Fairy Dust by Paris Hilton

rithacha

When I first tested this on the testing strip, I really liked it. It was a mild, fresh, flowery bouquet. Very gentle and spring-like, and I could smell the clean luminesence of the flower petals.

So I gave it a shot on my wrist.

Big mistake.

On skin, Fairy Dust smelled like a dollar store room freshener. Whatever freshness I liked on the tester strip obviously came from complex chemical compositions compiled from some obscure lab. It was just annoyingly synthetic and cheap-smelling. Thank god there was little to no lasting power.

I lament that something so pleasant on paper became so cheap and cloying on skin. Is it just my skin chemistry? Or did the perfumer design only for the tester strip, thinking the common consumer wouldn't bother to try on skin? Regardless, be sure to spray some on yourself before making a decision.

alexanna7

Just bought it!its started a bit fresh and sweet.then becomes a sweet flower!for summer.and i dnt regret my buy!last long on me.verry feminine and cool.love it!

logicmuppet

Hmm, Fragaria, that's interesting. I wrote a review for Jontue not long ago, where an unpleasant "salty/plastic" note came up. I LOVE Fancy, but I haven't written a review for it yet. Maybe it's not gardenia, but something else. But I hadn't made my own connection between my reactions to Fairy Dust and Jontue.

EDIT: I looked over the notes for several perfumes that have this weird plastic/rubber smell for me (Jontue, Fairy Dust and Elizabeth Taylor's "Passion"), and it seems that gardenia + musk is the culprit. Fancy has some gardenia, but no musk, and I do not get the same thing for it. Strange how that is so different for different people!

Fragaria

LMAO @ logicmuppet!!!! Do you think it's the gardenia? I have 50's glam by avon and that kinda does the same thing. I love the rest of the perfume it just has that rubbery note in there. Fancy also has gardenia in the middle notes and I haven't noticed it in that....yet. I'll have to try ONLY Fancy when I try it and see. I'm doing a lot checking on this. Jontue has gardenia and is just lovely, no rubber!

logicmuppet

I sprayed this on about an hour ago, and now I smell like an inner tube :(

guest_Kimberly

If you love this fragrance it is totally marked down as a kit to 7.00 for the huge kit. My mom bought seven of them at Target today. I think it was their Christmas stock. Last week it was more. Can't find it in my location, but my mom lives in the bay area...It was at their Target.

guest_hlona

I am wearing Fairy Dust for the 1st time today. It is not fading at all - love that. I bought Fairy Dust because it has a note that is similar to Love's Misty that I used to wear in high school. Does anyone else think so?

sharyssa

Whoever says this doesn't last should try it again because this is one of the longest lasting scents I have purchased seriously and the longer it stays on the more beautiful it smells.I really really like Fairy Dust alot. And for the record in my opinion Juicy Couture doesn't last at all I don't like it anyway it stinks to cost as much as it does.

tangledvines

Fragaria, yeah it might be the gardenia you're not too fond of. It's a pretty intense scent! I think that's why I am not a big fan of this perfume. It's nice enough, just not even close to being one of my favorites.
I've heard good things about Fragrancenet so I think it's probably a good perfume, this just might not be your taste.

Fragaria

I got my perfume from fragrancenet.com. I've gotten a few different perfumes through them and they were all ok. Ya think they're reputable? I think I might just be getting a distaste for gardenia?

LoveLy

i did smell the rubbery scent that the other reviews are mentioning and i was in sears when i smelled this one.that is a dependable department store so...it wasnt that great but maybe my taste has changed and i can try again

tangledvines

Fragaria,
Did you purchase it from a reputable site? You gotta be careful if you got it off of Ebay, for example....lots of people sell knock-offs. You want to make sure you're getting the real deal. I just purchased a gift set of this perfume and I don't detect any bad or off notes. Smells like sweet roses and gardenias. It's a nice scent. Nothing unique or overly special, but safe.

