Or it could be that the scent didn't live up to my dreams of Anna Sui clothes one day becoming my full wardrobe.

At the height of her success, Sui was honoured with the title of 'Top 5 Fashion Icons of the Decade' and earned the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America, joining the likes of womenswear designers Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren and Diane von Furstenburg. It may be considered "gothic" and decadent because of the colours of the bottle and/or maybe its design (beautiful, but doesn't it owe more to Sui's Chinese origin? Her collectible fragrances and perfumes are famous for their elaborate packaging and bottle designs.

Presented in a gorgeous hot-air balloon-shaped diffuser, this luxe women's perfume features fruity pear, pink pepper and bergamot top notes. Eau de toilettes, in general, have a smaller concentration of oils than EDPs (between 5-15%), making them more ephemeral.

The orris root was extremely dominant, the rose dusty and moldy, the other notes fairly non-existent to me. It is an easy fragrance, and I think I may try to snag another bottle as this small one I have now seems too little. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The success of Anna Sui continues to grow in abundance both inside and out of her domination in women's fashion and highly successful fragrance range, with her designs attracting many famous women celebrity clients including Blake Lively, Naomi Campbell, Sofia Coppola, Liv Tyler and Courtney Love.

Playful bottles match the cheerful fragrances, with the perfect womanly perfumes that will quickly become a signature scent. It's not a scent I would wear when I want to make a serious impression on someone, but it smells nice enough and focuses on iris without smelling too powdery, or dated.