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KKW Fragrance - KKW Body I’ve never really thought of myself as a rebel.   Sure, I’m a think-outside-the-box kind of girl but a rebel?   Not so much.   Still, I found myself feeling quite the rebel when I decided to purchase KKW Body (“KKW”).   Oh the bottle (cast as a miniature of Kim Kardashian West’s naked torso) created quite the stir in Fragcomm.   There were comparisons to the iconic Gaultier bottles although the KKW version is far more detailed.   And of course there were the expected comments about the Kardashians in general.   Sigh.   I don’t take well to bias, name calling, and other sorts of snobbery.   It was then I knew that the fragrance NEEDED a fair review in Fragcomm. So what about the fragrance?   It is not a beachy, tropical scent like many releases are this time of year.   Instead, on me, I find it to be a fruity floral musk.   KKW opens with a burst of bright, juicy, fresh picked fruits.   I...

Burberry - My Burberry Black EDT My Burberry Black (“Black”) is an oriental floral fragrance from Burberry.  If you’ve tried the original My Burberry, you will find echoes of it in Black.  Black seems to take the original and add more depth and warmth to it. Black opens with a ripened, somewhat sweet, dripping peach nectar and a tempered jasmine.  A resinous and warm amber wraps around the peachy floral giving the fragrance that familiar oriental vibe.  After about an hour into wear, the candied roses begin to blend into the scent.  The rose isn’t a fresh blooming rose but instead almost an essence of rose.  It’s as if a delicate aura of rose floats softly into Black.  Patchouli begins to appear at about the 2 ½ to 3 hour mark.  While it is a clean patchouli, the addition of the note seems to add almost a boozy quality to the fragrance.  Black does not go off the rails though and, while each note is identifiable, they blend seamlessl...