Fragaria

mcenanyv metions an awful note. I got that very same note, almost a rubbery scent. I tried this perfume in the store and it was a lovely scent I couldn't wait to order online for much cheaper. Maybe there was a "bad batch" at some point? Without that bad note it would be lovely. Can anyone explain this? That note comes straight out of the bottle, it's not just my chemistry.

lanimar

Fairy Dust has some similarities with Juicy Couture on first smell but their end notes are different. I like the end notes of Fairy Dust than Juicy Couture. I can sleep with Fairy Dust on me, not with Juicy Couture.

preciouspetal

This smells soft and lovely.
It's alot like one of Michael Kors fragrances.
There's a lovely creamy buttery gardenia note and a bit of vanilla ice cream. Smells delicious, i'm buying this very soon.

Ivy

The only good thing about this perfume is that it lasts all day long. I don't care for the smell. It smells too old lady for me. I like Siren and Paris Hilton, but I'm giving this bottle away.

taylor

this is just awful, and not because it´s a paris hilton fragrance.
there are some flowers and some boring sweetness for about half an hour, then it disappears, leaving a trace on the skin wich resembles a bad cologne for men. it´s horrible!
does NOT smell like juicy couture. juicy is a great fragrance, well-composed and unique.

SSUNSHINE4497

Not one of my fav's. Very floral-I dont smell the fruit notes at all. I got this in with a set of four Paris scents and this one my least fav. However, if you are a floral scent lover I think u will enjoy it!
*I agree with DarkMind-just beacuse its got the celebrites name-who cares! U may miss out on a great perfume!?

DarkMindLightHeart

I think people are just so ridiculously snobby when it comes to what name is on the outside of a perfume box. Who freakin' cares!

Me personally, if it smells good,
I like it. It's not like the celebrity/designer who made it personally put their DNA into every bottle and it's going to contaminate you. It's not like she sat down and mixed every bottle. A perfumer made it, she ok'd it, and she and the perfumer/perfume house share the profits of the sales. I know all of the bad reviews on this fragrance are most likely simply because it's a Paris Hilton fragrance.
Slap a Chanel label on the same stuff and half of you would be crooning about how marvelous it is.

That being said, I think this smells great. I am a Fruity Floral, Oriental Vanilla, and Gourmand kind of girl.
I have ventured outside of those olfactory groups from time to time(I have tried straight florals and aquatics),only to be terrified and running back home to the sweeter things.

This is a very pleasant, and non offensive everyday type of fragrance.
I'm not really good at picking out individual notes, but to me this smells like sugared sweet roses, which is right up my alley.

At work I sit at the desk in the front office that everyone has to walk into to enter the building. All day people kept walking in and exclaiming "oh wow, it smells so good in here!". I told one lady it was Paris Hilton and I saw her kind of give that look like "ew, really?", but she said "well it smells amazing!". Case in point right there.

The lasting power is amazing, and the price is unbeatable. I do admit that the packaging and bottle were a little bit of a letdowm. A perfume so sweet smelling should have had a more elaborate and less cheap looking bottle.
The etched fairy on the front is just tacky. But again, it's the juice you'll be wearing, not the bottle or the designer.

People should have more of an open mind about fragrances. You may be missing out on something you may really enjoy because you're so preoccupied with whose name is on the label.
Who cares if it's a celebrity fragrance, or a "drustore" fragrance, or "cheap" or whatever?!

On my dresser, I have everything from Revlon's Fire and Ice to Creed's Love In Black. Realize that when fragrances are expensive, it is not neccesarily because you are getting a more quality product. You are just paying for packaging and advertising for a big name. Stop being a snob, cause you're missing out, people!If it smells good, wear it!

guest_moonruby

Paris Hiltons fragrances are either stale and synthetic smelling, or they're smelling like tackier versions of other designer fragrances. On the whole - they all lack imagination.

bartenderbabe

A true floral fragrance. Smells like a modern spin on amarige by givenchy.

shadyisme

I agree with sweetpunkin it does smell like sour graps...yuck

arladanielle

I tested this today and it is way better-smelling than Can Can. Maybe it's my floral preference or the strong peony and lotus combination. After an hour the patchouli and gardenia took over, and after another hour softened to a dreamy scent. Would recommend it to ladies in their 20's as this bottle spells ADVENTURE!!
Oh but then I'm in my 40's and i love adventure,too.

