isenk masukkin ke blog aj, liad na pas lucu sih. baru tauk gw ada parfum botol na kek gini *norak mode on*
Baby is advertised as a “powdery musk”, and you can probably already guess that it smells pretty much like baby products, although it’s slightly more floral than your average baby lotion. It’s soft and clean and generally nondescript. It was my least favorite of the 5, and I was told that it was not selling as well as the others. Too bad, as I love her bumpy hair. Still, if you need to buy one of the Harajuku Lovers for a child who is really too young to be wearing perfume, it might be your best bet. Baby was developed by perfumer Harry Fremont, with notes of freesia, bergamot, white rose, orange flower, tiare, jasmine, white musk, soft woods, heliotrope, vanilla and violet.
Love is supposed to be a “sensuous floral”. What can I say? I mean, it would be kind of creepy if there really was a sensuous floral inside a plastic doll with hot pink hearts in her plastic bouffant hair, wouldn’t it? Fear not, it’s a pale, sweet-ish, musky blended floral with fruity undertones; after about 30 minutes, it’s mostly bland musk. It has more personality than Baby, but not much, and it wouldn’t be inappropriate on a young child either. Love was developed by perfumers Yves Cassar and Pascal Gaurin, with notes of bergamot, pink pomelo, peach, bamboo leaf, watery peony, living hydroponic lace rose, jasmine sambac, nectarine blossom, creamy paperwhites, Egyptian jasmine, ylang ylang, vanilla, musk and blond wood.
Lil’ Angel is the fruity floral entry in the collection. It’s a candied fruit fragrance of no particular distinction, and while it’s a bit sweeter than I like, it isn’t the sweetest thing at Macy’s. It’s got considerably more energy than Baby or Love, and I’d guess it’s more likely than either of those to please its target market. It sort of fizzles out after about 30 minutes, in the solid form at least, but it’s fine for what it is. Lil’ Angel was developed by perfumer Christophe Raynaud, with notes of raspberry, cranberry, blackberry, pineapple, pear blossom, violet, rose, lollipop accord, hinoki wood and crystal amber.
Music is meant to be a “delicate floral”, and that’s just what it is. Like Stefani’s LAMB L, it’s heavy on the pear and sweet pea, but Music is a sweeter scent, with more vanilla suga r and less “fresh” stuff (or perhaps the fresh stuff just doesn’t come across in the solid). I wish I had thought to ask how this one was selling; it isn’t exactly what I’d call distinctive, but it feels a bit less generic than Baby, Love or Lil’ Angel. Like the others, though, what personality it has in the solid form mostly vanishes within the hour, leaving a trace of wan musk. Music was developed by perfumer Honorine Blanc, with notes of clementine, pear, jasmine sambac, sweet pea, honeysuckle, vanilla, skin musk and sleek woods.
As I understand it, G is the doll meant to represent Stefani, and she clearly saved the best juice for herself. G is a creamy tropical gourmand, heavy on the coconut, and as has been pointed out on MakeupAlley, reminiscent of Bath & Body Works’ Coconut Lime Verbena fragrance crossed with some clean cotton-y musk. It’s not high art, but it’s fun. G was the only one of the 5 that I tried on skin in both the solid and the Eau de Toilette forms. The Eau de Toilette is a considerable improvement over the solid: the citrus top notes, almost impossible to make out in the solid, sparkle in the liquid form. The solid takes longer to bloom on skin; when it does, it feels comparatively flat, and it doesn’t seem to last as long. Still, the solid is basically true to the scent.
G was developed by perfumer Steve DeMercado, with notes of mandarin, coconut, apple skin, jasmine sambac, freesia, magnolia, coconut cream, white sandalwood and cottonwoods
credit @ http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/09/18/gwen-stefani-harajuku-lovers-perfume-review-and-quick-poll/
