Body by Victoria 2014

I loved Body by Victoria 2014 version. It was so fresh and clean smelling. At 1st spray you can smell alcohol. It quickly dissipates leaving the beautiful water hyacinth and green scent from the violet leaves with the sweetness from the freesia. There was a body splash that came out after for a season in the Pink line on 2017 called Vibe with the Tide. It was water hyacinth and freesia. Almost the same minus the green notes. It was absolutely wonderful. Maybe even better than Body by Victoria 2014 version. But the longevity was not there being a body mist. I miss them both so very much and wish they would come back. I see both versions being price gouged on many websites. In any case they are both my all time favorites and are highly missed not only by myself but many others as well. I do hope they make a come back. I will stock up on them like I have with others I truly love and miss and took for granted when I could get them anytime I wanted.

Aside from the slightly tacky bottle, this is VERY nice. It's fresh, floral, and has a very slight sweetness to it. It's like a more floral version of the recent VS Angel fragrance, from a couple months ago. This is probably the most obvious freesia from the VS line, where the flowers tend to get muddled by a swirl of random fruits. It wears well, with a slight natural indole accord making the freesia more realistic, coupled with the green notes. The water hyacinth is almost unnoticeable, unfortunately, because this could really set this fragrance off with more of an aquatic freshness. I wish the weird "bow" would've been fabric instead of thin plastic. I fear that it will break easily, especially when I travel with this. Treat your bottle with care. All the while, it's still a nice scent. It's my favorite incarnation of Body. It lasts three to five hours on me, and I'm excited to wear this once it gets hotter outside.

I got to test this today - it is essentially the same fragrance as the original Body in the white frosted bottle. The new packaging is horrible and tacky, but the fragrance is just as good. The green notes are "crushed leaves" according to the notes provided by VS and I find this accord very present in the initial spray and first five to ten minutes. Then the perfume becomes more powdery and the freesia comes out more. The drydown is a bit powdery and clean, just like the original. Lasting power is good - I am going on hour 7. Long story short, lovers of the original Body by Victoria (including myself) can be relieved that the fragrance has remained the same. I just wish they would have stuck with the original bottle design. I detest the pink ribbon like plastic things they added now and actually loved the minimalist simplicity of the original bottle.

I wore this when came in the frosted bottle and it was called “The Fragrance”. I see here the notes are freesia, crushed leaves and hyacinth. The spray I have now, which was a limited edition re-release a few years ago, is a tad different in that the crushed leaves note stands out. It’s mostly that, and some sheer freesia. I believe the original was a little softer smelling? I still like it, and it’s familar enough that I’m happy with the one I have. This is super fresh and bright. No gourmand notes in this one. Wish Victoria’s Secret would bring this back again, along with the haircare, which smelled similar. edit 8/22 *on accident I recently discovered Samba Sport in the pink bottle is very similar. I have them on side by side, and I’d say not exact, but about 90% similar, so I’d give that a shot before spending crazy eBay prices on the VS.

This is a lovely floral, green and fresh smelling fragrance. It is great for the spring and summer months, because it is not heavy at all. It is very light but beautiful. On myself, from what I'm smelling, I do smell the green notes, then I smell the well blended combo of freesia and water hyacinth. Now, I'm not a fan of freesia by itself, so mixed with another floral, it is very pretty. Some people are reporting a powder note, but I don't get that. What I do smell is something that is like a shampoo, fresh "out of the shower" type of scent that is somewhat aquatic. I do enjoy wearing this.

This was gorgeous. Super fresh, sporty, aquatic, but also white floralish and extremely feminine. My sister in law who was working at Victoria’s Secret at the time gave me the perfume in a travel spray as well as a bottle of the body mist version. It took me a while to finish them because it was a time in my life when I wasn’t wearing perfume very often. But I remember very clearly how gorgeous it was. Victoria’s Secret knocked it out of the ball park with this one.

I bought this perfume in 7 ml roller ball before and I'm in love with the smell and also staying power!! Flowery, powdery, fresh, and soft. This perfume lasts for almost 12 hours on me. I decided to buy 100 ml one and this perfume is so hard to get, i think they discontinue it, do they? :( I love the bottle too, so cute

This was the fragrance for all V/S shampoos and hair care back in the early to mid 2000s. That's how I discovered her! Absolute lovely edp and body mist was good too. This scent brings me nostalgia, one of the Best of V/S a real compliment getter. Too bad this Beauty was discontinued.

This is one of my favorites. I had a original in the old bottle probably 5 years ago. I just bought a new bottle the other day. I actually think it smells better than the one I had previous. I have had it on over 8 hours now and I still smell it. Love it!

