Bonbon by Viktor & Rolf Eau de Parfum For Women, 90ml

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Love love love Bonbon. One of my first higher end perfumes, and it's the scent my boyfriend associates with me. Beautiful caramel, white floral, and orange. I always want to eat my skin when I wear Bonbon. Sillage is moderate and longevity is excellent. I can go through a full day and still smell this on me 7 hours later without having to shove my arms up my nose. I layered Molecule 01 over this and it does boost it’s longevity and added a sharp sherbet lemon scent, which almost toned down the musky sweetness that Bon Bon seems to develop into on my skin. Where Bonbon felt delicately sweet, fruity, clean, and floral at first, this feels a lot more saturated in sweetness. A blast of concentrated loud hypersweet caramel and orange blossom. After 5 minutes, it does smell a bit synthetic and plasticy, just like the original, but I'm also smelling more vanilla. It has a lot more projection and strength than the original and is heavier, too. This seems a bit of a "generic" sweet perfume, but that doesn't mean it doesn't smell good, it's just isn't super unique. Found BonBon Couture @Saks during my trip to NYC. Of course I grabbed me a bottle, which is just gorgeous. I've only sprayed it once, and it's definitely creamier/a bit more of a vanilla/cream and caramel combo this time around. I'm going to compare the 2 side-by-side at one point. It's definitely smoother/blended better, if that's the word/saying. It's not so in-your-face like the super syrupy sweetness of the original. There's definitely a spice/more warm or something to this one as well. That said, I'm not about to say it's groundbreaking or anything. Is it more sophisticated? A bit I guess. It's just not as syrupy/candied as the original. In the end, it's just another sweetie. I have to test it more, but being a gourmand and V&R fan, I just had to have it.

I really liked this fragrance at first, the opening is beautiful sweet caramel and then it warmed up on my skin and became really cloying and heavy. It just smelled like a really heavy sweet musk and I hate to say it, just like a generic perfume smell. It also has massive sillage, I walked in to a shop and a woman across by the tills honestly sniffed like she’d smelt perfume and had no idea where it was coming from, another day I put some on upstairs and my boyfriend walked in an could smell it straight away and I hadn’t even been downstairs with it on yet, it was just spilling out into the house.minutes later I feel like I don't smell it much past my skin, and it's got much more of a dirty scent to it, maybe the white tobacco and patchouli. It's not very sweet anymore and I'm not sure how much I like it now, it almost smells like someone cooking a savory sweet dish? Boyfriend also agrees now it no longer smells sweet. This is so nice and girly. I haven't tried the original so I can't provide a comparison, I can only comment on this scent alone. It's gorgeous, soft, and easy to wear. I get loadssss of caramel sweet at the core, but the sweetness is cut with the citrus of orange and the sharp peach. The peach, orange and caramel are prominent on my skin. You also smell the warm vanilla and sandalwood base where it gets its warmth. It's pleasant, girly, super feminine and attractive. Very creamy and silky on the nose. Nothing mind blowing or ground breaking, but not everything has to be. Sometimes a girl just wants to smell pretty. Not everything has to be about being different and making a statement. This is a soft scent I think most people would enjoy. It's well balanced. Not too sweet, not too citrusy, not too floraly. I think it would make a safe gift since it's such a universal scent, and especially since the bottle is a super cute bow. In terms of lasting power it does well on me. I spray it generously at 6am, and I still smell it in the evening. People definetly smell it as I walk by, so thats a plus. This isn't going to offend anyone or be headache inducing, so perfect for school or an office setting as well. All in all this is a pretty soft sweet girly scent that I really enjoy for day wear. I like the original Bonbon. I like its smooth candy sweetness and milky dry down. By comparison, Bonbon Couture is a much heavier and somewhat sweeter scent. It lingers longer, but isn't as comfy and friendly as the original. Perhaps it's because my skin tends to take patchouli and send it screaming, but on me, Bonbon Couture smells like Bonbon forgot to take a shower. There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, I kind of like this naughty Bonbon, but I prefer the clean fruity caramel scent of the original. Quality/price 2/10 (based on what I paid for it being discontinued and my personal experience with it)

