Pink Friday is Nicki Minaj's debut fragrance. It was a worldwide hit for the hood-lite rapper. It shocked even the most sophisticated critic for its breathtaking scent.
Pink Friday opens with a combo of starfruit, Italian mandarin and boysenberry (a mix of blackberry and raspberry.) The middle notes consist of lotus and jasmine. Mainly the fruity notes hit your sinuses first with the under note of musk accompanying it. After settling for a few hours, the floral notes stick to your skin. I noticed the musk and fruites tend to linger longer if you spray it right on your forearm/wrists.
Pink Friday is such a refreshing scent. I am a big fan of starfruit and passion fruit notes. So seeing that starfruit would be a major player, I was immediately in love.
The bottle started off the bust craze. All of Nicki's bottles are a different bust of the singer. Representing her chameleon-esq looks. Unfortunately, mine had the necklace broken off :(. But that's the least of my concern. The bottle isn't too intricate but it is just the debut design. I don't think Pink Friday was expected to be as successful as it was. The bottle isn't as wild as Minajesty or Onika. But it's still very entertaining.
This is the mini lotion tube. It's hot pink ombré into a royal purple. The lettering is gold which really pops. I'm NOT a fan of pink and purple as a color combo. However this is very easy on the eyes. The lotion has some sparkle to it. It's almost velvety looking! It smells just as wonderful as the fragrance. It has a tad stronger musk smell if I do say so myself.
Overall I give Pink Friday an 8/10. The bottle is very unique but is easily outdone by its successor. The scent itself is very outstanding. It's fruity/floral openings followed by the musk under tone is very relaxing. It's not overbearingly fruity or floral. A perfect balance of both. I paid $50 for the bottle so I was a little upset with the broken necklace. But $50 isn't too bad for the full bottle. Especially since I got it around its initial release.
Pink Friday was a superb entreé to Nicki's line of fragrances. It gave me a sense to not judge a book by its cover. Of coarse Pink Friday looks very out of place around the more upscale fragrances at Macy's. Dior, Chanel No. 5 and others may seem intimidating to the rapper's scent. But Pink Friday proved to win over some snooty critics. I was surprised at how highly praised it was by some of the older counter ladies in the perfume department. Many of them even wear the scent as a day to day perfume.
Pink Friday will most likely go down in history as comparable to Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth. A singer venturing into the world of fragrances. However, it will remain a very unique staple for sure.
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