Another repackage... I liked the original packaging much better... The new bottle looks so cheesy compared to the original.

honestly this fragrance is just like a baby powder. You spray it and you'll smell powdery-like and a hint of floral.

floral green fresh summery fragrance

I miss the old Body by Victoria the original one I wore in middle school. *sigh* this is close but no cigar. It’s nice and smells close enough to the original except this one is more green and fresh, no musk, no omph and most importantly no staying power on me unfortunately. I bought a backup of this because I was sad they were discontinuing Body by Victoria which was my signature for years. Because of this new formulation and maturity it’s not my signature anymore but I suppose the scent is nostalgic enough. But I wish brands would stop reformulating and discontinuing great fragrances.

I wore the original formula of this for years because it reminded me of the original Caress body wash scent (which I loved as a kid). The original version of this was a clean, fresh scent, but this current version is just obnoxious and headache-inducing to me.

This new version is comparable to the original Body by Victoria (the white frosted-glass one), but they're not the same. I tested them side-by-side, one on each wrist, and both were new bottles. The older one is less fresh, less green. It's more soapy, more muskier. This new one has a "sweetness" the original does not have. It's greener, more fresh. On the skin, they both perform really well, in different ways. The original heightens a woman's natural scent without covering it up. It flitters in and out of the background, changing during the day. The new one is more of an "opaque" scent, and doesn't change much past the first hour. The freesia and crushed leaves really stand out in the newest version. There are hints of citrus, as well. Both are good in their own respective ways. They both seem excellent choices for spring and summer. This new Body by Victoria, I had the complete set, but I just sold it because I needed the money. I wish I hadn't done it. Now I'm searching for a replacement. They are now both discontinued. Another plus: the lotion and body wash in this newest incarnation of Body by Victoria smell exactly like the eau de parfum. (That's not always the case. Some fragrances don't carry over well into lotions.)

I love this perfume! I fell for it back in its first incarnation, somehow minimalist and lush simultaneously. This incarnation is spicier, a little more on the citrus side, but that fresh green and luscious freesia is still in there, with subtle muskiness at the base, and thusly I am very very happy. It is youthful, energetic, sweet and spicy, but green, always green. To me it smells like nothing so much as a sunny day in a citrus grove...by a lake...in a garden...after a refreshing rainfall. It's one of my go-to "happifying" fragrances and I never want to have it out of rotation on my dresser.

I spoke to three different VS reps (2 from their corporate customer service and 1 from one of their Beverly Hills stores) and apparently this is the same fragrance as the original Body by Victoria in the white bottle, though they have different notes listed from the original. I have the white bottle EDP and this new version's body mist (not sure about the 2012 edition) and I must say they smell similar enough. If they don't smell exactly the same, I'm just glad I found a replacement that smells close enough to the original version, which has been one of my favorite scents.

I tried Body EDP yesterday and thought it seemed familiar. It smelt like a luxury lotion at first, fresh and zesty. Then bam! On the dry down, it came to me Creed Love in White! To those of you who love that flowers with soap and baby doll head smell, this is a reasonably priced dupe for LIW. BBV lasts more than the other VS fragrances. A good spritzing lasts 8-10 hours on my skin. Fabulous!!!

This one smells very close to the original Body by Victoria. I loved the original but couldn't wear it much because it made me sneeze. When I saw this new one and heard it was very similar, I decided to try it...no sneezing and it's the same scent I loved! It's still fresh, but less sharp than the original, and the drydown is a slightly sweeter on my skin which makes me like it better.

A fresh and simple flowery scent. It's possible to wear Body by VS on regular basis. Pros: a nice floral scent, not too sweet or overpowering, you can wear it for any occasion Cons: doesn't last that long, to me it only lasted the first 2 hrs, after that nothing much, and I get bored of this perfume after using for almost 5 months, so not that bad

I bought the body spray and lotion yesterday. I have never smelt the original (but say its the same). I like it.. very fresh and a bit floral with a powdery dry down. For a body mist it is pretty strong! I like it bc ill be able to just throw it in my bag bc its plastic, can just re apply if needed throughout the day!

I used to like its floral/fresh scent, even if it doesnt last long. (1 or 2 hours the most) But when i was pregnant on my 2nd child, my body chemistry declared war on this scent. Gave it to my sister. And up to now, 7 months postpartum, i still can't stand its smell. too bad :(

I have not smelled it yet but is this the same fragrance, just different bottle? They really confuse the matters because there was several fragrances already named "Body" but all were slightly different