would seem that Pink Sugar is a scent very dependent on personal chemistry. I have never gotten any licorice from this perfume. The warm sugar scent is most dominant and I'd have to say I get MANY compliments from both men and women when I have it on. Lots of people say it's like a Creme Brulee or if they don't know it's me 'something smells so good!'

I bought this based on the notes. When it finally arrived in the mail I was already wearing perfume, but I was desperate to smell it, so i sprayed it on a napkin. It smelled wonderful!!! Cotton candy and other sweets with depth and sensuality. When I got a chance to spray it on myself the cotton candy took a back seat to the licorice. I'm not nearly as wild about it on myself. I'll give it some time and see if it improves. Darn body chemistry!

EDIT: The licorice note calmed down after about an hour and became bearable. Really nice scent now :)

I first caught a smell of this on a girl I worked with at my previous job & I loved it, so much so that I immediately went & bought a bottle myself!

It basically is the name. It smells very much like Pink Sugar! The first spray it smells a lot like Magnetism by Escada or maybe even Fantasy by Britney Spears - to be honest, I was a little unsure at that point. But before long it settles down & by the time you reach the base notes it's a gorgeous sweet toffee type smell.

Despite being an EDT which I usually find lasts very little time, this fragrance lasts all day with just a couple of sprays. Nobody I know has even heard of it before making it unique. You're unlikely to smell it on many people!

I wore it in small quantities for a few months. I tried to love this, but it's too sharp and "loud" for me. I love sugar and food-like fragrances, but this made my head hurt and was so strong it made me a bit nauseous.

This is just a pure sugar scent with a burnt after scent. its sooo sweet. super fun for casual wear just dont wear too much. can be over powering. it makes me feel like a girl. fun and bubbly fragrance.

Pink Sugar is a gourmand, but not a straight “cotton candy impression” scent. It’s darker and more complex than that, but it can also be cloying and one-dimensional to many people because its dominant notes (caramel, cotton candy, vanilla,) all share that same cooked vanilla-sugar tone. I prefer it in a chill, dry environments, because the "burnt" tone created by licorice becomes stronger when it's hot and humid, and the fragrance loses its lighter, brighter nuances.

This lasts a LONG time while projecting pretty well even on my dry skin. (On me, this matches Thierry Mugler Angel – and no other scent has ever done that.) Nice enough that I’m glad to own it, but not HG in itself.

P.S. I do own a few other cotton candy body sprays, but while they all share a cotton candy accord among other notes, those aren't dupes for PS.

me gustaria conocerlo por ser una fragancia dulce..mis favoritas...

The first note that you get is definitely the cotton candy. This fragrance smells like burnt cookies but I don't really know how I feel about. Oh, Pink Sugar we have a love and hate relationship!

A friend of mine had this and introduced me to it. I loved it then and I still love it now. Why? Because its a sweet and uncomplicated scent for those of us who love sweets.
Its not a scent that takes you to unknown places or feelings, its not grown up or snobby. Pink sugar is not unexpected or risky. To me this is the equivalent of a pink cupcake with sugared berries or a sweet lollipop. It brightens a bad day, it reminds me of sugar and candy, its never offensive or harmful, just sweet.
If you have this and are not happy because its story is not "complicated" I might suggest layering it with something else to give it more twists and turns. But for me this is just perfect any day of the week. Always get compliments. Love it.

When I want a scent that will make me feel comfy cozy,I reach for this. It may not be sophisticated, but it really is a mood enhancer and makes you feel delicious!

I get black licorice off the first whiff but it dries down to a strong cotton candy scent, I don't smell the caramel so much as the pure pink sugar and vanilla.

This is one scent I wear for ME and no one else :)

Monbonbon, its new packaging i have the same. and its 100% original. It has swirls next to the tekst pink sugar. Look at the bottle pink sugar sensual it does not say aqualina but it is orginal.

I'm pretty sure the bottle I got is a fake because it doesn't say Aquolina anywhere on the bottle or package... But it looks and smells the same!

I wore this smell for a long time before it exploded...

I love it!!! I forgot how delicious it smells until I re-purchased this fake for 20$ at shoppers.

I find the smell to be so soothing, maybe due to the memories attached. Starts off with some citrus (possibly the bergamot) and some refreshing sugar. I find as it dries down, I pick up the more heavy warm caramel and burnt sugar.... After a few hours, it smells exactly to me like the Aquolina Chocolovers which I also own. I need to drop by Sephora and smell the real deal to compare to my knock-off... Which still smells amazing!

Soooo sweet ! What a yummy fragrance, it smells caramel, liquorice and fruits. It reminds me of Showtime - Kylie Minogue, even sweeter.
For girls and women who love "gourmand fragrances".
Good lasting power.

I recently purchased this because it just looked perfect for me, and I think its time I do a review! I must say, I didn't LOVE this at first. My judgement was clouded by all the "burnt note" talk. But now, after getting that out of my head I LOVE it! It doesn't smell synthetic, it DOES smell edible! It smells so realisticly edible when I first smelt it its like my stomach smelt it more than my nose, its hard to explain. It doesn't smell burnt at all, it smells like cupcakes to me, and I don't get full up cotton candy. I get a lot of vanilla and caramelle, it smells very pink though! And now, it doesn't smell burnt at all. This is definitely my favourite fragrance! Its a fantasy without the woodiness and oris root, also a tad bit fresher(weird right?) And a more childlike Can Can. What's not to like? 10/10!!! And also, the sillage isn't as terrorizing as everyone makes it sound and doesn't really smell spicy at all.

I get told that same exact thing fawnydawny! Not a sole has mentioned cotton candy. It's a very tolerable vanilla for me though. I often don't care much for vanilla in fragrances, it seldom smells like...vanilla to me.

This one is almost too much and it ends up just right on my skin. Mostly I get told I smell like vanilla.

I wanted to like this more but it's just ehhh. It smells like a cotton candy stand on the beach to me and I am not a teeny bopper. A little hint of spice but the icky sweetness overwhelms it. Too bad.

This fragarance is not normal! I get so many compliments when i wear this. People say hmmmmmmm yummy i smell cookies and marshmellow.. i say its mine perfume that you smell. hahah

i used to be obsessed with this so badly. i used it everyday for months. but its a scent that you can easily get sick of when you overuse it, which is my case. i still like it but i really have to be in the mood for it. its definitely one of the sweetest perfumes ive ever smelled. the thing that annoys me the most is the orange note in the opening. i really dislike orange/tangerine notes. but this note luckily fades away after a matter of minutes and youll be left with a very sweet, sugar scent with a slight burnt note to it that i would describe as caramel or toffee. in the dry down the fruity notes are gone and your left with a pure gourmand scent. can get very cloying if you spray too much.

This was a blind buy for me as I live in New Zealand and you can't get it here, so I ordered online. Have just sprayed on my wrist and it smells strongly of berries and caramel. I'll update in a few hours, but first impression, I like it!

Update: Spayed two hours ago, the initial strong berry smell has faded and a milky caramel lingers, I do not detect the burnt sugar or candy floss that some have mentioned. Maybe I'll get more notes from it in more suitable weather (summer here at the moment, very hot). Second impression, I want to eat some caramel, or maybe just my wrist! Yum yum!

I just blind-bought this because of the reviews and because I wanted an as-sweet-as-it-gets fragrance. This isn't that. The bergamont is sooooo obvious on me for about half an hour. But then I get this cotton candy masterpiece everyone is talking about. I'm not sure about longevity and sillage, first day-not impressed, but that often changes depending on weather, hormones etc. Will edit soon, but until now the drydown is quite pleasant although I could do sweeter....


edit- 3.5 hours later the berries kicked in, nice!

recently got this perfume and i'm in love with it. once u get over the sharpe opening, and the dry down begins gently sweet vanilla appears. reminds me of a bakery, and longevity is the bomb.

I totally used to hate this perfume. The first time I tried it when I was looking for a gift for my friends birthday and all I knew was she liked sweet scents. So i went in the search for the sweetest perfume I could find for her and that's when I came across Pink Sugar. I really did not like it at first. I gave her the perfume and she loved it so that made me happy. Every time I smelt it on her I was intrigued by the scent so I gave it another try. Finally I gave in and bought a bottle for myself XD. I really like it now because it smells like sugar to me not really cotton candy like. When the scent opens up I smell the sharpness of the bergamont and something slightly green which I assume is the fig leaf. The rest of the fragrance is pretty hard for me to break down because it smells slightly different every time I wear. Sometimes I smell a strong vanilla and sometimes I don't. I also pick up the raspberry once in a blue moon. But most of the time I pick up yummy sweetness.One time when I wore this my friend said I smelled like sugar cookies so that made me happy about the fragrance. This a total guilty pleasure for me when I wear this and its something I wear just for myself and I do not care what other people think about it. Though I do avoid wearing it when I'm hanging out with my friend because since it gave it to her its basically become her signature scent.

Anyone who says a perfume titled Pink Sugar is 'too sweet' for them was a little ahead of themselves. Why would you even try a fragrance that consists of the name 'sugar', has all sweet notes besides maybe one, and then complain about how sweet it is?

Anyway, if you want to keep this but you want a cleaner or more smooth/less burnt cotton candy smell(which I happen to love anyway), try spraying this with about two sprays of Clean's Fresh Laundry. It's a flawless mix.

I love this so much, sweet but not sickly and clean, girly but it gave me the worst allergies/ hayfever so I had to give it to a friend, devestated.

Looking for a sweet, nice-girl perfume? Stay away. Aquolina is all or nothing. She's not preoccupied with acceptance - do you see that red chili pepper on the packaging box? Does red chili pepper describe easy, sassy girls?

Hey, she warned you. It's not just about the pink and white stripes you see. You mustn't ignore the pepper.


Aquolina is turbulent in its sweetness; you can almost feel the friction of those sugary collisions, delivering you the burnt note which is prominent after the immediate burst of cotton candy. Don't let the word "sweet" mislead you. Pink Sugar is thick and heavy, and it's taking over. It's not pleasant. But it is damn addicting.

I knew from everything I read this would more then likely not be for me - too sweet.

But there are some scents I am just curiuos to try regardless and this is one.
For the first few hours I knew I was right- it doesnt smell bad(I cant understand anyone thinking it smells bad - too sweet yes not bad)

it is just straight up cotton candy on me .

So imagine how surprised I was later when it turned into a less sweet not so much CC - that I just kept smelling my wrist it was addicting all of a sudden .

I can only describe it now as an adult CC - it has a very alurring quality..
And I will happily indulge myself to it now and then :)

So I bought this perfume because of the so many rave about it. Also I knew that this perfume was supposed to be sweet and stuff, which I like, but honestly..I don't know... it's a bit childish for me (and I'm turning 20 soon if you guess)
I probably would like it more when I was like sixteen or something.
I don't hate it, but nor love it either. I spray it after my my nighttime shower, because it is that snuggling kind of perfume, but for me not much more really.

When I was at the store, I saw this and I was curious so I sprayed it on - overwhelmingly sweet, pink sugar, cotton candy! I can smell some vanilla and caramel in the background but this is definitely MAJORLY cotton candy. It also smells a bit burnt - which isn't really a bad thing, I enjoy the smell of burnt sugar. This is definitely not sophisticated, not very complicated - but if you want to smell super-sweet, this will work for you. Also! You seriously can't get rid of this smell, it lasts forever. No matter how hard I scrub it lasts and lasts. Which is good if you enjoy the fragrance, I suppose!

Hahah i have deleted my message here, I have said that the lasting power was not strong.. but what was i wrong. It last 4 till 5 days. I thought that it didn't last long. Because when you smell a perfume long you dont smell it anymore.

So a lot of people say it smells like cotton candy. I agree with them. But... it smells like cotton candy in it's own way. Such a unique scent for it being sweet :D
One of my favorites. It's a lovely fragrance and I think you should try it out. The lasting power is actually REALLY good for it being a eau de toilette. I did not expect from this fragrance so I was a little bit surprised. So that's even more of a bonus.
I think the only down side is I always keep mine in the tube packaging it came in because I heard if it hits the sunlight it can change color and smell.
So definitely if you get this I recommend you keep the tube packaging it comes with. Also I don't recommend you take it to travel just because I know some perfumes of mine have got ruined through travel.
But overall it's AMAZING!! <33
You need to check it out if you haven't already! :D

I love baked candy dessert fragrances... but this one to me is soo gross... It really smells like somebody put sugar cookies in the oven and forgot about them and they got burnt to a crisp! I will stick to jessica's fancy and it doesn't have that nasty burnt smell also britney's fantasy is better and paris hiltons can can... I will pitch this one...

I love, love, love this fragrance. I now use it as a base for my other fragrances that were sitting on my shelf. It adds a gorgeous warm yummy punch that people compliment when otherwise those fragrances didn't get any notice!

I've written about Pink Sugar a million times, but I just can't help it..I freaking LUV this stuff so much..I'm probably the last person you would think could wear this sugar bomb/ cotton candy, licorice confection too..I mean I dress in black almost everyday, wear big boots and I'm an old person..But Pink Sugar covers all types of funky smoky smells, and still manages to draw tons of compliments..

My little boy loves it too, and so I've bought back-ups of it..The other day he tells me that a pretty girl on his bus sprayed Pink Sugar and he recognized it! I asked him if I was too old for it, and he looked at me like I was crazy and then said " You are never too old to smell that good"! hehee..I really want the new "Gold Sugar" too, it smells so good! I love Aquolina perfumes, and I never understand why they get a bad rep with perfume people...

It's a very young scent.
Little girls will love this.

I love sweet perfumes, but this is quite sickly, especially over time.

