So In Love

I bought this at the semi annual sale this year and I guess someone had sprayed some because each time I walked by the display I would smell a heavenly scent but I couldn't figure out where it was coming from. I'm so glad that I stumbled upon it because Ive been looking for a good rose perfume for a long time. This perfume has a crisp clean sweet scent of watermelon at first spritz . I knw watermelon is not in the notes but I think it comes from a mixture of the honey and carnation. Then the rose flares up and hits my face and i just can't get enough! There is a little bit of musky mixed in. I don't know what violet leaf smells like so I'm assuming the musky scent is coming from the violet leaf. The body splash is just as scented and long lasting as the perfume minus the musky scent. So if you knw that you don't like perfume w/musk in them then the body splash would be a safer buy. As for me I must have the whole collection so I'm stuck w/the musky perfume. But I don't mind. This perfume is a little on the powdery side. It last a long time. I only layered the lotion and the body splash on after I got out of the shower. Then I put on my robe till I could find something to wear. Well the next day I put the same robe on and it smelled like a bouquet of roses!!! I love this scent!!!

So in Love is a surprising treat to my nose. I did not know Victoria's Secret was capable of making such a beautiful powdery rose fragrance. Its simple but quite lovely it opens up with a blast of roses and slowly the carnation kicks in and adds a little spice to it. The scent keeps changing and it then becomes a gorgeous rich blend of rose and violet leaf, which makes it quite powdery but settles down into a a calmer scent of rose with a little drop of honey. It does have a I guess a slightly vintage rose vibe, but I love roses so I really enjoy it. Though I can honestly see why a lot of people might not like it, especially if they were not expecting a rose fragrance. Haha it is honestly not what I expected to come across shopping at this store. So in Love is beautiful and the name suits it I'm in love with it! Also it smells quite romantic. It is not the usually fruity floral scent VS is known for launching these days.... I'm super happy with myself for not hesitating and grabbing the last bottle of this at my local store. They brought it back for the Semi Annual Sale. The bottle it also beautiful and made of a heavy glass it would look great displayed on anyone's vanity or dresser. This was definitely a hidden gem within all the chaos I found at the store. <3

My first impression is that it smelled like expensive French milled rose soap on the initial blast which I didn't like at first. Despite my love/hate with clean and soapy perfumes I admit that I reach for them a lot because it smells like I could have recently showered which is great to have in any fragrance arsenal. Fragrances that remind you of soap have traditionally been considered "classy" because back in the day not everyone could afford to take a daily shower. Anyway, back to the review after my little tangent. And I'm not saying So in Love smells like a bar of Dial, I just got off course for a minute :) Once it settles I sort out the sweeter rose, cognac, honey and carnation notes which mellows it out and I'm digging it. Carnation gives it a retro vibe and now I'm thinking that this might be Victoria's Secret stab at creating an intentionally retro pinup-esqe fragrance, which is cool by me. It's very different from any fragrance I've smelled from VS before and definitely stands out against the current trend which is probably why it was discontinued, unfortunately. I think this fragrance is more suited to spring and summer and would work well on a hot day as long as you applied it lightly. A happy blind buy.

I'll start my review by saying that before 2005, I pretty much avoided florals in favor of spicier vanilla blends. I tried the tester of this and I was indeed "So In Love". It is definitely a warm, powdery rose on the dry-down.I love the vintage vibe this one gives off. But I'm surprised that none of the other reviewers have noticed the strong civet-like smell on first spray. I mean the "I'm taking over your territory with no apologies" civet! Anyhow, I think Victoria's Secret should bring this lovely perfume back.

This is a very unique smelling scent in my opinion, I'm loving the honeyed booziness with the violets and rose combined with a definite freshness. So different. I'm thinking the name of this throws people off a bit , it sounds like it would be a very delicate kind of fragrance , but its not, its quite heady, strong ( in a good way, just don't over do it) and very long lasting. This could of used a more racy or provocative name, but it's Victorias Secret after all. Love this!