Reviews of Juicy Couture (2006)
by Juicy Couture

Silly trashy marketing... I expected a lot WORSE from this. It's a gentle sweet tuberose with a bit of citrus that even the most reserved of individuals would find it pleasing. Instead of a boisterous, loud, cheap perfume, you get something for everyone. One of the first perfumes I purchased for my girlfriend. I found it the most youthful and not-over-the-top perfumes in the store.

this scent definitely makes me long for my 80's bottle of Giorgio!!! i havent repurchased that scent since but loved it all the same. i didnt b/c everyone was wearing it back then. Juicy doesnt have the staying power or kick. so i need to reapply. it reminds me of cherry fruit cocktail sniffed straight from the can. i like it for summer wear.

Tutti-fruity juice spiked with some citrus. There is no doubt this fragrance is emanating from a perfume bottle and not a punch bowl. Not what you'd call a natural-smelling fragrance.

Tuberose is a dangerous, dangerous note; added with a light hand, it adds a subtle warm skin sensation to a fragrance...but ladle it in and you have something in close proximity to a horse rolling in skunk cabbage. Harsh comparison, yes, but heed it as fair warning when applying essence of this carnal flower.

As tuberose is the central player in "Juicy Couture"--tuberose flower and tuberose absolute--I slightly recoiled to the possibilities. However, as whipped-cream rich and powdery as "Juicy Couture" is, it never enters skunk territory. Instead, it gives off the weirdest sensation of many different fragrances layered onto unwashed skin. Not dirty skin, of course, but the sebum-buildup of early morning before a daily shower. Overall, not entirely unpleasant, but really odd--like the smell of a girl accustomed to showering three times a day, who stayed out late one night and had to layer on whatever was in her gym bag to catch class in the morning. That will probably sound unappealing to most but "Juicy Couture" isn't necessarily a gag-scent, just very strong, sweet and powdery. In fact, many of the notes were the favorites of the infamous/famous Marie Antoinette (she was a passionate patron of tuberose): If iris, lavender and neroli were added to this scent, it would probably smell eerily like an 18th century french court...with frugally washed bodies included.

I bought it on the net without trying it first. It was a bit tooooo much on me. I gave it to my friend and she loves it. I had no idea that the swap basenotes existed!!!