Victoria

There was a special price for the rollerball at VS today so I decided it couldn't hurt to have this casual fragrance on hand. One of the salesgirls had sprayed it on cardstock for me to sample and I thought it was nice. VS/BBW perfumes are rarely very complex and stay close to the skin so I don't expect anything otherwise. That being said, I enjoy them for light daytime fragrance. This one surprised me because, judging by its name, I thought it would be more of a generic warm vanilla scent. After the initial spray, it smelled very strongly of strawberries. In fact, "strawberry syrup" was about the only note I detected for the first minute or so...in a way that made me think that it's maybe better suited for a middle or high school girl. It later dries down to a more mellow strawberry smell with a nice hint of rose and creme brulee. The sillage is close to the skin and lasts on my skin for about 3-4 hours. Something strange (is it just me? the sweet scent playing tricks on my senses?) is that the perfume actually makes my skin tingle a bit and feel a bit sticky. Overall, it's a nice casual and girlish scent for warm summer days. I'm not quite sure yet if I'd buy the full size fragrance especially with summer coming to an end.

I got the EDP bottle of this, since VS was having a promotion of this fragrance and the bottle was only $15(orig. ret.$40). To be honest, I did not like it out of the bottle. I think I only got it because my nose had been messed up from smelling too many other scents(I had just come from sephora, b&bw and l'occitane), and I could not tell what it smelled like. I usually do not like sickly, sweet, scents, so I probably would not have purchased it if my nose had been working correctly. That is exactly what it smells like out of the bottle. Cotton-candy'ish and sweet, and kind of too heavy for me. However, the dry down is actually super pretty, and sweet and slightly floral in a subdued kind of way. I hate the initial blast of scent that it starts out with, but I think the scent is lovely midway through its scent cycle. Unfortunately, staying power is pretty bad. I can't believe it is an EDP! Most of my EDT's last longer than this! Good thing I got the mini bottle so I can carry around everywhere(doesn't leak!). It's definitely drawn compliments, and I will finish using this, but I won't buy it again.

I like a lot of Victoria's Secret scents (well...i guess not a lot but I do own Bombshell and VS Angels-Gold..) and I love this fragrance. It is sweet without being childish or too fruity and has a nice floral undertone with something edible like cream or vanilla (the creme brulee and caramel notes) ..at least to me. I think it can be worn any time of year. I wear it often ...it's not my favorite perfume but it's my favorite scent from VS at the moment. Bombshell was my fav from VS before this one. VS fragrances aren't known for longevity and sillage...so don't expect it to last all day. On me the sillage is ok, people around me can smell me if they are close enough to touch me. Longevity is about 2 hrs, but my body eats up most perfume anyway (with the exception of TM Angel...that stuff stays around even after washing!) They are still very nice perfumes for the price..usually under $40 when there are sales and coupons. But yes, this is quite weak....my only issue with it. :(

Althought this Victoria smells NOTHING like the vintage Victoria, it's still wonderful in it's own right. It's a lovely fresh scent with a underlying sweetness that makes it a tad warm. VS scents are always sexy, that's what they are good at. This has that fresh sexy vibe. This fragrance seems to be a nice crowed pleaser. When I wear this at parties or gatherings, I get many compliments. It's a soft skin scent but the scent lingers for me. I have the EDP. This works well in the heat and seems to project a lot more then. The bottle is STUNNING. I just love having it displayed however, I need to squirt some in a travel spray to throw in my purse because I would hate to break this bottle.

this perfume has a bright and tart smell of red berries throughout the entire wear, but is also grounded in this sharp caramelized sweet scent from the creme brûlée. the berries are so juicy and mouthwatering. the rose in this is very light and not heady at all as the red berries dominate this scent so much to my nose. it has this effervescent quality that I love to smell in fragrances. this doesn't last too long on me but has so much layering potential, especially in the summertime! I also cannot get over how adorable this bottle is omg.

I just got this tonight along with the lotion. It smells wonderful, very romantic. So far is lasting well on my skin. For some bizarre reason it seems to take a couple of days for a fragrance to get to know my skin and really grab hold with any kind of real longevity. Sounds weird I know But thats how Iit goes! !! All in all I really like this. I know they are saying its a sexy scent but so far on me its tres romantique!!!! I would definately recommend this. And btw I love my leggins and boots!!!!! :-P

Love this! I don’t get many of the notes listed above. It opened with a blast of delicious tangy fruit! Grapefruit, nectarine, and grapes. Maybe “red berries” means cranberries? Later I noticed the soft rose with a touch of maybe carnation. A beautiful mix but fades too quickly. I will definitely wear this again! 🌹

I love this fragrance. for me this is more like fruity than sweet. this is not a fragrance that will give you a boom headache. This is so subtle, fruity with mix of floral notes. 4.5/5 for me because the longevity is very weak :(

I love this version! I was able to track down 3 roller balls still in box for $5 a piece on eBay. This scent is gorgeous and it's the only thing even remotely close to my BBW breath Amber romance! Yummm

This smells soooo good:D i love the smell of this perfume... the caramel and creme brulè come out quiet strong, its sweet and such a lovely scent:) Really loooove this perfume<3<3<3<3<3

Victoria and Incredible are my top two favorite fragrances. I love it's red berries and soft creaminess! It is also a wonderful year round scent.

