strong performance [SEP] i bought this as a blind buy as there were no reviews on this fragrancei used to really like the original candies from back in the day i was so upset when it was discontinuedthat said my nostalgia got the best of me when i saw this on amazon i don t recall what the original candies smelled like so its hard to say how close this is to the og formulation but this one smells really sweet my initial response to it was aqua net hairspray with citrus magic it is very orangey and the citrus is huge hereonce the hairspray smell goes away it smells rather nice it doesn t smell expensive you can tell it s not a high end fragrance but it s nice i wouldn t buy another bottle though same thing with the candies black which i also bought blindly i wouldn t renew either of these but it was not a waste they smell ok enough to wear out and the projection is intense these new candies frags will make people around you get a headache if you take a bath in them a few sprays is literally all you need both are extremely strong and the scent lasts a while on the skin and a very long time on clothingit has a little bit of a gourmand thing going on after it driesit smells like lemans and oranges i suppose wanting to eat it is why it s called candies so in that regard kudosthere s something going on beneath all the citrus but i cannot for the life of me put my finger on itjust know this is very sweet like invuctus but cheaper smelling it s really not terrible but they re not for mea teenager may love these candies fragrances but if you are over you may want to think again