212 VIP

A M A Z I N G A B S O L U T E L Y A. N. G. E. L. I. C Everytime i try a new flanker from the 212 line i get blown away... i’ve probably never experienced rum in fragrances before i think i’ve smelled it in velvet orchid TM but it wasn’t as prominent I always see 212 vip testers in stores but they’re always finished or broke So that’s the first time I actually smelled it properly I got into that store as usual walked straight to the CH counter [my fav brand] I found the 212’s and the vip was one of them Fortunately the vip bottle was broke and Almost just ALMOST finished there was just a bit And the sprayer head also was missing So i said oh hell nah i ain’t gonna get out of dat store without trying it again properly i need to know what this shit smells like Guess what ! Even the testers strips were finished FROM THE WHOLE STORE I said bruh that ain’t gonna stop me either I got 2 scent strips from another store got back to the perfume shop tried to spray it on the strip but the tip was missing the head sprayer so it hurts when i try to press the tiny white tip that spits I endlessly tried every possible way it was so hard but i happily managed to literally make the strip wet with all of the left bits in the bottle Ohhh my gaaaah that’s SOOO UNIQUE I was getting a woody patchouli like woodiness without any earthiness basically woody rum Then the sharp woodiness which Im really into developed and turned softer and the gardenia started to smell more noticeable with just hues of fruitiness from the passion fruit its not strong or even noticeable at all Then u’ll just be left with vanilla musk and gardenia at the end and the vanilla here is one of the best vanilla notes i’ve ever experienced Its really addicting and creamy a bit similar to the ones used in good girl but here its much better So its a boozy vanilla musky white floral scent With an absolute strong projection as we are used to from CH

I blind bought this at TJ Maxx on clearance for $18, and I don't think I would have paid more, based SOLELY on the fact that for my personal taste, the bottle comes across as cheap and tacky. But I just personally prefer bottles with more classic design like Chanel or Dior or Guerlain, and even Lancome - a bit classic. I've been looking at this at TJ's for weeks though (we don't have a fragrance counter anymore #countrylifeproblems) because I LOVE rich vanillas right now and a blizzard is blowing in, so boozy vanilla was perfect for today! I'm SO glad I gave it a try. I definitely get the rum and passionfruit right from the start, and then the vanilla - I find the pyramid pretty right-on. I don't pick out gardenia, but I think that's good because often it's a cloying note to my nose. As the rum and passionfruit fade a bit, the vanilla and tonka develop and they all stay softly blended from then on. I've had this on for 4 1/2 hours right now and I can still smell it- the sillage is not huge, but I think for the first couple hours it probably leaves a noticeable trail. I love this in cold weather, and I feel like the passionfruit gives it enough of a tropical/exotic note that you could do this for summer nights as a fun change. Definitely an any-time choice for fall and winter and cool, early spring days. Just wishing the bottle was more elegant but I'm sure lots of people find it fun.

Once, I smelled a girl in a restaurant... A prominent liquour, a pleasant acidity and sweet in the most seductive way. And it smelled very pricey which didn’t relate to her style. I asked her. Hearing the name (Herrera perfumes isn’t what I associate with taste, plus “VIP”...) I doubted to ever buy it. But here I am after several hesitations in the store (where I couldn’t test the scent btw) I decided to go for it. It was smelling so nice on this lady... so I ignored the fact that it has an embarrasing name and took it home. That was 2 hours ago and I am smelling it on my skin right now: cheapy, average, musky floral and passionfruit. Almost like Miami Glow by jlo. I would never wear it to a club where I am on the guest list. My man said something like you get what you give and yeah... I spent 20€ on it so I shouldn‘t even complain. I just don’t understand the magic of the girl in the restaurant and her scent. Edit: Some weeks and tests later... Yes, it contains too much mushy musc but I would wear it to a club and confess I did this scent a little wrong in my review. I am now spraying it before bed, on weekends, enjoying the rum, enjoying the perfumey but comforting and youthfull/sexy sillage. Compliment getter.

