Vera Wang Princess Review
My plan was to do a fragrance post on a lovely warm, slightly spicy scent for the cooler months, something more seasonally appropriate, but in all honesty I have been loving this perfume recently so wanted to share it with you all.
I had known about the Princess by Vera Wang perfume for quite a while, and thought the bottle was really pretty, but had never been overly intrigued to have a smell of it to see what I thought. It was only after reading some other blog reviews and reading the notes that are in it that I decided to give it a test on my skin and low and behold, it’s amazing!
First off, look at how pretty it is. The fact it’s a gorgeous pale purple/lilac colour is fairly unique within fragrance, but the fact that the bottle is shaped like a heart and it has a crown as the top is just so girly and fun.
At first sight I assumed this would be a very light floral scent, and as much as I do like floral perfumes, sweet/fruity is generally the type of fragrance I love the most.
You would think I would know by now not to make assumptions about a perfume before smelling it… clearly not! It was only once I read up on the notes that were in it that I decided to give it a go. The notes are as follows:
Top notes – Apricot, Apple, Water Lily
Middle notes – Tuberose, Guava, Dark Chocolate, Tiare Flower
Base notes – Amber, Vanilla, Woody notes
So you can see that there are floral notes in this perfume, but there is also fruity and sweet notes in it. It’s not sickly sweet, and it isn’t so fruity that it smells very over-powering and artificial. I would say this was a lovely blend of fruity/fresh/floral.
I will admit it probably isn’t most peoples first choice for this time of the year, but in saying that, a fragrance is a scent you have chosen to be encapsulated in for that particular day/time of day, there really are no rules as to what perfume you are to wear, or when!
I am a great believer in doing what you want to, whether it be in terms of how you dress, how you have your hair, your makeup, or perfume. Do not get put off of a perfume as it’s “not the right time of year”, “you can only wear that in the evenings” or “it’s only for people ages 27-34.5 years old” yada yada. It’s true that some scents were made to compliment certain times of day/year more due to the ingredients blended into them, but they are by no means rules.
Part the reason I brought this point up is that I have seen a lot of people saying it’s a “summery” and “younger” fragrance. I do honestly understand why this is being said about it, but as I said, don’t let anything like that put you off. If you like the fragrance and think it would make you feel good wearing it, then you go ahead and do so!
I really like Vera Wang Princess – and as much as it’s nothing completely unique, as a lovely fresh, slightly sweet, floral scent in a really pretty bottle it’s a lovely edition to my ever growing collection!
Have you smelt this? What did you think? Have you ever been put off of a fragrance because someone put it into a category? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Caroline
November 6, 2013 at 2:36 amThis was the first perfume I ever bought and still have it! 🙂 I love this scent and love wearing this on special occasions! did you know the gold band and crown are also rings?! 🙂
Kammitted
November 6, 2013 at 12:17 pmIt’s such a beautiful scent isn’t it!
Oh I knew the band was but didn’t know the crown was! Thanks 😀 X
Holly
November 6, 2013 at 8:57 pmOoh It’s been a while but I used to love this! It’s by no means my favourite scent but while I had it I quite happily rocked it daily for a while – I quite liked it for Autumn times as well, despite not being the most obvious choice for the time of year 🙂
Holly Mixtures
xx
Kammitted
November 7, 2013 at 4:09 pmThat’s the same as me! Its a really beautiful scent and even though it isn’t an absolute favourite I still really enjoy wearing it! X
Sanja
November 6, 2013 at 9:00 pmThis one is one of my all time favourite perfumes. It’s smells so good 🙂
Kammitted
November 7, 2013 at 4:11 pmIt is really lovely isn’t it! And the bottle is so pretty too! 🙂 x
Ebony Jay
November 7, 2013 at 3:47 pmI have tried this fragrance but I did not really like it all that much plus it made me itchy so I think I might be allergic to it (:
Kammitted
November 7, 2013 at 4:12 pmOh that’s not good! Different perfumes will react differently on different skin. That’s a shame you are allergic! What sort of perfume do you like? 🙂 x
Hanna
November 7, 2013 at 8:44 pmThis bottle looks amazing! And I also love fruity/sweet notes 🙂 I bought a perfume few days ago which is actually more of a summery scent, but I don`t care haha… I`m also going to write a blog post about it. Now I`m happy you also think, that it`s ok to wear whatever you like, even though it`s not “appropriate” for this time of the year. I thought people would think I`m crazy if I posted about a sweet perfume in the middle of Autumn, close to Winter 🙂 I almost forgot to mentioned, that I tagged you in my new post, which is I heart drugstore make-up Tag 🙂 You can check it out here:
http://make-up-candy.blogspot.ie/2013/11/i-heart-drugstore-make-up-tag.html
Kammitted
November 8, 2013 at 11:50 amYeah do it! I do understand when people say it’s more of a winter scent, but I don’t understand when people say they can’t wear a perfume because it’s not a winter scent! If that makes sense lol. If you love fruity/sweet scents then you should try this! 🙂 x
Siobhan
November 9, 2013 at 4:33 pmI nominated you for a sunshine award! Check it out on my blog 🙂
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Kammitted
November 9, 2013 at 7:32 pmAww thank you so much! That’s so kind! 🙂 x
Christine
November 17, 2013 at 9:26 pmI have this perfume in my collection and I love it. It smells really good 🙂
Love, Christine♥
http://christineiversen.blogspot.com
Kammitted
November 17, 2013 at 10:50 pmIt’s amazing isn’t it! 🙂 a really versatile one! xx
Melissa Pham
November 10, 2015 at 3:50 amThank you for sharing. I’d like to try it. Hope to hear more from you.
gwenda hudson
July 14, 2018 at 9:06 amsmelt this perfumer for the first time love it best place to buy can you help x