If you couldn’t already tell from the whole cookie monster fiasco and sugar-laden Instagram, I have a bit of a sweet tooth. I’m the girl who’ll ask to see the dessert menu after dinner to satisfy my second stomach wholly reserved for naughty treats. So it’s fair to say the new limited edition Jo Malone Sugar & Spice collection (and the pudding and cake filled launch event – guilty) were right up my street. Inspired by good ol’ British delectable desserts, they’re taking gourmand fragrances up a notch. Sweet, spicy but subtle and sophisticated enough for even the most pro-perfume wearer; housed in five pastel primped bottles there’s a match for every sweet tooth out there…
There’s five to decide from, ranging from the downright zesty to the almost edible so let’s have a taste, I mean sniff. Ginger Biscuit, a more festive fragrance to my nose, spiced with nutmeg, cinnamon and settling into caramel vanilla engulfs you in that ‘fresh from the oven’ scent and is the most true to its title out of the bunch. One that caught me on first spritz was the refreshingly sweet and sour, Lemon Tart, the choice for summer citrus lovers. The sweetest of the quinate was Redcurrant and Cream. Candied and fruity in equal sugary doses mixing vanilla musk with notes of strawberries and raspberries – I predict this one will not be hanging around on the shelves for long. But Bitter Orange and Chocolate was my favourite; Â a bite of fruit combined with milky coconut and a hit of cocoa powder. It was the darkest and almost sexiest of them all, plus the pudding to match it was ah-mazing. If greener offerings are more your thing then Elderflower and Gooseberry occupies that category, rounding off the five nicely with a dash of lychee added to the mix to sweeten up this otherwise fresh scent.
If you’re in the mood to spritz on something sweet then snap it up, as they’re a ‘once it’s gone, it’s gone’ jobbie; available at all your usual Jo Malone haunts and online now, for £38. Time to match your favourite after dinner delicacy up with your scent? Even if just for the ridiculously cute bottles? You’ll be smelling sweet…
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