This fragrance is just HEAVEN. I'm on my sixth bottle (or something like that) and i will keep buying it for eternity. This one is for gourmand, sweet, boozy lovers. You get sweet passionfruit and vanilla from the moment you spray it. Also you can really smell the rum, not too overbearing but just enough to give it a kick. When you spray this, you will constantly want to smell your own wrist (or wherever you spray) because it's that addictive. This will get you lots and lots of compliments! It's my signature fragrance and although i don't use it as often as i used to, i keep it for special occasions or for sexy time ;) I also love it that it's not a very known fragrance like La Vie est Belle because you will really stand out when wearing this. Longevity is great, you get at least 8-10 hours on the skin (on clothes even longer) and projection is also quite good. Be prepared for people to come up to you and smelling you haha 10/10 would recommend (but maybe test it first because it's quite sweet and boozy)

Okay, let me just say that I absolutely LOVE the packaging of this one! Its possibly the best looking bottle that I have in my wardrobe. And the scent is equally gorgeous, if not better. I get sweet vanilla with a tinge of rum, and some fruity accords to add depth. It smells young, delightful and plain mouthwatering! I'm not much into sweet scents but this is an exception. This is the kinda scent you would want to wear when you just want to have a great time! Ps. I don't get the comparisions to Lady Million. I have that one too and I don't think they're similar at all. On second thoughts, it actually reminds me a lot of another Paco Rabanne fragrance, Black Xs.

Why does the bottle always draw me in when it comes to perfumes? =) Have i mentioned that the perfume cap is magnetic and it closes itself almost like a golden spaceship...lol and the actual glass bottle is encased in that beautiful metallic tube... need i talk about the "juice" inside of it 2? Ha ha ha - Just kidding =) of course i'm gonna talk about the perfume itself. It's such a beautiful smell. Starts off a bit fresh and crisp before morphing into a rich sweet warm scent. Its joyful and young smelling - like a 20 year old clubber chick. Very VIP indeed. I loved every second of it =) U can follow me on YouTube @ BeautyOnSale

I want to love this but I just don’t. The notes pulled me into a blind buy that I just don’t reach for much. It’s got a blast of alcohol to kick off, then a spicy vanilla-y dry down - which sounds great, but just doesn’t feel very distinct. On the plus side, it lasts for a decent time and the notes sustained throughout the day. I love other Carolina Herrera perfumes but this one isn’t my favourite. I couldn’t pick it out from a line-up. Edit: I’ve been a bit hasty in my original review - this is a fantastic perfume for autumn/winter months. It’s spicy, warm and quietly persists for hours. Will I repurchase? Maybe, actually.

I got this some years ago when I had just started getting into perfume. I fell in love with the bottle and the boozy vanilla but I never wore it a lot. Today i rediscovered it from the back of my perfume wardrobe and sprayed it on a warm, sunny day. The vanilla was definitely there, but what I got was GARDENIA and so much of it! It was refreshingly beautiful and while the sillage was good enough, it never turned overwhelming even in warm weather. Gentle, sweet Gardenia with fluffy, warm, powdery vanilla and a hint of passionfruit. This perfume deserves a rebranding since that whole VIP thing is deceptive and misleading.

I have quite an old bottle - from ~ 2016. Its sparkling sweet and boozy. Judging by the notes - not for me at all, yet it’s fantastic and I love it. Vanilla is dense and it doesn’t turn into dirty body scent on me (as it happens with other vanilla frags). Rum is tasty, musk is soft. One of my favorites for sure, although I tend to take some breaks from it. After each break I like it even more :) it stays for hours on skin and for days on the clothes, it’s a very good frag for outdoor parties, but it is also indoor-safe. It will fill the room with poshy vibe.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this perfume! I could honestly smell it all day long and not get bored of it!It's warm and vanilla sweet but not too sweet, with hints of passionfruit and a warming slightly spiced edge of rum. By looking at the notes it has in it I wouldn't have guessed I would love it so much because I try and avoid overly-sweet perfumes that have too much vanilla in but this one is perfect. It manages to be womanly, sexy and girly all at the same time! And it lasts well on the skin too! I also love the bottle ;) definite thumbs up for this perfume!

