Strawberries and Champagne

This is an absolute favorite fragrance of mine. So much of a favorite, that it competes with actual perfumes on my list of favorites. With that being said, I might be slightly biased due to the nostalgia factor of this, because I wore this all throughout the middle and high school. However, I really do believe that this is possibly one of the best smelling offerings of the Victoria's Secret garden collection. Now, I know a lot of people would think, with it being Victoria's Secret and with it being titled strawberries and champagne that it would be a very sweet fragrance. This is not sweet at all. The strawberry is there, yes it's very fruity. But it's not sweet whatsoever, it's actually somewhat of a sharp and aldehydic fragrance. If you've ever drank the strawberry Perrier that they make in the cans, the flavored mineral water, this smells exactly what that tastes like. You get that fleeting essence of strawberry, then the bitter bite of the minerals along with the fizziness of the carbonation in the water. That's how this smells... Fruity, fizzy and bitter. Because of that, I don't feel like this would be a safe blind buy. But it really is a wonderful scent, I've kept bottles of this on deck since it came out. And now that it's back, I have like three backup bottles for it. My first true fragrance love.

This is what I'd imagine the OG VS angels smelling like at a party in the early 2000's. As someone who adores the highly disputed Love Spell - I quite enjoy Strawberries & Champagne as well. I can understand why some might not like this because it's on the sort of "screechy" and sharp side in a similar way that Love Spell is. It packs a similar punch and is very reminiscent of the Y2K era of fragrances. It's an effervescent fruity floral (particularly rose) that smells like it's been infused with actual champagne. The champagne note in this is truly boozy whereas it ends up just adding a bubbliness rather than a true booziness in many other fragrances. This gives off the vibe that you've maybe had a glass of rosé which, to me, is quite fun. Some may find this to be a bit of a skanky, possibly bitchy, party girl scent but I find it to be incredibly feminine, sultry, even a little "come hither" (although, I admitedly have to be in the mood for it.) It's not a boring fragrance by any means - she definitely stands out.

Had this one many years back. Didn't like it at first but it did grow on me. It's punchy and it smells like strawberry soda. Although you don't smell just strawberries in any notes. It's a mix smell that you get. Imagine someone dropping strawberry soda all over your clothes, it's that kinda smell. Did love it as a teenager. Don't know if I'd wear such bubbly fragrances now. Edit: Brought a bottle last year, just for the memories of it. I did like it when I brought it again not sure if I like it anymore, too strong and teenage-like for my age but it may work out in drenching and burning summers.

I loooooved this fragrance in my early-mid 20's; I have so many memories of going out and wearing this stuff. The other day, I found my ancient eau de toilette bottle with just a little bit of it left. I get some strawberry in this, but I mostly just get the champagne. It's super bubbly and a bit sour. I can't say I dig it as much as I used to, given that I'm now in my 30s and my tastes have matured quite a bit. It's a fun fragrance though-- I just wouldn't wear it out anymore.

I really loved this fragrance way back when I was in high school. I had my first boyfriend and one day when we were talking, he said that when we first kissed, I smell so good, like sweet strawberries, and the scent filled his mind and always connected it with our first kiss. He even thought that I sprayed it in my mouth because it's like he's tasting strawberries too. That was a great memory of ours, and enough for me to love this fragrance. :)

This is a very simple, yet lovely fragrance. The best way to describe this is a combination of strawberries and cream, with a large dose of some wonderfully fizzy intoxicating champagne. It is a simple summertime fragrance that goes just as well with your jeans,tank top,and cowboy boots, as with your white cotton eyelet summer frock, and lace-up espadrilles. It is a cool summer splash of fruit and wine, and I love it!

This Edp was so fun and sexy, I get nostalgic when I smell this one of the few v/s fragrances with aldehydes. I was a young woman in the early 2000s when V/S had the best fragrances and they lasted. Strawberries and Champagne, Pear Glace, Amber Romance, Heavenly, Halo and my all time fave Body by Victoria edp. These fragrances POPPED! Now you can't smell anything most of them are like faint sugarwater.

My mom had the body lotion version and I really loved it whenever she wore it. It smelled so sweet and delicious. Unfortunately whenever I try it, it just smells alcoholic on me. TT^TT Still love it though. Just not on me.

Another favourite! I wear it all day long every day. It is very sweet, not many love it but it does smell wonders on me. I love smelling like dessert so this is a total two thumbs up for me! :D

This smells like the movie Mean Girls 😍 epitome of girliness. It works amazing layered with more sophisticated fragrances, I wore it today layered with Narciso Poudre and 😍

I love this stuff. I layer it with the shower gel and the body lotion. Is a go to scent to chill and relax. I love to spray it before bed.

My fave VS scent. I used to use this everyday when I was in college. Smelling this sweet scent just revitalizes me whenever I'm tired.

What's with the snobbery? "So juvenile.."- Sheesh! It's a fun, fruity scent that makes you smell and feel good!

Just got my order delivered & it smells even better than I remembered! A beautiful fragrance from VS.

love it!! such a good spring scent that isn’t just floral - definitely one of my favorites

So so good!! Bubbly, sweet, fresh, and a bit floral but powdery. It's worth it.