The Italian:just call me a big piece of cotton candy, then:)

This will turn you into a big piece of cotton candy wondering around.

I feel as if I really don't like this! I am the sort of girl that scent is candy bubblegum and yum yum but this just smells fake and like plastic I wish I liked it but I guess I'll sit k to my Britney Spears fantasy

This was gifted to me, definitely try before you buy. It is sugary sweet and then has a generic, cloying, perfume-y drydown.

When I first put this on I swear I could smell old fashioned bazooka Joe bubble gum then it slowly turned in to the smell of pink candy popcorn.
Needless to say it takes some self control not to walk around with my wrist to me nose like a complete fool.
What? Yes I'm doing it right now...sigh

If anyone would like a full bottle of this and wants to do a swap I would like to do so. Only with other users in the U.S. (sorry) I like sweet and floral scents. If you want to trade just message me! :)
I gave this another try and I just can't get over the burnt sugar smell. That's the only thing I smell. My boyfriend even asked me,"What the hell is that?!" lol. So my bottle was only sprayed a total of 3 times.

Finally found this perfume after searching for it, for and being interested in buying it for weeks- eventually found it. My first impression, I wasnt too impressed. But that may have been just because I raised my hopes up so much that it would smell like something I have never smelt before. But, I do in fact like it. Its sugary and sweet, which is certainly the kind of perfume I like. I didnt like the top notes very much, but the dry down smelt good. And the smell settled, which made it less sharp. On my skin however, I find it to smell a bit powdery. I do find the packaging is very cute, too. Will maybe buy a small bottle of it for myself, soon.

Scary start to this fragrance... I used 3 light squirts of the EDT, "smoked out" the car (according to the kids), and set my boyfriend to a coughing fit! It was quite sharp and high, but not quite unpleasant. The sillage was huge; I ended up wiping most of it off with an alcohol wipe, and it was still present.

After the wipe and a few hours' dry-down, it was quite light and sugary; mostly cotton candy and caramel with a little liquorice. Kind of nice, but for me it's more of a "smell" than a "fragrance". I think it would better suit someone in the 15-20 range - I would give it to my 10-year-old, but she prefers Thierry Mugler's Angel!

I'm not sure yet whether I'll keep it for an occasional light spritz when the mood takes me, or if I'll re-sell it. I think I'll try Prada Candy next...

EDIT: about 10 hours later, and it's faded to a kind of sour citrus - I blame it on my acidy skin chemistry, maybe, but I guess this one will be an on-sell. :( Maybe I would have had better luck with the EDP.

I've been wearing this scent for several weeks now and haven't given my two cents, what?!

It's VERY sweet, warm, candy-like, no fruits nor flowers to tame it down. The longevity is amazing, I spray two spritzes on my chest in the morning and now at 4 pm I can still smell it. It's strong, too strong, I can't wear more than those two sprays I use a different perfume on my hair clothes. It would be too much if I used it all over like I do with my usual perfumes.

It's lovely. It's inviting, perfect for cold weather to cuddle up. Makes me happy and in a good mood.

This was yet another blind buy, but a successful one. Nobody here wears this or has heard of it actually, so yay for me :)

had to share this with fellow perfumistas...i met a woman today and immediately recognized her scent as it is my signature scent as well-pink sugar. no big deal i'm sure but i need to mention this woman was 73 years YOUNG and beautiful =) wonderfully dressed, modern, and young at heart but not in a "trying too hard" kinda way nor was she plastic looking. i could tell it was just naturally HER and her spirit. she gave me hope for the dreaded aging process which (as vain as it sounds) scares me to death! 23, 53, 73 it doesn't matter if i can look 50ish and come across as a 50ish year old woman at 73 like the woman i met today i won't complain for an instant about aging =) let's keep that in mind when we tag scents to age groups because that's here nor there, if something suits you it suits you...period

This makes me imagine the idea of a delicate créme brûlée served up with a small drizzle of fruity, berry-like syrup on top.

I was really nervous about this one being too over-the-top but I love it, and it's just what I was looking for to fulfill my want for a gourmand-type scent that had a hint of fruit and floral to mellow it out. Some have come close, but not quite what I was after and I found that I really had to be in the mood for it (Angel, Hanae Mori, Viva la Juicy, etc.); they were either too "young" or foo-fooey or patchouli-ish for me, personally. This is one of the few that I found I like throughout all the stages as well, which is rare. Most of the time, there are certain notes that I wind up not liking while wearing a perfume--whether at the beginning, middle, or end--but wind up toughing it out. Some types I just don't feel confident wearing, but that's not the case with this.

This just makes me want to curl up on the couch with a fire on a cold, crisp afternoon, wrapped under a throw and with a good book in hand...or, better yet, a man to curl up with. Even my mother, who hates the smell of most perfumes, loves this one. I definitely like to use this with a light, light hand; it would be a bit much and likely headache-inducing otherwise. Don't get me started on the gents! Haha!

I had been searching for Pink Sugar for months, finally found it and I literally couldn't wait for it too arrive in the post!

The first spray was a little sharp but oh my sweet tooth! this is just gourmand heaven! I smell cotton candy, vanilla, raspberry and a little spicy licorice. Thankfully I don't get any 'burnt sugar' which some other reviews have talked about. It settles to a delicious fruity vanilla scent. My friend said I smelt like strawberry and vanilla ice cream.

Overall, I am in love with Pink Sugar! It lasted about 6-7 hours and the projection was excellent. I highly recommend this fragrance to anyone who loves sweet, sugary and gourmand scents.

At first, this didn't smell like much on me, especially compared to Pink Sugar Sensual. Later, this perfume developed beautifully on me. I smelled the orange and licorice notes, musk-never the 'burnt smell' that others have reported. It must really agree with me, just not impressive out of the bottle. That's as it should be. Oh, and I'm considerably older than the teen generation, but the sweet scents really sit well with me. I like to think I'm youthful, but don't try too hard, because I know how ridiculous that can look. Good for the 73 year old woman who wore it so naturally:)
Alara, I can totally relate! I've had a horrible year, involving the very sudden death of my husband in August 2011. I think too, I've been needing get back my joy. I have no children, just a cat. I wish you and your child the best.

I bought this as a blind buy because of the rave reviews. And I love sweet perfumes. When I opened the canister it came in and sprayed that first spray I choked. It smells to me, like burnt sugar. Literally, like someone had sugar in a pan and forgot to turn it off and it burned. I waited a while to see if the dry down was any better but I just have to admit I don't like this one. It smells too fake! So I have a bottle I sprayed twice(once on each wrist) that will sit there and collect dust.

According to many suggestion I've tried this one, and I must say that it's realy sweet scent ( I can feel cotton candy, caramel an vanilla ), but on my skin it's a little bit soapy, like a sweet shower gel. I can't identify this part of perfume which causes this impression. After a while pink sugar becames warm, musky scent, but lasts no longer than 2-3 hours :-I

This just doesn't work with my body chemistry. All I get in pink sugar and lots of anise/licorice. I can faintly smell other notes but skin doesn't bring them out. There is nothing cute or sexy about this on me unless one is erotically fixated on black licorice. I can totally see how this would smell great on other people with different body chemistry.

two words...MAN. MAGNET.

yes its sweet, yes its caramely, yes it can be headachey when youre a bit heavy handed with it...BUT, when you know what amount works for you, WATCH OUT LADIES.

*every* time i wear this out i have men practically eating out of the palm of my hand, it can be a silly really.

Its something i wear for when im going out for drinks or cocktails with girlfriends or when ive got a day shopping in town and im feeling girly!!

You have to have the right attitude to wear this i think, youve got to be able to roll with the questions, the compliments, the flattery, the complete silliness it causes!

I bought this for a friend's birthday. I never really cared for this. It smells like pure sugar, I guess hence the name. I have a sample of this, it's nothing I would buy. Smells a little immature and teeny bopper to me. Good for young girls.

Update:
My body chemistry has changed so much through the years. I tried this again and it's mostly licorice and anise when at first application and then fade to a sweet vanilla and caramel smell. Not as bad as I remembered it to be.

My friend wears this and it smells so good on her, so I bought it and on me it smells
Ike cigarettes and waffles, lol. So disappointed.

BEST.SMELL.EVER...men love this...

I bought this last year and wore it to class. An older lady next to me wanted to hurl! Exchanged it next day for Rose The One and glad I did

I don't understand the hype around it. Why do girls want to unifiedly smell like candy floss? This overwhelmingly sugary, cheap smelling fragrance lacks imagination. A girly scent that cannot be taken seriously.

Pink Sugar is a horrid thing. It assaults the sinuses with a stick of cotton candy drizzled in caramel and some sort of berry that lingers far away in the background. The sugar itself smells a tad industrial... like you burnt it on the stove. There really isn't much to say, it's a pretty linear scent. It doesn't change much as time goes on but good luck staying conscious long enough to see how it develops on your skin- for you may pass out.

My final thoughts:

It is far too strong, far too sweet and far too immature. I do not understand the appeal of this. When they wanted to design a fragrance called "Pink Sugar," they weren't fucking around.

Wow so many mixed review on this one! This is a frag that you have to be careful with, but used properly can be wonderful. Before you even try this you have to like sweet fragrances and be ok with a little bit of synthetic. To me this smells exactly like warm sugar cooking. When it is starting to become caramelized. And also cotton candy on and off.

There are a few occasions where this is the perfect Frag but there are many ways this can go terribly wrong. If I was in an elevator with a woman who put on two or three sprays of this I would feel sick to my stomach. It is not a good choice for the office or class.

For me this is the -perfect- choice for a fun date. Not a serious date or a fancy date, but a fun date. This is just begging to be worn to a baseball game or the fair and men love this stuff. Its sweet and not serious. And as for the people saying it is way too sweet... well they did warn you in the name! anything with sugar is going to be ridiculous, and Pink Sugar just screams sweet sweet sweet.

Overall I wouldn't sugest this as an everyday scent. But some times you just feel like you need a little bit of Pink Sugar which is borderline trashy and warmly delicious.

I smelled this today at Sephora and it was horrible. too sweet, too strong, and too loud. If perfumes paint a picture, this painted a picture of a cheap stripper eating cotton candy.

I can't imagine an adult wearing this or an adult letting a child wear this.

I actually have this in the hair perfume. It's a little bit lighter that way. Lots of good staying power even in that form. I get nice little whiffs of it all throughout the day and even the next time I wash my hair. =0)
If I'm really feeling it, I just use it as a body mist as well.

You get the best out of this scent when you let it fade for about an hour... That's when it smells best. Sweet and yummy with a little bit of spice. But within the first minutes of putting it on the spice is very prominent, and the overall smell is a bit off. Doesn't last super long nor is it super strong, but then again gourmand scents aren't supposed to be over powering.

A lovely sweet raspberry, vanilla, cotton candy scent.
its a happy, sparkling and uplifting edt. Im 42 and i love to wear it. It lasts all day on one spray.

Pretty bottle, sickly sweet scent. This is like a much stronger, potent version of Vanilla Bean Noel by Bath and Body Works.

I wanted to like it, but I can't. It's too synthetic and headache inducing, sticky. There is something in it, that pricks my nose....and everyone is wearing it...all around me...

So many people love this; I wish I did. Sweet and warm is right up my alley at the moment. I normally go in for soapy / clean scents or breezy florals, but lately have been feeling stressed out and wanting comfort scents of sweet vanilla, candied fruits and caramel.

That said, Pink Sugar is sour to my nose -- the citrus, raspberry and lily of the valley notes, which all tend to be sharp anyway, are very noticeable and off-putting. I can't even get past them long enough to wait for the cotton candy, caramel and vanilla drydown.

First sniff is downright shudder-inducing

HIDE YOUR KIDS, HIDE YOUR WIFE!! ..Ladies this is another boxer dropper..Yes the fragrance is ridiculously sweet and should be called Pink diabetes ... BUT men love this stuff..just be careful with the trigger..I'm not a fan of the initial burnt sugar blast because it can be quite overwhelming but once it settles .. its very warm,sugary, feminine and..BELIEVE ME people will want to be close to you..

arrival at a candy factory. a really girly pinky thingy.

as for who i imagine to wear it, a girl who believes in fairy tales, awaiting her prince charming.

somehow i get this feeling.

I have to be careful with this coz it gave me headache sometimes. I love the smell so much. Just 1 or 2 spritz on my chest & i'm good to go. Last all day. Love it!

I like it a lot ! On me it smells a bit sophisticated actually (don't ask me why LOL) , not THAT sweet , but it's so "pleasant".

It's very long-lasting (for a EDT) and it's SO affordable . I bought a 100 ml bottle for only 20 Euro's ! (That's like 25 dollars) .

Yummie Yey !

How good does this smell???? Amazing!

The scent lasts a really long time on me too-- I used the frag, in conjunction with the hair perfume and the scent has lasted ALL day! How many EDTs have that kind of lasting power?

For the record, when I used the hair perfume, I sprayed about six or seven sprays in my long hair and wore it in a tight up-style. Sprayed the perfume on my skin after a shower, and a few sprays in between layers of my clothes. That's an 8-hour work day, and I can STILL smell it :D Even my boyfriend who's on the other side of the living room can smell it!

(This is a post all about the longevity and sillage-- what more can I say about the wonderful scent that hasn't already been said) ♥

O MY GOSH! Words cannot describe just how much I LOVE THIS! When I first smell this I think COTTON CANDY but then a light citrus note comes through that keeps it from being sickeningly sweet. When it develops I get a heavenly aroma of sweet sugar cookies. It amazes me how this perfume can be so sweet but also fresh, light and airy. The best part is that I wore it yesterday and now my room smells like sweet Pink Sugar! It lifts my mood so much! This is irresistible! You don't have to be a little girl or pre-teen to enjoy this. Try it! You won't be sorry!

