Toy 2 Bubble Gum Eau de Toilette Gift Set

A sugared citrus opening and a bubble gum heart are what you get from Moschino Toy 2 Bubble Gum Eau de Toilette Gift Set. Candied citrus, lemon and orange start it soft rather than zesty, and the gum note behind them is the thing the fragrance is really about from the first minute onward. The citrus never behaves like a fresh top note here; it is sugar from the start.

The heart is fruit and flowers together: blackcurrant with peach and peach blossom for ripeness, bulgarian rose for a floral note that stops it reading purely as confectionery, and cinnamon and ginger for a thread of warmth through the middle. Cedarwood and musk in the base are the only dry materials present, and they bring the sweetness down onto the skin. The composition moves from candied citrus to gum and fruit to soft wood and musk; the proportions shift as it wears but the character does not.

Olivier Pescheux composed Toy 2 Bubble Gum, which launched in 2021. Moschino is the Italian fashion brand whose identity has been defined since 1983, and its fragrances, the Toy line among them, are produced under licence by Euroitalia.

It has moderate longevity and moderate sillage, so it stays close to the wearer rather than filling a room and rewards a heavier hand than a stronger scent would. Think of it as a fragrance for close range, clear to anyone standing next to you and almost nobody further off. Spring and summer are its strongest seasons and it carries through autumn and winter, for casual wear, professional wear and a night out. It comes as a gift set.