A meow or a roar? (reviewing Jungle Fantasy edt, by Britney Spears)...

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It's Fantasy time again - actually the latest flanker has been out for a little while and I've just fallen behind with new releases from my usual brands, because life gets in the way sometimes 🙃

 However I'm back before they release another flanker, so brownie points for me... 

Jungle Fantasy opens with watermelon and a drop of some kind of berry, which is reminiscent of the delicious watermelon ice tea a local cafe makes 😋 The yuzu adds a fresh citrussy blast to keep the fruits more energetic and disperse the sweetness.

I'm not familiar with gustavia flower and have trouble separating anything other than the waterlily and gardenia, other than a faint breeze of violet. The overall feel of the floral blend is aquatic & soapy, so it is a very fresh and clean mix of fruits and florals that make up the bulk of Jungle Fantasy - everything is packed tightly together and is too close to the skin for me to be able to provide a better description. 

You get the original [and very brief] Fantasy nod with cupcake, vanilla, tonka and sandalwood. The base notes are jumbled closely to the floral heart & are quiet, so on some wears I never even notice the base. Disappointingly linear.

Official key scent notes: watermelon blossom, violet leaf, Yuzu, gustavia flower, water lily, gardenia, tonka bean and cupcake accord.

The longevity and aura aren't anything impressive here; roughly between three to four hours on average, and it goes intimately close to the skin very quickly. Some of the Bath & Body Works body sprays have more of a impact in all honesty.

Jungle Fantasy is of the nice-but-not-outstanding Fantasy flankers; nothing 'bad', but there are plenty of more appealing Fantasy editions. Give it a test by all means, but I'd recommend waiting for a price discount before picking it up. I think that Jungle Fantasy would have been more suitable as the spring/summer '24 release - a warmer, sparkling, or icy cold fragrance would have been much more popular for the colder months and the pre-festive lead-up. And with the new Britney autobiography out at the end of the month, I was really hoping for something more adult & unique here in celebration of her regaining control of her life.

The 30ml bottle is £25.50, and the 100ml is £39.

You can test & buy Jungle Fantasy from Superdrug, Boots, The Perfume Store, and The Fragrance Shop.