I imagined that caramel would be the most predominant note but on my skin it is orange blossom instead. Of course you also smell caramel, along with vanilla, patchouli and sandalwood. The fruity opening escapes my sense of smell, it is perhaps very ephemeral or my sense of smell cannot perceive it. Bonbon is one of the most beloved and recognisable of Viktor & Rolf's fragrances. This particularly strong eau de parfum has considerable sillage due to its high concentration of essential oils. Most eau de parfums contain concentrations between 15% - 20%. Sweeten Your DayUltimately, this is a sweet caramel-y treat that's hard to dislike (unless, of course, you dislike sweet scents in general, in which case you probably shouldn't be considering Bonbon in the first place), but also hard to love. There isn't much that is special or interesting about it. Like the original Bonbon, it's a safe comfort scent. I wear it on very cold days when I don't want a challenge (Angel flankers are my favorite cold-weather gourmands, but they can make me nauseated), want to feel cozy, and know the patchouli will behave. I also like to mix Couture with the original Bonbon. But the patchouli-free original Bonbon is the superior Bonbon on me. It's far cleaner, lighter, and more wearable (i.e. I don't have to wait for super cold weather to wear it) and still gives me that sweet caramel experience. Dutch fashion design duo Viktor&Rolf presents a new version of the cute and sweet Bonbon perfume from 2014 - Bonbon Couture - available from August, 2016. The "Haute Couture" reinterpretation of the fragrance is said to be a more intensive, luxurious and stronger version of the original with more prominent notes of caramel. Performance is above average, lasts around 5-6 hours. I find it a bit cloying at just 2 sprays though. Doesn't have the complexity I'm looking for. Still, it's a nice V&R addition to my collection.

I have a strange fascination for Viktor & Rolf fragrances and that the brand has basically three lines (Flowerbomb, Spicebomb, and Bonbon) from which thousands of Flankers are born, and although they have had others like the magnificent but unfortunate (for discontinued) "Antidote" and some higher-end fragrances (if you want to say so, since their prices are already quite high for Designer fragrances) Undoubtedly these three commercial lines are the axis of the brand in question of Fragrances. Unfortunately, this perfume on my skin or for my nose because I am anosmic to one or some of the notes of it, does not work. I feel it with a very soft sillage and for only about 4 hours. I would venture to say, it is "darker" than the original. I feel that this darkness comes from the note of white tobacco, a note that also gives this fragrance, depth, intensity and a sensual, addictive character. A note, which I can smell all the time, from the opening to the drydown. It is a scent that makes you stand out - Without shouting it. It is another safe & sweet perfume, definitely a gourmand, but it's not foody or as girly, dizzying and syrupy as the original. Ιt is flowery and smoky. Certainly in colder weather its notes unfold better, but I think it's ideal for all seasons and all hours, except summer. (it's neither light nor fresh) All the ingredients are perfectly blended, so much so that I feel like I've wrapped my wrists with a luxurious, smooth fabric, such as cashmere, or silk. White flowers, dipped in creamy rich caramel, with a few drops of playful peach and ripe orange, with sandalwood crumbs... and this whole girly image is "soiled" by white tobacco and patchouli-and that's what makes it sophisticated and not immature. Εasy to wear and mysterious at the same time.The one who wears it, looks happy and extroverted, but hides a multifaceted personality, that this fragrance invites you to discover. The words about the bottle are unnecessary: Enchanting. And these pastel/matte areas that it has, which the original does not have, show this *extra quality* that the couture offers.No, this is definitely not the most innovative scent on the planet, BUT not everything has to be and this does its thing really well. It‘s more intense than the EDP, but not loud overwhelming. Everything is blended so smoothly, there is nothing screechy in this, no sharp artificial smelling vanilla or scratchy florals, just comforting warmth and juicy fruits. It‘s not a literal foody scent though, it does smell like a perfume. For some reason it reminds me a little of my B&BW Snowflakes & Cashmere lotion, like a more refined version of the same concept. They would layer well. These are different but there are some similarities with both being super sweet gourmands. The openings are similar, but BonBon dries down more powdery almond, similar to Hypnotic Poison, while Gold Rush dries down more praline-vanilla.