On me this is very warm and gourmand. I get the berries but its mostly sweet warm and yummy :D

I remember this smelling like Body by Victoria. (The old one.) Hmm.

the only perfume VS has put out that i actually like is Rapture... there have been a couple of limited-run body spray scents that are really nice, but all the other perfumes just don't do anything for me. but i love trying new scents, and so i always try them! this? based on the description and stated notes, i had no idea how it would go, and had very low expectations. very, very low. i LOVE the pink plastic bow on the bottle, though. it's so Perfume Pretty Barbie perfect! and the scent? i actually really like it! but it smells like Aspen. the cologne that was everywhere, when i was in high school, and that i actually quite like and wear occasionally myself. it's like a slightly feminized version of that same masculine cologne smell - but it works. or, to put it another way, it's kinda like how a snuggly blanket on the couch might smell, with a mixture of His-and-Hers fragrances mixed. surprisingly androgynous... and really, really nice! i will say that it's probably not going to go over well among their younger demographic. probably. but who knows? i like it, it makes me happy, i'm pleasantly surprised.

Just received Victoria after a long debate over whether to buy it and I think it's going to grow on me. I tried it a few times in the store and it didn't thrill me at all, but with all of those different scents floating in the air I don't think I had the chance to get the true nature of this scent. I have the body mist, so of course the longevity and silage are almost non-existent, but that's okay. This comes out on me as a blast of sourness that almost made me run to scrub it off, but then seconds later the delicious creme brûlée makes an appearance and thankfully that sourness disappears completely. Unfortunately, the whole thing disappears on me within an hour, but as I said I'm not upset about it since I don't expect a body mist to carry much punch. I might try this in the EDP form and see how it compares smell wise. All in all, not a bad fragrance for warm summer days and even nights.

This perfume is... just okay. When I first sniffed it on paper in the store, I thought it smelt delightful. When there was a Black Friday promotion going on last year, I got it for about $25 compared to the usual $52 and honestly, it's not worth more than that. The longevity is really bad, I mean, really... REALLY bad at only 2 hours. The note that stands out on me the most is the raspberry, apple, and red berries so so I get a bizarre sweet and sour scent. What a difference body chemistry makes... Sadly, I don't get any hints of the rose, the note I wanted the most. It's super light so it's best suited for the summer. Although it's not my favorite perfume in my collection, I'll use it on occasion in warm weather since I don't like to let perfume go to waste (unless it's horrendous like Sephora's Kiss The Girl).

Yet another instance of a gorgeous scent that I love, that neither lasts over an hour or projects. The rose, berries, and creme brulee is an intoxicating combination that I find to be much different than other VS fragrances I have tried thus far. i don't usually enjoy VS because the body sprays and perfumes have a distinct unenjoyable undertone to them, but Victoria does not. I think the money might be better spent on a lotion and body spray combo set over this perfume bottle even though the bottle itself is a lovely edition to a collection, it isn't worth the price. Update: So I sprayed more of the EDT on and tried clothes, hair, and most pulse points and the most lasting by far is in my hair. While it is practically gone from my shirt and skin, I still smell it strongly in my hair so take that as you will.

I picked up a body mist while shopping for other goodies at a recent sale. It's not something I'd commit to as a perfume but it's quite fun for a casual sexiness. I plan on using this for lazy weekends where I still want to feel fun and flirty without too much effort. I like to have guys smell my scents and give me their take because it's often insightful albeit novice, and for this one, my brother was over so I let him smell. His 'insight' -" It smells like the makeup and perfume counter at Macy's! Like, the left side, where the nicer more recent perfumes are." He then liked it so much he sprtized it to take a better whiff and said, "This is really nice!" There you have it. From a guy, this is a summation of nice scents put together. So, borderline generic but also very enjoyable.

If you're hoping this is anything like the original Victoria, it's not. I smell mostly berries in this, and only a hint of rose. I can see that this might be overly sweet for some, but I don't find it overly sugary. The sweetness is more like stewed fruit than just sugar. I guess this is the cooked sweetness of creme brulee. It has a warmth and mild sourness to it, and any floral notes are almost overwhelmed by ripe berries. It reminds me of Black Raspberry Vanilla by BBW. I was hoping for a sweet rose based scent, but this is definitely a berry based scent. I blind bought the rollerball, and that will be enough. I like this but I'm disappointed because I wanted roses, but I got berries instead.

This smells AMAZING. Unfortunately the lasting power and sillage are not so hot. I spray this like crazy and can finally smell it, and it doesn't last long at all. But it truly smells delicious, so I don't mind too much (but would probably not re-buy). I got it in a set by the way. The shower gel smells amazing also. The lotion smells ok, doesn't smell nearly as sweet as the perfume. Even using lotion and perfume together the smell is weak unfortunately. Great sweet rose smell though, so delicious. And not too sweet, for me at least. Editing later to say: very much like Angel eau Sucree but not as strong/lasting. Now that I have that one, can leave this one behind.