HelloLovely27

I do agree that this perfume smells very similar to Juicy Couture. It is nice has high quality as it does have the tiniest bit of the chemical background that some cheaper fragrances can get. Over all i think it is sweet slightly powdery floral fragrance, and i think it would be amazing for someone to get if they loved Juicy Couture but didn't have the money to spend on that one. x

Radchick

This stuff is pretty awful. It smells much different than the magazine sample. It reminded me of the old "Ysatis" but in a way cheaper knock-off sort of way. This is a very drastic departure from Paris's usual sweet scents, which I don't mind. This one is dreadful.

XoXoL.o.V.e

I think the packing its very nice and unique,but the smell is very awful,it make me sick is sweet in a bad way,kind a old lady smell,nothing seem to the others perfumes by paris,i hope siren smell better than this one!. :)

Darling Starling

If you have a cabinet or closet in your house where you keep cleaning supplies and you have ever opened and smelled that closet, then you know the scent of this perfume. To me this scent is so overly synthetic, but not even in a pleasant way. This smells a lot like Dawn dish detergents mixed with some other cleaning supplies and a touch of mildew. I would not recommend this... ever. Well maybe i'd spray it into my toilet to make it smell clean?

yayank

friend of mine gave it to me, her sis bought it for her but she doesn't like it
well i like it but this is not really my fave fragrance and i am not sure if i gonna wear it
so i gonna keep it in my wardrobe i guess...

Robynlovesperfume

Yes, I also agree that this scent smells VERY similar to Juicy Couture, with the exception that Fairy Dust is a lighter version of it. The bottle looks very cheap, much in the same way as her Can Can, which are both so disappointing because they put so much work & effort into her picture that's on the box. At the very least, the juice inside smells nice for both.

gucci

FAIRY DUST is very fruity and floral kinda powdery but it's a very mature smell it kinda smells exactly like juicy couture but it's dry down is like a stong patchouli musky drydown

Mr.fililocololo

Fairy Dust is fruity and super floral it smells just like juicy couture but yet not long lasting then juicy gardenia take the whole part in fairy dust

guest_disalee

I find Fairy Dust to be a scent for an older woman. An older woman who is young at heart. I think my grandma would like it. I also like it but really feel its a grandma-smell. At first its a strong flower note mixed with some white wine. I can really smell the alcohol. There is something interesting about Fairy Dust, maybe its the wine, but it doesn't make me wanna wear it. Even if i was a grandma.

sorbearmui

At first I resisted to buy it because I thought it was a copy-cat of Juicy Couture. But after I sprayed it on my skin for a while, I detected nice thick floral note instead of floral gourmand scent. I found it was a bit different from Juicy and I started to like it. But I will only use it as an alternative to Juicy as Juicy is so pricy and I don't want to use it up so soon. Moreover, I bought a tester bottle which I think the price fits the quality...

Annie_D

Another cutesy fragrance, I think geared toward the younger crowd. There are tons of fruity-florals in the begining, the most prodominent note is the peach. I don't sense a lot of florals after the initial burst. I think the vanilla cream begins to make an appearance and mixes into a peachy vanilla mix, which is fresh and young.

viva la glam

this is a good perfumee to wear in the winter .. its more of a suffisticatedd smell

sharyssa

I have to review this again and say this is such a nice fragrance it does remind me of Juicy Couture but then again it sort of smells like Fabulosity by Kimora lee Simmons during the dry down.I sprayed some of this on my coat yesterday and it is still going strong it is in the dry down and reminds me so much of Fabulosity.I really like this one! Everyone do you really think P.H. fragrances are good? I know they are selling so someone likes them! I like Can Can alot but I am starting to like this one equally! Well done fragrance in my opinion!

Trvevil

Yes, I agree this one smells like Juicy Couture. Not quite strong as it (less juicy, but better projection), but this has good staying power. Juicy Couture disappears from my skin in two hours. It's a + for Fairy Dust. After 2 hours it still is on my skin and reminds me of Curious. Dry down comes after 3-4 hours and smells like dry down of Curious too, but with something a bit different. By the way it stays ok, on my fragrance eating wrist I can feel it now for 7 and a half hours, it even survived dish washing. However I thought that it would smell like fairy vanilla scent, but discovered Juicy Couture with a Paris Hilton name on it. A bit amusing , but sometimes I enjoy this one, especially in cold winter day. And it's awesome on clothes.

