essence Like a Day in a Candy Shop, released in 2012, is discontinued and no longer in production. The closest scent matches you can still buy are below.
essence Like a Day in a Candy Shop: vanilla, powdery and floral, about 4h on skin, projection 3/10, sillage 2/10. The alternatives below are matched to that profile.
The five closest scent matches — the closest replacements for essence Like a Day in a Candy Shop we found, ranked by opening & dry-down similarity, with the ones still in production first:
Offers a sweet, floral, and slightly musky profile that sits in the same family as the reference.
It shares its vanilla, sweet and powdery accords with essence Like a Day in a Candy Shop, opens on Peach too, lasts about 5h against 4h and carries 556 community ratings.
A sweet, vanilla-heavy fragrance that leans into the same sugary, powdery territory as the reference.
It shares its vanilla, white floral and sweet accords with essence Like a Day in a Candy Shop, lasts about 5h against 4h and carries 4,316 community ratings.
Provides a sugary, gourmand-leaning experience that echoes the candy-shop inspiration of the original.
It shares its sweet, vanilla and powdery accords with essence Like a Day in a Candy Shop, lasts about 4h against 4h and carries 4,718 community ratings.
Shares a similar sweet, powdery, and floral character that evokes the playful, candy-like vibe of the original.
It shares its sweet, floral and amber accords with essence Like a Day in a Candy Shop, lasts about 4h against 4h and carries 73 community ratings. It is listed as discontinued, so availability varies.
Captures the sweet, airy, and vanilla-forward essence of the original with a light, powdery finish.
It shares its sweet, vanilla and powdery accords with essence Like a Day in a Candy Shop, lasts about 5h against 4h and carries 97 community ratings. It is listed as discontinued, so availability varies.
Gale Hayman Delicious Hot Pink, at about $10 for 100 ml (estimate).
Paris Hilton Passport Paris, at about 5h on skin, against about 4h for essence Like a Day in a Candy Shop.
Gale Hayman Delicious Hot Pink, at 78% overall scent match across the opening and the dry-down.
At 4 sprays a day — about 146 ml a year — Paris Hilton Passport Paris actually costs about $20 a year MORE than essence Like a Day in a Candy Shop. Assumes 100 ml bottles on both sides; prices are estimates.
Across 2,358 originals, the median designer bottle is $120 and its closest match $30 — the Dupe Report 2026.
On an 8-hour day, none of the 5 last a full 8 hours. Paris Hilton Passport Paris comes closest at 5.2h, so it needs one re-spray to cover the day.
essence Like a Day in a Candy Shop notes, performance and price
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Updated 2026-08-24.