Viva Vanilla

i Cannot in good faith agree that this smells bad this is like. one of the few bath and body works vanilla smells that ISNT gross or weird or custardy-tangy or plasticky or some other variant of "offensive to the nose" for me..... i feel really bad for everyone whos getting all these pungent gross experiences with it since personally this smell is like. so intoxicating. it doesnt have some weird high pitched accent that cuts through the smell in some awful way like a ton of others do, it doesnt feel fruity to me (but if plum doesnt smell stupidly fruity and tangy then boy i need plum perfumes) but instead is this very intense WARM and sugary smell. and i do mean sugary! like if you took a bag of id say a mix of white granulated and brown sugar and left it in 110f degree weather somewhere like nicely humid and then opened it up and baked it all or just heated it in a pot. sorry if that sounds gross in anyway but its NOT a humid smell i think i dont get anything aquatic or musky but it just is warm in the "clingy balmy humidty" way and it really charms me.....☀️ i also described this as being a deep smell. sorry for not knowing like fragrance terminology and lingo really well so id rather not use words i dont fully understand BUT. the smell is profound and i had said i want to like dive into it you know... it is a very warm inviting and like darkly sweet scent. and not dark as in it has something airy or ominous about it no no but dark as in like a dimmed room and its a very brown golden black smell its very intimate. i like it! too soon to say but i think this leaves a smell trail behind me a little bit since i was told that this spray could be smelled from upstairs in my house AFTER having been downstairs for a bit? and i just sniffed my pajamas that i spritzed with this last night and its faintly barely there. its much softer and delicately and not cloyingly sweet but still definitely sweet. no weird fruityness or floralness that i dont love with vanilla its just soft and a little warm still. def more a nighttime smell if not just fall/winter but maybe u could layer other stuff over it in spring and summer so as to keep using it! possibly something on the more soft/powdery side first though before doing anything drastic like putting a straight green floral over it. i think even fruity stuff can be paired with this but youd have to make sure you give it a suitable middleman. very excited to make myself smell nauseatingly sweet and disgustingly so by using this on myself rather than the other body sprays ive been using over this headache inducing vanilla cashmere eos lotion that dries down much more tolerably. i definitely like viva vanillas drydown more than that lotions but i think that THIS is gonna be so nice to smell together on myself :-) plus my favorite perfume over it ^_^ i shouldve bought more but there was literally only one of these in the store yesterday lol. i think the person i love the most in the world smells like this smell and it would explain why i cant find anything negative to say genuinely. i really love this smell and feel so comforted and charmed by it. its really nice and it sucks that it smells so bad for others. i hope it can start smelling better for them soon and i hope i can always buy more :')

Okay, I need to scream this from the rooftops- Viva Vanilla is FANTASTIC. Like, holy shit, where has this scent been all my life?! It is so sexy, so warm, so rich... I’m genuinely obsessed. This isn’t your basic soft bakery vanilla- this is deep, bold, confident vanilla. Like a walk-into-the-room-and-turn-heads kind of vanilla. It’s sweet, yes, but there’s this sultry depth to it that just lingers. It almost has this amber-y or musky edge underneath that gives it that seductive, nighttime vibe, and I’m here for every second of it. You spray it once and you’re like, “Ohhh. Yeah. That’s it.” And the longevity?? INSANE. This baby lasts all day and then some. I still catch whiffs of it hours later and it just keeps getting better as it settles into your skin. Honestly, it smells expensive. Like niche-perfume-level sexy but with that Bath & Body Works price tag. I’ve gotten compliments left and right wearing this. It's warm, cozy, and intimate while still being bold and powerful. It’s giving main character energy. I could wear it every day and never get tired of it. RUN to get it.

i almost skipped out on this one because the reviews for it seemed pretty polarizing, but i absolutely love it! people were comparing it to ballet nights, which was fine, but i didn't enjoy how dominant the plum in that was so seeing plum in viva vanilla kind of put me off. however, i recently got to smell it in-store and immediately wanted it, no hesitation. the plum is there but it's very indistinct and just kind of contributes to the depth of the fragrance, rather than smelling like a plum fragrance. this is a deep, very smoky and peppery vanilla so it's perfect if you want a non-gourmand vanilla. it's not quite as much of a powerhouse as some of the others from the everyday luxuries collection, but it still lasts well on me and especially on my clothes.

A comfy, everyday-suitable body mist, I quite enjoy spraying it it especially during after school or when I want to feel cozy after a shower. During the first usage of this body mist, it vaguely reminded me of Eilish No. 1. However, compared to the Billie perfume, this is more towards a woody note. I don't really mind the alcohol smell during initial application, but when you let it sit for a while that's when you really feel the sophisticated gourmand smell of this body mist, even when some may not prefer it. I think is is one of the best body mists that I've bought in BBW so far, and right now the bottle's almost over, probably 20% of juice is still left. But nevertheless, it's a comfortable and pleasant scent to wear most of the time.