The bottle I agree is plain, but I don't feel it needs more to it. It's just minimalistic and package is really beautiful.

guest_Moi

I smelled it once and it smelled like those canned peaches you can get at Tesco. In short horrible I almost choked and died. It might be a nice perfume if you like florals and Paris Hilton allthough.

ramiske

Until I read these reviews, it never dawned on me how much Fairy Dust smells like Juicy Couture--no wonder I like it. The floral notes are a bit different, and it isn't quite as strong as JC. But I'll definitely keep wearing it till the bottle runs out.

I wish the bottle were a bit prettier--I expected more from someone who plasters photos of themself all over the packaging!

sharyssa

I sampled this at Ulta today and I like it. It was surprisingly good! Smells ALOT like juicy couture and I like the bottle it is actually pretty in person. This will be my next purchase!

Kasku

I agree 100% with APassionateJourney. It's crazy how she copied Juicy Couture. Yuuuukk!

APassionateJourney

I can't believe what a Rip-off of Juicy Couture this is. It's so obvious. A cheaper version though, as it doesn't have HALF of the lasting power

MartinVain

I was expecting more from this perfume, to me it was a total let down, it was way to powdery for my taste. It had to much going on.

Malibu

On first application the scent is sweet. It is a fruity sweetness however, not a candy sweetness.

The sweetness soon fades as the floral notes in the top & heart notes develop. I can’t wear a lot of floral-heavy fragrances as I suffer from migraines, but I haven’t had a problem with FAIRY DUST.

The creamy base is soft & isn’t actually that sweet. It goes close to the skin, so gives nice, subtle warmth to the wearer.


I love this as a casual, everyday scent. It’s a breath of fresh air to be able to wear a floral fragrance.


It is easy for any woman to wear; both my mother & 14 year old sister use my bottle.

Allegra

The ingredients of this fragrance seem rather interesting by description, especially gardenia and lotus. But the bottle and name are just odd considering that it is likely targeted to (young) women - how many of us would buy such a childishly named and cheap-looking fragrance?? I totally agree with mcenanyv who writes that the package looks completely unfinished. So it does, really!

sweetpunkin

bleh. I didn't even bother to try this on my skin. I smelled it on a card & it smelled like cheap grapes!

ugly & boring bottle, too.

cdawnn1

This smells like a rather sickly floral to me. I find it to be very sweet. There are many better fragrances for young girls out there. This is my least favorite of all Paris Hilton's perfumes. It angers me that whenever I am at the mall testing fragrances, one particular pushy saleswoman keeps trying to say I'll like this much better! Just because I am young does not mean I will buy anything with Paris or Britney behind it.

mcenanyv

My daughter said of this and its timely release shortly before Halloween: It's definitely a TRICK and not the much anticipated TREAT the world was awaiting.

guest_Themonkey

I have it and I bought it because it smells exatcly like the tinkerbell cosmetics kids perfume I used to wear as a kid ( you know the people that has the peal-off nail polish for kids and the lipstick and stuff) They all had the same fragrance, and Fairy Dust smells just like it. I dont think it was trying to copy Juicy Cotour, but the tinkerbell cosmetics smell (which would make sence, fairy dust, tinkerbell. Get it?)

sealprincess

I just smelt this in Allure and I love it! It doesn't remind me of Juicy. Can't wait to buy it!

COSMICSCENTS

It has an echo of Juicy Couture yes but this one doesn't smell very good.Fairy Dust is trying to copy the packaging of Feerie from VC&A.Is this legal?

guest_guest101

I think it doesn't smell much of Juicy Couture, but yes it could have been put together much better. I like the bottle and packaging.

mcenanyv

This smells like a very bad knock-off of Juicy Couture, or a very stale version of it. Not original at all! What were you thinking, Paris? With all the resources you have, couldn't you have paid a designer to come up with something more unique than this? This has an awful note that lingers afterward that is noxious and annoying. Makes you want to wash it off! The bottle is like everyone says. It looks VERY cheap, unfinished. The whole package, bottle and perfume, is cheap-looking and cheap-smelling. Sorry, Paris. Next time put some thought into it if you want to put your name on a perfume.

perfumejunkie

I think this smells like Juicy Couture