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Vitalij777 – :
One squirt from the tester lasted for hours, even after scrubbing it hard. I’d love this lasting power on some of the perfumes I like, but VF is too sweet. The vanilla note is too artificial and cheap in the worst way.
Maybe it’s my skin, but VF will not go on my like list.
sahaE71 – :
This is a childhood scent for me. I used to take some from the downstairs bathroom and it would always be out around Christmas time. It became my first perfume as a child and I still love it today.
гоша 726 – :
I was just writing about another 90’s fragrances and I instantly had a flashback of this scent.
This was the very first fragrance I owned back when I was a teenager.
IIRC this was a very long lasting scent with a good sillage. I probably don’t remember the exact scent but I remember it being extremely warm and cuddly. It was a nice vanilla scent blended with white florals and sandalwood.
It’s been many years since I got a sniff of this, I’d definitely like to try it again as an adult now.
godi.567 – :
This review is for the current cologne spray:
A simple, sweet, warm, unassuming scent, which is how I generally like my fragrances, but this is one not for me. I am a fan of sweet scents if it’s soft and light enough, but on my skin, this candy/marshmallow vanilla is cloying, nauseatingly sweet. I waited for the dry down, but I still did not like what I was left with.
Not what I had imagined “Vanilla Fields” to be. There’s too much going on.
ivansh – :
I hate being in the minority here, but this was just terrible on me. My sister had it back in the 90’s and I remember it smelled really nice on her, like vanilla with an almost amber undercurrent, so I tried a spritz in Walmart from a tester and I got an instant-headache. Honestly, I smelled a very synthetic, unpleasant vanilla that reminded me of bugspray.
дддддддддд – :
Beautiful warm vanilla and jasmine scent that smells irresistible.This is a comforting fragrance with excellent value for your money.I love it.Rating 9/10.
Alexxandr – :
This perfume is so nostalgic for me. My sister had it in the 90s and I used to sneak sprites from her bottle. I recently saw it at Walmart and sprayed the tester, it brought me back to Carefree innocent days of being a child. The vanilla is very strong and heavy almost like pure vanilla extract. I’m going to purchase a bottle just to add to my collection just to wear around the house because I love how fragrance can bring you back to certain eras of your life.
superme – :
A fun revisit from the past. A fresh floral drugstore find with a non sweet vanilla in the base that started the beginning the use of vanilla as a strong note in the base. It’s very synthetic now but settles down into its identity. Very close in feel to sand and sable minus the gardenia and tuberose.
alexviper – :
I recently bought the little cologne spray bottle at walmart. I think it was $3. Super cheap. It smells OK. At fist I got a strong rubbing alcohol smell but that went away pretty quick. Then I had literally almost nothing, like no scent at all. Until later in the day I kept getting these little wiffs of cloying, super sweet, chemical vanilla smell. I think it just didn’t work for my chemistry. Might try it again in few weeks to see make sure.
tivan1739 – :
Hardly any staying power. Had to be right on my skin after an hour in order to even smell it. I think I’ll try it as a component of layering fragrances.
keks314 – :
I purchased this blindly two or three weeks ago, was totally surprised in a good way. A very beautiful floral, green and powdery vanilla – not boring at all. Rivals Vanille Galiante by Hermes, easily.
Lonefreft – :
This is a very nice and reasonably priced.
Jasmine and Vanilla scent. I have a rather large
fragrance collection. I have my own little Ebay store for it as well. Vanilla Fields is very nice.
My collection includes many different companies
and price points. I find Coty items to be really
nice.
slonarm – :
Vanilla Fields bears resemblance to Casmir but is inferior to it in my opinion. It lacks the cinnamon and benzoin that I so love in Casmir and smells much cheaper. Also bear in mind Casmir was released 1 year before Vanilla Fields so obviously Coty got inspired by Chopard. I know this is a little cheaper than Casmir but I personally think the few extra $$ are worth it to get much higher quality and originality.
cjh090Diobtetty – :
This is a wonderfully done non-edible floral vanilla/tonka braced with green notes. As it dries down, a chewy tonka comes to the fore on my skin, reminding me strongly of Dior Addict (2014). It is NOT a dupe for Addict but close enough that I am putting off buying a bottle. The jasmine is there and noticeable but it is so well-blended. There is nothing discordant about this fragrance, no jarring notes. Everything is exactly where it needs to be.
