Vera Wang

powdery ..creamy..soapy..blissfully divine..aromatic in its own way.. florally,sensual,dryish yet mellow and crisp and pungent..a hint sweetish.. clean .. clean as in old beige lux soap.. in a good way.. a bit like hermes clache...a base of light amber musk and sandalwood even if they r not listed.. i feel this perfume is velvety ..warm ..and sultry ..and somehow extremely feminine.. with an amazing bouquet of flowers.. bridal.. off whit and beige flowers that are so sophisticated... it warms up and mends in with your skin.. and makes you smell so wonderful.. so elegant.. so feminine.. ..its a magical perfue..its a perfect bridal perfume fit for autumn and winter.. and fall..its serene..divine and fine ..its beautiful..a perfect connotation of so many refined ..complex.. accords that play a wonderful symphony of love.. not over powering ..not in your face ..yet with a strong character..a charisma.. a seducer.. a woman in a bottle..all its notes are in perfect harmony and balance ..noting is out of tune..it keeps developing in to a more complex floral.. but never loses touch with reality.. for its a real perfume..its an abundant perfume..full ..rich..

I really enjoy this! I'm pleasantly surprised by this gem. I know this will bloom better in the warmer months but at the moment I get a slight sweet fruitiness from this, the notes show orange and it's not acidic at all. The white florals are gorgeous in this fragrance, my god it smells so nice. No powdery iris and the lotus with lily of the valley is more prominent to me! A very fresh and clean fragrance without smelling like soap. There's something about this fragrance that's comforting and reminds me of my mom, but I don't recall my mother wearing anything that smells like this. I could see how some would find this generic and boring, but you have to enjoy florals and fresh fragrances to appreciate this one. This is not for the man-eaters, it's for those who enjoy the quiet and simple things (: Update: February 25th Monday I've realized what it is that reminds me of my mother! The lily gives a "skin care" kind of vibe like a moisturizer of some sort. This fragrance doesn't smell like skin care but that prominent lily note just reminds me of it then trails into a fresh and sweet white floral (:

I bought a slightly used bottle of this for a bargain on eBay after smelling the 'Truly Pink' version that my sister bought my mother. Reading up on the notes (and the reviews!), I decided that I would probably like the original even more than Truly Pink. I sprayed this on my wrist 5 minutes ago, and I love the top notes- very fresh, clean, and unobtrusively floral. It might not get points for uniqueness, but it does smell kind of expensive. I can't pick out individual notes, either, which in my opinion, signals a well-blended perfume. Vera Wang is soft, but not completely indiscernible like some perfumes out there (Oh Lola, I'm looking at you!). It also reminds me of perfumes like Body Shop Japanese Cherry Blossom, 5th Avenue, and Marc Jacobs Daisy- all of which could be sisters. I hope the lasting power will also be good, because I can see myself wearing this a lot this year. Update: This lasted for 14 hours on me. However, I noticed that the sillage decreased promptly after about 2 hours. The perfume sat pretty close to the skin after that, resembling a feminine, rose skin scent.

I would say that this is the perfect brides perfume. Lots of white flowers hit you first. The lily and gardenia are really strong but then you can just about detect the lily of the valley. I am a bit perplexed and folk seeing a similarity with EA 5th Avenue which is a lily of the valley dominated fragrance that I also own and love. You really need to love the strong white flower scent or it will probably be too much and migraine inducing! There is quite a bit of soapiness that I am not that keen on so I tend to layer it with a sweeter fragrance to suppress that. It is definitely not very sweet and probably could do with the addition of some musk to tone down the white flowers. Its a big bouquet of fragrant flowers in a bottle and for the love of me I cant detect the sandalwood! Moderate sillage and longevity.

The one that started it all for Vera Wang fragrances. This is just such a classy beautifully balanced floral. You get rose, gardenia balanced by the lovely Lilly of The Valley and Jasmine all with a nice warm musky finish. What I love about this scent is that not one particular note in this fragrance overpowers the other. When I first sprayed it on my skin, I thought it was a bit stuffy and powdery, but like every perfume; what you initially smell isn't what you get, and after a few minutes, this fragrance settled into a gorgeous warm veil of soft elegance. Is it a particularly unique scent? Maybe not; however, for the hundreds of fragrances that fit into this particular olfactory group, there's something about this particular scent that is memorable, very distinct and utterly gorgeous.