The high-brow customer that they seem to be aiming for would probably never wear such a juvenile perfume. Who the hell is Selena Gomez?)īutterfly smells better than Pink Sugar, and could easily take its place as Sephora’s best-seller if Hanae Mori would realize who their actual target audience should be. I once sprayed Butterfly on one wrist and Pleasures on the other, and asked random guys at the mall outside Sephora to smell me and pick which fragrance. (Is that still a current reference, by the way? For the life of me I can’t keep all these new 15 year-old celebrities straight. Take a good $30 off the price, slap a couple more butterflies on the bottle, and watch the Hannah Montanas come running. If you ask me, Hanae Mori is marketing this all wrong. This would be an excellent competitor for the hearts and minds of Pink Sugar lovers, but Butterfly is outrageously priced and is therefore far out of reach for the average tweenage budget. Butterfly certainly smells good, but it does not smell like a perfume. Should I just come out and say it? Overly sweet. Kosher marshmallows are more obviously sugary, and I swear that Butterfly’s hyper-rich sweetness is a spot-on representation.īutterfly is sweet. Hanae Mori is closer to kosher marshmallows, which do not contain any gelatin and come in exciting colors to disguise the fact that they do not taste all that much like their gelatin-containing counterparts. “But Ari,” I hear you saying, “marshmallows are delicious! What sort of heartless harpy could hate on marshmallows, unless they’re 60 feet tall and possessed by the spirit of the destructive deity Gozer?”Ĭutest marshmallow-possessed-by-demon EVER!īut the marshmallows I am thinking of are not your standard puffy white blobs of deliciousness. Well… at least it’s not another fruity floral. The blue butterfly Hanae Mori is more floral and the pink butterfly fragrance is more green. I am actually glad it was a blind buy because if I had smelled this in a store, I would have never bough it and now I can tell it will be one of my favorites. Hanae Mori Blue Butterfly Eau de Parfum Spray for Women. The longer it was on the more I loved it. My boyfriend said I smelled like a dessert. It became so sweet and delicious and I could not stop smelling myself. I've been loving this beauty for about 20 years"įragrantica - " But then it dried down and it's all sandalwood and ylang ylang. Something you reach for to feel warm and safe. It's the perfume version of comfort food. ![]() ![]() This is a cozy sweater, warm hug, best friend, tender lover type of fragrance. That's about it - and it's perfection just as is. To me, I get a almond syrup soaked vanilla cake warm out of the oven, and topped with perfectly ripe sweet summer berries. And it's a rather golden vanilla - like the almond. There's no vanilla, although it smells like there is. The almond is smooth, golden and almost syrupy. The berries are sweet and smooth without a hint of tang. Completely edible, personally, I get none of the florals. Hanae Mori Pink Butterfly Reviewsįragrantica - " A true gourmand, through and through. ![]() This is the pink butterfly box, the EDT, eau de toilette. This is a woody gourmand with notes of strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, black currant, ylang, jasmine, rose, peony, sandalwood, almond tree, rosewood and Virginia cedar. ![]() Hanae Mori Pink Butterfly perfume was launched in 1996, created by Bernard Ellena.
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