Say what you want about Paris, but guards had to hold back a crowd at lunchtime on a Monday. As for the scent itself, it’s fairly generic. Sweet and cloying. After spending a few minutes trying to scrub it off, I gave up. Fairy Dust, like its maker, tends to linger.
— Columnist Reyhan Harmanci of SFGate attends a Paris Hilton Fairy Dust launch event at Macy’s. Read the rest at Paris and Fairies.
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With every celebrity fragrance release, I am reminded of why I respect Sarah Jessica Parker as much as I do – while her releases are not my style, at least they are interesting, and she had some intellectual input into them.
I would have agreed with you up until Covet Pure Bloom — now I'm reserving judgment until I smell her new trio.
yes, I agree! i love her but I hope the next three are as good as covet and lovely.
We'll have to keep our fingers crossed, and hope she really does release that rumored unisex scent!
Anyone – If you have a TJ Maxx near you, mine has Lovely and Covet for next-to-nothing. I was tempted by unsniffed Covet for $20 but being on unemployment, I have to curtail that kind of foolishness!
I just had to stop myself from buying an unsniffed bottle of fairy dust from ebay…I treat myself too often!
Hahahahaha. A coworker brought me a sample vial of Fairy Dust a couple weeks back. I put a dab on the back of my hand and couldn't scrub it off fast enough (after almost retching). I gave the sample right back, but I'm glad she brought it to me.
In all fairness, that same coworker wears the original Paris Hilton and I find it pleasant on her.
I feel a bit shy to ask this but what is the “n-word” the author refers to in the Paris & the Fairies article? Ooh perhaps it's too rude for NST?
And… my two scents… haven't tried wearing Fairy Dust yet but smelling it on the strip I thought it was a fairly nice white floral, until it began to morph into a horrible rotting sour fruity mish-mash!
The original Paris Hilton isn't too bad, and it definitely wears well on some people. I wish that SJP's Lovely wore well on me, because I find it intriguing, but it turns to watery dirt after two minutes.
I don't know what the n-word was, and after some consideration I decided I'd rather not know.
I don't Fairy Dust horrible or rotting, just sweet & kind of dull.
Thanks Tama!
Go ahead an Google it – easy enough to find sites about it. I'm not a Paris hater, but I also never had heard until now about this tempest that occured almost two years ago…
Honestly, this reminded me quite a bit of the original “Juicy Couture” fragrance. Since JC has turned out to be popular amongst the same audience Hilton's brand seems to be targeting, perhaps the focus group for “Fairy Dust” encouraged similarities between the two.
Nope, don't wanna know, really!
Yeah, I can see that, although I'd say JC was much better-done.
That was meant to be directed at shiny, but yeah, Robin, skip it…
The “n-word” is a (particularly vicious) racial insult; I'm guessing you're not from the US?
See, I didn't want to know that.
I don't see why you couldn't be from the US, that word is no longer in widespread use in many parts of the country — I haven't heard anyone utter it in years.
I agree! I found JC smoother; creamier. The resemblance isn't striking but I wouldn't be surprised if “Team Paris” wanted to grab a piece of JC's popularity. “Fairy Dust” certainly smells like the more…affordable…of the two
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Very polite way of putting it, LOL…