Vera Wang Lovestruck Eau de Parfum for Women, 100ml

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I'm also not going to lie - I kinda having fun with the bottle. It's just girly, goofy, and a bit enchanting. Love the colours, too. It's the green, grassy, citrus(more of a sharp green citrus, not a juicy fruit citrus) note of angelica that sets this perfume apart from all the other sweet perfumes out there. Whatever I'm smelling isn't bad. Okay? It's NOT bad. I just don't get anything special or even remotely noticeable in a normal perfume-sense. How many more of the Sephora "try me" coffrets will I be buying? (Well, perhaps if they start producing them for L'Artisan Parfumeur, which is now apparently a part of their line-up...) On their face, the coffrets a great deal: you pay less than the cost of a bottle of perfume for a box which contains ten or so samples, and you receive a voucher to exchange for the bottle of perfume which you have in effect paid for up front. In other words, the samples are free.

Fragrance lasts longer on damp skin and blooms when worn on moisturized skin. Apply your fragrance right out of the shower while your skin is clean and warm. Your pores are open and can soak up the fragrance. As your skin warms up during the day, the scent of perfume gets released slowly. The most interesting thing here is that this develops a certain bitterness after an hour! It's not unpleasant, but it is green and plant-y. I actually quite enjoy this facet, and think it gives this fragrance some much needed depth. I wish it was even more prominent, and it must be the alleged "angelica". I blind bought this along with two other Vera Wang perfumes. I found 3.4 oz bottles for a great price, so I took a chance on them for fun. Most certainly an underrated perfume. The bottle design is super eye catching and it was the primary reason why I bothered testing it out in the first place. This fragrance smells like a tropical floral musk. The guava is so typical vera, she just loves it. I see in a lot of her princess perfumes as well. The fragrance is really linear, from first spray I get a clean smelling guava scent (probably helped out by the lotus to make it clean) the there's the musk that carries that clean fruity floral musk from start to end.Prescriptions must be written on an Authority Prescription Form, and the approval number must be noted on the prescription. Pharmacists cannot dispense the item as a pharmaceutical benefit unless it has been approved by Medicare Australia (indicated by the presence of the approval number). I'm usually relatively sensitive to freesia as it's quite heady and super-sweet...and there's minimal sweetness here. Passion flower is also very distinctive - Think "Hypnose" - where it's done *beautifully*, or even "Incredible Things". I get none in "Floral Rush".

I see this as a potential every day scent. It's a casual scent that could be "dressed up" so to speak. It wears nicely into the nighttime. I feel it would be a beautiful scent for fall and winter especially. I find it lasts about 3 hours on my skin, which is on the low end of moderate, and it sits rather close to the skin without a trail. The middle notes aren't quite so pleasant - another slightly metallic and synthetic smell (but not nearly as bad as "Donna Karan Be Delicious Fresh Blossom"). The one and only unpleasant thing I've experienced with this otherwise beautiful fragrance is that you can only use that much of it. I did the mistake of going for too many sprays, and I ended up being hit with an overbearing musky base that doesn't seem to work well with my skin chemistry. Therefore, a little goes a long way.

I tested this morning *at* church, which feels incredibly risky to me. However, I had a feeling it wouldn't be a super noticeable fragrance, and that I'd be fairly safe in it (I try not to be ostentatious in there), and I was right. This isn't a very unique, unusual or loud perfume at all. It's understandable, familiar (a fruity musk) and courteous. The only factors that I dislike about this perfume is the price which even with the sales that come and go, I believe its not priced right. Also, as much as I adore the bottle, it isnt very travel friendly, in fear of the cap breaking or the bottle shatter in my bag, I decide not to take this perfume with me for touch ups when im on the go. Lastly, I felt a little deceived when found out how little the 30ml bottle was, compared to how HUUGE the box it came in. The purple tones on this bottle are just delightful, along with its bright acidic green writing, and the ribbon is a gorgeous flourish that pairs perfectly with its profile. It really is very well curated. I wear this to the gym to reduce my stink-factor, and after a run on the treadmill, I smell my forearms (a relatively safe place to smell after knowing you're drenched in sweat) - and it's amazing. You get a deep, intoxicating floral musk. I *assume* the prettiness is from the lotus flower and tuberose; the intoxication is from the musk, and the deeper turn is from the sandalwood. I can't say I own too many perfumes that have such a strong woodsy note, but I like it here. It gives this scent a maturity, it's definitely for a grown woman and not a teen.