My husband loves this on me. He normally loves Chanel, Tom Ford, Dior and Jo Malone, so I was surprised when he immediately said he loves this. I’m definitely going to be wearing it a lot! I love when he thinks a fragrance is amazing on me. I’ve owned it a couple years and only worn it a couple times. It’s a lovely fragrance, and the rum is nice alongside a clean gardenia and the tropical passion fruit. Usually for winter and fall, I like a bolder fragrance. But I think the compliments this garners means it works on me, so it’s now a love!

I got this one In a swapp this week from kione(thank you so much my dear) I already knew this one, and it was in my like shelf,now I put in the love shelf, I only tested it once before I found it sweet, but nothing speciall, now I changed my mind, it ́s very good, such as sillage and longetivity, wich in fact is what I care most, and so is the bottle so cute like gold, so sophisticated, and it actually smells pretty much like rhum, wich I like, and vanila as well I really enjoy it, and I ́m glad I have it :)

Second chance, second glance. This was first a disappointment to me, later a guilty pleasure and now it's my go to scent. Seriously, if you're a sucker for a good quality fruity scent, like I am, try it. I like Amouage Sunshine, SL Feminite du Bois, Girl gone Bad by Kilian and such normally that have fruits and a woody base. And this won my heart. Day and night, fruity rum, pleasant creamy dry down. A classy fruity fragrance in an affordable price range. Love.

I believe this has been reformulated. I had this fragrance back in 2012, and it was different compared with a sample I recently got in a store. The opening and the first 15-30 min. seem to resemble. I do get the rum, the vanilla and the passion fruit, with hints of tonka. But what comes after is almost nothing like I remembered. A sweet sort of a boozy note. Nothing else... Where is the glamorous, sparkling, golden fragrance that I love?...

My signature scent in the last 4 years. It’s sexual, bold,glamorous and I adore it.Is great for a date night or special occasions. I wear this more in the summer nights, I don’t see this suitable for winter. Doesn’t matter how many other perfumes I have I still come back to this one, I never can get enough of this scent.What I don’t like is that on my skin stays only maximum 2 hours. For the price it should stay more.

Thanks to my friend Jillzilla I got a chance to try this lovely perfume. I absolutely love this stuff. To me it is very gourmand with notes of jammy berries and vanilla/tonka bean. Then after a while it kind of turns into this rum vanilla berry cake smell that is just divine!!!! I could not stop smelling my wrist all night after I sprayed this on. Great lasting power too! Two thumbs way up for this one!!!!

Very nice smell. It is very sweet, and i got spiced rum and vanilla as the strongest notes. I also smelled something citrusy in it, although there aren't any citrus notes. The base was definetely tonka bean. This fragrance is an all-day fragrance, but best for the night. Try this perfume on skin, because on paper it smells quite different than how it smells in skin. Nice fragrance! :)

Is absolutely gorgeous, it does have a bit of 'aftermath of the party' boozy waft. I love it, but it's perhaps better for night as I worry people think I'm an alcoholic when I wear it first thing in the morning. Once when wearing it, I had a very tipsy man tell me that I smelled delicious and he wanted to eat me up. Suspect it may have been the rum note coming out in the perfume ...

There is a perfect harmony between a bottle and its content. It looks and it smells like some alcohol of limited edition. Very gourmand, it is like those chocolate candies filled with cognac (or rum in this case). It is very warm, however I would ware it in summer with no hesitation. It is boozy, sexy and expensive. Highly recommending, it was a blind buy and total hit.

ok, so i got a bottle of this the other day and I absolutly love it, it's ALMOST as good as my Burberry Brit Sheer. I dont get any real defined scents in this one, but just the overall smell is amazing and it lasts FOREVER! i put a little on at 11am and it is now 10pm and it is still going strong! one of the best perfumes i have ever smelt! seroiusly... go buy one!