Stardust & Stems
SECOND CHANCE | Cotton Candy Peony Perfume | Romance Readers Collection, Chapter Three | Eau de Parfum
SECOND CHANCE | Cotton Candy Peony Perfume | Romance Readers Collection, Chapter Three | Eau de Parfum
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A dreamy cotton candy perfume inspired by second-chance romances, summer carnivals, and dog-eared paperbacks. Second Chance opens with clouds of pink cotton candy and strawberry sugar before unfolding into delicate peony petals, fluffy vanilla cream, warm tonka bean, and soft cashmere musk. Sweet, feminine, and nostalgic, it's a romantic fragrance for anyone who loves cotton candy perfumes, strawberry perfumes, and stories that deserve another chapter.
COTTON CANDY GOURMAND | BLUSH FLORAL | CASHMERE MUSK
TOP Pink Cotton Candy • Strawberry Sugar
HEART Peony Petals • Vanilla Cream
BASE Tonka Bean • Cashmere Musk
There was a time when every summer looked the same.
The carnival would come to town, and they'd spend evenings wandering beneath the lights with pink cotton candy in their hands and paperbacks tucked beneath their arms. They had a tradition of bringing books for each other—stories they'd loved, dog-eared pages marked with favorite lines, favorite passages underlined in pencil, little pieces of themselves exchanged one summer at a time.
Until the year everything changed.
And after that, neither of them ever came back.
Not for one summer.
Not for ten.
Then one July evening, without knowing why, they each decide it's finally time.
The music is still drifting through the warm air. The Ferris wheel still turns against the evening sky. A vase of peonies catches the last golden light of sunset, and beside the cotton candy stand sits a stack of books waiting for someone to take them home.
Neither of them expects the other to be there.
But some stories aren't finished the first time they're written.
Maybe some stories simply wait for the Ferris wheel to come back around.
That’s Second Chance.
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Each Stardust & Stems perfume is hand-blended in small batches in my home studio, created with intention to weave a moment of magic into the everyday — a soft pause from life’s demands, meant to bring joy, wonder, and whimsy to those who wear it.
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Excellent scent and very long lasting! It reminds me of cotton candy but also of the bath salts my fancy aunt used when I was a child it brings back a lot of memories for me of sweet, slightly floral, yet somehow also warm scents! Very nostalgic for me and a wonderful scent
Loved the scent and the packaging is adorable. Will purchase again!
I had to leave a review for this one since it didn’t have any! VERY happy with my purchase! I ordered the large perfume size the second I found out about this scent simply because cotton candy and peony are two of my favorite scents. The combination is something that reminds me of my childhood in a way I can’t really put my finger on, but it is so so lovely. Truly brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for your attention to care and for the extra freebie which was Roseberry Briar oil. It’s intoxicating and actually pairs really well with Second Chance. I also bought a sample of Mermaid’s Spell so I can have a lil summer perfume to carry around in my purse. It makes me feel like I am on a shore somewhere. Incredible how scents just take you to a different place and time. 💕 I will be coming back for more 💖
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a very clean smell, i didnt quite get the petricore, this leaned more sweer floral to me then atmospheric but still and enjoyabke fragrence.
Excellent scent and very long lasting! It reminds me of cotton candy but also of the bath salts my fancy aunt used when I was a child it brings back a lot of memories for me of sweet, slightly floral, yet somehow also warm scents! Very nostalgic for me and a wonderful scent
Such a beautiful scent!
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This is one of my favorite scents, it's so warm and cozy and smells so inviting!! it's absolutely perfect for a cold rainy day, or any fall/winter morning.
This smells like pure magic! My daughter took it immediately:)
Deliciously hydrating!
Everything smells delightful!! We ordered sample sizes, so now we know what we like and what full size to order!
I LOVE strawberry moon, it’s definitely one of my go-to’s since buying. It’s not as sweet smelling as I would normally expect a strawberry perfume to be (which is why I normally steer away from them lol) instead it’s bright, summery, and perfectly citrusy. It’s hard to describe but I love it. It smells like summer to me. The bottle is just beautiful too. All of the labels on the stardust and stems perfumes are just gorgeous, I love seeing them all together on their lil shelf :)
Loved the scent and the packaging is adorable. Will purchase again!