I do not get amber on me. As it dries down, I get more jasmine/Tonka. Wow! This is good stuff.
I see where many reviewers refer to this as a warm fragrance, which just shows how different the same scent can smell or be interpreted by different people. On me, this is a very cool vanilla. This does not smell gourmand, at all. This is a no-nonsense vanilla that is more about being in charge than being cute and sweet.
I never thought I would say this about a $13 WalMart bargain perfume (not that I’m a snob, I like many of them) but I LOVE this!
UPDATE 20170713 I just ordered a bottle of eau de perfume to compare to the cologne spray I have. I’m very interested to see if I will be able to tell a difference. Will add a second review if there is any difference worth noting.
ConRootly – :
* These are my personal experiences/thoughts with this fragrance. Yours/others may differ. *
— My notes pertain to the EDP version —
Initial – vanilla + coconut
Drydown – jasmine + vanilla + amber + lily of the valley + cedar + musk
Duration – 6-7 hours
Projection – moderate
Experiences – On my skin, jasmine is the star note of this fragrance, not vanilla. Something in this scent tickles my nose in a on-the-verge-of-a-sneeze kind of way.
Quick Thoughts – warm, comfortable, casual
inwar – :
I will tell ya… this is so cheap in Walmart… i think its a must to try for collectors… and vinatgy …fans.
rip532speagoessenda – :
I found this perfume after wearing Vanilla Musk by Coty for years and I find them both very enjoyable in different ways. To me, this smells exactly like the name. It smells like a very sweet vanilla very similar to the Vanilla Musk from Coty but instead of a musky undertone, it has a more “green” scent. It reminds me of being outside in a field of fresh cut grass and flowers. It is a nice break from the more foody vanilla scents I seem to always find that smell like cupcakes. I do not smell any peach, coconut, or bergamot on my skin. Just an airy vanilla great for spring and summer. The cologne spray lasts all day on my skin and is very inexpensive.
Naislinee – :
I never wore VF in the 90s, mostly because I was a child who didn’t wear perfume…but I do love the “retro” vibe I get when I wear this. It’s heady jasmine and a fresh, non foodie vanilla that seems versatile enough to wear home and in sweats, or to the office. It’s special because not everyone is going to have it, since you can’t really find it in stores, and only us perfume nerds know how good it is. I like to wear this one while I curl up on the couch when my boyfriend is out of town and watch British procedurals on Netflix. For the price you cannot go wrong. It smells good guys, get some.
conqueror-divine – :
Where are the reviews for April fields? I see its not listed on here…. ??
marat28 – :
I refused to wear Vanilla Fields for years, mostly because I associated it with a college classmate who was known as “the boyfriend stealer”, and also because, at the time, I simply was not into vanilla scents as much as I am now. Then I tried it a couple of years ago and it seemed “generic”.
However, I just received a gift set of two cologne spray bottles, for Christmas, and have changed my opinion.
Vanilla Fields is not a particularly sweet perfume. It has a strong herbaceous/grassy/woodsy floral tone combined with the same kind of vanilla that is in Coty Vanilla Musk, but for some reason the vanilla smells much “dryer” in Vanilla Fields. I also get a fairly powerful jasmine, almost indolic and not at all what I was expecting. There is almost too much patchouli.
I was hoping Vanilla Fields would be sweeter, which is why I put it as a “like” rather than a “love”, but it does have good sillage and longevity and is much more interesting than I remembered! I will wear this when I want a vanilla scent that does not smell that much like food.
nikita48 – :
I bought this a couple of years ago because I wanted a nice, inexpensive vanilla perfume. But it did not work on me. I didn’t smell any vanilla, peach, lily of the valley, or coconut, which are some of my favorite scents. Instead I got more of what must be the “fields” part. It smelled like grass, plants or vines but in a bad way. It wasn’t fresh cut grass or greens, but more like a dirt smell. It was strong and unpleasant, so I had to wash it off. I now think it was the patchouli coming out. I don’t like patchouli when it is strong. Maybe the mixture of jasmine also didn’t work on me, because I don’t tend to like that when it is strong, either. This perfume was very disappointing for me, because I should enjoy it based on most of the notes. I try to avoid patchouli scents because it tends to ruin perfume for me (with rare exceptions).