The first one that I bought had the strength of an EDT perfume which I love and the second one I bought several weeks later was watered down with a huge blast of alcohol! I hope this is not a bait and switch tactic Bath and Body Works is using to entice people to buy new releases and then later diluting the quality because I will not be buying this again if that's the case. Unfortunately, with this being an online exclusive and no longer available in stores, you don't know the quality until you get it in the mail. Either way, it's a quality control issue that BBW needs to correct in order product consistency.

Oh do I adore this body mist. You may need to spray quite a bit, or reapply throughout the day, to make it last for a moderate time. Its very vanilla-y but also super amber two scents which I love quite a bit! I’ve found myself repurchasing because I just couldnt get enough, everyone always assumes its some expensive perfume when I wear it but its really an affordable b&b spray haha MUCH BETTER THAN VANILLA 28 (I hate it) which I find people comparing, this is really an actual amber smell rather than being overpowered by patchouli. I loved this in winter cant wait to bring it back here and there for fall

my review is for the perfume travel spray not the body mist. i really like this! i like vanilla vice but i cant stand the snif bottles and think $65 for a 1oz from a brand that markets themselves as affordable is silly. this opens exactly like mod vanilla but then goes in the route that vanilla vice takes. starts fruity and sweet and then turns into a warm smokey vanilla. i think its super cozy and the lasting power was great! if you are a fan of by the fireplace or vanilla skin this will appeal to you. if they release a larger size for the perfume i would definitely pick it up

I didn't like this one at first. I thought the smell sat weird on my skin but after wearing it a few times I actually grew to love it. I think it's a very beautiful vanilla scent. It's very ambery and feels mature. I've had it for a short amount of time and I'm already halfway through the bottle!For a bath and bodyworks spray this is amazing. It lasts pretty long especially if you layer with lotion. I typically layer with the eos vanilla. Give it a chance, you might like it! Def try to get it on sale!

gotta say that this is a pretty damn good vanilla body spray. i find that warm vanilla sugar falls sorta flat in the depth department and that this brings some umf for a vanilla. it's suuuuper warm and ambery but very gourmand. weirdly enough the longevity of this is SUPER impressive for a BBW body mist. I can smell this on me for hours afterwards, and it dries down and sits as a nice warm vanilla. Idk, maybe it's just my body chemistry but i love getting whiffs of this throughout the day.

Waffles with Ice-Cream & Maple Syrup... My initial impression was vanilla + amberwood. But when it started to dry down the vanilla became a lot more creamy, and the amberwood receded. Also a maple syrup-y sweetness comes out, giving me a waffles with ice-cream and maple syrup that eventually transforms into brown sugar. This would layer well with vanilla gourmandes, vanille ouds and other woods. It does lean a bit to warm weather, but could likely be worn year round. Love it. Enjoy!

the initial spray is just straight alcohol, but that’s nothing new. but once it has fully dried down, this is one of the best vanillas i’ve ever smelled. i’m more into the gourmand vanillas but this is definitely the exception. the amber addes depth and the plum adds sweetness. i will say the dry down on me sort of smells like cotton?? i would consider this more of a sophisticated vanilla but smells pretty sweet on me, also layering this with other sweet scents makes it 10x better!

Already one of my all time favorite scents, I love wearing it for any occasion but it’s especially lovely after a long everything shower, putting on comfy pajamas, and getting in bed. Absolutely a dupe for Snif’s Vanilla Vice, they smell identical to my nose, the longevity and projection are both there. It’s simultaneously very cozy and very sexy, it’s unlike any other vanilla I’ve tried. Not at all like Eilish no. 1 or Kayali 28 to me.

Kinda shocked by all the negative reviews below. Plum is a death note for me, but I barely smell it in here. I really have to put my nose up to my skin to get anything fruity from this, but it's there in the background. To me, this is a very warm and ambery vanilla and I love it! It reminds me a lot of cheirosa 40, except the plum in that goes rancid on my skin. I really like this and I wish they'd do a full range of body care in it.

This is a lovely vanilla I would use everyday. The dry down is like a creamy vanilla ice cream and from the bottle it smells like an amber sweet whipped vanilla. Love this mist but the most horrible part of it is the longevity and it doesn’t even last unless I don’t move. On my body though it smells awesome and is creamy but fades within like 5 minutes. I am interested in trying the edp version of this scent though!!! <3

This is a shockingly good perfume. Out of all the vanilla scents, I find a lot of the B&B perfumes really similar, but by far the best is Viva. There is a slight almost spice from the amber which really ascends the vanilla, which in my opinion is an overabundant fragrance. Until I find one better, this is probably the best vanilla centred perfume, and it just helps that it is so affordable.

