Vanilla Soft Musk

I still have a rollerball of this and I absolutely love it when I'm in the mood to smell like a sexy vanilla cupcake. It reminds me of intimate garden tea parties and charming French patisseries. Warm, inviting, and comforting, with unexpected depth.

Probably the first scent I fell in love with. My mum got me a set back when it first came out when I was about 8 or 9 and I just love, love, loved it. It's soft and pleasant. A "nice" smell, that makes you feel comfortable.

I used to wear this fragrance daily during my teenage years; I loved it. If anyone knows of one that smells somewhat similar, please let me know!

I am wondering what has happened to all my favourite Avon fragrances of late...they have all lost their strength and staying power. While Vanilla Soft Musk in itself is a very pleasant fragrance, so unobtrusive as not to bother anyone, there is just something missing. I cannot smell the Vanilla. All I get is sweet floral with a touch of musk. I do smell Sandalwood in the opening notes but as that is not listed, I have to wonder where it is coming from. This fragrance does get better the longer it stays on your skin, the warmth really helps to enrich the notes. Finally towards the end a little Vanilla something peeks up and says hello but not enough to say, Yes I am Vanilla. Still a nice enough fragrance just not the same as it used to be all those years ago.

I just have a little vial of this. I have a soft spot for Avon fragrances because they remind me of growing up in a little country town where even teenagers had Avon parties. Going through an Avon catalogue still gives me a jolly. At first I get an almost harsh chai-like spice, but that very soon departs, leaving a soft and pretty (if generic) vanilla musk scent. Warm and comforting. It fades quickly though - within the hour it is barely noticeable on me. I can't detect any raspberries at all, perhaps a hint of white flowers. I have tried getting the same effect by layering Jovan Musk with TBS's vanilla perfume oil, but my search for the perfect vanilla musk scent continues!

i have a vintage bottle, and it smells amazing sniffing from the atomizer. cozy and cuddly. when i spray it i get an alcoholic blast and a lot of vanilla and musk along with raspberry. there is something sort of weird underlying things here...kind of plasticky. i don't know if it's just old and gone off or my skin is doing something odd here. i can't smell it wafting, but can smell it close up, and it fades quite a bit over time. even so, this is really pretty though, like a raspberry chiffon. i love vintage vanillas.

this perfume is perfect for those who dislike strong, spicy scents. Like, students. This perfume has a sweet vanilla scent, but not too strong. Just nice for a simple, summer day at school or office.

Very pretty and soft, not 'too' anything. A simple and beautiful vanilla musk that is lovely to wear on its own or layer with other similar fragrances.

Found a vintage mini while cleaning out my Grandmother's house. Smells nice, but how was this launched in 2009? This is definitely from the mid-90's!

I used to have Vanilla Soft Musk as a present in my teens, at first it smells a little bit pleasant. But it is too cloying to my family, so I had to use it as a room spray until the bottle's completely empty.

gave me headache. stopped wearing it after a while. gave my friend nausea and i had it too after i stopped using it. too bad - it was good at first.

I used to wear this in my teens. Very familiar scent for me. I really quite liked it. Pleasant enough. I have a lot of affection for it :)

Very sweet, sugary vanilla and low on musk. Far too young for me, and very unsophisticated. I hated it.

The dates for most of the Avon perfumes in Fragrantica are wrong. Very few are accurate. This most certainly was not launched in 2009. My mom wore this in the mid-90s (definitely Vanilla Soft Musk, not the original Soft Musk) and it smells like kindness! It does seem to morph quite a bit depending on the individual and chemistry, but overall it smells like its name: it is soft, musky, and has a nice touch of vanilla. It is a calming skin scent and as a small child there was nothing like the feeling of a warm, soft, enveloping hug from my mom after a long day. It is tremendously comforting and soothing. It's more of a mood than a perfume. I remember the original being a sillage beast, easily filling a room, and lasting all day without her reapplying. On me it always turned overly saccharine, but on her there was a mild spiciness akin to clove or nutmeg, though not listed in the notes. I can't speak for the reformulation from 2009, but the one from the 90s was quite lovely, allergy-friendly, and workplace appropriate. It's probably just me, but it always made me want to take a nap. I swear there must be a tiny bit of spikenard or passionflower extract in here. It's simple, but beautiful. Things don't have to be complex to be lovely. It's worth a shot if you can find an original bottle that has aged well. If you're a fan of sweet, tender fragrances, you will probably like this. Just know that the musk can be a little synthetic at times and depending on the person/chemistry, that synthetic edge can be amplified.

I was vanilla-obsessed, and this was my holy-grail signature fragrance back in my early twenties. That was during the early 2000's, when my fashion sense wasn't yet fully realized. I rocked less clothing and more make-up, and took much bigger risks with footwear (brand new slip-on wedges to walk around NYC all day? Sure!) My purse always contained smokes and a lighter in a cigarette pouch, photo i.d. to purchase said smokes, Urban Decay liquid lip color in Gash, some bubblegum, can of pepper-spray (just in case!), and very little cash but always a quarter to call home in case my luck ran out. No outfit was ever complete without a blast of this warm vanilla juice by Avon on my tattooed bosom. Like my former self, it was strong and sweet with a tendency to unapologetically fill a room with its presence. Everywhere I went, men would stop to ask what perfume I had on. Did Vanilla Soft Musk really earn all those compliments? Or did all those men ask about the over-applied fragrance as an ice-breaker to talk to that super cute/ slightly wild party chick in her early twenties???? I will never know.....

Question - in which countries is this available? Sounds like a beautiful return to mid nineties - 'Vanilla Musk', 'Vanilla Fields' and stuff... Would love to check this one out!:-)

Best Vanilla scent I ever encounter. Longevity is good, Sillage is moderately impressive. The drydown is my favorite phase. It smells warm sweet and seductive.

Been 10 yrs + since I last had a bottle of this, so not sure if I would still like it now, but I definitely did love the heck out of it back then!