I gifted the bottle to a family member and it smelled a lot better on her. I could actually smell the vanilla when she wore it and I stood near her. None of the patchouli smell. I would love to have a warm vanilla scent that works on me. My chemistry doesn’t seem to warm scents up enough to get the right notes I want to come out.
Iolfogio – :
1993. Quite possibly the dawn of the vanilla explosion that we’ve witnessed over the past, two+ decades to the point where everything seems to have a little of the vanilla stuff in its base. An argument can be made that many people just seem to be subconsciously searching back for “Vanilla Fields” and have simply forgotten what they were searching for.
“Vanilla Fields” is “Sand and Sable” minus the Gardenia and Tuberose, plus throw in every possible type of Jasmine you can get your hands on and with dialed up woods, that push it into delightfully forest-y territory.
You’d expect the woodsiness to be mimicked in a bark like vanilla but the opposite avenue is taken in “Vanilla Fields”. As the woods get deeper, the vanilla gets loftier, cooler and creamier, more ethereal and against the biting astringency of the cedar, seems to take on a salty tone, that combination reminding me of ambergris.
At its creamiest, I’m reminded of the newer “Hanae Mori”, as the peach note mixed with the vanilla produces a similar kind of spare, praline and fruits character.
Interestingly enough, though, “Vanilla Fields” never really gets foody and the vanilla has a slight powder tone that almost seems plasticky (I’m reminded here of Stila’s “Creme Bouquet”.) I’m brought back to vinyl doll heads and playing with neighborhood kids in our back yards, next to a little wood of trees.
The joy this scent revives in me can only be understood when you experience a similar olfactory, nostalgic memory. It’s been a long time since a scent could jog these feelings in me but “Vanilla Fields” is the most recent one to do it.
There’s also a memory revived of some late 90’s Avon scents (Was one of them called “Autumn”?) that were designed to meet the “Earth Day” style and “natural” seeming blends demand of ’90s consumers, a demand that still hasn’t subsided to this day.
To say VF revived my slightly lagging enthusiasm with scent lately, is an understatement. I feel the rush of joy I first felt when falling in love with fragrance for the first time and the optimism “Vanilla Fields” has revived in me is wonderful and the reason why I think scent is one of the most incredible art forms ever created.
When you emotionally reconnect with a scent memory from childhood, it’s almost overwhelming how much it can make you feel alive. It’s moving. “Vanilla Fields” is the scent that does this for me.
sedoy877 – :
A lovely fragrance, even if the name is a bit misleading. The vanilla is very subtle here, more of a background note in the base than a true vanilla fragrance. If anything, I’d say this was a softly retro, complex, asexual jasmine fragrance than anything else. The jasmine in VF is a flowery, virginal jasmine, a daytime jasmine. Definitely an old-school fragrance, but a lovely, flowery little gem with some warmth and good complexity. Low key so perfect for the office. A pretty, modest, and feminine fragrance – great value for the money!
Edit: I’ve been finding myself returning to this unassuming but lovely fragrance on a regular basis – the more I wear it, the more I like it. It’s just beautifully balanced and so wearable! A really great, and modestly priced, fragrance. I only got the mini but I will definitely be buying a FB.
avdrunya – :
The perfect vanilla! So yummy! So delicious! The queen of all vanillas for me. Absolutely love it.
Sillnurarib – :
Tee hee. So glad this board could never forget Vanilla Fields. It was the fragrance of my first ‘relationship’ (age 17, if you must know.) It, er, still pretty much spells teenage romance to me. Not that this is a bad thing, but if I were to smell it again, I’m sure all I’d be reminded of are the dulcet tones of 10,000 Maniacs and the comforting silence of Oregon woods at twilight. Memories.
pee651Bessinepome – :
This is one of those odd perfumes where the scent does not really match the name. There isn’t a bunch of green notes (thank goodness they are not my favorite) which would remind you of fields and while Yes the vanilla is here there is also peach, coconut, florals and amber. If you are looking for a primarily vanilla scent, you will surely be disappointed. I consider this a gormand/ floral.