This is divine. I have the hair perfume and the EDT and can't get enough sniffing myself

i have it on now,as a person who always uses edp's i have t admitt that this has pretty good stayingpower for a EDT!! besides the bf seems to like it very much :-p he gives PS a 10! not neccasary a frag for younger ppl..im 27 and i love it!

I bought this in hopes of finding a fragrance similar to Fantasy but without the pepper/chocolate notes. Unfortunately, I hated this. Too sweet for my tastes and smells like burnt plastic/sugar.

I love this fragrance! it has strong licorice scent but after sometime it dries to a scent more rich in sugar. I like to wear this during daytime. I always get compliments (people really want to eat me)! If you love sweet scents, this one should definitely be part of your collection.

Warning: This one can cause a serious sickness/headache.

I've just got "Pink Sugar" from ebay and put it on this morning. A total disaster, I felt so dizzy and wanted to throw my guts up that I couldn't concentrate on work. I don't mind gourmand perfume cuz I already have one that smell like plain candy+caramel and I love it so I thought I'd give this one a try, but those overly-sickly-sweet combination between sugar-caramel and musky-vanilla is killing me!

I wish I had tried it at home so I can rinse myself all out of it.

This is how I imagine Barbie would smell like plastic and sugary.

Love this one! I first smelled it on a friend and loved it. Then I got some samples at Ulta and was able to see that it would work with my chemistry. To me it isn't overwhelming or sickly sweet, but delicious with a little muskiness at the end. I love it and am sharing w/ my sisters. Let's see if they love it too.

Por los reviews que leia pensaba que era mi colonia soñada y me arriesgue acomprarla sin olerla antes.... Cuando llego a mi casa y la oli cual fue mi sorpresa al darme cuenta que la DETESTOOOOO!!!! Es la peor colonia dulce que he olido en mi vida. Dentro del dulzor tiene un toque como citrico que la hace penetrante y desagradable. A mi personalmente no me gusto nadaa.

Por los reviews que leia pensaba que era mi colonia soñada y me arriesgue acomprarla sin olerla antes.... Cuando llego a mi casa y la oli cual fue mi sorpresa al darme cuenta que la DETESTOOOOO!!!! Es la peor colonia dulce que he olido en mi vida. Dentro del dulzor tiene un toque como citrico que la hace penetrante y desagradable. A mi personalmente no me gusto nadaa.

Reading about this frag online excited me! It sounded delicious. I paid through the nose for a sample to be sent from the US (we can't get it easily over here, and I didn't want to buy a whole bottle incase I didn't like it). Loved the cute, stripy packaging the sample came in... Unfortunately the scent made me want to throw up. In the bottle it smelt like sugar that had been burnt to the point of turning into charcoal, and on my skin, it smelt like burnt sugar and plastic. I've never been so disappointed! Perhaps the sample was a bad one, or maybe it just doesn't work for me, but I don't think I've ever found a perfume so disgusting. A shame. Perhaps I'll try it from a tester if I ever go to the US, but for now, I'm locking my little sample safely away so I never have to smell it again.

UPDATE: I got this out again recently, and the strong plasticky smell has gone! Perhaps it's a perfume that needs to breathe a little to lose the synthetic factory scent? It now smells extremely sugary and.. Well, pink. It's nice, but personally too sweet for me to wear (my skin chemistry multiplies the sugar element by ten and then some). I think this would be delicious on the right person!

WARNING LONG REVIEW:

When I was younger, for the longest time, I was a strictly floral and oriental perfume wearer. I did not like gourmands. I thought they were all indiscriminately disgusting. "Why would anyone want to smell remotely food-like?" were my recurring thoughts at this monolithic gourmand trend. Pink Sugar epitomized all that I hated.

Little by little, by way of hints of notes, then by sheer fruity florals, I grew to like strong fruity perfumes and then foodier gourmands. I still did not like Pink Sugar but I recently gave it another chance because I had a sample that I forgot I had, and this marks my full admission to being a gourmand lover.

The first testing of Pink Sugar at a department store- I was absolutely disgusted. First of all, I thought it was far too strong and cloying for being so sticky sweet. Secondly, I felt like it smelled like nothing but food and that idea still put me off then, now it does not but it did then. I felt like a toddler who drooled their carnival food all over themself. I smelled cotton candy and strong licorice.

2nd testing was from a sample vial and all I could smell was burnt sugar which also put me off.

Now when I smell Pink Sugar I smell a complex and distinctive gourmand fragrance. Still extremely sweet and stronger than I feel comfortable with wearing for such high level of sweetness. Because of that, I much prefer dabbing this scent instead of spraying it. Nonetheless- I really enjoy Pink Sugar now and find it addicting. Cotton candy, licorice, and burnt sugar accents a vanilla cookie smell. This fragrance isn't linear, some notes come to play while others rest each time I take a whiff of Pink Sugar on my skin. What really wins me over is the orange and fruity smell in the background is very juicy- it adds a nice girly touch to the composition..
*thanks to jillhare for the sample

Hate this with a passion. I heard so many rave reviews I decided to try it. Its so sickly just smells of candy floss. It is a horrendous scent.

yummy when layered with like scents such as delicious cotton candy and candy baby....divine combo! my signature scent

I purchased this without sniffing it first, ended up selling it right away. Cheap and tacky and it makes me sick. Awful!

Love this one. Wore if often. Was told it made me smell like a stripper. In the right mood, I didnt mind the implication. Over the top sweetness, playful, and young. Definitely enticing. Like licking a sugar cube.

This smells SO good! I'm not into vanilla type scents AT ALL but for some reason, this one is the only one that I can tolerate. This smells like a really good cake and this also doesn't smell synthetic like almost all of the vanilla scents that I have smelled. I would buy this but it costs too much :(

EDIT 11/20/2012: The perfume doesn't smell as good as it used to on me because now I can smell the licorice note and I HATE the smell of licorice....so I will stick to the lotion of this scent for now on. At least the lotion doesn't smell like icky licorice!

Smells better on clothes than on me. Has musty scent (the caramel...pah) on my skin. Makes a cute room spray though, as it's so cheap, long lasting and with decent sillage. Bottle makes it look like posh room spray anyway.

This lasts more nicely than Britney's Fantasy and smells less synthetic intitially. Probably the best sugary, cookie-type scent on the market.

...It's still not great as a perfume.

I'm definitely MUCH older than the target demographic for Pink Sugar, but I love it anyway. I'd wear it every day if it weren't for the fear of burnout. My husband loves it as well. He gave it to me for Christmas 4 years ago. Beneath the sugar and vanilla, I get a tinge of cinnamon and wood. All in all, it's edible and comforting.

Im not crazy about this scent. It is way too gourmand, smells like burned marshmallows and cotton candy, with some floral notes. When I smelled the tester it smelled kind of sour and awkwardly foodish. If they got rid of the soft spicy notes, It would be much better

Pink Sugar is pure happiness. It's not overly heavy on me, with about a 5-inch range. I wear it to feel like a kid again, or to call to mind my early teenage days of dousing myself in sugary drug store body sprays. There's nothing particularly intriguing or complex about this fragrance, but I think that's kind of the point. Look at the name, the bottle, and the box - it's not pretending to be anything more than what it is: eau de sticky cotton candy.

I've tested this a few times just to see what all the fuss is about. At first, I get an almost overwhelming wave of extreme sweetness, with a fairly strong spicy note that I don't particularly like. After a while, the spiciness fades and what's left is a very sweet, syrupy, strong, burnt sugar smell. I'm not a fan of that burnt sugar quality or the odd spicy mix, so I won't be getting this, but I'm glad to have tried it.

I received a sample bottle and I have to say compared to Britney's Fantasy this one is WAY too sweet. Fantasy still has that fruity smell. When I wore it it started off sweet but then it goes rotten and in the end it smells like burnt caramel. I don't know. Maybe its my body reacting to it. But its just to empowering.

I really like this a lot. I'm more of a sweet floral or citrusy perfume kind of girl, so I didn't think I would like this so much. Pink sugar is my no-candy-fragrance exception. When I first smell this I smell licorice first with some rich sugary sweetness roaming about backstage. After about 10 minutes licorice fades to the back and caramel + cotton candy dance center stage(cotton candy hogs the spot light). Licorice gives this perfume a nice depth and warmth, perfect for winter or fall. I like this because it's not just a sickly sweet perfume for children, the sweetness is very rich and warm. This is definitely not something to wear on a fancy date or event, it's casual day time perfume, at least in my opinion. If you like licorice, you'll like this. I also think you might want to try this on before buying, it seems like a lot of the gourmand lovers were expecting something sweet and light, don't get me wrong, this is pretty sweet. Also, the licorice might come off differently on different people. On me it's a lot more subtle.

I'm not getting the sugary sweet feel that everyone is talking about. It is not nothing like candy for me. It was strong unpleasant smell and sharp! Just couldn't get it off!

So, nothing I thought it would be.

This will be the shortest review I have submitted yet. On me Aquolina PS = "ummmm. NO."
The End.

Wait.
P.S. I also had a small vial of Blue Sugar (men's) which I found infinitely more wearable on my skin. It has a strong anise accord which is the only thing stopping me from using it because I don't care for that note. It smells VERY similar to Lolita Lempika's original fragrance.

Sadly, on my skin Pink Sugar totally smells like rotten banana shells!

i love this one!!! and it reminds me my honeymoon

Aquolina Pink Sugar is the sweet-sugary heaven that is cotton candy! Gale Hayman Delicious Cotton Candy in an exact replica of Pink Sugar. I was surprised to see that Aquolina Pink Sugar has so many dislikes when Gale Hayman Delicious Cotton Candy has almost none. They are the exact same scent! Anyway, I obviously love them both, but props to Aquolina because they created Pink Sugar in 2004 and Gale Hayman didn’t come around till 2007 with Delicious Cotton Candy. Yumm!

Yuck... too sweet for me! Cupcake and cotton candy in a bottle, on steroids.

I think this smells a lot like Gale Hayman Delicious Cotton Candy except that the licorice in this makes a faint burnt/plastic smell to it on my skin. It has nice longevity but I prefer Delicious Cotton Candy as it smells a little more musky, no licorice smell, and cost less.

The name Aquolina comes from an italian word that means having a "watery mouth" over the smell of delicious food. So you can understand why Aquolina Pink Sugar is so gourmand!
When I was 14 years old I sampled it in a boutique and I had the urge to buy it! I found out later that mine wasn't a desire to smell like it, but to be able to sniff the bottle anytime.
Between the gourmand fragrances I had the opportunity to sample, this was one of those I liked best. It doesn't smell synthetic but like all those perfumes with a "big" personality, skin chemistry will give the final verdict and tell you if it suit you.

I occasionally and rarely wear gourmand fragrances and nowadays I prefer perfumes that are more mature. But this one is perfect for playful people. It's naive, happy and young, and it says to me, don't take life too seriously.

Oh.. Pink Sugar definitely resemble the newest Prada Candy.

This smells like cotton candy. Way too sweet

This was a blind buy, was intrigued by some of the reviews so tried it for myself. Licorice, licorice and more licorice. I wore it for the first week after buying it then it started to make me feel a little nausea so I put it away. Today I decided to try it again and I still don't like it, it still makes me feel nausea but, I have had three comments so far today all good two from females and one from a male. Don't wear on an empty stomach it will make you feel sick. If you like licorice you'll love this. Cheapsmells stocks it in the UK

I bought this because of the great reviews and because many people say that it´s similar to my favourite perfume "Fantasy" by Britney Spears.
Unfortionatly it is not similar to "Fantasy" at all in my oppinion.
When I first spray this, I get an alcohol plastic smell. Thankfully this changes pretty fast into a powdery sweet smell. I defenetly get the licorice and musk, which I wasn´t expecting to be so dominant.
After another couple of minutes the orange kicks in and I start to recognize some sugar and sweetness. But still the musk gives it a very powdery smell.
The longer it is on the skin, the more pleasant it gets. After a while the sugary cotton candy becomes noticeable, which is really nice.
A very gentle, musky, sweet and powdery fragrance. Not as fruity as I thought it would be, not "fresh" and less sweet than I expected.
It also isn´t that strong. It´s not overpowering to me.

Cannot resist.. Just bought my second bottle of this heavenly yumminess

even though I've been trying to stay away from these "tweenish sugary" scents, I gave in and bought this anyway just to look for a different type of cotton candy scent, if I dont like this I'll give it too my 15 year old sis >.> I hope this smells epic, I cant wait till it comes in

I finally have this sweetie in my collection, to notice how sugary and cotton candish this is, it takes time for your nose to adjust, it smells very fruity, very orangey, then once it dries down it begins too smell like cotton candy with a slight licorice hint, to me its comes off very fluffy and warm like cotton candy freshly made at a carnival, I indeed like this scent and will be repurchasing a bottle when I run out, too me this is guilty pleasure in a bottle

This is so freaking tooth-achingly sweet, but man do I love it! On my skin I get cotton candy with yummy caramel that smells so good, it makes me wanna raid my candy dish. Deliciousness aside, I don't think this smells like Candy Baby; it's much more well done than VS's creation, which I have. This scent makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, making it the perfect scent for those cooler months. As of right now, I have the matching shower gel and body lotion and get incredible lasting power with just that. So I'm not sure if there's a need to add the perfume to the mix. I always ignored Pink Sugar because I was under the impression it was similar to Fantasy, which I already own. But it's not, which is great for me because I do love me some Pink Sugar! :D

On the days I want to smell like a sweet Cupcake I reach for this one...Today is one of those days :):)
Long lasting power as well which is a plus.
My Dog loves it when I put this one on...Makes her hungry lol

I think this stuff smells horrid, and I'm usually a fan of gourmands! Gourmands, for the most part, tend to work really nicely with my body chemistry, so I like to give all of them a chance. Pink Sugar, however, is the ONLY gourmand perfume I've tried that has given me a headache. It's way too strong.

