Bare Vanilla La Crème

I never cared for the original Bare Vanilla mist, but I LOVE checking out its flankers because I generally find most of them to be better overall. La Creme is my favorite flanker, next to the Cashmere flanker. La Crème is a lighter scent profile than the Cashmere (which is deeper and sweeter, and more suitable for Fall and Winter), but oddly, La Creme is longer lasting than the Cashmere flanker. I wish I would’ve picked up backups of this one, because I have a picky nose, and this and B&BW Wrapped in Vanilla are my 2 favorite vanilla body mists I own (And I own many). This is straightforward, and linear. It opens and persists as a creamy Lactonic whipped vanilla with some refreshing coolness from the mint. I detect 0 flowers in this. This is what I wish Phlur Heavy Cream would’ve been. This is truly an ice cream scent, and it’s not a powder bomb (thank Goodness, as that would restrict its use as being a more boudoir/at home intimate scent instead of one to confidently wear out of the house as well) and I actually feel comfortable wearing this out of the house. It doesn’t feel heavy, it’s sprightly, carefree and lasts a solid 4 hours when I pair it over the matching body cream. The scent is soft, intimate, but it surprisingly sticks to the skin and clothes quite well, and the scent has a similar veil of elegance that I liken to Snowflakes &Cashmere from B&BW. VS: please bring this back...I’ve used up 1/3 of this bottle and find it so sweet and calming, that I actually don’t want to be without it. There’s not much out there that’s like this, surprisingly.

Bare Vanilla La Crème is TRULY divine! I’m soo glad VS released it. I’m hoarding them lol, they are that delicious. On first spray, it does smell strongly minty with the Bare Vanilla scent, which at first I was not into. But the dry down - O.M.F.G! The Spun Sugar/Cotton Candy note comes full center with Vanilla as the Mint dissipates. It’s a truly gourmand fragrance! I don’t think I can live without it! It’s a comforting smell, like a comfort food from childhood. There are plenty of Cotton Candy/Sugar-like scents out there but this comes pretty close with the warmth of freshly spun cotton candy. Many of the CC fragrances currently out are missing that fresh warmth of spun sugar that is floating in the air at a fair or carnival. I usually tend to dislike the “berry” that seems to get added to the Cotton Candy fragrances I’ve already encountered - particularly the Body Fantasies CC which now has a heavy and overbearing berry note (the original Parfums de Coeur’s/Juice Bar Cotton Candy didn’t have the annoying Berries and was just pure sugar). One of my all time favorites despite being a middle aged adult - I don’t care what others think about it being “juvenile”. BVLC makes me want to revisit the original Bare Vanilla and re-try it, when it was a total pass for me.

to be honest, I like this better than the original!!! the original, it has more mature, more vanilla-y and cashmere but this one smells more creamy, light, cool, and minty. so I think this is such a unique scent. at first, I smell the toothpaste-mint here but then the minty smell gets lighter and blended with the creamy scent, like whipped cream scent. it's so good OMG :") when I wear this I feel elegant but fresh (the freshness is because of the minty scent). sadly it doesn't last long :( when I spray it, it disappears for like.. maybe 2 hours only. it depends on how much you spray it and your activity. but I recommend this for you guys especially if you like LIGHT VANILLA, CREAMY CUSTARD, WHIP CREAM, and MINT, you must buy this!!! btw if you know another perfume that smells like this but has more longevity, please lmk!! :)

THIS is what Bare Vanilla SHOULD BE. THIS is AMAZING, the OG is not.At first I didn't like it because I thought it smelled weird and minty, but once I started using it more and layering it with my other vanilla products, I started loving it. This is reminiscent of the original bare vanilla but without the cashmere, and adding more of a light, sugary, and slightly minty aspect to it. Something about this just makes me want to keep smelling it, and keep using it... Eventually I ended up using over half of the bottle in less than a month because it's just that good. I have gotten compliments from many people saying how this smells like cookies, and I always love compliments ofc.

The notes on here are wrong. On the actual bottle it only says it smells like vanilla orchid and spun sugar. I definitely do smell the mint like everyone talks about, but in the best way. But it barely lasts at all. I couldn’t smell anything like 10 minutes later and I put it directly on my wrist to try it out. It’s honestly a lot nicer than the original Bare Vanilla and in my opinion is a safe blind buy. It’s floral, minty vanilla in the nicest way.