Smells like a good body mist for autumn and winter. Smells a bit like alcohol in the first minute or two but after it’s dry down it smells SO GOOD! I feel like there’s a bit of musk to it, definitely isn’t a sweet vanilla body mist. I don’t know how it compares to other vanilla perfumes that people are saying it’s trying to dupe. But I swear, just buy this!

Maybe it's my bottle, but the plum in this is so strong for me. It opens with a lot of plum and noticeable vanilla, and then the vanilla becomes more prominent on the dry down until the plum is about gone. I pick up only a little amber or woodiness once the plum has worn off. A really pleasant scent all around, but much fruitier than I expected.

A delicious dark ambery vanilla that I layer with Billie Eilish #1, Vanilla Vice and Vanilla Woods. It is a BBW body spray so I can't expect much out of it, performance wise. I do keep it near me at my desk for a quick pick me up. It is one of the few from BBW that I keep a few bottles in stock, especially at $5 each.

Absolute wowzer of a body mist! Smells like an old, vintage vanilla perfume. Sweet yet spicy and powdery. A little sweeter than Ciara, the two are definitely comparable. There is a strong licorice note which is such an underrated scent. Overall I give this one a 10 out of 10!

Viva Vanilla is a great pick if you’re looking for a dupe of Eilish! It’s warm, sweet, and comes impressively close to the original. I love using it for layering—it adds the perfect touch of cozy vanilla to any fragrance combo. Definitely a great addition to any collection!

I LOVVVE this fragrance. Beats most luxury fragrances. Reminds me of Ariana Mod Vanilla. Starts out with the plum, a bit fruity, then the amber notes come out. It dries down to a very gourmand, edible vanilla. If you like fruity and vanilla, you will like Viva Vanilla.

I actually got the perfume from Bath & Body Works not the body spray but I love it! Like others have said it's a nice smokey, sexy vanilla not really gourmand. I might grab the body spray too and it seems like it would layer well with Kayali Vanilla 28

Vanilla ambery base for sure but on me this is very boozy plum forward so it is something different in my collection and I love it. With a good lotion base I get up to 5-6 hours and much longer mystery whiffs on fabric

Absolutely disgusting smells like you put a trash vanilla perfume on in the morning and then ran a marathon. The other review that described it as smelling like "used socks soaked in urine" was right on.

I really like this one. Of the two, Vanilla Romance is deeper and more smoky. This does have a slightly smoky dry down but not overbearing at all. Great layering scent!

my favorite body mist of all time. smells so good if ur a vanilla girl. it’s so addicting, it’s a more mature vanilla which i like. amazing for layering

I have this body spray, it is very good and has a very warm vanilla smell. It is not overpowering or metallic like a lot of Bath and Body Works sprays.

I don't know how to describe it. This is the most rich beautiful vanilla scent with a creamy undertone. It's so good. My favorite B&BW scent EVER!

Quite strong so you don't need a lot of sprays. Vanilla base similar to bare vanilla but just ambery & spicy. Perfect for autumn & winter.

Smells similar to kayali vanilla 28 and mod vanilla. Good for layering, and lasts surprisingly long.

this smells like pure vanilla ice cream to me, i love to layer this with my fragrances .

Absolutely love it. Very sexy and mature but not in a grandma way.

I get a salty vanilla but I’m not complaining. Mature and yummy.

It's like Sweet Whiskey and Wicked Vanilla Woods has a baby.

less sharp than kayali vanilla but very similar dry down

im so gagged like... thank you b&bw for doing something

Smells amazing, truly a gothic dark vanilla delight.

Fairly cost effective dupe for Snif's Vanilla Vice

Viva Vanilla body spray, and body cream layered review. Viva Vanilla is not a super candy sweet vanilla. Its an adult, dry, woody, boozy vanilla. Musk. Lots of musk nestled in here as well. I can see others leaning towards smoky. Yes, a man could wear this one as well. It has a very strong presence vs other offerings from bbw. If I sniff closely the plum is there, but not dominant in my wearing. This is unisex..definately not screaming feminine. Warm vanilla sugar is more approachable and cuddly. Vanilla romance is more feminine vanilla in comparison. This is a polarizing scent with a definate point of view. Some are going to like it and others wont. BBW employees say its a BE dupe. Maybe more "inspired" is the better word. I picked up the body spray and lotion for $5.95 ea during a sale. Its worth a pick up at that price point. Good for layering. A grown up vanilla vibe.

