Bombshell Oud

I've never had any Victoria's Secret perfumes before as I thought they just wouldn't produce anything really nice (a lingerie brand isn't supposed to as it's not their main product, obviously). However, this perfume really charmed me. The day before I was out in the city with my friend trying to test all the possible perfumes in the stores to find something new and it was at the end of the day when my nose was hardly distinguishing any perfumes at all already :D I sprayed several fragrances by VS on the perfume blotters and frankly speaking most didn't impress me at all, very mass-markety scents. I ended up not buying anything, however, the next day I woke up at home and couldn't stop smelling my phone case which had some traces of a very dark spicy unisex but at the same time floral perfume. It didn't smell synthetic as I thought smelled all the perfumes at VS before so I didn't think of this one but later I found a sample paper in my coat's pocket and this was the only one I kept and voila it was Bombshell Oud! I started reading about it on the internet and I discovered that it's a similar smell to Estee Lauder Sensous Noir and this is not surprising because my all-time favourite perfume I've used on a daily basis is Estee Lauder Sensous, I've liked it since I was 16 when my mom had it (she had many but this was one of the few I liked). This (ELS) is a pretty close-to-skin fragrance but it's also deep, sexy and I would say leaning to unisex as well, woody, warm and cozy. So that's how I went to the website and I decided to order a small roll-on perfume bottle (the large was not available at the time, seems it's pretty popular) and a body mist with the same name. What is strange, the body mist lasts longer on me than the perfume itself, just two sprays in the morning and I can still smell it on my clothes, skin and hair by the late end of the day and the next day (on clothes). On the contrary to EL Sensous, VS Bombshell Oud is loud and bold, the smell opens a bit synthetically but it settles down into a wonderful composition, unfortunately, I lack words and knowledge to describe it but I would recommend testing it first because it's not a safe blind buy but if you're into such smells, you may love it. I imagine confident and leaning to androgynous style ladies definitely past their early 20s would enjoy it and I guess it's more suitable for colder weather, can't imagine it in another country at 35-40 C degrees, could get suffocating

Perfume of my life... I can never forget the day I smelled this perfume at Victoria's Secret. I've never smelled anything like it before, and I never will. This perfume smells like the sexiest, darkest, and coolest woman walking past you in a black fur coat! It's definitely the scent of cold winter and autumn evenings. Its longevity? 6 months. No joke.

This is VS's most unique and attractive fragrance; it's not suitable for blind purchase. Oud and leather aren't notes for everyone, especially the leather note. Dark, spicy, expensive, sexy... and quite different and unexpected from the brand's usual style. That's one of the reasons I say it's not suitable for blind purchase.

This smells like EXPENSIVE money high end fragrances. A bit like a cologne. Very very woody plum vetiver. Suede. Yes. Leather. Very masculine. Very androgynous and just. Money. High end. You would never guess this is Victorias secret. Just. Wow

It feels like Angel by mugler, ambroxan bomb. But silent oud stays there. One of my fave smelling thing from VS. but then again only for those who are into Angel will appreciate this.