Venus De L'Amour

A stunning, beautiful floral marvel from the past. Very intoxicating, a little too heavy for me though. I have a bottle available for swap/sale if anyone is interested in this as it is hard to find and will just sit with my collection not being used, feel free to message me if interested.

This is beautiful. Very soft and feminine, a little powdery. Flowery but not too intense, somewhat soapy and oh so pleasant. As other reviewers have said, it feels vintagy but not old. I would feel comfortable gifting it to a young girl.

I find myself craving this! Im in that in between spot in weather, where its not cool enough for my cooler weather performers nor warm enough for my warmer weather performers... But Venus Delamour is magical at this time! Its so soft, sensual, and subtly sweet. It seems to fade but then i smell something very intoxicating and I've noticed that its this perfume! This is a stunner! Another great secret that many would toss upon first sniff.... My oh my... These sleepers are so much better than modern day fragrances being made. Modern day smella great upon first spray but rarely develop and dont usually smell very good after some time, if they're even noticeable anymore at all.

In the bottle--holy aldehydes batman! But once on the skin, this fragrance immediately softens into something romantic, warm, and soft. I can immediately pick up on the patchouli, musk, and heliotrope. As it dries down, you get some citrus-bitterness from the orange, the aromatic basil and clove, but also something a little sweet and powdery, like those old violet candies. It feels 'mature' but not in the way we might normally apply that word to perfume...more like a sophisticated older woman.

yeah, as others have mentioned, the opening on this is a bit much-kind of bitter and weird, though you can tell there is a soft beauty underneath. after it dissipates, which is maybe within 5-10 minutes, it smells a lot like oscar de la renta. however, i find this one to be a little sweeter, with the nutmeg. i like this one, it's soft and very pretty.