18/08/2013

Smelly Sunday | Meow

Hi guys, and so another Smelly Sunday rolls around! Today I'll be featuring what was my first ever (pretty much) perfume purchase! I was living off of minis for a long time there... It is a celebrity fragrance from Katy Perry. It is her second release, Meow. 


I've had this one for quite a while actually, probably over a year. I'm quite a big Katycat and knew that I wanted to buy one of her fragrances. Her first release was Purr, more of a floral fragrance. Meow is a lot sweeter and was inspired by her fantasy land of Candyfornia. 

According to Fragrantica, Meow has notes of "tangerine, pear, jasmine and gardenia; the heart are honeysuckle, lily of the valley and orange blossom, while the sweet base features aromas of amber, vanilla, sandalwood and musk"

First of all, this is a VERY sweet perfume, and definitely will not be to everyone's taste. My mum certainly says this scent gives her a headache! It is very strong and quite heavy. I can detect a very vanilla-ry and musky scent with a vague fruity hint. I find this scent is best suited to night time, or in the cooler months as for me, I like it best with heavy jumper and scarf attire.

Despite being such a heady fragrance and an Eau de Parfum, I don't find it lasts a particularly long time. I find it lasts strongly for about five hours, but if applied in the morning, it's usually gone by night.



The bottles for her perfumes are very cute. Katy is a big lover of cats (if you couldn't tell already!). Meow is housed in a milky pink cat shaped bottle, with jewel eyes and a collar with an 'M' charm. The head pulls off to reveal the 'spritzer'. I find though that the head is very loose, and I would not recommend lifting the perfume by the head, for fear of it falling! The back also has an adorable cat tail! Something that annoys the perfectionist in me, is the two different tones of gold/metal. The collar is like a purply-gunmetal whereas the base is rose gold? I would have preferred all one colour, but hey, that's just me!



While I don't think that this scent is for everyone, I do enjoy it! Do I regret purchasing the 100mL, yes a little bit... haha. It was quite cheap though (it was more cost efficient to buy the bigger bottle!), but I don't think I will ever finish it! I am very excited though for Katy to launch her third fragrance, Killer Queen, as the bottle looks absolutely stunning and so opulent!


Are you a fan of the Katy Perry fragrances, or celebrity fragrances in general?

12 comments:

  1. I have the purple one (forgot what its called) and I love it! Really looking forward to trying Meow out and can't wait for the Killer Queen to arrive :D

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    1. Killer Queen looks so amazing - tempted to buy it if only for the bottle! haha

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  2. I've never smelled any of Katy Perry's fragrances but I am sure a fan of other celebrity fragrances like Britney Spears. I've smelled Kim Kardashian's first fragrance and I just thought it was horrid.

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    1. I actually think Celeb fragrances are quite good, and they end up getting so cheap!

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  3. I always have a small bottle of Paris Hilton's Heiress. Not a fan of her but love the smell of the perfume! I'm also a fan of the Fantasy range by Britney. xxx

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    1. I've never smelt Heiress before, Britney Spears' perfumes are quite popular!

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  4. I'm not a huge Katy fan, nor am I into super sweet 'fumes but I want me that kitty bottle. (;

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    1. It's so cute, and one of the main reasons I picked up the perfume, haha!

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  5. Great post. I'm not a huge Katy fan, and prefer dogs over cats, but that bottle is just too cute!

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    1. I too am a dog person, but kittens really get me, and so did this bottle!

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