Vanilla Sea Salt

I stay away from warm sweet stuff so my only vanilla love was Flirt! Glamourazzi. This one is another one-of-a-kind vanilla gem that I sniffed directly from the bottle at TJMaxx. The only one from Vera that I liked, but did not buy as I hate tiny bottles and big gift sets of lotions (i despise perfume lotions, I go thru lotion like crazy and so I have my lotion staples that dont relate to actual perfume). I bought the big bottle rly cheap online. The reviews on here that mention play-doh really made me buy it cuz duh I love play-doh smell (usually almond gives that impression). I smell more than salt and vanilla, something coconut. Yeap, it smells IDENTICAL to Fake Bake self tan THE MOMENT you apply it which is nice, but with a self tanning product you lose that scent and youre left with the common stinky self tan coffee odor. This is vanilla with a coconut vibe, not overly sweet or warm so appropriate for summer, but I love it in winter too. The bottle matches the content. I love the bottle, so elegant. I no longer self tan so I actually enjoy this without the stinkiness of the self tan. On its own is great, I feel like I have just self tanned, only because I used to use the Fake Bake and loving its scent. I also paired it with Michel Germain Tattoo the lemon bars perfume of poor longevity and the outcome was amazing & super long lasting.

Wow, I am so relieved that I'm not the only sniffer on here who gets the comparison with Secretions Magnifique. I LOVE that about this fragrance. The salty note here knocks this out of the 'plain vanilla, only vanilla' park and into a realm that is actually quite interesting. Nothing aquatic about this; the salty, marine note is a funky, beachy, naked-skin saline. A previous reviewer mentioned 'brine'--yup! This is that 'Warm Vanilla Sugar' vanilla with the white musks toned down and a fantastic briny salt that sticks around and dominates the vanilla in the base. Delightful cookie/cookie-dough nuances. Personally, I don't get any playdoh, plastic, or other off notes. Just vanilla and sea salt. A total (surprise) hit for me.

Opens salty vanilla and dries down to a lightly powdery/lightly musky/lightly sweet vanilla. It's the ultimate safe blind buy. You could get this for your 5 bridesmaids and your future mother in law and all of them could say sincerely that it's nice. It's not likely to stop traffic (so it might not be to any particular person's taste), but it's also not "challenging" or a fragrance that's going to wear you (so it might not be to any particular person's taste). It's what it says on the label, vanilla sea salt perfume. Very wearable.

This is a great salty vanilla along the lines of Olympea and Vanille Marine. I don't know why it has so many dislikes! It's definitely the best of the Vera Bradley fragrances. I like it because it smells (to me) like a Bath and Body Works scent that was only available in hand soap and candle form: Boardwalk Vanilla Cone. It has that ice cream vibe for sure.

I'm NOT a Vanilla lover but I'm actually enjoying this. It has just the right amount of salt to offset the sweetness, and I, too, get the vanilla as a very buttery vanilla. Think warm sugar cookies that were made with slightly coarse salt and a glass of milk.