The caramel, vanilla, and cotton candy notes are pretty much all I can smell in this. I can also pick up on the licorice and a very, very, VERY slight hint of musk. I know this fragrance says there are other notes in this, but the ones I mentioned just devour and massacre them. I cannot pick up on any of the other notes, to be honest.

The caramel, vanilla, and cotton candy make this an overly sweet scent. It's to the point where I literally feel sticky when it's on my skin. Not appealing to me at all. The licorice and the light musk come in eventually, but they add an overly warm quality to it, so the fragrance ends up smelling like really burnt caramel and melted and sticky cotton candy.

No offense to people who enjoy this fragrance, but YUCK.

I sprayed it on in the fragrance store and immediately look for a toilet to wash it of my wrist. doesn't smell good on me but better for someone else. gives me headache. yaicks

I love very sweet smelling perfumes, but this is just bad....like a headache in a bottle. Suitable for very young girls. For me it is just way too much!!

This perfume smells completely different when it's on your skin vs in store. Also, it might have a shelf life or something because the smell goes completely downhill after awhile. I had it on in class one time and the guy next to me completely freaked out in a good way so I guess it does work sometimes.

I liked this when I first got it however I think mine's gone bad. It's turned yellow in color and has taken on a real plasticky, burnt smell. I never left it in sun light, maybe it just has a short shelf life.

Age: 25
Skin: normal-oily. Medium brown.
Preferences: Fruity, vanilla, watery, sweet, citrus, woody
Perfume nose: amateur
Current season here: winter

best season Warmer Seasons
day/night- Day-early evening
the age of the woman who wears it- 20-mid 30's
the persona of the woman who wears it: Playful, interesting, Outgoing


Wow! i must admit i kinda underestimated this perfume. i thought it would be very one dimensional but this is seriously an interesting perfume. from the nozzle i was like "smells like britney-fantasy" then i sprayed it boy was i wrong! On the first spray I get orange+licorice + berries intertwined. Then in walks the bergamot the sweet is in the background but its... getting dressed up and you're kinda waiting around for her. Then it settles into a candyfloss musk, slight caramel which deepens the candyfloss the vanilla then sets in and starts playing with the licorice. i really thought i'd hate licorice because i dont like the lolly but it is definitely a really good scent which i think seperates this scent from other candy scents. on the drydown the closer you sniff the more you smell the orange. I would definitely recommend this scent as a gift or a blind buy this is good value for money! This scent is not cutesy cutesy and it lasts!

Have you ever met a woman where you start talking then she brings up something out of ordinary conversation which is soo interesting? This is that woman. She is playful in a way where she hides her intellectual capability so well, then when she brings it up your like "oh my gosh, i never thought about it that way" she is not the type who goes out of their way to impress people you either take it or leave it. She is outgoing and can be a ball a spark of spontaneity is what i get from this scent.

in love with this perfume it makes me feel like i am a real sweeeeeeeeeeeeet little girl and a sexy lady at the same time !!

This review will become a poem of love if I had it in me to actually spin that.
If you like sweet perfumes you cannot go wrong with Pink Sugar. Its a head-turner. Monstrous staying power. And depending on the days (humidity and temperature) it ranges from fresh floral sweetness to rich gourmand movable feast. Either way its a delicious addition to your collection.
Be warned though if you don't like sweet perfumes. Stay away. Stay very far away. Then you will have nothing to hate. :)

BEST.EVER.PERFUME.EVER!!! :O
cakes, cupcakes, sugar, liquorice, caramel, candyfloss, vanilla it smells like all of these things, and you too will smell like all these things! I <3 Pink Sugar so much, and have worn it for over 10 years :)

LOVE LOVE Love, its like a sugar rush! Men love this! i had a guy literally sniff me and say "mm you smell so good" then another guy said "I smell caramel, what smells so good" This perfume will make you a magnet! men and kids will follow you around lol. I need to rebuy this one. It smells so good! if you dont like the smell of sugar then this is NOT for you. It smells Like Caramel Cotton Candy, instantly gives me happy memories of Coney Island and the Circus, and summer time joy!

This is not just a sweet fragrance. I can smell citrus,fig leaves and caramel.
Of course it is sweet but is rich and deligthfull.
Stays for long time on skin and awseome on hair...
For so many negative reviews i was relutat to buy. But i don't regret my purshase.
I'm loving it !!!!

i love pink sugar! sooo much!!!!!!!!

WOW! This definitely sprays with an explosion of sweety-carmely goodness :) Be warned though! This is very very candy-like.

This is a very nice scent and I usually hate scents that smell like vanilla! I think the fruity notes help make this vanilla scent smell better.

The only problem is that it simply costs too much for what it is. This smells like something at the drugstore (a good drugstore smell but still!)

With a name like Pink Sugar, you really can't expect this perfume to smell anything BUT super sweet. I got a small spray sample of this a while back. I tried this a couple times and it was just not to my liking in any way, shape, or form. It reminds me of the candy scented lipglosses I used when I was younger.

If you like sweet fragrances, go for it. But I'm starting to think that this has a cult following. A lot of people really dislike it, while some really love it. Try it out for yourself and see.

Over the years, I've heard a lot about Pink Sugar. I like floral gourmands, so I finally got a sample.

When I first sprayed this on, I thought it smelled nice. Then after 10 minutes it took a sudden U-turn for the worst. It turned into pure, burnt cotton candy on my skin.

I hate everything about cotton candy (the taste & smell) so sadly Pink Sugar is one that I cannot wear.

I strongly dislike this fragrance. Other people smell sweet, whereas when I smell it I smell bug spray. It has a strong alcohol smell. It never turns into anything beautiful or amazing. I ended up taking this perfume back to where I bought it.

Too strong. Made me sick to my stomach. I like sweet smells but not this one.

I love sweet scents, so I figured I would try this one! sadly instead of sweet on me it smells liked sour flowers! So I gave it to my 9-yr old daughter, she loves it, and it smeels nice and sweet on her!

Embarrassingly, Pink Sugar is the fragrance that took me a little bit of time to "get". After my not so stellar first impression, I sampled this again, and it really grew on me. The key is to not over-apply and not judge it based on the initial burnt quality (which I presume is due to the licorice note). This is now one of my favorites and one of the few fragrances that I crave! I suppose it's not unlike cotton candy itself - you know it's unhealthy, super sweet, and overindulgent, but its delicious, nostalgic aroma beckons you from several feet away and you simply can't resist. You must have a large, warm, freshly spun, fluffy, pink cloud of cotton candy for yourself. I think what hooked me is the radiance given off by this fragrance - the scent bubble is intoxicating, and in my opinion, smells even better than the way the fragrance smells directly on your skin. The cotton candy, vanilla, and caramel predominate, but surprisingly, I can detect every single note in the description, maybe with the exception of the Lily of the Valley.

This is actually quite a remarkable fragrance and more complex than people give it credit for. It manages to evoke the smell of cotton candy, as well as its temperature, taste, texture, and even color. This might sound melodramatic and lovers of the classic Chanels and Guerlains will scoff, but this fragrance is truly a sensory masterpiece. The projection is outstanding, especially for an EDT (so go easy), and I love that I can still smell it on myself the next day.

On a side note, I find it bothersome that many people (myself included) become irritated by the description, "smells like old lady," but some of those same people would likely have no problem calling this fragrance, "teenage", "for little girls", "immature", or "not to be taken seriously." Ageism is ageism, folks. We all like the fragrances we like. Age shouldn't factor into it.

It smells really really sweet. It's pretty strong too, I didn't even put a whole drop on my wrist (just touched a small wand to it) and I could kind of smell it everywhere. I'm pretty new to perfume so I was trying to pick out notes aside from the cotton candy but I couldn't sniff too long cuz I didn't want to get a headache. Doesn't last too long though, 5 hrs? Not my thing.

I received my Blue Sugar today and I can see the similarities with PS though it's not as "pink", as in candy-like. I think I'm going to enjoy this. Funny thing is that I ordered BS the same time I ordered Bandit and they arrived together in the same box...they must have fought the whole time while they where in transit! JG 051812

The only reason this caught my attention is because my new found friend here on Fragrantica (sfonativeboy) has it in his collection. I came across this today while out on my weekly "hunt" and giving this a sniff it really does smell like cotton candy. Having said that, I'm intrigued enough to try Blue Sugar so I ordered it today (along with Bandit) - we'll see. Both are technically blind buys! Pink Sugar is actually a yummy-pretty scent. JG 051212

Rating: 9/10

It is funny, sometimes it makes me smile, it is a girly scent (probably the definition of girly scent). First a very strong cotton candy, with a hint of vanilla, then licorice with a hint of candy, then vanilla and red berries with a hint of cotton candy. It is nice against bad mood, but I would never wear it outside home (I'm not even sure I would buy a bottle). And I think it is terrible for so many people, because, at least where I live, many girls just use too much. Believe me, one or two sprays is enough. With moderate use, I even like to smell it on others in the city. But so many girl uses tons of it, and it is more than too much, even though I love sweet gourmands. Just be careful with it, please.

I love Pink Sugar. Lemmme tell you why. Perfume-wise, I like some gourmands, had a wonderful time exploring some beautiful, lush florals and have found some favourites and love how they correspond with my moods and feelings.
But, I've had a rough year. Been through a bad breakup, am a single parent and it took me some time to get my head sorted and to shine again.
Well, we live and learn and without pain I would never have known the things I know now.
After changing my hairstyle, becoming positively addicted to Zumba and injecting colours into my wardrobe I slowly but surely understood that I've let my silly, goofy, cocky, playful side take the back seat for too long!
That's where Pink Sugar steps in. It's girly, fun, sweet as hell and I am completely enjoying it.
It reminds me of who I forgot to be and how annoyingly long I've been 'without (being) me'.
Ladies, no man is worth you forgetting yourself over and for me it's a lesson I've learned the hard way.
But now I'm wiser, happier and engulfed in a cloud of pink, fluffy sweetness.
For me, it possesses a dose of innocence, the smell of carefree spring days, giggles, laughter and tons of FUN.
Am I being entirely subjective? You bet!
My mood on a scale from 1 to 10 when I'm wearing it? 10, O Yeah!

VERY VERY VERY sweet. Can be quite nauseating if you put on too much but i like it either way. Also, it reminds me of strawberry shisha.. lol

Pink Sugar = caramel,cotton candy,cake and vanilla. OMG ! If you want all of them in one perfume, you should choose PINK SUGAR :)

love this.guys love it 2,always asking me what im wearing...:D

I really like the smell of this fragrance and it lasts on me all day but after 3 hours or so it gives me a horrible headache. I wish it didn't

This perfume was supposedly designed for young girls, yet I am forty years old and love it! It's probably a comfort thing- but anytime I am under the weather I put a little of this on and am instantly lifted. I always wear the body mousse to bed- and hubby loves the smell, too. My next purchase will be the hair perfume.
When going somewhere casual I often wear this layered under other perfumes-like Fantasy and Unbreakable.
First spray always smells like strawberry cotton candy to me. This is followed very shortly by a burnt sugar smell-like when I brown a meringue pie under a broiler. Then a STRONG whiff of licorice. To some people the burnt/licorice smell is too much. If you don't like it-try the body mousse and bath gel. They have the sweet notes and I don't get the "tire fire" smell (as one of my friends described it lol).
Dry down is soft, powdery musk with the initial sweetness still floating around in the background. There is also something else-sandalwood? A little fruit, a little spice- much more depth than expected from a "young girl" fragrance. Sugar and spice and everything nice, that's what Pink Sugar is made of!

I have been wearing this for over two years, often in conjunction with other perfumes. I have also tried the deodorant, hair perfume, and hand cream. It isn't quite love, but I really like it.

The notes that are most apparent to me are cotton candy, a light vanilla and then a couple of hours later I will catch notes of a musk that is just enough to make the sweet seem a little more mature and robust. I frequently hear people saying, "something smells yummy!" when I wear this. I have had men ask me to write down the name so they can buy it for their wives or girlfriends.

While I love this scent and usually wear it in my hair (I prefer the perfume to their hair perfume for this purpose since the hair perfume fades quickly), I will admit that I am torn about whether I will replace my almost empty bottle or attempt to find something similar but just a little less sweet. I frequently will pair Pink Sugar with Bvlgari Omni to give a sugar and spice effect that is fantastic- now if only I could find one perfume that smells like that combo.

I do not recommend the hand cream of this line as it is not a good quality lotion and the scent is all wrong. The deodorant is a really good product, though, if you are looking for additional ways to wear this scent.

Recently got this and i'm on the fence about it. I love the initial cotton candy scent when i first spray this..but don't be fooled this perfume has more depth than most people claim..i can definitely pick up the citrus (orange and red cherries) in this fragrance. Now to the part which i'm not liking..the licorice..not a big fan. It's a bit different to what i'm used to. So in a nut shell, unlike what most people have said it doesnt JUST smell like you sprayed sugar on yourself (can pick up some of the varying notes) HOWEVER for all of those who deteste licorice, stay away!

Just bought some of this finally and I like it.
This is one of the first perfumes that I've smelt that I've been able to actually pick up at least five of the notes listed on here.
Its a very young scent so I'll probably only wear this when I'm feeling playful :)
I'm not picking up on any of the fruit notes listed on here though...

