Vice Versa

Profumo ottimo un vero must da donna! Particolare ed unico due aggettivi per questa fragranza. La sua apertura e la sua anima sono acide ma con la foglia del pomodoro, la peonia ed il muschio non poteva essere altrimenti. La lieve dolcezza è data dal lampone e dal melone che nonostante sono note fruttate escono dal cuore del prodotto e non dalla testa come riporta la piramide olfattiva (almeno per il lampone) infine buona è la longevità, intenso il sillage. Chapeau. Profumo 9/10 Sillage 9/10 Longevità 9/10

This fragrance is my all time favourite. Period. I have never smelled anything nearly similar before or ever since. It breaks my heart that it's not sold anymore. I'm praying YSL will bring it back in La Collection, it would be a dream come true. I bought my first bottle in 2001 and was lucky enough to find a backup in 2012. I wear it only on very special occasions. I sometimes have a sniff from the sprayer and I'm enchanted.

I still have one kept safely in its BOX, which I use it in very Special occasions. It is one of my favourite perfumes ever.... - a perfume that I fell in love with from the very first time and I will never "forgive" YSL for stop producing/selling it. It is a sweet perfume with a unique in my opinion smell. I would love to find a similar fragrance with a big resemblance to Vice versa again.....

So good. So short-lived. So impossible to find. Vice/Versa. It was girly/womanly, sparkling like a miracle/approachable like an orange trees garden, for daywear/nightwear. Alice in wonderland indeed.

i really loved this one because of its classy and spicy smell; it has indeed a hint of tomato leaf, but still a very agreeable perfume. too bad it can't be found anymore!:(

Just purchased this from second-hand shop. The price for 90ml bottle was only 25 euros! I love this very dearly, it's so fresh, feminine and bright.

One of my favorites! It smells like tomatos dipped in a champagne glass. So different so zesty and classy.

All I can say is that I hope YSL will bring it back! I miss it so badly! Sigh.

2 words: TOMATO LEAVES. so in love with this. amazing.

One I appreciated in its day but didn’t own. Buying perfume back then was out of my budget and I stuck to deep sale or resold partial bottles. Owning this after winning a charity auction at a very low price, I can say I’m very happy to have it. In a time of beast mode, this beauty is strong! At least on my skin. Fresh and lightly fruity this scent hadn’t yet developed the sweetness of early 2000s fruity floral fruitchoulis. Instead the tomato leave floats in as a whisper. There, but not overpowering and gives the fruits some structure and clarity. From here I get more soapy floral notes that are airy and gauze-like. She projects off the skin very well and feels cool and lush like you have fresh cut green stems amongst these blue and pink florals. Makes me feel nostalgic and peaceful. Very wearable still - fits in the clean girl realm without all the laundry musks or ambroxan.

Off the beaten path and refreshing. Vice Versa is a bit similar to In Love Again - which is one of my all-time favourites. In Love Again is more sweet and classically feminine (I write classically, because I think everyone should make free choices of what to wear, independent of their biological equipment). But they both are uplifting and best in summer. And relatively shortlived. Now that I think of it: There are three YSL perfumes that form a daisy chain in my nose: To me Babydoll, In Love Again (first version), and Vice Versa seem to be connected, with in Love Again in the middle. In its first version, In Love Again shares the rose and the tangy fruits with Babydoll, and the tomato leaf with Vice Versa. If In Love Again is holding Vice Versa's right hand, DKNY Women takes the left one. At least during the first hour.

This is a very interesting fragrance to me! I was a bit unsure about the tomato note, as to me when I think of what a tomato smells like my mind goes to ketchup on a paper towel, but this was nothing of the sort! She reminded me more of fresh tomatoes cut straight off of the vine, grown in a garden full of other fruits and flowers to enhance the scent profile. She's nicely long lasting and I do enjoy wearing her, she's a very garden-y scent to me and gives natural, clean, greenhouse vibes. I like her a lot!! ♡

Juhu finaly i got my hands one a big bottle off this perfume again. it is so feminin sensuel. fresh , clean and sophisticated to me . the freshnes off red berrys miksed so well whit whit flowers , not just Tuberose , but others to , and the lovely tomato leaf note mmm. it sounds strange , but it is very nice in this one . And this one last for a long long time , strong and fresh all day longe. im so so happy i found this again.

Looking at the notes on this again . i reamember ther was some tomato leafs in it asweel.. a very unik smell back then i remember, I found it very different and whit many different notes . so im very surprised not to see more notes listed . but maybe im remembering it wrong...

This was quite a distictive fragrance, I used to quite like it and remember it was quite dominantly orange scented- think I mainly loved it for it's bottle though.