Some people don’t catch the tropical vibe supplied by the coconut peach combo but I do and I love it. The opening leads into the florals and then drys down into the most comforting, warm, woodsy delight. I first smelled this in the late nineties at about 12 years old. It was wonderful then and is still wonderful now making a true classic that will withstand the test of time.
Titanishu – :
Coty perfumes are unavailable in my country as a vanilla lover,I needed to have vanilla fields,it seems to be very popular in other countries,so I ordered it from USA
It’s nothing like what I’ve imagined,I imagined a sweeter,warmer,more gourmand vanilla
Vanilla fields reminds me micallef ylang in gold,it also remins VS ambar romance.it’s an ambery vanilla with a touch of fruits and soft woods.it’s not too sweet and is easily wearable year round.one of rare vanilla dominant scents that is pretty fresh..it’s an easy going fragrance,easy to wear and easy to like.I can also feel a 90s vibe it it,sort of sharp fruity undertone
To be honest I didn’t like it during first minutes but I like it’s drydown more when it’s warmer and more about powdery amber and tonka with a faint touch of musky florals than peachy fruits or coconut
Although it’s in cologne concentration,it’s longlasting and has a moderate sillage.actually very good for it’s very cheap price
❤❤❤
Fotunisss – :
The quintessential 90’s drugstore fragrance for crunchy little teeny boppers wearing floral babydolls with Doc Martens in the Midwest where I grew up.
My first kiss smelled like this, as did my subsequent first heartbreak.
Lots of vanilla, musk and white flowers. The second bottle I bought didn’t quite smell like the first, and I think I gave it away to friend. Years later, I smelled it on a coworker and instantly was taken back to those turbulent teenage years, but I still appreciate this for being a well-crafted scent of the times at a more affordable price point. It might trigger a lot of memories in someone my age, but for a younger set unencumbered by those, this would be the first retro drugstore scent I’d recommend to a someone who doesn’t like the loud floral or fruity fragrances like Eternity or Escape the decade spanning 85-95 was known for.
sawash – :
This is the Vanilla Queen. All other vanilla based perfumes have tried to evoke this same scent. At the first spritz of Vanilla Fields a sweet peach and coconut fruit scent caresses my nose. It smells tropical and fruity. There’s also a citrus note. The jasmine and white lily is sweet; and the base notes of sandalwood and amber are to die for. This smells so good. It’s a bit like vanilla and fruit shampoo but that’s not bad. It always gets me compliments and gets me through my day.
Helya – :
An affordable way to add to my gourmand collection. It’s a tad heavier than you would expect but that is also what makes it a perfect layering perfume. I wear this with Estee Lauder’s Bronze Goddess and it is Yummy and summery.
sl_a15 – :
Probably one of the best vanilla-themed scents I’ve tried because it’s not overwhelming or sickly sweet, yet you can still smell the vanilla clearly. It’s a very mature, everyday scent since it isn’t just pure sugar, and has nice a mix of light florals in it.
kenshin – :
Hmm, this could have been a really nice vanilla scent but the heavy dose of jasmine kills it for me. It almost drowns everything else out with just the vanilla grounding the scent and giving it warmth. I can see the similarities to Casmir, and now I’m sure that it must have been the jasmine in Casmir that ruined this scent for me as well.
astestyMync – :
Ah, another nostalgic scent for me. Vanilla Fields had been in my collection as early as I started collecting. Who knows, this may have even be my first perfume! I remember getting bottles and bottles of it around the holidays. It wasn’t my favorite, exactly, but it was always around.
Now, as an adult, I’m actually surprised at how thick and heavy Vanilla Fields is. I was expecting something light and airy – a wispy and unoffensive vanilla. But this is deep, spicy, and warm. The wood notes, too, so unexpectedly prominent! It’s no wonder my nose has evolved to appreciate spices and woods in perfumes if Vanilla Fields is what I grew up on! Ugh, and that delicious coconut and tonka! I can’t believe how earthy and complex this is for the price! To me, this isn’t synthetic or cheap smelling at all. I just love Coty fragrances (particularly their quality for the value) and Vanilla Fields remains one of their gems.
bfi099Diobtetty – :
A very nostalgic vanilla. When I was about 12 years old I used to have a drugstore perfume called ‘Vanilla Sky’, and loved it. Coty Vanilla Fields resembled this perfectly. And I wore bottles of it.