[This review is for the EDT in the vintage garden rounded bottle with a picture of strawberries, purchased off eBay in 2014] My first VS scent was a Strawberries & Champagne body butter gifted to me when I was an early teen. I loved the scent of that lotion, as I’ve always loved strawberries. Unlike many other fruity fragrances from around the era, it had a tartness to it that kept it from becoming cloyingly sweet. I loved the lotion dearly, but for some reason I never bought the body splash or any other of the products while I was growing up. It wasn’t until I remembered the scent one day as an adult that I decided to hunt it down. I picked up three bottles of this in the vintage packaging from eBay, so it was already several years old at this point, but I don’t know exactly when VS changed their packaging or when they discontinued this EDT. I was pleased to find that it smells exactly like the lotion I remember: It opens with a tart, fizzy, sparkling strawberry. I must be quite sensitive to blackcurrant, because I smell it everywhere, and sure enough I get it here as well. I don’t really know what champagne smells like other than alcohol, but this does seem to have a fizzy quality and notes reminiscent of a sweeter sparkling wine, perhaps a rosé or Prosecco. On skin, the tartness lingers, and it stays deliciously sweet and tart and fizzy for the entire duration of wear, mellowing out to more blackcurrant as it wears on. However, I’ve noticed that on clothing, it can leave behind a bit of a sickening sweet smell, so perhaps that’s what other reviewers are experiencing. I’ve never worn the body spray, but from memories of visiting the VS store, the body spray is sweeter and more linear than the EDT. I am pretty sure that chamomile and aloe are simply listed as body spray conditioning ingredients and are not notes in the perfume. I think I will always have a soft spot for this scent, and I love wearing it at home, particularly in the summertime. Fortunately, my 3 bottles of vintage EDT are still going strong and holding up beautifully despite being at least 7 years old at this point!

There will probably always be a part of me that loves this fragrance. It takes me back to being young and feeling like I can do anything, that the entirety of my life as a woman is ahead of me. Somehow, wearing it now doesn’t make me feel like a pre-teen even though that’s when I fell in love with it; it just reminds me of that feeling of having infinite opportunities and unknowable wonderful experiences awaiting me and the rest of my life ahead of me. That’s a lot of responsibility to place on a fragrance! Especially one that is, by all accounts, fairly mediocre. But I still think it’s lovely; it’s not overly sweet by today’s standards (though I remember it smelling sweet in comparison to other fragrances when I was a teenager). It does have a fizzy aldehydic quality (their interpretation of champagne?) that brightens it up and lends the otherwise-juvenile (deliciously trashy, in my opinion) strawberry a bit of sophistication. In my mind this is the fragrance equivalent of someone like Sally Rand or Gypsy Rose Lee: you know she is trashy and ought to be trashy because that’s what she’s all about, but you can’t help but think the overall effect is a bit more elegant than it has any right to be. I'm glad to have had the foresight to pick up a bottle on sale before it was discontinued, just in case I wanted to revisit the memories later on. It's fun, bright, vivacious, and just trampy enough.

не понимаю почему так много хейта в сторону этого аромата, как по мне он довольно неплохой, да немного специфический..но что вы ожидаете когда берете аромат с запахом шампанского?)по поводу клубники, то её действительно здесь не хватает, если б я не знала что она здесь присутствует, то наверное даже б не догадалась.приобрела этот аромат вчера, сегодня уже поняла, что на повседневной основе не смогу пользоваться, немного тяжёлый для меня аромат(мне кажется что его просто недоработали, будь в нём ноты ещё каких-либо ягод, по типу ананаса, либо апельсина? возможно что-то экзотическое, то аромат был бы для меня просто идеален, а так..по большей мере чувствуется только шампанское, что немного пьянит, нету чего-то что успокаивало бы его=(я довольно долго искала..и продолжаю искать, аромат с нотами шампанского, и ярких фруктовых нот, чтобы это был "бушующий" аромат, при этом не слишком удушливый, и не сильно пьянящий, скорее лёгкий, игривый аромат, вызывающий некую эйфорию..если бы этот Мист доработали как надо, то думаю он бы мог вполне занять место в моём сердечке, но увы=((что по стойкости, так по мне, тут всё индивидуально, у кого-то может час держаться, у кого-то 2, а у кого-то все 10, на себе я чувствую аромат спокойно часа 3-4, дальше только если уже принюхиваться, на волосах я думаю так вообще весь день будет аромат стоять)

Well, in my country VS fragrances are actually a little expensive compared to other countries. You can't find them in drugstores or supermarkets, only in perfume houses, so i don't have the same "high school experience" memories with them like a lot of people here, so my review won't link to anything in the past. Strawberries and Champagne is synthetic, fruity and slightly citrus (like a green strawberry, not yet at its prime). Is boozy in a feminine way (the same way fragrances with cognac are boozy in a masculine way) I'm sure you guys hear the phrase "white girl wasted". Well, that's what this fragrance reminds me. If i had to describe the feeling, would be like a 18 years old girl went to her first fancy night club, won a bottle of champagne, pop it up in the air and splashed herself with it. Reminds me of White Wine Coolers. Like you're drinking something but you're not supposed to, cause you're underage. Smells like fun, flirty times bathed in champagne. Smells like new year's eve at the beach (salty breeze air, champagne everywhere). It is a little "immature", and i don't think i can see it as an everyday scent (i can't see it at the office, for instance), but i'm sure i'll work it out. Sillage is weak, longevity is medium for a body spray (couple of hours)