Caroline
Sweet Anthem (2010)

So, I kind of don't like the idea of perfumes advertising themselves as vegan, because it perpetuates a weird lie that regular perfumes still contain animal ingredients, which have mostly been banned for decades. Unless you're buying a very small vial of a musk attar from a very expensive shop in the middle east, nothing you're smelling came from an animal. Oh, and I also think it's funny that they make a big deal about being vegan and then list ambergris as a note... :)

With that little rant over, I should make up for it by saying that Caroline is a fantastic perfume. It goes on with lemon champagne aldehydes that call to mind Chanel No 5, but with the lemon combining with the aldehydes to form a wonderful lemon meringue smell.

With time, it gets creamy, like mix of sandalwood and soap, but with vanilla underneath and creme soda and lingering lemon meringue on top. The end result is sweet but not gourmand or dumb, which is quite a feat. Thumbs way up, despite my little rant...