I really wanted to love this. The notes sound so interesting, I'm a cherry tomato addict in real life and I dream of a fresh fragrance with a noticeable but well-blended tomato note. Vice Versa with all those lovely berries, fruits and florals sounded like it could be just it. Then I won it in a giveaway from a very generous fragrantican and couldn't believe my luck. But when I finally had it, it was not what I expected at all. The opening is green and fresh, but you can only imagine the tomato if you're really looking for it. Additionally I get a waxy sweetness that reminds me of white chocolate, really strange. As the fragrance dries down that vanishes, and what's left is a very light, close to the skin floral. I mainly get orange blossom, blended with some other flowers, warmer base notes and a light splash of mandarin. The composition smells older than something from 1999 to me. And it doesn't match the gorgeous, cool presentation. I would have put this into a more classic, simple bottle and a white box with flowers and greenery on it. It doesn't smell bad, it just doesn't move me. I would not mind to smell it on others. But I sampled it a lot, in winter, in spring, in summer, and never ever feel like wearing it, so I'll have to find a new home for this one. Obviously my bottle is old, as Vice Versa is long discontinued, but it really doesn't smell turned at all (no stinging alcohol opening, no celery note etc.), just completely different from what I imagined. Therefore I wouldn't recommend to blind-buy this based on notes and reviews, get a sample/decant first.

This brings some memories,my older sister had this when i was a little girl and i loved the bottle because of the heart shape.I liked the smell back then,but i dont really remember exactly how it smelled.It was kinda floral and soft.Maybe also like some perfumes from the 80`s..

i was ecpecting something very heavy and lil retro but it is not anything like this.It is too light ,or at least too light for my nose which is used to havier smells.It is perfect for summer,non offensive smell.

First off, I hold YSL in very high regard. However, there are $1 hairsprays that smell better this. From the second I put it it on all I wanted was for it to end. Seriously, dreadfully bad.

Agree with Nuria Rose, it resambles ketchup smell a lot.

Fragrance & Fruit Or Vice Versa As a hardcore fan of Yves Saint Laurent, I enjoy putting on many of his fragrances past and present. Vice Versa is a delicious fruity white floral fragrance that I can put on in spring and summer, when it's aroma is richer. Cocktail lunches, shopping trips, errand runs, this perfume always does its job. It's perfumy and pretty strong, sort of like Giorgio Beverly Hills, but not in a bad way. It lets you know it's there. And what is there? Sweet fruity scents of mandarin, raspberry and blueberry. A giant tomato is there too but it's the perfume version of tomato so don't think for one moment that you'll smell like you've been slaving away in the kitchen cooking with tomatoes. The flowers are lovely: jasmine, freesia, tuberose, African Orange Flower, peony. They each make their cameo but I mostly detected tuberose bellflower, jasmine and peony. A melon is mingling wit the flowers. This fragrance seems to be true to it's moniker. Fruits or flowers or vice versa because you get plenty of both in beautiful fragrant harmony. The base is vanilla, sweet vanilla but like in today's gourmand vanilla. Amber and iris. Loved it. Has great sillage, projection and lasts all day. I gave one of two bottle sway to my Russian friend who loves fruity florals. This is a gorgeous feminine perfume and will satisfy your desires for vintages and for real perfume. Buy this online and get this stuff. It's great.

The design is so lovely queen of spades and hearts is that what inspired the lid design?? Well the fragrance has the potential to be a sparkling , powder , fresh, green fragrance but it doesn't get there. It really doesn't!! For me I absolutely have to keep the bottle and fill it with an oriental floral.. I am not a fan of the perfume itself because it's too woodsy and irritating. This scent can be worn by anyone.. just for me I need it to smell like Chloe love story or Chanel xox mademoiselle... truth . Edited to add: November 2018 It reminds me of the 90s . My mothers handbag. She had a make up bag with a mixture of high end cosmetics, samples... lipstick and it just smelt like a make up bag. That I know really miss. This perfume has that 90s cosmetic make up, perfume, lipstick smell... I detected it and I just love it so much .

This may be the least helpful review ever because I cannot for the life of me remember what this smelt like. What I do remember is absolutely loving it and going through about 3 bottles. (My first ever back up bottle was bought when I found out it was being discontinued!) I remember that it was a ‘bright’ fragrance. I think this should be put on the list of perfumes to be bought back! (Just make sure it’s not a watered down version!)

I do have a bottle of this for sale. Hate to part with it but it makes me sneeze. Maybe 3 sprays short of a full bottle. Lovely fresh, unique perfume that makes me weep literally. She's a collector's item and I hate to part with her but she is not doing anyone any good sitting in a collection. Send me a private message for info. Willing to swap also as long as the perfumes are of equal value.

Oh my god, I just saw this photo of Vice Versa and remembered that I had a bottle of it years ago! I never did finish it and I may still have it around somewhere (I'l have to rummage around to see if I can find it!). So, if it is discontinued and anyone's looking for it then feel free to contact me and I'll see if I can locate my bottle of it!

Very strong dusty tomato with raspberry and blueberry after-math. It is unique and no comparison for some abovementioned. Too bad, it's discontinued. On the other hand- I have it in my huge collection, so may be it is not to bad.

When I bought it in London in 2000, I was told it was limited edition. Private collectors might be the few people still with a bottle. Good luck!

Vice Versa did have quite stong tomato and tomatoleaf smell, I didn't like so savory foody things then and probably now either.

I have a bottle of this & have only sprayed it once but cannot remember the smell.

Nice memories, best raspberry scent!