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.

Oh my, I didn't know you could go so wrong with such a minimalistic set of notes!! I'm totally a gourmand and feminine fragrance person, and this sounded like it SHOULD have fit me perfectly, but no way! The only way I can describe it is bitter, stale, and sour vanilla-ish. I don't know if it's just me but I also get a hint of old cigarette smoke (not like in a good sensual tobacco way either). Not fresh at all like I was expecting from the inclusion of the sea salt note. No thanks, I'm glad I got it as a sample because I totally would've bought this blindly by the description alone.

When I received a sample of this in a beauty subscription box, I was wary of it as soon as I opened the vial. All I could smell was overwhelming vanilla, but I figured I would give it a chance. Once it was on my skin and had dried down a bit, all I could smell was Play-Doh. This would be perfect for a preschool teacher who wants all of her students to say she smells great or someone searching for a bit of childhood nostalgia, but I didn't care for it. Maybe it's just my body chemistry, but this is not something I would ever wear.

With vanilla being what I gravitate towards most in fragrances, I scooped it up blindly from Marshall's and am glad I chose the 1.7 oz bottle over the .5 oz and am contemplating getting a backup It's salty, it's sweet, it's almost buttery and greasy smelling...it's strangely addicting and I just keep reaching for it! Lasts a good long time on skin too As for the review that mentions the B&BW Boardwalk Vanilla hand soap - you nailed it! I'm finishing up my bottle right now :D

It's gross. I've been wearing it all day and it smells like that crust on a metal sugar jar at a greasy diner. Almost like a sweet vinegar. It's bad. It needs to be grounded..... like you need to layer it with a woody base like sandalwood or rosewood. Even a dark chocolate or maple. It smells crusty and unfinished. This is definitely a layering scent.

For the price it is enjoyable and could be a layering note. First it opens as a mostly synthetic harsher vanilla, on my skin it quickly warms up to a more natural pleasant vanilla. I get no salt :( and this is a one note pony. Because of it short longevity I Will not buy again.

A lot of undue hate here from my perspective. This opens as an earthy vanilla bomb with a slightly salty and buttery finish. It dries down to a light musky vanilla and hangs on for around 6 hours.

This has a very unusual briny, seaweed-like note that puts me off. Cool, salty, and strange, I get that more than vanilla. Surprisingly interesting, but I don't like that note.

very interested to try this! my signature is olympea which of course has the vanilla and salt notes...

Straight up PlayDoh. The worst fragrance I've smelled in a long time.