Vera Wang Anniversary

I love the original Vera Wang perfume and was excited to add this to my rotation. It's also a floral, but a little deeper, woodsy and musky-er (if that's a word!). I'm not an expert at isolating the individual notes of a perfume, but the base notes here are stronger and more earthy than for the original VW scent. It's a hit with my chemistry and I feel confident and feminine wearing it. It's all season for me. I haven't particularly noticed a change with winter/summer/humidity, etc, it just seems to work year round. I also love the exquisite bottle, it will class up anyone's vanity or dressing table for sure!

This review is for the rollerball. This is a fresh, green, crisp floral woody musk. Beautiful gardenia in the opening that is not overpowering. Then the dry down is just a clean scent. It is pleasant and non offensive.

Review for a vintage bottle I picked up in a job lot. It's nothing ground breaking, but it's nice enough. I don't think it suits me, personally. It's a little too thin and barely-a whisper- there for my tastes. I prefer my florals to be a bit more aggressive and loud. However, this IS pretty. Super feminine and perfect for daily wear if you like gentle, watery, white florals. I mainly get Gardenia, musks and what I believe is Lilac, despite it not being listed. I'd label this as a white floral with musks scent. In the dry down there's a little powder from the Orris root, and then clean soft musks. It feels like you've stepped out of the shower, that sort of clean, slightly soapy skin scent. It's beautiful, but short lived. I couldn't smell it after a couple of hours.

I just bought this today, after searching for a long time for something that was simply floral. The bottle is beautiful; the above photo doesn't do it justice. It reminds me of flower petals. The silver box it came in was simply gorgeous also. Now for the fragrance! The juice is lovely. It does not discriminate between ages, it would suit both the young lady who doesn't want the generic fruity floral and the more mature woman. The citrus drys out quickly leaving a floral (gardenia) with faint green notes. I can smell the soapy-powdery scent others have mentioned, but it dryed out quickly on me, and was not unpleasant. This is not a heavy scent. It is how I would love to smell on a summer night or on a spring day.

At some point, I had a shampoo that smelled identical to this. Maybe a Pantene back in the 80's? I do not consider "smells like shampoo" to be a useful comment nor a reason to consider a fragrance of low quality...after all, it is perfume that we are smelling in the shampoo! But for me, I can't get past the mental image this conjures, so I have to pass. It is a very lovely and utterly un-screechy floral though, and I have to recommend it as such. Longevity extremely disappointing, however