Details:
The Cake Is A Lie
Winter 2011 (now permanent)
One Hand Washes The Other
Notes:
But it smells so REAL! Lemon-filled butter cake with thick, fluffy frosting. Lemon, sugar, cake batter and frosting.
This perfume came in my recent package from Rachel, and having never tried any perfumes from One Hand Washes The Other, I was a bit excited to get in and try it. The Cake Is A Lie is one of those weird phrases that I have heard a million times but don't know the etymology of - I assume it's from some fandom or other. Regardless, I've had at least a couple of other perfumes of that name in the past. In the vial, this one smells like sweet lemon cake. I like it, but I feel like I've smelled the exact same perfume 10 times in the last few months. It doesn't change a lot on application - perhaps a bit more sugary. About 20 minutes in it goes a bit dusty and stays that way for a half hour or so. The dry down is sugary vanilla custard. The sillage and longevity are both fairly low - it was gone in a couple of hours.
Rating:
3/5 As I said, I liked it, but I feel a bit caked out these days.
Day 88!
The name of this perfume alone make me wanting to try it! You are so right it is a weird phrase!
ReplyDeleteI hate it when I buy the "same" perfume over and over again. I think this is happen because I am obsesed with specific notes. Marshmallow for example or Boozy vaniia's.
Yes, because I'm so specific about what I like I have a bad habit of buying tons of similar ones... and then I get tired of them! That's why I've been trying to branch out a bit more this year and get out of my usual narrow wardrobe of 'note likes'.
DeleteI do like this one, but I agree it's not spectacularly unique.
ReplyDeleteThe Cake is a Lie comes from a video game called Portal, but I've never played it so I have no idea what it actually means.
Ah, I knew it had to be some geek-related thing. I don't play video games because I have terrible hand/eye coordination, so I never would have known that reference. Thanks for the explanation!
DeleteI'm glad this was ok for you, even though it was redundant. It's so good to see it in a new home, as I don't usually like foody scents (unless I'm in need of something comforting of course). But I agree that it's not terribly unique <3
ReplyDeleteAh, that's my own fault for always buying cakey perfumes - and to be honest, if I were buying stuff on OHWTO I definitely would have thrown in a sample of this anyway. ;-)
DeleteHmm, I don't think I would be urged to try it.
ReplyDeleteOn a bright note, Dee, I sent you a fun package this week and finally got your Firebird to you and some other scent samples. Hopefully a few are new places you can go and inspect:) I forgot to mail the note on the samples, so I e-mailed you what was in the box so you know the perfume companies.
Caught up on your blog and had much fun reading it all, Thanks!
I got that email - and thank you so much. Can't wait to check it all out! <3
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