After reading all the good reviews here I figured I'd blindly buy this online. Not once in my life have I found a perfume to be too gourmand. This is just.. Holy mother! So sugary. It sure lives up to it's name. The opening is a mix of dominant cotton candy and some vanilla.

Then after about ten minutes the liquorice and musk steps in. It really smells a little dirty..

After thirty minutes the cotton candy has completely faded for me. However, the vanilla stays for the entire ride. The berries also come in.

The perfume then lasts for about two-three more hours on my skin. It really doesn't seem to last for me. Not that it's much of an issue, I didn't like it. The problem for me is a sour scent from the red berries. It kind of smells like rotten fruit.
So, not a big fan! I'll be giving this to my sister.

To speak to how differently perfumes can wear on the skin, I was surprised to find that Pink Sugar, while completely saccharin in the bottle, smells only slightly of licorice, but hugely of musk on my skin. I almost get a strange peachy note of osmanthus as well. The vanilla is there, but definitely set back- it's not sugary as I had expected from the smell in the air and on a test blotter. How bizarre!

This perfume kinda smells like burnt sugar(is that possible?). Or maybe it just smells like something that's super sugary and sweet got burned lightly. Burnt sugar cookies?Burnt cake?Burnt vanilla bean? Well, it is a pretty sweet and nice scent overall, perfect for winter and cold snow days.:)

Once again changing my mind after wearing my sample for a few days. While it is very sweet and a little young for my 28 years of age, I find this scent to be very relaxing to wear during the day. I kept smelling my wrists and thinking "yummm!" I smell like a vanilla cookie! It was so yummy and cheerful that I bought a small bottle of it at Ross very cheaply. It does not give me a headache at all, as long as I wear one or two spritz's worth. This is a nice indoors day-time perfume that I will enjoy wearing this summer!

I wanted to buy this because I have been smelling it on another girl for the past few weeks. She always smells great, but I always thought she put on too much. I tried it at the store today and two sprays is too much. I think everyone at the store could smell me. One spray is plenty. At first spray, it smelled too much like alcohol and the licorice was very intense. I liked the dry down a lot better. Still, this smells a lot better on other people than on me because wearing it makes me feel like I'm enveloped in a cloud of fumes.

Pink Sugar is a rich, and extremely sweet scent. I like to wear it in Winter. The opening is very sugary, nothing special, but then you get licorice in the middle note, gorgeous! The dry down is a warm caramel, which I really love :)

Yes, it can be headache-inducing, but only when you apply too much!

I've been wearing this scent for about 6 years and I can tell you why I keep repurchasing it. It doesn't smell like nasty, cheap cotton candy. It smells like a sophisticated citrus-like sweet scent. On my skin, it wears very close and it smells fresh and sugary at the same time. If you like sweet and fresh scents, this one is defintely for you.

This is one of my favorites.

On me, it smells like sweet cotton candy with a bit of vanilla and licorice, it's not too strong and it just smells sweet. It dries down with a slight powdery musk scent, which keeps it from smelling too young.

Love it!

Me encanta!!! cada vez que me la pongo todo el mundo dice que huelo a feria, a dulce!!!! e increible lo que dura el olor y sobre todo lo original que es, ya que no hay muchos perfumes que tengan este olor tan peculiar. Ya se me acabó el ultimo frasco y estoy esperando comprarme uno en breve. Tengo que rconocer que es un perfume estacional, solo me la pondría en épocas de frio, ya que un olor tan penetrante en veranocreo que me agobiaría un poco. Altamente recomendable!!!!

Caramel, cotton candy , strawberry ;) thats all i smell in this one <3 gotta love this is extremely sweet and i just love it ! Pink sugar please gimme moré ;)

This smells like burnt sugar cookies to me. If you love sweet scents, then I'd say you might want to try this out, but I personally think this is way way way too sweet.

smells like straight up artificial sweetener to me!

when i first purchased it, i got the strong smell of harsh licorice. but i can't smell that anymore?? weird, but i'm glad as i'm not too fond of licorice-smelling scents!

This isn't in the shops in the united kingdom so wearing it is a bit if a different experience to the US as it absolutely isn't everywhere and is different ti the sea of coco mademoiselle and miss Dior cherie on young people. I like it's sweetness even though I usually dislike super sweet fragrances. The vanilla probably wins me over as I love vanilla and musk. Not bad at all, it surprised me and I am pleased it did.

Bought this a couple of years ago when I was in Ulta one day and came upon it. Wasn't too into perfumes at the time, but I was intrigued by the name and bottle. One sniff and I had to have it. I still love it, but don't wear it that often, have to be in the mood. It's one of the few fragrances that actually has some longevity for me. It's bold and in-your-face, sweet syrupy sugar. Is another one of those that everyone comments about.. really delish!

I have this scent, and I think it's very heavy. Smells like a bakery barfed all over me, which I guess is alright if you want to smell like a cookie, but now in the summer it would just be sticky, heady and nauseating . I bought this last year after hearing people rave about it online, but I kind of regret is, because I have worn this far to seldom. I guess I have matured a bit after buying this, as I now prefer scents that are more green and fresh and natural. This just smells like cotton candy with vanilla esscence poured over it, combined with melted caramel. Yeah, it's that potent.

This is a very fun and cute perfume for young and impulsive women, but not my cup of tea as I'm more of a serious and down to earth kind of person who likes the scent of spring and crisp apples... not like I just rubbed my face in with a donut. I guess the donut would have a whiff of lemon, but the burnt sugar would probably overtake it - like the perfume does.

Pink sugar smells like pink sugar! It is a VERY sweet, sugary scent. If you are not into sugar smells this will be too much. This is one of the few fragrances I would consider for a young girl. The scent reminds me of cake batter, sugar cookies,cotton candy and vanilla cupcakes. This was too sugary smelling for me. I didn't get a headache and I wasn't put off by if. It is a young,happy scent:)

Moro no Brasil o clima é demasiado quente para perfumes doces, mas pode parecer contraditório eu adoro perfumes doces!!!!!!!!!!Como moro no Sul do Brasil os invernos permitem o uso de perfumes doces sem incomodar ninguém. Particularmente acho Pink Sugar o melhor perfume doce que conheço realmente causa boa sensação,quando uso todos elogiam. Também gosto muito da Fantasy mas este é bem menos doce.Ambos são excelentes!!!!!!!!!Podem comprar sem medo.

It's WAAYYYY too sweet for my likeing. But I hear that alot of people adore this scent. I love this on my friend's skin but on mine it smells like I just rubbed myself in a tub of caramel and sugar. It depends on who wears it, really.

pink sugar is definitely a sweet sugary scent which i normally can tolerate im not into the teenybopper fragrances like brit spears etc but i can tolerate them...this i cannot. to me it smells like an overly sweet scent mixed with rancid body odour, the scent that makes you screw up your nose and gasp for air. too cloying, too sweet and just too...fake.

Pink Sugar starts out as iced licorice (in other words sugar-coated) and burnt caramel, but the heart quickly becomes interesting with a touch of lily-of-the-valley, sweet berries, and creamy dulce de leche. As the perfume dries down, I get more musk. I adore this perfume! It lasts a long time and projection is excellent.

It's funny because the next day my clothes smell strongly of it, but it smells fruitier than it does on my skin.

I have a question for you ladies)) I live in Ukraine
and i can't try pink sugar perfume before buying
it. I like sweet perfume- i have BS Fantasy and
MF By Britney and I love these perfumes so much!
But i also have Lolita Limpicka (Original)
ang i hate this,i can't use this,maybe
its licorice maybe tabacco i don,t now.
I wanna to ask you Can I buy a Pink Sugar blind
if i love BS Fantasy and hate Lolita limpicka?
Pleesss help me!!!!! Thanks)

as they say, it smells very much like cottoncandy/ candy like. i like sweet scents but this was to heavy for me. not fresh just too sweet.
im not the girl who likes vanilla scented perfumes, only when there´s just a hint of it when the perfume dires down but this smells vanilla/toffee trough the whole time. if this is the kind of perfume you like this is absolutly perfect.
Katy perrys purr is as far i can go with the vanilla scent without getting headakes.
otherwise i like gourmand scents!

After trying Britney Spears Fantasy (which I love) I decided to try this one. It is way too sweet smelling for me and gave me a headche, but I suppose if your taste is sweet this would be the perfume for you.

This is hands down, my #1 fun fragrance! It's sexy and fun, and yummy and it just makes me feel like a silly school girl again. Fun for anyone. The only draw back with this one is it doesn't stick for long. Good thing I found a solid perfume that uses the Pink Sugar oil so I wear it under the spray.

Tastes change over the years, and I'm going to have to eat my words once again. A year ago I hated Pink Sugar, but I've had a dramatic change of heart. I am now addicted to it. Maybe it's because I'm trying to cut sugar out of my diet more these days that the sickening sweetness of Pink Sugar is beckoning to me. I hated the licorice before, but now I think it's yummy. Luckily it tones down with continued wear. I love the milky, gooey caramel scent that trails after me everywhere I go. Even my dad commented that he loves my perfume. Can't believe I'm saying it, but I'm now officially a Pink Sugar lover.

i remember I wanted this one badly and when I finally got I was so happy,but when I sprayed it on didn't really like it a little bit later I got a huge headache I realized pink sugar was what caused it. So I thought it wouldn't happen again then I wore it to class once and people were complaining about something smelling overly sickly sweet and nasty I knew it was me because I had another headache. Even my boyfriend hated it he told me to not wear that ever again and I agreed I didn't like it anyway ended up returning it. I wish I did love it though it was just not meant to be.

I really don't care that this is for teens. I absolutely love it. I love the smell of cotton candy and creme brulee, and I think that's exactly what it smells like. I just want to eat myself up when I use it! My husband makes fun of me and says I smells like a stripper, but I know he secretly likes it and thinks it's hot!

This one is very sweet and makes you smell younger and spunky. Makes me feel like I'm going to the circus or something teenage and fun. Smells a lot like cotton candy and definitely one that will always be in my collection. Makes me happy. :)

If you want the sweetest possible perfume out there, this is it. My sister bought me the rollerball for my birthday a few years ago and when she put it on in the car to try it out, her boyfriend rolled down the window because he couldn't handle the smell. I wore it a few times, but ended up throwing it away because I couldn't stand it. Yuck!

I don't get the deal about Pink Sugar why everybody loves it so much. I'm a big fan of gourmands but after testing it I can say I wouldn't buy or wear it.
To me the strongest note is the licorice. It dominates everything else, all the lovely sweet notes that I would otherwise love. Actually, this reminds me a lot of Lolita Lempicka Le Premier Parfum which I tested recently. There's also licorice the leader of the scent. But Lolita Lempicka's perfume was more sophisticated and I actually kinda liked although I'm not a fan of licorice. But Pink Sugar I can't seem to like in any way.

The name definitely suits it! I love this perfume as much as I love Fantasy Britney Spears (which I really love) and if you want a rich, sweet, or sugary perfume then this is the one for you.

I heard so many reviews on here saying this smelled just like cotton candy so I was excited. When I first tried it the smell of black licorice was all I got. I totally HATE black licorice. Finally after a few minutes it dryed down to a sweet cotton candy that I LOVE! I just wish the smell was a little stronger.

For me this came off as peppery after the "sweetness" settled down. Not a bad scent - very unique. I eventually grew tired of it and did not purchase again.

I bought the shimmer roll on for my 3year old while shopping at Nordstroms. I am at the beginning of my perfume journey, hoping to find a signature scent.

Since my purchase will take lots of research and time, I got this for us to enjoy.

It smells SO GREAT! I would not wear it, but it's made for young girls. Perfect. I roll it on at nap time so she has something to smell while (hopefully) napping.

I can see this fragrance being her signature until she is at least 13. BY that time, I will likely be a perfume addict with a huge collection to share with her:)

Yeah! No crap disney perfumes in her future!

EDIT: I love this scent! I am now "stealing" her rollerball for myself sometimes! Sometimes if fun to just smell like a little girl and who cares what others think:)

i love this perfume.it smells so sweet and makes me feel so fun and happy. it smells a bit like alcohol when you first spray it but it fades away of course and lasts for quite a while. One thing is I bought it at this discounted perfume store but it doesn't say Aquolina anywhere on the packaging. Does anybody have this same issue?

This smells very linear to me. It has a vinyl-like scent (I suppose it's the licorice) that reminds me of Barbie dolls! I get no sugar or cotton candy...so sad!

My apologies to the Pink Sugar enthusiasts but this will be my exceptional negative review. I hate this perfume. Am I not the only one who is reminded of those "strawberry shortcake" scented dolls? Yes, we all like the smell of food, but can we be a little more original than ordinary carnival fare? At least it lives up to it's name: Artificial pink cotton candy (insulation?) and yes, I am transported right back to the roller skating rink when I was a pre-teen. As to the guys loving this scent, I do not doubt it--I'm quite sure they do, but probably in the same way they would enjoy a perfume smelling of nachos.

I am 30 and I love Pink Sugar...
I dont wear it everyday, because I have come to the conclusion that it will only behave on my skin when its the proper time of the month. If I ever dare to wear it when Im not supposed to (you know when ladies), my skin will amp up the licorice note to intolerable levels...
One must never overspray Pink Sugar, the best thing to do is wear a light vanilla body lotion underneath, dont spray directly on the skin, instead spray into the air and walk through the mist...This way Pink Sugar will work nicely with your skin chemistry and I strongly encourage you to dont give up on it, try walking through the mist first...
On me, this baby opens up with a citrusy note blended with a tangy berry, then the vanilla bursts with some light hints of licorice...the cotton sugar note and the caramel start blooming upon the first 15 minutes...The final result, is a very Pink Cream Brulee with a nice citrusy kick...
I like Pink Sugar and I see myself wearing it for many years to come, I honestly dont feel this fragrance is for young girls only, the same way I dont think Shalimar is suitable for mature women only...

