Pure DKNY A Drop of Vanilla

This is a really lovely perfume. I've had it for a little over a year and forget to wear it but I can't explain why. It's not terribly unique but it is comforting, sweet and feminine.....cozy for sure. I feel like there is enough Sandalwood and Orchid here to offset the rose...it's not a rose perfume. The vanilla is well played too in that it's not a one-note vanilla perfume. Something in there occasionally reminds me of tobacco....just a little bit. This is NOT a replica of Joop Le Bain but it is in a similar vein (to me..anyway)...it's more sweet and floral but it shares a likeness of coziness. I really enjoy this one and should wear it more often. As I type and sniff, I'm also reminded of the old-school, clear/amber colored Neutrogena soap bars. I found my small bottle of Pure Drop of Vanilla at TJ Maxx for under $10 and I occasionally see this one..along with Drop of Rose, still on the shelves.

Finally this is in the database! It's been out for quite some time. I love this lovely, softly aquatic, summery take on vanilla. Its a drop of pure vanilla extract into a beautifully carved sandalwood bowl brimming with lotus blossoms that are still wet with morning dew. Beautifully serene. It is becoming more and more difficult to find due to the lack of publicity on the company's part, as well as lack of understanding on the consumer's part that it is in fact a different scent from its parent Pure, as the bottle is not labelled differently. The difference is the cap color: original Pure's cap is silver. Drop of Vanilla has a slightly more golden cap, not to be confused with Drop of Rose's rose gold cap.

Vanilla and I had a falling out after university, and I just recently discovered that I like it in certain iterations. Pure DKNY A Drop of Vanilla is just how I want it. Freshest and cleanest I have ever smelled the note as. Very well-played floral-vanilla that has nothing gourmand about it (I am not partial to gourmand, at all). In fact, it has nuances that make it comforting during cool days, and others that make it refreshing on warm ones. I happen to know people who gag at the smell of vanilla perfumes, but I can't imagine them being offended by this. Very nice.

Isn't this the same as the original DKNY Pure? I thought "A drop of vanilla" was just a tagline in the advertising. I bought this when it was first out and agree it is a warm skin scent, more warm than fresh. I am obsessing about musk/vanilla combos lately, and this is a nice easy mild one which did have some sort of improved ethics in the making, I believe. I also had the verbena version but grew tired of it and went back to this. The rose is not for me either. I love the simple bottle.

I find this fragrance to be quite comforting-it's clean, warm, and feminine without being heavy. The vanilla, sandalwood, and freesia are the main players on my skin, while the white amber gives them a lovely base to float upon. I do get hints of rose and orchid, but they are not dominant notes. It's a pity this is not more well-known because it's really quite nice. I plan on buying a backup bottle.

This is what I was looking for, in a vanilia-parfume. It ́s not a heavy, nauseating,pastry cream-smelling parfume. It ́s clean, fresh, and has a soft scent of vanilia. It ́s a lovely parfume, for when you go to a beach- or a barbecueparty in the summer. It ́s inoffensive, and you can ́t really go wrong with this one.

This is one of my favorite vanilla scents. It's soft, creamy, and airy, like vanilla foam. This is one I reach for when I just want to smell nice and don't want to wrestle with the perfume I'm wearing. It's inoffensive, perfect for even a conservative office. One of the better DKNY scents I've tried.

This is one of those fragrances that doesn't match the notes. I do get a soapy vanilla, but I get a strong scent bubble of licorice that is not listed as a note. It is very interesting and addictive for me. Definitely fall-winter and intimate to moderate projection.

My bottle is only labelled “Pure DKNY” with no reference to vanilla at all, but based off of the notes I’m smelling, I have to believe I have “A Drop of Vanilla.” But according to other reviewers below, they’re one and the same? Hmm .. anyway ... Opens with a bit of a sour/off twinge, but that’s probably just my really old bottle. Overall, it’s a super soft musk and vanilla with an undercurrent of green, watery floral (must be the lotus). LawmaLlama described it as a soapy vanilla .. yes! I do get a soapyness here. Fairly linear, but lasts well. Quick note that the soft, clean musky accord reminds me a lot of Victoria’s Secret Heavenly, which is drier and less sweet.

