Secret Wish by Anna Sui bottle
Anna Sui

Secret Wish

4.0/5 · 1,324 votes Feminine 2005
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Longevity2.4/5
Sillage2.2/5
Day100
Night11
Summer96
Spring70
Fall13
Winter7
Our take

Secret Wish opens with a bright, candied lemon and melon, a syrupy peach and marigold adding a fuzzy floral edge. It is a fruit salad tossed in sugar, fizzy and synthetic in the most charming, unapologetic way. The heart brings a canned pineapple sweetness and a sharp black currant, with generic white florals that never quite form a bloom. On the dry down, a thin white cedar and soft musk linger, but the amber and sandalwood are barely whispers against the fading fruit. This is a shimmering, plastic fairy wand that leaves a sticky trace of fruit punch on your wrist and then vanishes. With longevity barely cresting two hours and sillage that stays close to the skin, it is a spritz, not a scent. It feels like a mainstream department store impulse buy aimed at teenagers and young women who want a sweet, happy splash for a summer day at the mall or a picnic in the park. If you crave depth, performance, or anything natural, skip this entirely. Wear it when you want a moment of sheer, weightless optimism, a cloud of candy that dissolves before you finish your first iced coffee. 🧚‍♀️

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