Embrace Periwinkle & Iris

This is a perfume that I've fallen in love with the more I wear it. The first time I tried it in a store I wasn't impressed. For some reason I would come back and test it over and over again, and I got such a good deal on a small bottle that I purchased it. This scent is one that requires a full application to get the best experience. One little spray on the wrist as you walk around is not going to be enough. Once I was able to spray this on my clothes and chest (I would never do that in a retail store, but some might) I realized that this scent REMINDS me of something, I just cannot place my nose on what. But now as soon as I smell it I'm hit with a wave of nostalgia from my youth. Maybe there was a fragrance or lotion that I wore in school that reminds me of this, but suddenly I'm 15-16 years old again everytime I wear it. On its own merits, nostalgic associations aside, this scent is really a charming one. I get the iris + whipped cream notes most strongly and true to the votes on here. The two of these notes together make for a very cooling effect that this fragrance gives off. I'd say the color of the liquid matches perfectly what this scent feels like as you sniff and wear it throughout the day. It's like I'm enjoying a bowl of coolwhip and blueberries (which do not make a scent presence here, as they normally do not in real life as well) near a frozen pond, where I will lace up my pristine white skates and go for a spin on the ice. My dress is periwinkle blue. This is also a scent that I could imagine Elsa from Frozen wearing. It's all things "Cold" and "Blue" together, but in the best way possible. Longevity is not the best, I only get about 3-4 hours max but with good sillage the whole time, after that it is non detectable. For the very reasonable price, one can afford to carry the tiny bottle for touchups throughout the day, or even purchase the accompanying body mist, which may or may not help with longevity. I have not tested this out myself, but I intend to as I'm going to be spending all of next year acquiring and hoarding more bottles of this before it's gone.

I've wanted this for a couple years. I tested once and fell in love. I never paid much attention after that first few seconds. I assumed it light, but not lasting. I thought it was just too expensive for the tiny bottle of non-lasting scent. I read reviews that said it DID last. Thinking I may have judged a bit too quickly, I tried it again. To my surprise, I had to have it immediately! Iris is a bit of a cool scent to many. Not so much for me. This is kinda snuggly and warm to me. I smell ORCHID. A lot of musk. Sweetness! This is light enough for summer, and comfy enough for sweaters and snow! I bought two! And it might not end my love affair. I love violet and was planning on a HUGE soft fluffy violet in this. I don't seem to get it. Maybe if someone else had it on, I might smell more violet. Maybe I will smell more violet later on? Doesn't matter...this a must have for me. This is a youthful, soft, tender, motherly, kind hearted Neutrogena commercial mom/model. This is a heavenly puff of actress...Jennifer Garner? This lasts above average for me. And what I find even more important, the 6 or so hours it lasts...it's quite strong! Not overly strong at all. Don't be afraid. Everyone will LOVE that they can smell your perfume. Few perfumes I can smell on myself after an hour. If I do, I'm pretty sure I've over sprayed. Not this one! I love this bottle also. It's just so cute! It's plain, nothing much really, but I love that silver and blue together. Buy yourself a little bottle of Christmas winter blue sky and sparkling silver ornament stars.

Thought I had written a review of this delightful scent weeks ago..... And now I find a host of delightful reviews that say very much what I would have done. Kudos, friends! Of the many excellent write ups, my thoughts align most perfectly with exciter76's review. :) Periwinkle and Iris is such a SIMPLE scent, isn't she? But I just can't help feeling Great when wearing this powdery Iris beauty! Yes, a perfect beginner's introduction to Iris. There's also a refined sort of Bath and Body Works vibe here. The basic goodness (perhaps courtesy of all that glorious powder and nothing fruity?) seems a notch above B & B W, while being in the same 'cozy, simple, happy, likable' category as the best of theirs. So perfect is Periwinkle Iris for bed and bath time that I find myself using the body spray (which is quite affordable and available at Walmart) IN the bath! Lavishing hot running water with 10-20 spritzes of your favorite body spray gives a lovely ambiance of scent to any bath ritual, and nothing could be more perfect for scented clouds of steamy goodness than Periwinkle Iris. It's a bed time dream come true for me, literally. Oh, and did I mention *complements*?! I so rarely receive complements for anything I wear, yet people around me love Periwinkle Iris's comforting & somehow elegant simplicity. Five Stars <3

I didn't know what to expect from this one, but I seem to be in a Vera Wang-loving-and-buying craze currently, so I decided I would take a chance and blind buy. Oh.My.Word! From the first spritz, my mood lifts! The fragrance is more beautiful than I would have guessed, since I don't know what periwinkle or iris smell like. At first, I get a big shot of vanilla. I like vanilla, but it isn't usually my favorite note. No so here, however, because the robust vanilla is right away mingling with the scent of fresh flowers. I don't how to describe it other than if you can imagine the best vanilla scent you've experienced and add it to light, fresh, sweet (but not cloying) floral notes. Pure heaven to me! I am only disappointed in its longevity. I don't notice it on my skin after a couple of hours. I am alone a lot of the time, so it is possible that if I wore this around others they would still smell the fragrance on me longer than I can/do, but as for myself, this fades to a barely noticeable skin scent after a couple of hours. Sillage is medium for me. Even so, I plan to keep a bottle of this beauty in my permanent collection. I bought the 1 ounce bottle I have 3 weeks ago and it is already 25% gone. Looks like I'll be purchasing another bottle in the very near future.

Vera Wang Embrace Periwinkle & Iris was a blind buy for me. I was excited to get this one in the mail after reading the reviews on it. I found it for $10 on ebay and it seems like a good one to layer over my everyday signature lotion, which is woodsy yet clean. Periwinkle and Iris reminds me of a combination of Prada Candy/ Bath & Body Works "Magic in Air". Prada Candy due to the incense-y, benzoin drydown. The fluffy and soft Iris note and warm vanilla touch on the feel of Magic in the Air. I even get a little "Warm Vanilla Sugar" vibe from this. However, I feel like the Violet is a nice addition to VW P&I that sets it apart to some of the more cheap frags I mentioned. Along with the soft musky, woods dry down. I like the drydown it leaves on my skin. Soft & sweet, clean and slightly musky. Incense, palo santo and sandalwood. Little vanilla. I pick up on smoky amber, also. It's nice. Good one to spray on your pajamas. Or after yoga. If you're going camping, this would be nice to wear around a campfire. Very comforting. Cheap, not one-dimensional. Good for layering every day. Nice year round. Periwinkle and Iris stays when sprayed on clothes, yet not overwhelmingly so.