The lotus and sandalwood in this is quite overpowering but not screechy -which is a humongous compliment coming from me- because i loathe both lotus and sandalwood pungent notes. here it's done very tastefully imo :) . whenever i wear this scent (usually in the chemistry laboratory of my uni as it is quite inoffensive) i get quite a lot of compliments by my lab mates. As i said, it's an inoffensive scent. As for the bottle, it is quite macerated, the liquid having turned a faded bright orange hue, although its just as delicious as when it was gifted to me, crystalline and translucent. truly a PURE scent.

This is a fragrance that really surprised me. It was a gift from a friend who has a great taste in perfumes and even I wouldn't probably reached for it myself, I enjoyed it from the first sniff. It is light, clean and fresh yet soft with a little hint of smooth sweetness. Very nice floral without any too sharp or too powdery notes as some florals often tend to be (at least for me). As written before it is not an aquatic or citrusy type of freshness it is a smooth floral mild freshness. Very elegant, feminine and easy to wear every day all year round fragrance.

Can confirm that this is a flanker of the original which does not have vanilla listed in it’s notes. This version is far less floral and aquatic. It is very vanilla and sandalwood forward. Still a nice fragrance with similar base notes, but you may be disappointed if you accidentally purchase this. Unfortunately, the bottle is identical to the OG DKNY pure with the only difference being “A touch of vanilla” written on the back of the box.

The name said it all. A drop of Vanilla, yes it is only a drop, not more. Quite safe but beautiful. More like a skin scent. If you want people notice what you wear, this is not for you. But if you want to enjoy it yourself, this is a very good one. I sniffed my wrist all the time when i wear this. Anyway i just bought this a week ago, never thought i could find this, and with a very cheap price. How lucky i am.

This is a clean and fresh scent with a Vanilla-note dancing in base togheter with Sandalwood and Amber.Perfect for the office or just every-day-use. Not to loud and not to weak either. Just perfect and delicious. En ren och fräsch doft med vanilj som dansar i basen tillsammans med sandelträ och amber. Perfekt kontorsdoft eller bara en varje-dag-doft. Inte för kraftig, inte för vek. Bara perfekt och delikat.

my sister bought me this in my confusion over the old pure/pure drop of vanilla debate. I thought I had sent her the link on amazon for original pure and this is what arrived. nevertheless I like it. what I love about original pure is the floral undertone. this is very powdery vanilla along the same vein as birtney spears inimate fantasy. I like it, not love.

This use to be my go to but all of a sudden I couldn't find it anywhere! To me this was a very clean vanilla scent. Easy to wear during the day for just about everything. I'm just hoping they didn't just the formula when they changed the name.

I don't really get the vanilla in this one, but nonetheless, I like it. There is something fresh and clean about it, without it being an aquatic scent. I got it on a sale for a really good price, so good value for the money. Would have been nice however to actually smell some vanilla in it, but I can try to layer it with some other vanilla perfume.

Just got the 100 ml at Tjmaxx for $20 bucks, it was a blind buy. To me this smells like Versace Versense but less smooth and with the added note of vanilla. I am still testing it and will try to update! Update: I think I'm digging this. When first sprayed it has a very natural scent that is a little fizzy to me almost like ginger but not. It makes me feel calm and fresh. This may be good for mornings when I can't bear a perfumes and lounging days around the house. I think what I was trying to explain when I mentioned ginger, is something floral in this which is giving off a gardenia vibe. I have been wanting a fresh scent that smells like gardenia. This is pretty:)

I did a little research. It is PURE, the original, but it seems when they started the flankers, they just have the original listed on the back of the box as drop of vanilla. It's not on the bottle, or at least not mine, but it was on the box. Prob a marketing move. I saw someone ask if it reminded them of Alien, to me, no. It's pretty, not enough to repurchase though. It smells kind of like just a generic perfume to me. It doesn't stand out to be "great". I'll use it. This is the type of perfume I'll toss in a bag if I'm gonna be gone all day & don't want to put anything in there that I am scared would break. I would not cry if this one broke.

This is awesome, although I'm not sure yet if I want to hit the ''love'' or the ''like'' button. It's somewhere in between. True, it's not a typical vanilla perfume, it literally has a drop of vanilla. This fragrance is a floral-powdery jewel and I love how notes are combined in it. I wish it was a huge lasting bomb, for now it's kind of moderate for me. Try it, it's worthy.