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?