I love this fragrance so much because of the way it develops. At first spritz, the licorice, cotton candy, and caramel come out. It almost had a soapy sweet scent that I was not crazy about. However, after a few minutes, I am left with cotton candy and caramel wrapped in vanilla. It's very soft and delectable :) I would never wear this and immediately go out just because of the soapy scent. But after that first few minutes, it's heavenly!

I am not ashamed to say that I love the smell of sweet cotton candy and vanilla. I am almost twenty years old and I don't care if I smell like a 10 year old. This fragrance puts me in mind of the Katy Perry concert I went to see in June. The entire collosium smelled of cotton candy. It was one of the best nights of my life and whenever I smell Pink Sugar, nothing but good memories with people I love come to mind. I also love to spray this around my room. The lasting power is fabulous.

I wear 5 perfumes in rotation... Angel , hypnotic poison , black orchid, fantasy and cinema... As soon as one finishes I buy the new bottle so as not to be ever without one... I wanted a new perfume to expand the life of my perfumes but something that I could wear everyday and be likeable-I am a teacher-they adore fantasy... Since I have fantasy and after reading the reviews I was afraid that pink sugar would be a nightmare... It's not!! In fact what comes to mind when sniffing it is sweet whisper!! Not as sweet as fantasy yet sweet but fresh... In my mind fantasy is fuchsia and pink sugar is light pink... I think I'm in love!!!

just a tip...if you use the lotion and the perfume, a little perfume will just last all day. If you only use the perfume, I find it is easy to "over do it" if you aren't careful.

This is nice, and pink sugar is what it smells like, but to me, I ONLY get pink sugar, no cotton candy scent at all. It's as SWEET as cotton candy but doesn't smell like it. Body Fantasies has a cotton candy scent that is a dead ringer for the real cotton candy at a fraction of the price. I think I might be let down if I'd have spent the full asking price and got this on a blind buy. I got this half price after Christmas as a set with body wash and lotion. It's okay and I like it but I'd never recommend this to anyone. The bottle isn't so pretty, rather plain, but the tube the bottle comes in is really cute. It might be the best part of the buy for me. It might be my expectations were just too high? I'll use this, and it's fun, certainly not a waste. I do think it could have been much better though.
***EDIT***
This is now a LOVE of mine. This turns creamy and is truly a delight to wear! I still don't care for the ugly bottle, that hasn't changed. I surely WOULD recommend this now, and defend it! I still don't think it smells so much like cotton candy, it's more of a cookie sweetness to me. I love the smell left on sweaters and scarves. Most think this is childish, but I find it great even at MY age, 50...ish, but then my taste for scents hasn't changed much since childhood, if at all. So if you like the very sweet happy scents, I recommend this!

I bought this perfume, because everybody wrote, it would smell like cotton candy, caramell, christmas cookies or whatever. But it's simply not true. The perfume smells disgusting! The liquorice is so strong and it ruins the whole scents! I love extremely strong sweet and/or fruity scents. But unfortunately Pink Sugar just makes me sick and gives me a headache...

I finally got pink sugar,for me licourice and cotton candy are the main top notes I can smell. I fyou like scents like fantasy,show time and sweet darling by kylie minogue then tou will most likely love this fragrance like me!

Well, i just can't stand this perumes! It smells horrible sweet, although i like sweet scents for me it's just too much.. I don't know about lasting couse i washed it off as soon as i could.

i got a bottle of this today as a belated xmas present and i think it is a knock off as it does not say aqulina on it.i must say if it is a counterfeit it is an amazing one.all of the notes described here are present and accounted for.The cotton candy and vanilla are there right up front followed by the a hard licorice with a whisper of red berries(which i love)and finally it is a subdued licorice soft musk and toasty caramel.(i didn't get the orange ,Lilly of the valley.or bergamont :( )i think it is rather pleasing but i do prefer blue sugar as it has more character.Over all i would rate it at a 7 1/2 out of 10.

Like this perfume a lot. When I first spray it, for me the licorice dominates. However, the dry down is a mixture of raspberry, vanilla, caramel and sugar. It last all day long on me!!!!

I have the 1 fl. oz. bottle that I got a Nordstrom Rack for $15. I am so in love with this scent. I find it very girly, flirty and fun! Note that if you get headaches easily, do NOT wear this scent. I don't get headaches because of this scent. Oh, by the way, the guys love this scent.

I love cotton candy. This smells EXACTLY like standing at the street vendor cotton candy machine, with that warm sweet unmistakable cotton candy scent wafting up! Not too sweet for me. In fact, I might layer this under a few of my non-sweet spicy perfumes to kick them up a notch!

Can't add more to whats been said. If you like cotton candy this is the one for you!

To me, this smells like a mixture of sweets, sugar, and vanilla. I am a huge fan of sweet smelling perfumes but this can get a little sickly for me. I do like it but i couldn't wear it on a daily basis. I have however recently discovered that if you spray it once or twice in front of you, and then walk into it, it smells lighter and a lot better! Hope this helps people who find it a little too strong :)

I have a love/hate relationship with this fragrance.

The love: I'm a fan of vanilla/creamy/warm scents, so this fits all of those catagories. Every time I wear it, I get compliments... especially from men. It stays on my skin FOREVER. As in, put it on in the morning after a shower and it stays until bedtime. I feel that the fragrance is at its best when it has had some time to melt into my skin and mellow out.

The hate: Sometimes it smells like burnt caramel. Sometimes it smells cheap. Sometimes I feel embarrassed to wear a too-sweet cotton candy disaster.

All in all, I like it. I enjoy having it in my collection and spritz it on (carefully!) when the mood strikes. I would love to see a lighter version of this fragrance; perhaps something a grown woman could pull off and smell ridiculously sexy without being "too much."

What is the old nursery rhyme about girls being made of sugar and spice and eveything nice? This isn't at all spicy but creamy and very sweet. I love the intitial spray , there's bergamot and I smell apples too. Then lots of caramel and vanilla which is a favorite of mine , so I am very happy with my purchase of this perfume. I do think this is in the order of Hard Candy but my opinion is that Hard Candy is more intense and complex. Both are like sister perfumes,Pink Sugar is softer and cuter if you will.
The licorice note is a nice little pop of spicy sweetness, but very soft.
The name says it all so anyone who dislikes the idea of sweet candy like scents is duly warned by the name, it doesn't false advertise or mislead!
Love this, is sweet and girly, could be perceived as sexy on by some smelling this on a certain woman, to me its' the wearer and the perfume that makes a scent work anyways.
I have to add that when Ive went out wearing this people have asked me what kind of lotion am I wearing and that it smells very vanilla like, I tell them and they swear it smells more like a really nice lotion.
Longevity is great,6 hours and just starts to fade around 8 hours of wear.

A top five for sure. A complex perfume that transforms throughout the day. At first spray, there is a sharp spicy citrus that almost stings the nostrils in a pleasant way. Within the first hour of wearing the licorice and bergamot is dominant and provocative. Later, the dry down is a caramelized raspberry sugar which is the foundation that holds the perfume together. Seemingly innocent but sexy and spicy. My only wish would be if it could last longer on the skin- only lasts 4 hours for me.

The name tells you everything you need to know.

Here is THE "pink" fragrance. If you want one, this is the superior, concentrate product.

I can admire its honesty in choice of name, and what it is. Very humble and unpretentious. Unlike those bait-and-switch frags with sophisticated marketing, which turn out to be all "pink" on the inside.

It's warm. It's comforting. It's edible.

When I was a fatty I loved gourmands. Now I'm a little waif and can't stand anything that smells edible. I just wear flowers nowadays.

Pinkie Pie would wear this with joy.

What you see is what you get with this one. It's pink and sugary when you first spray it, pink and sugary in the middle and dries down pink and sugary. It has other notes like raspberries and secondly licorice, but the vanilla and caramel stays all the way through.
It is truly a yummy gourmand scent with its noticeable notes of caramel and vanilla, it also has a warmth to it. I'm OK with the licorice not being overpowering, because I have lolita lempicka if that's what I'm feeling like.
This was what I was expecting TM's Angel to be. At the moment, I think Angel must be the most vile perfume I've ever sniffed with its migraine inducing scent of Willy Wonka's chocolate river of Styx, and therefore I was happy to find this.

I've tried two versions of it, one being the candystriped EDT and the other being a body spritzer spray. I must say I prefer the EDT and it's not a very expensive one, so I recommend going with that one. The body spritzer seems to mainly smell like cotton candy licorice one me, but in an artificial kind of way.

This smells sweet like cotton candy with a bite of spice to it. Maybe it's the bergamot or licorice, but for me...I was thinking black pepper! It's kinda nice, sets it off from being too overwhelmingly sweet.

This was the most bizarre fragrance for me. The first few minutes consisted of the sweet sugar scent with an odd underlying synthetic smell, almost like rubber. Afterwards, it was this rollercoaster of sweet sugar highs and burnt sugar lows. Every five minutes, it felt like it switched! It finally (like, 2 hours later) settled to a soft but uber-sweet scent.

The destination for me was like a vacation that you built up too much in your mind, and found boring in the end. The journey was an airplane ride with too much turbulence and a bunch of crying babies.

I was given 2 free samples of this so I *really* tried to like it, but unfortunately I was disappointed. I found this scent to be obnoxiously sweet for about the first hour, and even after it mellowed a bit it was still very one note. I personally can't stand the taste or smell of licorice, but luckily it faded away as the day went on until all I could smell was vanilla. This was not bad, but if I wanted a vanilla scent I would definitely go with one that did not start out so cloying.

I am definately not a teenager and I have to say that I get more compliments when wearing this fragrance than any other that I own, particularly from other women. It definately brings me to a happy place!

I really love this perfume. I loved it when it was introduced to me in eight grade and kept chasing the sweet fluffyness year after year. I actually find myself craving this scent from time to time.
Is this scent obnoxious? Damn straight it is! Love it for that, warm sweetness that knows no boundaries. I like dabbing it behind my ears. It's cute, coy, and playful when used in moderation.

On me I get the cotton candy note, bur not a whole lot, I get more of the sweet creamy caramel and vanilla which is absolutely delicious! I almost feel like some of the review are a little dramatic, it is sweet, but I don't find it sickening so. I think if you can handle Fantasy by Britney Spears then you can handle Pink Sugar. It is sweet and fun and can be perfect for an everyday scent, on someone that doesn't have a stick in the mud. I'm actually quite appalled by the reviewer that says a woman should smell "upper class." Chanel 5 does not fit my personality at all and quite honestly I don't quite like it to begin with. Pink sugar fits me. It smells good to me. And I'm going to rock it whenever I please because I understand it and it understands me. Ladies, dont listen to those that put themselves on a high horse and try to judge you. If you like something then rock it like no one else in the world can!

At first spritz, the nose is inundated with plumes of sweetness. A violent upheaval of sugar meddles with the senses, as though the atomiser catalysed an explosion of cupcakes and marshmallows. But it soon calms as the reactions complete.

Sniff carefully and you'll notice tangy nuances of orange and liquorice dancing playfully amidst the fairy floss and vanilla.

The dry-down is soft and bittersweet, leaving a gentle veil of aromatic musk and berries.

This is indeed a powerful, sweet fragrance, and it has the capacity to overwhelm. But let it settle down and linger for a while before judging it too critically.

The result is a fine, pleasurable and tantalising gourmand that frolics around you.

I'm more of a floral/fruity person who prefers things to be more on the 'fresh' side, but enjoy this nonetheless. Would recommend no more than one or two spritzes for fear of being obnoxious; from what I've read, sillage is outstanding on both skin and clothing.

If you do not like sweet fragrances. DO NOT ATTEMPT. I find that a little goes a long way. I really like this one because it becomes bearable over time.

I love and adore this fragrance I get more compliments when I wear this than any other , including Coco, Chance, sublime etc, this wins them all as for people asking me what I am wearing. I love it, it's a bright Cotton Candy, light and sweet I am used to it so it isn't too strong for me at all in fact I am looking for an oil dupe that can last longer than the original. :)

I don't quite understand all the negative reviews for this, if you don't like to smell like a sugary sweet confection with an extra puff of powdered sugar on top, you shouldn't wear this. Really. It's called PINK SUGAR, and comes in a bottle with pink candy stripes, there's really nothing misleading about it. That aside, I find it fun to smell like cotton candy once in a while, makes me feel a bit more happy and bouncy when I'm having a bad day.

This is all about cotton candy and marshmallows! It actually smells *fluffy*, somehow, maybe it's a tiny tinge of powderiness, like the way scented plastic dolls used to smell. It doesn't actually smell like doll though, it smells like a candy shop, sweet and warm, like vanilla-caramel fluff. It's not fruity at all to me, and I only get a faint hint of licorice at the beginning.

Also, a little goes a LONG way with this one. The sillage is pretty amazing! I tried it on my wrists, and I'm actually more comfortable smelling the little cloud it creates. I agree with anneymn, it's not as nice up close, it starts to bother me if I have my wrists near my face, it has a weird rubbery edge and is way too syrupy sweet at that range. The fluffy sugar cloud it creates is just wonderful though, as long as there's a little distance I don't get that synthetic edge from it.