Super cozy, warm and fresh at the same time. Easy to wear, never cloying in any way. Best in autumn, I would dare to wear her in hot summer too.
There is not a lot more to say about this. She is kind of boring, but that is maybe her power even. She’s nothing special, vulgar, dominant or spectacular in any way. She is just soft, creamy and comforting. Vanilla Fields proves to be special without being special.
ric23 – :
Nice, but I can hardly smell any vanilla notes. If anything I would say the notes come and go at least on my skin. Don’t expect a sweet vanilla bomb if that’s what you are looking for. Very gentle and sophisticated at the same time. edit: this has become one of my go-tos. Very office friendly and good for chillier weather. Liking this a lot.
jurok22 – :
When I was a junior in high school I realized I’d forgotten my perfume & ran to the drugstore at lunch. I bought Vanilla Fields. I thought it smelled a little cheap but it was something to hide the cigarette smell.
Sprayed this in my hair & went to class. It would not go away! 5 minutes into class my friend says “who smells like a dentists office”? LOL!! It was me…
Huhter – :
Almost purely vanilla, but with a noticeable jasmine note, especially in the first hour or so. Lasts well. Warm, not too sweet. Not super sophisticated or dark, but rather comforting and easy to wear casually.
planarius – :
VANILLA FIELDS is a fragrance I’d seen in drugstores but paid no attention to until a couple of years ago. I decided to try it when I noticed it on several “best cheap scents” lists and coincidentally happened to find it at a drugstore for under $5.
VANILLA FIELDS has some rough edges initially, but it also has a definite personality. It’s a nice little vanilla fragrance to have around for casual wear. It doesn’t smell like vanilla extract or cake frosting or dryer sheets. I agree that it has similarities to CASMIR, however CASMIR is smoother, stronger and more complex. I think it also has similarities to HANAE MORI, although HANAE MORI is sweeter and smoother.
aka838 – :
I wasn’t expecting to like this but it’s actually really nice. Reminds me quite a lot of Chopard Casmir. It’s very warm and comforting and surprisingly not too sweet though it is a vanilla fragrance. Kind of hard to explain but its like its not sickly sweet rather its a warm cozy blanket of vanilla.
ceco66 – :
This was an attempt at a modern Oriental in the 90’s. And it worked. I remember when I first wore this beauty. I was on a flight to Ibiza Island for my 21st birthday party. The lady next to me said you smell so good what kind of shampoo are you using? I smiled at her and said it’s my perfume Vanilla Fields by Coty. She said she’d never heard of it. Good! I like when people say they’ve never heard of my perfumes! This is an early gourmand fragrance with a sweet vanilla desert that dominates the scent. But you also get plenty of jasmine so it’s more of a jasmine vanilla. It opens with aldehydes and citrus. But it’s only a light squeeze of bergamot and lemon. The peach note stands out at first. The coconut comes through within the first hour. The heart is floral with jasmine, geranium and lily of the valley. It feels green. This is like a jasmine flower with large green leaves that have been coated with vanilla. It really does evoke a field of vanilla beans in South America. The base has some patchouli coming through. Can’t smell the sandalwood but it’s probably there as a soft scent. Gorgeous, sexy, feminine, sweet, gourmand. And before the more intense gourmands took over the business too. Wearable for today.
Deroxtepgq – :
This was my signature scent my 7th and 8th grade years of Jr High school. It is the perfume that fueled my love for Orientals and Patchouli I think. I bought a bottle a few years back for nostalgia sake but now I find it just too sickly sweet and cloying. And it reminds me of that awkward pre-teen stage of my life so that’s no bueno. It will forever hold a place in my heart.
kfishman – :
stevenchkim, I take it that you’re American?
“Jumper” is British English for what we in the US would call a “sweater.”
