Forever Red Vanilla Rum

It's bold, potent, and it piques the curiosity of people -- for good and bad reasons. Something like people around you would discreetly sniff the air and try to trace the source of that heady scent. My close friends asked: What perfume are you wearing? The question above was often followed by: "It smells good" *smiles* then leans towards me to sniff the scent again or "It's pretty strong" then there's the nose wrinkling and the face frowning ((probably the most negative reaction)) Prominent notes: liquor-like smell, sweet vanilla, and jasmine. *** Pros: - Strong and feminine. It smells sophisticated and grown-up. It's vanilla, but it's not the common type of vanilla. It has a complex, distinct vanilla scent. - Love the jasmine scent in it :) It balances the dominant notes of vanilla and rum - Staying power - 6 to 8 hours. ***Cons: - Potentially headache inducing if you spray too much (2 full spritz is actually too much for me). The opening is really strong and may offend the noses of individuals with allergies or trigger migraine headaches. - Not the type I'd wear to the office everyday Blind buy -- I bought a bottle, because of the positive reviews. I was curious. Now, I have mixed feelings about this scent. I get migraine headaches when exposed to really strong perfumes. I think the strength of this fragrance is tolerable -- just don't spray too much. Rating: 3.5/5 ********************************************************************** November 9, 2015 UPDATE: I tried this perfume again. I LOVE IT. I'll give it a 4/5

This one sat neglected for almost 5 months before I even used it, I had got a mini from a friend. I kept telling myself "I'll get to it" but before I knew it, it was mid June. I used to have a mini of forever red I gave away, I only thought it was okay. Never was the hugest fan of things that are very fruity or kind of sour. Vanilla Rum though is a change, and a fabulous one. The opening kind of reminds me of forever red, which is weird because the notes are so different. But that dry down, DAYUM. It's creamy, sweet, and vanillay. I know this sounds weird but something about it reminds me of warm vanilla sugar, the old one. Not in the sugar part, but in the way the sandalwood would get that soft coconutty vibe with something warm like rice. To me, vanilla rum smells like rice pudding with a hint of warm coconutty wood. Then there is the rum, just all over the place spiking the pudding. I also get the apricot, which seems to be a favorite of mine in BBW scents, whenever there is apricot seems like I give it a love. Morocco Orchid & Pink Amber and Amber Blush are other apricot heavy BBW scents I love for example. Really enjoying Vanilla Rum! Kind of sad I snoozed though this one when I could have gotten creams and such. Ah, well. I do love my little perfume! 8/3/2014 update: I caved and bought the 2.5 ounce bottle off ebay ;)

I bought a bottle of this edp during the after Christmas BBW sale year before last. This is the perfume that single-handedly started my obsession for boozy vanilla based perfumes! This is perhaps one of the better perfumes BBW has come out with, but as is usual with their better scents it was only a seasonal special edition, long discontinued. I used it liberally last winter and still have a quarter of the bottle left. As for those who've had bad experiences with this scent, the edp smells quite different on the skin than the simple body spray or body cream, both of which I found to be terrible. (The body cream I purchased along with the edp and ended up returning. It smelled like plastic that fell in a rum distillery). It's the EDP I fell in love with. On my skin its a gorgeous, boozy, dark rum scent right from the beginning with a hint of cassis and jasmine. As the rum fades after several hours it dries down to a lusciously creamy vanilla that I can't stop sniffing that lasts all day. A cheap perfume it may be, but for me it's wintery perfection. Complete list of notes includes: top notes of sparkling mandarin, crème de cassis, and black lily. Mid notes include jasmine petals, sheer gardenia, and apricot nectar. Dry notes round out the fragrance with rich vanilla plum, seductive musk, and black cashmere woods.

I absolutely love this one! To be honest I would buy this over Bond's Westside though this one has a more feminine edge to it. I think many guys would run from it leaving me to be one of the brave ones. I will spray this one more time and wear it more purposefully them may spring for a bottle of this and the Midnight for men. I believe the perfumer did a great job mimicking the note breakdown above. I don't get much of any woods and the jasmine is blended well with the apricot but it causes depth versus the kiddy fruity that could have transpired. Put it in a Bond bottle and you have a hit. There is a bit of masculinity but i would be stretching to call it purely unisex. We can pull it off fellas and even if not maybe a slight blend with something darker and you have a classic. I would want to eat a woman wearing this!!

Favorite scents: Viva La Juicy, Pink Friday, Meow, Fantasy Favorite types" Fresh, sweet vanilla, fruity, powdery, aquatic, gourmand Im wearing forever Red vanilla Rum right now. One of the best vanilla scents out there. Rich but not overbearing. I sprayed a lot of this on and it never got overbearing. I smell the rum it smells delicious i feel like i can get drunk off the smell. A lot different from the original forever red which i also love. this is more vanilla and less fruit. simply beautiful. i give this a 10.10 Ps some people said warm vanilla sugar is comparable to forever red vanilla rum, i couldnt disagree more. Warm vanilla sugar is like a childs perfume compared to FRVR and i like Warm vanilla sugar but frvr smells richer and more expensive.