Update: "Mmm, you smell like marshmallows!" Think this is a winner :)

The only way I can wear Pink Sugar EDT:
Sprayed Pink Sugar on a clean blouse last month...about 5 sprays I think (I was holding my breath), then stuck it in the closet without wearing it(my whole closet smelled like PS).
Packed the same blouse in my suitcase a week later before travelling to another country, blouse still smelled strongly of Pink Sugar.
A few weeks later, I finally unpacked my suitcase, and the cotton candy scent on my blouse was absolutely delicious, soft, fluffy, noticeable, no burnt/bitter notes.
I finally wore the blouse to meet a friend yesterday and she was practically pulling my hair to get me to tell her what scent I'm wearing (I told her ofcourse, though she doesn't know that I sprayed the scent on a month ago!!). What on earth is in this stuff????? This is some seriously potent sh*t. I actually had to wait a whole month to get it to smell like how I want it to smell lol. Suffice to say I'm not spraying this on my skin, just on my clothes.

This perfume only works in small doses. It's hard to "match", since it's not really a perfume to wear at work or not even at a night out. Smells exactly like candy, and probably fits teenage girls rather than 25+ women. Though, I still like it, but only in small doses like I mentioned. My boyfriend hates it, haha!

It took a second try for me to like Pink Sugar. Now, I love it! The notes blend perfectly with my chemistry. If vanilla, caramel, and cotton candy sooth your sences, then give Pink Sugar a try!

I'm a sweet tooth so walking around in cotton candy/ fairy floss/ candy floss with a hint of vanilla is just fine. This smell is for the sweet cute girls!! *^.^*

Doesn't stay on me though, it's quite gentle I layer it with ella mikao yujin paradise and sex in the city kiss mwahahaha I'm a fiend for sweet empowerment!!! :D

Holy mother of...It is Charlie Wonka (Johnny Depp version) on steroids. Oompa Loompas. Followed by Nazi Teletubbies, Hansel and Gretel running from some old woman that wants to eat them. Mummy Cabbage Patch Kids, still cute and bright, just ghouling. Candy for flowers. And Friendly's in every corner. Everyone's dying their hair in Manic panic (not just the cool people that can rock those colors). Lady Gaga is President, Britney Spears is Vice president. Nicky Minaj is Secretary of Defense. Katy Perry is Secretary of State. And Barney is Chief Justice. Carnies, lots of carnies. Extreme Cake baking is the national sport, and Duff Goldman is a national war hero. The baker's district is the new "Red Light District". Oh why, oh why, lord have mercy, WHY???!!!!!

I remember the first time I tried this fragrance, I almost chocked and saw everything in double vision. It was a Cotton Candy explosion. I used to love cotton candy, had the cavities to prove it. But ever since I sniffed this, no lie, I've avoided it like the plague. I still can't picture cotton candy without wanting to gag. My nose is so sensitive that if something just overpowers my senses in a bad way, I will do everything possible to avoid it. I don't understand how someone can wear this. Why? I'm a fairly young person, at 20, and find this completely banal. Even when I was a teenager I ran away from this. This is like "gourmet" Bath and Body Works, their recent stuff. BBW used to create wonderful stuff (their Gardenia, which they discontinued, was amazing), but now they are too "teensy".

I can see how it would work if it had less "sugar". I can also see how it would work on some people, but most people can't pull this off. To wear this, you have to decide that you are wearing it for the fun of it. Like the Manic Panic hair dyes, like 6" heeled holographic stripper platforms. Fun within reason.This is another accessory. Albeit, one that might get mixed reviews. Like Couture fashion. The notes here all come out at once, not gradually, hence my description of the madness in the first paragraph. I don't like licorice at all, and it is strong in this one. This is licorice flavored cotton candy. The caramel and vanilla feel sprinkled on top of the cotton candy. You know how after eating cotton candy you feel like you need something salty or water? Like you can't have anymore sweet stuff before your senses of smell and taste become sensitive? This is what I feel with this. It has no balance. It doesn't help that most of the time, the people who wear it tend to over do it. Like they showered in it.

This is evil to my nose. My teeth are crackling and my throat is dries just at the thought of it. However, to each his own. Where would we be if we all had similar tastes?

i smelled this one, in Melbourne city.
didnt smell any liquorice at all. just sweet sugary goodness, my boyfriend loved it.
it made me feel good :) and it turned a few heads throughout the city trip.
but im going to have to test it again properly because the liquorice sounds so interesting.

I wish I liked this on myself! I get too much of something tangy, and licorice. I can't quite get into it when I wear it.

However I was in a furniture shop yesterday with my husband, and a sales associate came out and was chatting with someone a couple feet away. Gradually this wonderful, subtle, glowing scent wafted over, it reminded me of making hummingbird food or simple syrup. I asked the SA if she was wearing perfume, and she said "Yes, it's Pink Sugar."

! If only it smelled so good on me! So jealous XD I told her that this is the perfect scent to wear to make lots of sales, because it will make all her customers feel happy lol!

So, this does have good sillage without being obnoxious or offensive. On her it was not overly sweet, just a perfect wonderful blend of sweetness. I'm going to try the Sensual version when I get the chance to, it doesn't have the licorice and I'm hoping it will agree with my nose better than the original.

FINALLY GOT IT!!! Can't find it in my country so...Yeah...it was a blind buy!!!AND LOVE IT!!! I get a hint of that bergamot at first spritz but in 5 sec the licorice is standing out very strong! The drydown as all the people say: PURE COTTON CANDY AND VANILLA! What I like about it is that it doesn't smell like sticky sugar,it has it's own interesting notes that puts this scent away from that bucket of cheap smells! You must love sweet scents to like this one! Otherwise stay away cause it can give you a headache!

I've been wearing Hard Candy and have been into those luscious 'gourmand' scents. Now this one is definitey a crowd pleaser! I used to get these 'wow! you smell sooo yummy' comments with Hard Candy but i get twice as much with Pink Sugar. It is not so expensive in Canada, it has uncanny staying power, leaves a 'sillage' which gets noticed and i must say appreciated. On my skin, there is no chemical harshness and the berries and cotton candy blend together to create this creamy cashmere fragrance. Personally, i love it. It gets me in a good mood (a definite pick me up for candy lovers like me!) and worn with another fragrance, it is simply delicious (i like combining it with Hard Candy or Can Can) . Plus, my boyfriend always has his nose close to my neck, inhaling deeply: who wouldn't love that? ) :D

I don't think there is anything wrong with this other than it is what it is!

Sweet but uninteresting no complexity unless you mention the liquorice twist which some will hate and some will love. Other than that sugar, sugar, sugar, slightly burnt all the way!

It is a bit on the flat side, not bad for layering but not much staying power. It starts out strong but runs out of steam quite quickly.

All in all I've probably found more to interest me in a rice pudding!

Now this is called hardcore sweetness!

The scent is sweet to the extreme, watch out, it can cause your teeth ache ;) Seriously, if somebody wants a cotton candy scent, here it goes, but there are at least ten cotton candies in one. Actually it's hard to detect most of the notes, I can sniff mostly the effect of cotton candy.

B. Spears "Fantasy" is very similar to Pink Sugar. Maybe Pink Sugar is interesting - it is - but it's not my cup of tea. I understand to spray it on my hand from time to time, but on a neck? No way.

Edit: no way I managed to spray it on a hand too - no more. The scent is sweet to the point of sickness.

I adore this perfume, and I'm a 20 year old college student. It starts off as a warm cotton candy scent, then as it blends with my body chemistry it becomes a lovely deep,vanilla-sugar scent. To all commenting "Ew this is a childish fragrance, no one over the age of 5 should wear it" who are you to tell someone what they can and cannot wear? It's called preference.

I love this perfume, cant get enough of it!, not over powering atal, you can definatly smell the Licorice in it which I love! when its settled for a while its a realy pleasent sweet candy/Licorice smell, think this one is the best one out of all the perfumes I own!! highly recomend if your into sweey/gourmond perfumes!!

i bought this unsniffed as it's impossible to find in scotland and i had to have it imported.

i read lots of positive reviews and the notes listed sounded right up my street.

when i spray it i get a very strong hit of liquorice and then it fades out to a bland sort of sweet smell.

it's pleasant and i do wear it now and again, but there's definately something missing in it for me, it wasn't what i was expecting.

i think it's maybe a bit too flat or linear for me, or maybe the sweet smell just isn't fruity like i'm used too?

i have since been told that maybe hard candy would be more my sort of thing, so i may have to give that a try (maybe its more fruity?)

I think this is a beautiful fragrance for young girls. Whenever I wear this to school, some of my friends will just get really close to me just to get a whiff of Pink Sugar, they'll always say "Mmm...you smell delicious!" and I'll just chuckle.
I love wearing this on a cold day because it's so comforting and warm! I love it!

When I first smelled this awhile ago I despised it. Really, I didn't get it at all. Then one day for kicks, I had my boyfriend smell it. He absolutely loved it, which made me reconsider a bit. I'd say this perfume isn't for a lot of occasions and settings; it's not for the office or class, or every day wear. But now and then when you're looking for the ultimate in sugar-coated candy gourmand, this might be the one to reach for. I don't love this, and will never love it or understand the popularity (it's not sexy or very intruiging, and it's definitely synthetic), but I just might purchase the rollerball eventually as a novelty. Something I could easily get a toothache with, but now and then would be fun to indulge in. On a more basic note, I don't get any fruit in this at all. The longevity is pretty impressive. Use this sparingly, it has some throw that can be overpowering.

At first I thought this was for a younger crowd, but I actually decided to get it and I absolutely enjoy wearing this fragrance. I get compliments on this every time I wear it. It lasts all day which is a huge plus since a lot of perfumes tend to not have staying power. I found that it smells just like Victoria secret's soft and dreamy pink with a splash.

Maybe I'm just a sucker for gourmand scents with licorice/star anise in them, but this is my current everyday perfume and a pleasant enough alternative to Lolita Lempicka. Pink Sugar is the kind of scent that can be over-applied easily; it's a slippery slope between smelling nice and smelling like a stripper dipped in cotton candy (unless you want to smell like that, in which case, go for it!). At first I found it pretty pedestrian, but this perfume has grown on me. Like sugar cookies, it's sweet, comforting, but nothing too exciting -- but sometimes that's exactly what you need in a perfume.

When I first tried Pink Sugar I couldn`t stand the strong liqourice.

But now I LOVE this perfume, even the liqourice part!

I don`t care that I may be considered to old for this fragrance - do you hear that, all you pompous sourposs people out there?! My favourite scents are sweet smellers. Anything candy/cookie/vanilla is irresistable to me.

The sillage and longevity when sprayed on clothes is AMAZING. And the price is just as yummie as this little vanilla treasure!

I love Pink Sugar!
It was a blind buy based on the notes and the reviews and it did not disappoint. I haven`t smelled anything like it before. The most edible, gourmand experience ever.
Sticky sweet raspberry opening, followed by the lovely combination of cotton candy - burnt sugar - caramel.
It is simple and delicious, a must try for all gourmand lovers out there!
Excellent longevity for an EDT , it gives many EDPs a run for their money in fact!
Sillage is good.

PS. : Please don` t be nasty when reviewing this fragrance - it is different, yes. Sticky sweet, yes. Fun, girly, simple and a lot of us like it. As an enthusiastic fan of Pink Sugar I am pretty offended by some of the reviews saying "why would someone want to smell like sugar" or "it is for 5 year olds". Fragrance is about different tastes, individualism and having fun, not about age. Pink Sugar is hugely popular for a reason, get over it ! :)

At a whiff I just notice a sugary, caramel, cotton candy, with a little musk. I think its safe to assume that passerby children and guys would enjoy this.

I notice the licorice and red berries while waving my wrist infront of my nose (heh) If i put the wrist to my nose it becomes stingly sweet, chemical like... so I won't keep my nose there because I like it from a little distance.

I think it would be fine for any season really, but imagine it could be cloying in hot weather in a confined place.

If you are into your sweet perfumes definately one for you!

Smells more like something you could eat though. Think this bottle is going to stay 3/4 full for me. maybe give it to my 12 yr old daughter it would be suited more to a pre-teen female rather than a woman in her 30's lol!

I put some of this on and started craving flan...then realized it was the pink sugar making me hungry. This smells like flan in a really good way! Vanilla and caramel with some cotton candy sweetness :) I hope everyone knows what flan is :D

it's extremely, dangerously sweet. it may probably only be sutable for 5 yearolds that are into hellokitty and barbies and tonns of sweets and ice cream. its longevity is incredible for edt. it may be ok for the winter if you don't overdo it, otherwise it's a killer. out of the bottle it smells like burnt sugar. i still can't make up my mind about it: it's nicely sweet - it's too sweet.. another con: it gives me a huge, horrible headache.. i'd give it 6 out of 10.

Oh dear! This one I found very appealing the first time I tested it, I was so charmed by it that I purchased myself a 1.7oz bottle on the spot...big mistake. Overtime, I started getting awful headaches because of it, and I started noticing a very pronounced burnt/rubbery note that wasn't there the first time I had tried it. I will stick with the body cream when I feel like smelling of cotton candy, and I'd recommend it to those who enjoy its scent but find this EDT too overpowering and vulgar. The other products from the Pink Sugar line are very fragranced but do not have that harsh burnt edge that is present in the EDT.

Oh well too bad it has a cheap name, hah. I (F) love this scent and my partner (M) goes nuts whenever I wear it cos he wants to eat me on the spot.
If you love the scent but are dying to pay more, go ahead and buy Profumum's Aqua e Zuccchero. It's not totally identical, but absolutely close. And yeah, AeZ is a little bit more tangy, more sophisticated. But just a liiiiiitle bit.

Just a note to Feeble....I've tried to wear Chanel No. 5 several times before and to say ON ME it smelled like hell would be a compliment, it truely is that bad! ON ME and masses of other non 5 year olds Pink Sugar smells wonderful not fairgrounds or childish at all. Perhaps your wife's chemistry simply did not agree with Pink Sugar.....