Regardless of what they are called, they do tend to retain fragrance, don’t they? I’ve accidentally sleeve-scented my share of woolens, and it can sometimes be a real chore to de-scent them.
rillnsonefre – :
While in the 90s one half of my school used to wear Exlamation, the other half used Vanilla Fields. At these times I didn’t know what was worse… I really wanted to like it because I loved vanilla so much! And there was my another trauma which has had a huge impact on my way of testing perfumes: I sprayed it on my wrist and also accidently some on my jumpers’ sleeve. God, it was horrible: heavy and sickly sweet and I felt I immediately had to wash it off. But what about my jumper? I managed to remove it from my skin but had to wear this jumper all day long till I got home. I still remember that day and since then I never ever test any perfume on my skin first…. I get really nervous when a shop assistant aproaches me with a huge tester bottle and wants to spray it straight onto me (and they are usually very generous and 4 sprays is not enough in their opinion).
But many years later I decided to remind this fragrance to myself, I was just curious of my reaction after all these years: I ordered one bottle and shortly after when I realised it’s hard to buy in Europe, I bought two more. I finally like it as I wanted to like it in the 90s. Maybe I grew up or maybe it’s magic of these times…:)
TowZ – :
Another fragrance I wore regularly as a teenager. It’s been years since I smelled it. I’d be curious to smell it again… and I wonder if it might be this bottle that paved the way for my love of musky amber scents.
LattAlavE – :
This is a very difficult perfume for me to review. Unlike most users who reviewed Vanilla Fields, this wasn’t my signature scent in the 90s, because I was born in the 90s. I hadn’t heard of it until I started looking for affordable vanilla scents, and I got quite curious about this scent, it’s history and why people seem to have strong opinions about it.
At first sniff I found myself confused – vanilla fields? More like cloying jasmine fields. After a quick confused fruity opening, it dips into a strong jasmine with the white sharpness of lily-of-the-valley and faint, but distinguishable traces of geranium. Somewhere, various notes are poking their heads up – cedar there, amber here, tonka there. Underneath it all is a mighty vanilla that is always lingering over other notes, but never shows itself bare. The composition seems somewhat shaky, like an unstable blend of good stuff, that ends up smelling good and sickening at the same time. After the jasmine-vanilla-musk mix of the middle, it calms down into a well-blended inoffensive powdery mix of notes.
The package says that Vanilla Fields is natural, whatever that means, and that there are variations between batches. I’m not sure if everyone is smelling the same perfume as me, because the main notes according to the votes seem pretty off. (Reviewing the 2015 version – not sure how similar it is to the 90s.) Just vanilla? Yes, there is a vanilla somewhere in the blend, but this is hardly a vanilla scent. Also, someone mentioned it as being identical to Casmir – I’m sorry, but that is misleading to put it mildy. Casmir is a whole other beast.
Vanilla Fields is good for the cheap price, but there’s just something fishy about it. It seems inoffensive, but it’s a bomb in strength. I’d be afraid to wear this in a closed space, so definitely be cautious about using this in the office! Use sparingly in winter or as a comfort scent. Vanilla Fields is all right if used with a light hand, but if you put on too much, you’ll find yourself running to the shower.
resavata – :
this, exclamation, and fire&ice were my early teen scents in the early 90s! i am 34 now and am curious to smell these again for nostalgia…original formulas of course
qvi600intitytek – :
Way back! I loved this perfume at 12 years old, it was my first &worked really nice with me,it’s aroma everyone loved on me~So I wanted to get that same feeling,hmm,so I ordered a gift set online&I thought I was going to get the bottles the website showed in the picture&from mid 90’s it had a gold cap&a hummingbird on the bottle,so I open&its a green plastic cap no biggie,I thought maybe they ran out,lol.I go to smell&it smelled halfway as I remembered, just I think I got an old bottle,so it smelled pretty much old,like a heavy I can’t breathe powder maybe falcon,if someone was pounding my face&vanilla from a nasty candy,so I will reorder&update here,otherwise I loved vanilla fields by coty,I’ll hunt it down if I need to,I do love vanilla ♡
navigatordlyanavig – :
I’ve been having a hard time thinking of a way to review Vanilla Fields because of bittersweet associations. I could write a book about it but I’ll keep it short. Here it goes!