I don't like this one. It smells just like a perfume I got an TJ Maxx that I hated so much I think I might have donated it. If I didn't donate and come across it, I'll link the name if it's in the data base. Both that perfume and this Viva Vanilla have this sickening syrupy smell that makes me want to gag. I love sweet scents, but something in this is super off putting. I also usually enjoy a smokey smell, but not the way this is done. It is similar to the new release from BBW named Vanilla Romance, but that one is slightly better. It does have that same undertone or maybe shares a couple notes that make this Viva Vanilla such a no go for me. I enjoy vanilla, not done like this however.

This is duping Vanille Antique by Byredo, not Vanilla Vice. No idea why people think BBW would dupe Vanilla Vice, a $60 bargain fragrance. If you don't have Vanille Antique to smell, look at the notes. They're the same as Vanille Antique, and they do smell almost identical. So if you like Vanille Antique, or warm, ambery vanillas, you'll like this. I think it's extremely well done, and it smells fantastic on the skin. I'm not always in the mood for this (or Vanille Antique), but I'd definitely recommend it if this is your wheelhouse. Unbeatable value. And no, it doesn't smell like Cloud. I have both. There's no overlap. Wtf are people smoking

People have said this is a dupe for the Billie Eilish perfume but I’d die on the hill that it’s a dupe for Vanilla Vice. Besides the fact that the name is a nod to it, which they did with some of the other sprays in their dupe collection, it also smells exactly like Vanilla Vice. Like exactly. It’s definitely vanilla but super woody and not as sweet (this is not Warm Vanilla Sugar). I’ve never met a vanilla I didn’t like, and this is no exception, but this might not be for everyone. Also a cashier at the grocery store complimented me when I was wearing it, if that means anything.

vanilla-spicy with a hint of alcohol! not the best i've ever smelled, but it's pretty nice & sexy, and it lasts a hot minute -- i wore it last night and am still getting phantom whiffs of it, despite wearing entirely different clothes. might even be a bit TOO strong, so stick to just one or two spritzes. can be a bit cloying/headache-inducing if you spray too much or if it's too warm out, but overall is a great version of this popular scent profile for a much cheaper price than most other vanilla-spicy scents on the market rn.

This is a less fruity version of sol de janeiro 40. It’s very boozy and mature vanilla that stands out amongst the warm vanilla sugars of the world. I don’t get the comparison to Billie’s perfume because it’s not woodsy at all- just a straight boozy deep vanilla. I can see this layering well with other perfumes, and will try combining it with YSL libre, I think that might be the perfect ‘going out’ combo. This is a great gourmand for those who don’t want to smell editable, just pure vanilla with a hint of darkness

On the opening: I was looking for that smoky vanilla this is supposed to be and instead felt my nose burning. Harsh and chemically, in a different way than Bath & Body Works fragrances tend to be. But after it dried down it was pretty nice! And it lasted on my skin for an impressive while, was even detectable after a few hours of labor on a horse farm in the hot summer sun. Maybe I'll buy a mini when the sale comes.

The opening is so harsh! Wow! It’s a good thing to judge this on the drydown because the plum and vanilla stands out the most on my body chemistry. Very cosy. This isn’t a dupe for Eilish, sorry. Eilish has way more depth and spiciness to it than this. Maybe Mod Vanilla as the notes are similar. Very light vanilla fragrance that one can wear in the summer without it being cloying.

i got a patchouli dry down from this, it’s actually very pretty! and i usually dislike patchouli. the vanilla is very subtle. however, it was not the vanilla i was expecting. i think this is the first ‘clean’ vanilla i ever happened upon, the initial spray pulling astringent. if you dislike sweet, robust vanillas and want something long lasting; i would recommend this.

Darker, smoky vanilla. This is really woody. I would not classify this as a gourmand. If you’re the kind of person who really enjoys straight up vanilla like in vanilla essential oil, I’m not sure you will love this. This is a cold, sweet, woody vanilla scent. Smells good but may not be what vanilla lovers are looking for. Try it first if you can

I own both Viva Vanilla (my only B&BW body spray!) and Vanilla Vice by Snif. To me, the fragrance is 95% similar. I haven't tried Vanille Antique. I find this pleasant - I wish it were more of a gourmand vanilla, but it's nice enough for the price and I think it'd be usable year round.

I blind bought it online and when I got it I didn't like it at first, but after wearing it it became enjoyable. I'm considering buying a back up which I don't normally do. It left a delightful scent trail and it lasted long up until the next day on my jacket.