Oh the burn ,the burn! The horror! The ho-rror!
Burnt sugar overdose!
All I can say that this was my initial impression, which I can't lie I still have! Nonetheless it is wearable (If you want to overdose anyone in the close proximity with sugar)! Still all joking asides it is a fairly creamy caramel vanilla sugar sweet cotton candy syrupy scent(instant cavity maker)!It is long lasting! I'll give you that! And from my POV no consenting adult should wear this! BUT this seems to have a mind of it's own or some sort of mojo cause all the ladies like it!
My narrow minded osmotic sense cannot wrap its little head around why somebody would want to smell like candy!And why somebody would pay money for smelling sweet, but they do!
It's not really bad, for somebody who likes gourmand sweet, sickeningly sweet -this would be an instant hit!
I could be nasty about this but, meh....bottom end it's the run of the mile, un-original smell that you can find on 9 outta 10 high school girls!

I also love this!! I couldn't say it any better than charlottesmom below. Wonderful review. And it's true, some perfumes are timeless and it doesn't matter how old you are. Pink Sugar is timeless, mysterious, ethereal, unforgettable, cozy, sophisticated all at the same time. My husband and daughter both love this too! And every time, I mean every time I wear this someone says, "What is that wonderful smell?"

Like Chanel #5 and #19, Rive Gauche, and others that have stood the test of time, Pink Sugar will remain indefinitely; it's that good. Like those other vintage fumes mentioned above, they have stood the test of time and are not labeled 'old lady' today because their compositions are perfect and because they work well and adjust to all age groups even though they were marketed eons ago. The same with Pink Sugar; it shouldn't be labeled as a Teen or Tween scent because all age groups can wear this one as charlottesmom says so eloquently.

I think if this had a different name other than Pink Sugar, it would be taken more seriously. If it had been marketed by Guerlain for example and given a more exotic name, there wouldn't be age stereotyping of this one.

It's magical and I LOVE it!! Long live Pink Sugar!!

I Love it and I'm 45! if you like a perfume you should wear it regardless of age be you 13 or 85!

On me Pink Sugar is not sweet or childish at all it's just a nice warm spicy vanilla, my husband also loves Pink Sugar on me, it's his favorite.

Perfume is very personal, on some this may smell very sweet and candyish on some warm cozy and spicy, it all depends on your chemistry. Pink Sugar should IMO be tried out before you buy...if you can get ahold of a tester I know that is difficult in some parts of the world.

The perfume in general: 9/10
Sillage: 4 stays very close to the skin (on me) but could be a monster if oversprayed.
Hours percieveable on skin: on me 4-6 hours
Bottle: rollerball 9 unless you drop it on tile, then it's a 1! bottle: 9 nice looking bottle IMO.

A note, I have both the spray and rollerball and I personally think the rollerball is better, warmer and longer lasting on me.

oh well, i just turned 50 and this is one of my favorite perfumes. it's flirty, fun, sweet and long lasting. i'll be buying my 2nd bottle soon. i'll wear this when i'm 80. there is no age limit on perfumes imo.

If you like pink sugar but it's too sweet and girlish for you, try flowerbomb. it's sweet and light at first, but the drydown is so sexy and warm smelling.

This perfume has grown on me.
Sweet and yummy. It takes me back to playing with my Strawberry Shortcake dolls in the early 1980s and sniffing their scented hair.
It lasts a long time on me too.

Just got this perfume this morning and applied immediately, and my husband came to the room and ask me what is this smell, I can smell chocolate.
Indeed is sweet, but very young and soft. I like the smell, but is not very complex and adult, it's just fun.

Oh, and another person said that it tends to attract compliments from men...that is SOOO true!!! Almost everytime I wear it, my guy friends or even random dudes walking past me tell me I smell delicious ;)

Pink Sugar has alot of memories for me :) I used to wear it every fall/winter time, and I always got compliments on it. But sadly, I am growing out of it. I've had it for 3 years now, so I am getting a little tired of it.
At first, it smells like strong cotton candy. On my skin, it starts to take a slightly sugary-orange scent with warm carmel. It smells delicious, but the dry down is only blah. It's a bit too heavily sweet for a dry down, and it's too musky. It also almost smells like burnt carmel. But, it is a pleasent scent, if you can take the sweetness. For people complaining it's too sweet, it's called Pink SUGAR. This is supposed to be a sweet scent. This is truly for those sweet-scent lovers. Otherwise, I don't recommend it.
And another plus is it lasts all day :)

Smells exactly like the Hard Candy perfume no difference at all. I love them both but if you are little on cash get Hard candy because its is cheaper.

This smells remarkably complex for a sweet, sugary perfume. But it still is sweet enough to give a person cavities! I wore this a lot a couple of years back but now it's gotten to be a bit much. On the plus side, it's got good longevity.

Still, if you love the sweet and complex ones, I recommend this -- as well as Nina Ricci Nina and Vera Wang Princess.

I smelled this perfume long ago in a perfume shop. It smelled of straight sugar cotton candy to me.
Since then it has gained popularity and I have wanted that cute girly bottle with pink bow lines.

I bought a roller ball edition that I had heard smelled stronger with better silage than the bottled perfume. First thing invading my nose is alcoholic cough juice and licorice! Wow very surprised. Where is the cotton candy? Overly sweet, it's makes me a little nauseous.

When it settles down a bit, it smells burnt caramel licorice. No cotton candy for me;(

I guess it's okay but not a scent I would buy again since it is a little boring and licorice or burnt caramel is not my thing.

i think this perfume is not bad, but somehow it is not what i would call a stunning perfume. it was a gift from my grandparents (they bought me the largest bottle). well maybe i just have to get used to it, but now i think that it is really sweet and smells kind of, i don't wanna offend anyone, cheap. not distgusting or something but not really my "style". well maybe my opinion will change when i am wearing it more often.

at the beginning it was too strong for me, but now its better.. a calm and cozy scent..
If its too strong for you I recommend this - only one spray in the air, and then go through the cloud, it makes a big difference..

I have had Pink Sugar for only a short amount of time, and it has already turned yellow! I always thought something about this perfume smelled too unnatural. I googled about Pink Sugar turning yellow, and apparently a lot of people have posted about having this experience. I'm owned many perfumes in my lifetime, some that I still use are more than 5 or 6 years old, and this has never happened to me with any of them! When a perfume turns yellow, it means that it is made with very low quality ingredients. I shudder to think about your body absorbing all those chemicals through your skin!

I'm really sorry to be such a downer about PS! I know what it's like to really love a perfume, really! But I had to post this info. bc being healthy is of course the most important thing!

A fun sweet scent, but is a little better than the rest. Lasts forever. Great for a day at the beach or fairgrounds, not a wedding or a funeral.

This is a fun,joyful fragrance.All i can smell is hot cotton candy, carnivals, caramel,crayons......
It seems to be a opposite sex attractor too. Whenever i wear it, i got compliment from males.
For me, though it's extremely sweet. I felt happy whenever I wore it because it reminds me of my childhood.

Literally every time I've worn this scent, I've gotten at least one compliment that day about it. Seriously. It might be overpowering for some, but if you like being noticed, this is a great perfume for you. And btw,guys love it.

Smells divine once it reaches the dry down. The first spray smells kinda gross due to the orange, in my opinion. I love eating oranges and drinking orange juice, but I always seem to dislike orange when it's blended as a note in a gourmand perfume. Fresh, zesty summer perfumes = fine. It smells nice in those. But not in Pink Sugar. I understand a lot of people may like that element and that's perfectly fine. For me it just isn't my cup of tea.

Fortunately I don't detect any of that "burnt cookie" aroma a few others have pointed out. It's just the first hour or so of this fragrance that doesn't appeal to me. I want to buy the hair perfume, though. For some reason it smells so much better to me.

I always come back to this fragrance. I feel edible when I wear it. Just one critique from my end - whenever I spray it on my neck I feel sticky afterwards. To avoid this I generally spray it on my clothes, which is a shame. I went through my first bottle last year and I found that it didn't last very long, however second bottle through I am finding that it lasts for hours - strange...

I love this fragrance though - it's for the girls that want to smell like candy and all things sweet!

This is the perfume when i always get compliments ,people alwayas tell - how great smell its is ! And i agree ,first time when i spary this perfume on me,i dont like,it was too strong and on me lasts forever,but littlebit later after some time..i strat like this sweet perfume !

It is super sweet and v enticing to men. I do love it when in the mood for it. Some scents you wear for others...you enjoy them but wear them for the reaction or feeling they give you...a costume of sorts. This is one of those for me.

I will buy it after I'll finish my Pink Sugar Sensual bottle (buying together them is cheaper).
I love the sweetness and it doesn't smell cheap, but its price is so inexpensive here.
But if anyone would like to give away her Pink Sugar, I'd like to own it with pleasure.

I have a love/hate relationship with this. I get several compliments every time I wear it, but sometimes I just feel that it is overly sweet/juvenile for me. I'd rather not have every other person within 20 feet of me say "What smells like cookies?" I think I need something darker with more complexity.

I bought this blind at Winners based on all the great reviews. I don't mind over-the-top scents, especially something that sounds as gluttonous and delicious as this. Unfortunately I really don't like it. I'm actually HOPING that it will grow on me somehow so I won't feel totally bad about buying it.

There's something... boozy about it. It smells similar to a fragrance sample I got at Yves Rocher called "Vanilla Bourbon" that I didn't like either because it literally smelt like alcohol. Maybe it's the licorice note that is irking me too? I definitely smell something "burnt" in there as well. I really don't get the "baked goods" or "cake" or pure sugar smell.

I get a syrupy-sweet girly alcoholic cocktail with a cherry in the glass, that quickly turns in to a flaming sambuca shot.

Beautiful! If you like smelling like sweets, donuts, freshly baked vanilla cookies .. and apart from all that, you want it to last, and last, and last .. anddd to get compliments (from men especially) - then this is the right perfume from you! On me, it's quite a linear fragrance, smells the same the whole time. Sometimes, however smells more "donut-y" than "cookie-like" .. I don't know which I prefer .. recommendation for sure!

I have mixed emotions about this one. It smells like a strawberry milkshake to me which is great at times but its not something I want to smell like all day long. I think this would be best layered with something more earthy to balance out the sweetness.

I go through phases with Pink Sugar. Sometimes I'm addicted to it and other times it makes me want to puke. But overall, I do like it. I'd say one spray and one spray only. 2 can be too much some times.

I don't agree that this is a fragrance only for teenagers... I think it's perfectly fine for any age. :)

More of a cold weather scent in my opinion, but I love it. Sweet and angelic and coquettish in the extreme. I don't share the opinion that only teenagers can wear a fragrance like this - flirting is fun at any age, and Pink sugar is flirtation in a bottle.

i am on a cloud of cotton candy and caramel! The red berries brings a sweet fruity note to it! Simple:it's sweet like when you go to the fair and smell the cotton candy and candy apple! Wanna ride in the big wheel?Go for pink sugar and it will give you a ride of sweetness!

Everybody else has said it all! Super fun, sweet as it gets, cotton candy, vanilla, strawberries, just like being at the Calgary Stampede!

Oh yeah, and you can get 'Pink Kisses' at the drugstore for $9.99 and it smells nearly identical. By "Belcam" I believe...

A must for summer fun, but spray and walk through so you don't get a headache or a toothache!

Never wear this to a job interview, unless of course it is at the Fair or somewhere outdoors.

Not to be worn if you want to be taken seriously.

If you have the cash, go for Vanilia or Hanae Mori...

It doesn't smell good. When I want a gourmand sweet smelling dessert perfume, I don't think citrus. Alot of times perfumers tend to cut the sweetness with citrus which is what happens here with Aquolina... lemon sugar.... it's not a turn on. Sugar, raspberry, oranges and a very very almost non-existent vanilla note.

This really interesting, u can smell exactly cotton
candy. Im more to floral fruity, never like gourmand.
Heavy & headache. But this one make me feel fun. Ha ha.
More appreciate gourmand now;)

i can not get enough of this stuff. sweet, creamy, vanilla, cotton candy. i am a 40 year old woman and i dont care if anyone else likes this on me or not. i love it. reminds me of childhood, being at the fair eating sticky cotton candy.

I think it's a nice fragrance to give to a young girl like 13,14 it's very sweet and pink,I dont see anyone over the age of 25 using it , not because it's bad but because its such a little girl scent.

Although I am a fan of gourmands, I do not like this one. This smells like straight cotton candy - that's all. Personally, I just find Pink Sugar too obvious - I'd rather not smell like a straight-up ball of sugar. It's not an offensive scent but I do smell this perfume on a lot of people, so in that sense it feels tired to me.

I associate the scent of cotton candy with carnivals/amusement parks, and unfortunately that isn't particularly appealing to me. Wearing cotton candy as a scent just feels too childish and overdone these days, at least for me.

I don't find this scent flirty, sexy or really anything else....just kind of bland and sickly. I also agree that you don't have to be any particular age to enjoy this perfume. But not everyone enjoys smelling like plain ol' cotton candy....and I am one of those people. I DO enjoy PS Sensual, which for me is still very sweet and fun, but less obvious.

Pure sweetness!!! Of course it is an overaction and I don't know why but I love it :) If you don't like sweet stuff don't even think about it...If you like stuff like "Honey & Citron from L'Occitane" or stuff like that...give it a try

Never smelled anything like this in Holland.
It is very sweet and cany like, but the licorice makes me feel like i can wear it at 41.
Didn't really know what to expect from this one, hard to explain but the revieuws were very helpful and made me wanna blind buy.
It gives a happy feel, don't know how others are gonna react but i wear it for me.