Britney Spears 'Midnight Fantasy'

Midnight Fantasy is the fourth and latest fragrance release from Britney Spears, and is meant as the sexy, late night (”a mysterious realm of temptation and intrigue”) follow-up to 2005’s Fantasy. It was created by perfumer Caroline Sabas, and the notes include black cherries, framboise, plum, orchid, freesia, iris, musk, amber and vanilla. The bottle is the same as Fantasy’s, done up in dark blue. If you were expecting a darker, warmer take on Fantasy’s medley of cupcake and sweet fruits, Midnight Fantasy may come as something of a surprise. The top notes, like those of Fantasy, are largely candied fruits, and as has been pointed out numerous times on MakeupAlley, it smells an awful lot like grape Kool-Aid. Thankfully, it calms to a more palatable (if still relatively sweet) berry-ish sort of mixture fairly quickly. The heart notes add an entirely anonymous blur of sheer florals, and the base is velvety but surprisingly pale and clean. Midnight Fantasy is an Eau de Parfum; the 50 ml bottle is £15 and the 100 ml bottle is £35. If you have your own web page and would like to display your allegiance, there is (I am not making this up) a Britney Spears Midnight Fantasy Countdown to Valentine’s Day widget available for download via the Britney Spears Beauty website.


Summary: smells like it came straight out of the pick-n-mix - at night!

Advantages: a typically girly, pretty scent which is deliciously sweet.

Disadvantages: you either love it or hate it - to some it is ridiculously sickly sweet