Eilish
Billie Eilish (2021)

Eilish leans heavily into the sweet spectrum. It opens with a prominent vanilla note, reminiscent of a freshly baked shortcake, cheapened by a pop of hot red berries with all the depth and naturalness of the scented hair elastics sold in Claire's. This is quickly followed by a hint of cocoa, adding a slightly deeper, richer tone to the overall scent.

But, honestly, it's quite nice for much of the time, especially when the berrylicious plastic dies down. The fragrance is soft and sugary, but not screechy. However, it also features a strong white musk note, the Maltitol-sweetened type that features in most of the scents carried by Superdrug, which is where I smelled this, incidentally. This particular note is okay-ish, but I've been over-exposed to it and it tends to make me want to nope out of there quickly. Still, there is something to say for the soft, alluring comfort of a cocoa-ish vanilla musk. The angora sweater of the fragrance genres, just slightly discounted.

This scent is amazing. If you are a lover of vanilla gourmand scents, this will be right up your alley.
I get a hint of fruit initially, along with very sweet, rich vanilla. The fruit notes mellow and virtually dissapear on dry down when the caramel/praline and vanilla start to really bloom. The intense sweetness of the vanilla mellows, and transforms into an absolutely lush, warm and cozy scent. Like being wrapped up in a creamy cloud of vailla and caramel. It's not cloyingly sweet like when initially applied. Lasts very long. The vanilla notes after drydown are a softer, powdery vanilla.

This one, although I can admit the fact that it really is just mediocre… or very much what you might expect from a typical celebrity fragrance… I am drawn to it every now and then. It’s a much deeper vanilla than I had expected it to be, and the red berries add an interest that I can’t really describe. There is a strange plasticky note, and I’m not sure where that comes from. And although that is annoying and probably the main thing that holds me back from rating it higher, I am still able to enjoy the fragrance despite that. This perfume also has pretty good longevity, definitely better in that department than the Ariana fragrances I have tried so far. And this one has a nice powdery musk that I feel elevates it a bit. I don’t think this would be one that I wear out in the real world, but that’s really because I have so many that I adore much more than this. But I do still enjoy it and I keep it on my nightstand to spray before bed when the mood strikes me. If you can ignore the plastic note, or if you don’t detect that… it’s a pretty nice and inexpensive sweet, warm and deep vanilla.

It's caramel and cold whipped cream with a background feel like tropical floral petals without the actual aroma of flowers. I smell mostly caramel, cream and lily with cold musk behind. Very like Gold Musk attar and enjoyable in the same way, though not by any stretch elegant or grown up. But perfect as a For Me To Smell scent. I like it a lot; the cold whipped cream feel is pretty spectacular. But in the final dry down, it’s a kiddie candy scent without uniqueness. It’s just too close to Gold Musk. I already have two variations on Gold Musk. Doesn’t wash off, though. Stays through multiple hand washings, but at a reduced projection. It does dry with a hint of old style gardenia. I might try to swap for some because it’s really such a lovely cold whipped cream-scented hand lotion opening, but I don't think I"m going to be spending even the fairly reasonable price for a bottle. I just wouldn't wear it enough.