All perfume samples are authentic fragrances that Surrender to Chance, Topeka, KS, has rebottled into smaller sample and decant sizes, repackaged and distributed. Surrender to Chance has no affiliation, connection or association with the manufacturers or brand owners of the perfumes.
Fragrantica: "The rice note here is very rice-like! Sweet, vanilla rice. At first I thought this perfume was sour and unpleasant (hellooooooo sticky rice note! I see you!), but the longer it sits on the skin and warms up, it's starting to grow on me... I have a hard time with rice notes in general (as well as bread notes, they can come across as very buttery and sour to my nose) and that's definitely happening here. But I decided to wear it again and to push through the initial hour of sour rice, and now the rich creamy vanilla is coming through. And the vanilla is so pretty, so sweet, so yum. I see the appeal. It's rich and sweet and smooth, with a hint of that buttery starchiness from the rice. My nose is confused. I like it... but the rice. So very rice. **Coming back after actually purchasing a bottle and wearing it more (LOL don't judge, I had a good feeling...) and it's grown on me so much!! That punchy rice note settles in and leaves behind the most luxurious, rich, slightly toasty caramel vanilla scent with a little *something extra*. It's so yum. I'm realizing that I actually have no idea what saffron smells like, that might what be what was throwing me off initially. It's almost like a metallic-floral-sesame-seed-and-suede situation lingering behind the toasty vanilla. But as it settles, everything blends together and just works."
Fragrantica: "Initially, I didn’t like this fragrance. It opened very mature and salty. But the dry down……oh the dry down. It dries down to something sweet but not in the toothache kind of way, it’s almost a caramel or toffee. It’s the kind of sweet that keeps you coming back and I think it’s the amazing blend of vanillas and saffron that create this cozy scent bubble. I suggested it as a night perfume, not meaning I think it’s for a night out or a party, but as a bedtime scent. Spray this before bed, and wake up to the most addictive fragrance trail. I do hope she brings this one back, or creates one similar. I miss it."
Fragrantica: "A very very saffron forward and very toasted rice in the initial spray then the vanilla and caramel comes out in the drydown but the saffron is still pretty prominent. The drydown in this one is very similar to Sorce’s 2AM in Lafayette minus the coffee and if you take away the saffron. Some people think the saffron note smells like leather but I don’t get the leather at all, it just smells quite smoky and pungent in the beginning, the drydown is lovely though."
