Wild Candy
Mancera (2015)

Very odd opening that's not very sweet at all, haven't really smelled anything like it. Drydown is much sweeter and reminds me of some Indian sweet. Maybe Kulfi? Nice scent overall.

4/5

Mancera Wild Candy is a more agreeable, refined version of a candy-laden, fruity designer fragrance, usually marketed to young women, at least in recent decades in the US.

It's a balanced composition that consists of mixed citrus, rose, chocolate, vanilla, sandalwood, guaiac wood, and musk, a formula, which, when read does seem like it'd make for a good sweet fragrance, and the result is largely as predicted. It's sweet, fruity, bright, sort of fresh, and sort out indulgent with the chocolate and vanilla, but it never veers off into deep gourmand territory. It's mainly a "candy" in the artistic sense; it does not smell like food, per se.

It's a good performer, as well, like most of the Mancera/Montale empire, and it's elegant enough to distinguish it from most of its designer kin.

Its retail pricing is the standard $180 for 120ml until it recently sold out, it was available on FragranceX for $94. I estimate the cheaper, designer candy scents might be more reasonable alternatives at half the [discounted] price, or even less, but there's no denying that Wild Candy is fun, easy-to-wear scent for fans of the sweeter stuff.

7 out of 10