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.

So beautiful! Decent lasting power for a Vera Wang Scent and just so cosy and comforting. It's got a tiny bit of zingyness at first but the dry down gives me a slight violet cream fondant vibe (like the rose and violet cream sweets if you know what they are?!) but without the dark chocolate. If it's helpful I'd say this is not at all a vanilla sweetness, it's a sugary cream sweetness and the level of sweetness is similar to the original Salvatore Ferragamo Signorina. It shares the cooked cream / whipped cream vibe that both the EDP and EDT of that one has. It's almost marshmallow-like, with flowers spritzed with a tiny bit of citrus but a VERY delicate violet is the star of this bouquet. I'm a bit fussy about sweet perfumes but I'm already planning to get a back up bottle as it's pretty magical! I find that in warmer weather the Iris is stronger, but in cooler weather the Violet is more noticeable.

I was looking for cheapies but goodies. This is exactly the definition of that. I think this composition is lovable. The opening is a little bit alchoolic and I do not really get bergamot, also middle notes are in someway the typical notes of a forgettable floral perfume. But when you wait a little and it evolves... You may be left speechless. This whipped cream is gorgeous. It's like you are eating whipped cream and vanilla cake, and you are all dressed up with clothes freshly washed with your favorite jasmine softener... However, there is something dark: outside is raining and the woods outside your window will populate with violets. It's also emotionally sweet and tender: it's like hugging your grandma... But you travelled through times and she is 15. It's already a favourite!

Vanilla, Iris & Whipped Violet... This is predominantly a vanilla scent with the other notes enhancing the vanilla facets, including a whipped creaminess and some powdery iris. In the air, there's a faint blue note that could be violet, periwinkle or muted blueberry but vanilla is still the main player. I get L'Instant Magic Guerlain vibes, only this is less complex, and not as powerful performance-wise. The iris here is just in a supporting role to the vanilla and although it's present, it isn't as dominant as in scents like L'Ange Noir Givenchy. The whipped cream, together with the powderiness of the iris brings a 'cake-frosting' vibe to the vanilla. Average performance for a light summer wearing experience. It's a love for me. Enjoy!

I love this fragrance so much! Signature scent worthy for sure. I have been searching for something comforting to myself that also feel comforting to others around me, and this does just that! I have been curating my fragrances around "comforting" fragrances lately, and this is just perfect it really does smell the way a much needed hug feels. It is absolutely non offensive, so soft and calming. It does start out heavy on the bergamot for me for about an hour but then develops into a soft baby powder scent, softer than baby powder even. It's so perfect. I hope that never discontinue this one. It's more therapeutic than aromatherapy for sure.

Sweet and comforting like a hug. This is pure powdery whipped cream, with lots of vanilla and violet. This is a lovely one for when I want to feel delicate, it is all occasion safe, and not overpowering at all. This is my favorite from the Embrace line and I find it to be the one with the most sillage and longevity (though still very weak - it lasts a bit more on clothes.) Love love this for a gentle no fuss day scent and it's also perfectly suitable for a bedtime scent. Using this is being enveloped by a beautiful, powdery cloud of sweet violet whipped cream.

I actually don't prefer perfumes that contains "sweet, sugary or edible" notes in it. Well this perfume is an exception for me. I love iris and violet and when i saw notes and reviews i thought "worth to take a risk" then blindly bought it. Today finally i received it. Iris is make-up product effected in a good way and violet is different than i expected, i don't know about periwinkle but i think that difference in violet is because of it. Iris and periwinkle is a sweet perfume but not too heavy or sticky. Still i'm going to use at fall and winter season.

This used to be my signature scent as a teenager, and I still have a soft spot for it even though it doesn't suit me any more. I never knew how much I loved the smell of violets until I bought this perfume - it triggered my obsession with powdery and floral scents that I still have today. It's super sweet and sugary in a light and pretty kind of way, it kinda has the vibe of really nice fabric softener on fresh laundry.

Vera Wang did everything right with this. I purchased the 3 rollerball set and I just knew that rose buds and vanilla would be my favorite one but I was wrong. I'm not familiar with Iris or periwinkle but I love it in this fragrance. I immediately purchased the 1 ounce after getting the roller ball. I'm just upset that this doesn't come in a larger size because I would definitely buy it.

I got this as a birthday present from my brother a little more than a year ago. I used it once or twice and didn't really think much of it, then I kind of forgot about it until a few months ago. I sprayed it on before bed and I fell in love. This perfume is really beautiful and calming. It's perfect for colder days and lasts around 7 hours on me. I will definitely get another bottle.

Clean, sweet, charming, elegant, cheerful and comforting. It puts you in a good mood and makes you feel pretty, feminine and put together. A perfect everyday scent. It seems to be being produced again, albeit priced much higher this time... was delighted to be able to get another bottle as I used my first one up a while back and had been mourning its loss in my rotation.

Smells so light, cozy and warm but also clean at the same time. Like being held in a clean soft blanket out of the dryer. I don’t own this scent but it’s on my wishlist and I think about it a lot because I love it so much. It’s sold out in all the drugstores near me but I can’t wait to get my hands on it.

This is a hug in a bottle. Super comforting and familiar. It's powdery and sweet, but still soft and intimate. One of my friends told me I smelled like baby powder when I wore this and I love the smell of baby powder so I took it as a compliment!

Lots of iris and violet on me! Not so much of the sweet and powdery that others are complaining of. It lasts four hours. This was a little gift that I'm really enjoying. But you've piqued my curiosity and I'll now go smell the Prada irises.

We are in a heat wave down in the lower USA...and I LOVE this perfume in the winter, especially in cold rain, but Lord have Mercy this is not the scent you want to wear in the sweltering heat. The sweet will choke you out.

Another winner in this collection. I love it! I really notice the jasmine in it. It's sweet and feminine. The whole collection is really nice. It's one of my favs.