Cloud
Ariana Grande (2018)

Definitely something my mother bought because of the cute bottle and reasonable price.

Very vanilla forward, morphing into a more coconutty sickly sweet dessert scent the longer it's on me. Reminds me of a less harsh version of a school lockeroom, having everyone's body sprays mix together into a sweet cloud. I personally wish it had more of a fruit scent to it. Seeing the claims of a pear and bergmot anywhere in the scent was an eyebrow raiser for sure. My mother swears she can pick up some lavender if she really gets in there.

The scent has been following me for a few hours now and every time I think its finally left me I catch another whiff. Almost like I've got macroon crumbs on my clothes and everyone is too polite to point it out. The scent lingers for a couple minutes when I leave a room if you're right next to me. Clings to wrist after several washes. It also sticks very well to clothing, my mother will occasionally give her favorite shawl a spray and let it linger for a few days. I shudder to think at what the more intense formulation would do.

Definitely a single spray and walk through situation. If I were a tween/teenage girl I'm sure I would love it. Overall it is pleasant scent but not for me personally.

I don't even care, I think the packaging is adorable! It reminds me of a Mario cloud 🤗

Cloud is synthetic and whimsical, with some very understated sexiness. I really think it bears a striking resemblance to In The Stars. It's a wafting, elusive scent that probably contains the same artificial "airy-ness" constituents. It's much, much sweeter than In The Stars though (actually, ITS is scarcely sweet at all). Whatever it is, the particular trait is addictive for me and is becoming something I lean toward, I'd love to try more perfumes with this dynamic.

I love how this almost disappates for 10 minutes, only to reappear suddenly in a poof of fragrance.

It has a coconut cream/whipped cream undertone. Sometimes I really don't love coconut, but this is really rich without being heavy or cloying. I get some cookie without overwhelming vanilla too. It's not listed, but I swear I smell strawberries! It has a light touch of floral, nothing overly flowery or powdery.

It settles into a beautiful, youthful musk. I'm in love with the dry down, I could die and be buried in it happily.

Sometimes I think of personality types with frags; this INFP. It's seemingly sweet and almost juvenile, but slams you with depth and potency as time passes by...it's also stubborn and the longevity is ridiculous.

Dusty herbal citrus over pale sweet notes that don’t really stand out. I mostly get a same-y fruity floral. The rich creamy notes I was hoping for just aren’t there on my skin. I certainly don't get a BR540 vibe, but then again BR540 on me is dry thin saffron and nothing else, so maybe their similar to others. Cloud was a waste of wrist space on me. Just nothing much, cheaply done. Guess my chem isn't a match with Cloud.

It's a good fragrance on its own but I don't think it's the best clone of BR540. I'd go with Al Haramain's Amber Oud Rouge or maybe Instant Crush by Mancera.

I've smelled niche fragrances that are similar to this (from memory, I think they may have been Carner Barcelona Palo Santo and Affinessence Cedre-Iris). I thought those smelled awfully synthetic and mass-market for so-called niche, so this packaging and marketing seem like a better fit.

It develops into a base that smells like Burberry for Women (1995) and Goutal Rose Splendide (2010).

Decided to sample as on 'top ten inexpensive quality scents', and they nailed it. It's not my usual type of scent, not usually into gourmand sweet, but this one is very nicely put together.
I don't know that I'll wear it on a regular basis. I'm of an age this might smell like Mom who just left the bakery or kitchen rather than a sexy delicious vibe .
Still, after a hard work day when the smells of a kitchen full of fruit and baking, with the woodfire in the kitchen seems like a nice smell to relax with. Can't compare to BR540, but there is sure a large market for this.