I Love Harajuky Lovers (Gwen Stefani: Harajuku Lovers Gwen, Eau de Toilette)

Member Name: hollywoodmum

Product:	Gwen Stefani: Harajuku Lovers Gwen, Eau de Toilette
Date:	24/09/09 (75 review reads)
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Advantages: Design, Original Snts for all ocassions

Disadvantages: Staying powervaries throughout the range

I don't think that I've ever written a review on a perfume before but this is one of my faves so will give it a whirl.
Well the fragrance market seems to be flooded with celeb endorsed perfumes of late, every celeb has got one or two out and most of the sell well, fans of the people will probably want to at least try the scent.

I can't say I'm a huge fan of Gwen Steffani but I think she's a great singer/songwriter and admire her unique sense of style. When I heard she had bought out her own scent I wasn't really surprised but I was interested into what they smelt and looked like.

Anybody familiar with Gwn Stefani and her work will know that she's very into the Japanese fashion scene and uses Harajuku girls in her videos (infact she has a song all about loving Harajuku girls' style). Harajuku style is eyecatching and basically anything goes.

I'm usually doubtful as whether celebs actually have any involvement in chosing the aromas and scents that go into their perfumes or whether they just put their names to it but Gwen claims to have been involved in the development of the fragrances.

The Fragrances
Harajuku Lovers comes in 5 different scents, they are: Love, Lil Angel, G, Music and Baby.
Love is described as sensual and floral.
Lil Angel is described as fruity and floral
G is Modern Gourmand
Music is delicate floral
Baby is a powdery musk
So far I own 2 of the 5 Love and G so for now will give my opinion on these and update when I get round to trying or purchasing the others.

Bottles & Packaging
Each bottle has a glass bottle contains either 20 or 30ml of the perfume but the lid of the bottle is amazing. The lid is actually a plastic doll and each doll is different depending on what the scent is.
Love is a doll with black hair and a blue dress.
Lil Angel is a dark haired doll, wearing a bandana and a scholl uniform.
G is a blonde haired doll wearing fishnets a blue mini and a white top with a lovely bowed headband in her hair.
Music is a dark haired doll wearing a cute little sailor outfit
Baby is a dark curly haired doll wearing a ink baby doll dress

When buying the perfume you need to bear the size of lid in mind. The perfume comes in a boxbut it's the doll lid that actually takes up the majority of the space in the box not the actual perfume bottle, which is tiny by comparison.

My Experience
I was given a 20ml bottle of Love by my boyfriend for my birthday back in June, (I did drop huge hints before hand everytime we went in Boots). I'd already smelt it and loved it, you can really smell Jasmin and musk in there. In my opinion it's the perfect scent for an evening out, you also don't need to use a lot to get the desired effect. When wearing Love many a time other people have commented on how nice it is and asked what it is. As for staying power I find that Love does a really good job especiallyince I'm addict of the dreaded weed, even my nasty ciggy smell doesn't penetrate my perfume.

As for G, I bought G on Saturday, at the counter in Boots I asked the lady behing the counter if I could have a tester of the other Harajuku Lovers scents and G was the first one she sprayed. I bought a 30ml bottle on the spot. The scent is really coconutty (is that a word?) but it reminded me of holidays, I would say it's more of a daytime perfume compared to Love but as it was new and we were of for a posh nosh that night I decided I'd wear it that night. I did find though that G didn't have the staying power of Love infact I was a little dissapointed by it. But in my opinion G has the best doll lid out of the five.

Price
At the moment the 30ml bottles are £20 in Boots but I've just been looking on ebay ad some people are asking for £24 Buy It Now.

Overall
These are highly modern fragrances and all quite girly, each scent could be used for different occassion and the bottles are highly collectable. Personally I love them and would reccommed. The other 3 fragrances have been added to Christmas list

Summary: I Great fragrance range