This was my absolute favorite in high school and it represents some of the most tumultuous times of my life. As with most teen fragrance in my life I smelled this on a friend and thought it heavenly! I said “you smell like vanilla! and she in her special “I resent you” way just raised one eyebrow and smiled. We were serious frenemies. We always had a fantastic time together and competed mercilessly. I think she loved me as much as I loved her despite the time I scratched her contact lens out. I won’t say all the things she did to me incase she’s reading this! I made a mental intention to get a bottle for myself because I loved it so much. She thought I did it to bug her. For the first time that wasn’t true. I was crushed when I realized it would never smell as good on me as it did on her! That’s okay I started dating her boyfriend the moment they broke up. No! not really! yes,no,ya. What?!
I really kind of looked up to her but she would be forever breaking my heart.
The beginning notes have changed a little and it went less rich but the dry down is still close enough to the origanal to evoke sour sweet memories. Not all vanilla but also a wonderful warm oriental for Fall. Since high school I have never been without Vanilla Fields in my entire life. I think it may be gone now but when I run out I will lift every stone on eBay to find a vintage bottle and if I fail I’ll buy the newer version. I can’t imagine ever being without it.
TaitteMitoela – :
I loved it when I was in my teen;I wore it daily ;not longer avaiable …
RODINA – :
I finally got to test this vanilla but unfortunately it didn’t impress me. It ended up being too faint for my chemistry and turned very soapy. There was a nice and warm hint of vanilla in there, but I had to smush my nose against my wrist to pick it up at all. It also only lasted about a half hour for me. Oh well!!
kavash – :
I was fond of this back in 1995, as a teen. I never owned it thought because everyone did at the time. last year I bought a bottle of perfume from my h&m catalogue called vanilla and cederwood, and it smells exactly the same!
Aerohopleneripfd – :
I last wore Vanilla Fields in college about 1996-1998.I found a bottle in the drug store for $5 several months ago, and only just now wore the fragrance again. I had forgotten how much I liked the scent. It’s sweet, for sure but the powdery note makes it seem light. It’s not a gourmand fragrance, but a nice fresh one, with hints of musk, amber, patchouli and sandalwood. It’s summertime in my part of the world and in the south we tend to have humid heat — so a little of this fragrance goes a long way. I wouldn’t rule it out as a summertime scent though, it has a wonderful longevity and if used sparingly is powder light and perfect.
Apollion – :
I feel this scent belongs to a different time. It’s a vanilla we have all smelt before, that’s for sure. It reminds me of the old Body Shop vanilla. There’s definitely peach, but I can’t discern much else. The scent is thick, enveloping, fit for winter. It reminds me of heavily scented candles. I wouldn’t wear this – too stuffy for me. However, if you do choose it, I think a light touch is required.
vipmaster – :
Vanilla is my favorite note, but I can’t stand this fragrance! The vanilla in Vanilla fields is very synthetic and not gormound at all. It has a plastic vibe to it. I was hoping I would like it since it would make an affordable layering perfume to add a dash a vanilla to other scents. Sigh. Nope. This one was a tosser….not even useful as a guilty pleasure cheapie.
Update: I just read through the good reviews here and I’m wondering if I tried an expired bottle or something? Am I smelling the same perfume as everyone else? Oh well, let the downvotes ensue.
bublik2892 – :
Layering agent for me, this is a nice smooth creamy synthetic vanilla, but just too sweet for me on it’s own.
vat86rus – :
Yes, I am among the many who have nostalgic associations with this perfume. I adore this stuff. I, like many wore this in junior high. I didn’t think it smelled like Vanilla then, I just wore it because there was something else about it that I liked. My perfume collection has expanded, contracted and evolved and I have always considered this one of the best, though it hasn’t always been a part of my collection.
Back in the winter I sprayed some of this at the drugstore and when I got home, had a solid night of “Holy sh*t, this stuff is amazing!” The drydown is similar to VW Boudoir, but the opening is a little brighter. I bought a bottle and I have no regrets. I like the old packaging better, so I bought an older bottle on ebay. But brand new it