Britney Spears' Fantasy: Varied Fragrances You'll Love or Hate

Britney Spears' Fantasy fragrance is has definitive, lingering fragrances and combines several ingredients you would not expect to see together on a perfume label. These include quince, cupcakes, kiwi, white chocolate, orchids, jasmine petals, red lychee, creamy musk, orris and woods.

Britney Spears' Fantasy is likely a fragrance that you will love or hate - similar to Aquolina's Pink Sugar and Lolita Lempicka. I would consider Fantasy in between those two fragrances in the intensity of the scent. It is softer than Lolita Lempicka but more intense than Pink Sugar. The reason for this is there are so many different scent notes that often it smells like many scents to different people and with such varied top, middle and final notes Fantasy smells differently even on the same day. People often disagree on what Fantasy actually smells like: some think chocolate or cupcakes or frosted baked goods or cotton candy; others smell floral or fruit or woodsy scents. It is unique in that it does not smell like any one scent on any one person, so it likely smells distinctive, but different than the way a perfume like Child is distinct on each person, Fantasy evokes numerous "memory" scents. Depending on the person's memory associations with that scent, that can be good or bad. For instance, some people think Fantasy smells like licorice. That is great if you like licorice, but some people dislike that scent. If you are a person who wants to wear one trademark scent, Fantasy may not be for you since it smells so different of the course of the day and evokes different scents to different people. If however you like the variety of scents it evokes, this is a good scent. Sometimes it evokes certain scent notes that are absolutely scrumptious - and other times, it does not. The cupcake note is perhaps the most prominent in the middle notes of the fragrance.

Britney Spears' Fantasy comes in several forms including an Eau de Parfum in 1.7 ounce for $45 and 3.3 ounce, a "Work your Magic" Soufflé, ($25) a "Portable Potion" solid perfume jeweled compact, (0.50 oz Parfum Solid is $50) and a "Surprising Twist" fragrance roller ball and lip gloss duo for $25.

A subset of Britney Spears' Fantasy is Midnight Fantasy by Britney Spears, a 2007 edition made for evening wear. It is a floral and fruity fragrance with orchid, freesia, black cherries and plum. It is the same evolving scent premise - going from fruity and floral to vanillas, fruit and musk. Essentially, Midnight Fantasy is less sweet and fruitier. It is in a cobalt bottle of the same design, and can be found at stores like Ulta for $55.

Online, Fantasy can be found at Nordstrom.com, Dillards.com, and Macys.com. Also visit Ulta and Belks.

Ulta.com currently has free shipping and handling on $25 orders, but excludes Britney Spears' Fantasy from any coupon discounts. There are typically nice gift with purchase deals to be had at Ulta though. Fantasy is no longer carried at Sephora, but they have other Britney Spears' items.

Some Web sites of interest to Britney Spears' Fantasy fans would include the Britney Spears' beauty Web site. There are Fantasy games, a mini movie, product listings and ringtones. Also, sign up at Britney spears beauty Web site and get special offers on the entire Britney Spears' beauty and Fantasy fragrance line.