Speedy Review: Sweet Like Candy Limited Edition by Ariana Grande...

I read an article in a paper that mentions that Sweet Like Candy is currently the third (or maybe it was the second?) best-selling celebrity-branded perfume in the UK, so a new flanker for it was inevitable, and here we are now...

I found the original Sweet Like Candy pleasant but unmemorable, so I was therefore keen to test the limited edition version to see if it had been improved on (I admit to wanting to like it as I love the bottle). After finding the limited edition variant in Boots [it's not on the website, but is in stores now] and multiple tests, my verdict is in...

Like with the original, Sweet Like Candy Limited edition doesn't really say candy to me; when I hear "candy" I envision an almost-edible sugar and vanilla sweetness, whereas the strongest and longest note in the fragrance are the berries [and the bergamot is fairly developed too] which gives the fragrance some energy. There is also a undertone of sugar water that I guess is meant to be pear.

Also like the original Sweet Like Candy, I'm struggling to write a detailed review, as I find this fragrance to be a bit too linear and similar to Ari - none of the florals stand out to me, so I just get an impression of powder and vanilla, which is almost the same as both Ari and the original Sweet Like Candy. I will be fair and say that the strong berry & bergamot blend gives the fragrance a bit more impact in comparison to Ari and Sweet Like Candy, but the wishy washy florals and the woodsy marshmallow & cream base smells the same in all three fragrances.

The longevity & sillage on offer here isn't anything to shout about, however it's a little bit better in comparison against the original - the perfume wears for around 5/6 hours, but at least it doesn't become a skin-scent as quickly as the original Sweet Like Candy does.

Official scent notes: red berries, Italian bergamot, pear, red frangipani, sambac jasmine, dewy honeysuckle, sensual musk, liquid amber, cashmere wood, crème de cassis and marshmallow.

This edition of Sweet Like Candy certainly isn't something I think of as offensive, vulgar or anything negative scent-wise, but to my nose this is pretty much the same as the regular Sweet Like Candy fragrance. Heck; even the SA in Boots warned me not to spend money on it if I have the original fragrance, when I asked for the tester the first time. 

So yeah, ultimately I think that you are essentially just paying to have the original Sweet Like Candy in a different coloured bottle - I will confess to eventually buying a bottle anyway, because the bottle is charming.