Sexy Vanilla Jean Marc Paris
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A cute little salted rhubarb + vanilla cream cupcake
I've seen this "Sexy" line from Jean Marc at TJX stores - but I'd never tried one until recently, since I assumed they'd be really cheap or synthetic based on the packaging + price ($10.99-$12.99 USD). So trying this pleasantly surprised me.
The opening was a bit sharp + synthetic "sugar", but within a few minutes it had softened to be less screechy. What I mostly get when wearing is:
(40%) rhubarb cake (more cake than rhubarb, but it definitely has the "tart red fruit" feel of rhubarb)
(50%) sweet vanilla cream
(5%) almond blossom
(5%) a hint of acidic orange (the acidity in the orange almost makes it feel like a slightly salted rhubarb cake, but it works well - similar to the way salt helps balance the sweetness in salted caramel)
Reminds me a lot of Velvet Sugar Fragrance Mist. Overall it's still a tiny bit synthetic if you sniff your arm too closely - but from further away it's sweet, creamy, comforting, and feels like a "cute" (instead of "sexy", "mature", or "sophisticated", it's a more "carefree" or "youthful") cupcake.
The opening was a bit sharp + synthetic "sugar", but within a few minutes it had softened to be less screechy. What I mostly get when wearing is:
(40%) rhubarb cake (more cake than rhubarb, but it definitely has the "tart red fruit" feel of rhubarb)
(50%) sweet vanilla cream
(5%) almond blossom
(5%) a hint of acidic orange (the acidity in the orange almost makes it feel like a slightly salted rhubarb cake, but it works well - similar to the way salt helps balance the sweetness in salted caramel)
Reminds me a lot of Velvet Sugar Fragrance Mist. Overall it's still a tiny bit synthetic if you sniff your arm too closely - but from further away it's sweet, creamy, comforting, and feels like a "cute" (instead of "sexy", "mature", or "sophisticated", it's a more "carefree" or "youthful") cupcake.
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