Kewpie Doll is a green floral fragrance created by Alie Kiral. This is a scent about family - about being an Italian American woman. The idea of the fragrance came from the perfumer's scent memories of relaxing on the back porch of her grandmother’s house while she made way too much food - her tomato plants, the flowers, and the warm wood to stretch out on for a summer nap. The name of the fragrance is a nod to the future of the perfumer's family - her adorable niece Wren, with cheeks like a kewpie.
Kewpie Doll is a crisp green floral that smells like rosy cheeks, Nana's back porch, sun-streaked tomato plants and a new doll. It features notes of sweet basil, vinyl, Calabrian bergamot, summer blooms and tomato leaf.
PEARFAT PARFUM KEWPIE DOLL REVIEWS
Fragrantica: Let me tell you, this perfumer is, no pun intended, right on the nose. They could easily work for some midwestern chemical company and make their fragrances and would probably be highly successful - However, they have chosen to blaze their own path into the tall prairie grass and the results are a niche-level daydream. These scents are on a whole other level, wearable nostalgia, she doesn't get deep into woods, or citruses, but rather places and moments that trigger memories. I love her philosophy toward fragrance. Yes, it's tomato leaf with action figure/baby doll plastic. Perfectly complemented and apparently molecularly partners. I don't wear it, as these notes are quite strong. I spray it into a room when I want guests to feel at home. If you're not into this, that is fine, you can not say it is not exceptionally well done and meets the marks of the goals intended.
Fragrantica: And review i will! i really really like this one. decidedly sunshiney,, definitely feels like the thick of summer and i look forward to wearing it then. i get a little bit of that soft baby doll plastic for the first couple hours, but it’s subtle— the tomato leaf is more the star here (at least on me). smells like im seven in the backyard with my sister and caitlin and abby, and we’re all covered in dirt, it’s late afternoon, and my mom is picking tomatoes, for bruschetta, for book club (it’s our turn to host— when it gets dark the adults will start arriving and we’ll go inside and watch nickelodeon and sometimes get up to steal m&ms from the snack table. but we have a good hour left until the sun sets).
Fragrantica: This scent does remind me of remind me of the smell of dolls/action figures, but in a good way? It starts with an interesting sharp plasticky note, but opens up to a garden fresh green fragrance that melds really well with the more plasticky vinyl. My fiancée usually doesn’t like my niche fragrances, but really loves this one on me. I think this is a great unique fragrance, but has a really approachable element to it as well.
Fragrantica: So wonderful! Somehow so green and the spicy tomato leaf note is the bomb...love love love. Love the first spray with its wet minty note, love the dry down that smells like leaves in the sun, love it layered with Not A Perfume which makes me feel like I'm lying in a flowerbed. Awesome!
Fragrantica: Easily my favorite fragrance I own. I get compliments every time I wear it, deep sniffs when I enter the room! Fresh, spicy, soooo green and distinctly tomatoey. I get more vinyl on the drydown, and a totally spicy opening blast that at first I didn't like but settles well. I ADORE kewpie doll, and every scent I've tried from Pearfat has been a hit.
Fragrantica: First impressions: Green, in bloom, sunny! A summery scent, but a refreshing respite from sunscreen, coconut, and vacation-core. This is summer at home. The vinyl note surprised me with how comforting (and harmonious) it is- speaks to the role of plastic in our lives I guess. Dolls on the floor. On me, the basil and bergamot are more forward, with the tomato leaf coming in as it dries down. If you're into more traditional florals and want to expand your horizons, try this green bouquet for days
Fragrantica: This brought out a very surprising and visceral reaction of nostalgia for me that I was NOT expecting. This perfumer takes a lot of inspiration from living/being raised in the midwestern US, and having been raised there myself I can see why now. This reminds me of the EXACT smell of my aunt's backyard in the summer when I was younger. The smell of the vegetal basil and tomato leaf mixing with the smell of non descript flowers, all with a weirdly lovable backbone of plastic from my action figures hits really close to home. Off initial spray you get a healthy dose of bergamot that almost smells lemonade-esque when put in combination with the rest of the notes. This is pretty much the entire scent, the plastic-y vinyl becoming less noticeable as it dries down more on my skin. I might give this a wearing or two more before the weather truly turns. I can dig this, not necessarily a love as it is SO SPECIFIC to my memory of summer afternoons, and the plastic-y vinyl note can be a bit screeching for the first 30 minutes; but I can still dig this. This is a completely unisex fragrance, this is art.
