Harajuku Lovers Sunshine Cuties Perfumes

I have been looking for the perfect summer scent without paying £30 for a bottle of expensive perfume. I wanted something that had a bit of a coconut smell to it and I assumed this would be a simple task to stroll into Boots and pick a body mist up for a few pounds and that was it... Unfortunately, that was not the case, and it has been quite a long winded process to find something I liked enough to be my summer "signature scent".

I first heard that The Bodyshop had made a summery twist of the classic "White Musk" (smell that we all remember fondly from the 90's) that it was a cooling spray for holidays and more importantly, it was not musky but a light summery fragrance. So I made a point of going into The Bodyshop and didn't want to doddle around so just picked it up, paid and left. As soon as I got in the car I got it out to spray some on and was happy at first - it had an ok smell and it did cool me down (it was a really warm day).
Unfortunately, by the time i was home and in the house, I couldn't smell it on myself at all. Throughout the rest of the day I continued to spray it over myself but 5 minutes later, the smell would be gone. I asked a few people to see if they could smell anything on me (just to make sure I hadn't just gotten used to the smell and couldn't smell it anymore) but nothing. Thoroughly disappointed to say the least. It is usually £8, but when I went in they had 30% of all day so got it for £5 something - not worth that and definitely not worth paying £8. The smell isn't even that nice, I'll only be using this as a "cooling down" spray on holidays. What a waste. I will learn from my mistake and take more time next time!

So a few days later, still on a quest to find this scent, I gave in and went to the Boots perfume counter. After smelling almost everything there, I asked the girl at the counter if i could smell some of the Harajuku Lovers perfumes (Gwen Stefani's line) as they had cute little bottles. There is the ordinary line with bottles looking like this:

and then the new summer line:

and I fell in love with the first one I tried, which is this one:
It is EXACTLY what I had been looking for - light, summer, fruity and... coconutty! I love it, reminds me slightly of Malibu (in a good way - not as sickly) which is convenient as it's usually my favourite mixer on holidays :). Unfortunately though, I was giving in to paying a little bit extra and I paid £14 for 10ml. I am not a huge perfume buyer so I was completely unaware as to just how little 10ml actually is... literally like a thimble full! You can't even buy any other amount in this line (you can buy 30ml in the normal range). I suppose its less weight in the suitcase. I am totally loving it though, smells gorgeous, smell stays on you and its summery summery summery down to a T (for me anyway!). The packaging is so cute, I love the different little dolls on each of them, really different.

I have to say as well that I did smell Sarah Jessica Parker's 'NYC' and it is amazing. Not the "summery scent" I was needing but if I had the money, I would have bought it, it's so lovely. Might treat myself to it in duty free....

What's your favourite scent? Do you have a "summer scent"?