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arediefrews – :
GODDESS OF LOVE PERFUME
Venus by Vicky Tiel is another of my early transition from girl to woman perfumes along with Le Jardin de Max Factor and Classique by Gaultier. This is a classically formulated floral fragrance for a woman who takes herself seriously, but who wants to be loved, pampered, adored. She is elegant, sophisticated, worldly and very feminine. The opening notes are citruses but this scent is not about fruit nor even a real fruit-floral. It’s strictly floral. The flower are: mimosa, iris, violet leaves, ylang-ylang, jasmine, rosebuds. Lily-of-the-valley. Besides this lush garden of flowers (mimosa and ylangylang are the most prominent notes making it a yellow floral) you also get spices and herbs such as basil, clove bud, coriander and nutmeg. The dry down contains warm woody musky ambers, vanilla, benzoin and heliotrope. So what you have here is a floral spicy amber perfume. I coudln’t get much vanilla but did see this as being big on amber. It’s a warm yellow floral scent along the lines of a more affordable Chanel Mademoiselle. The aldehydes are quite strong so you have to be ok with aldehydes in fragrances. This wears more like a vintage aldehyde floral. It’s gorgeous. It’s perfect for every day use. It’s inoffensive if you don’t put on too much of it. It’s a spring/summer scent, casual. Very nice. And at such a low price on Amazon.com you get more than you think. It’s really such a rich, luxurious floral fragrance with a vintage feel to it. I love it. If you’ve spent too much on perfumes already and want to buy cheapie but goodies this is high on the list.
dentim4 – :
I happened upon a bottle of this out of pure luck. It is so rare anymore! This is such a shame as it one of the best from Vicky Tiel. This is a very large production.
There is a “damasceone like” rose note flirting around at the heart. The opening is a bit overwhelming, like all other VT fragrance. Then, the Goddess of Love reveals herself in her exotic glory. I could amost swear this came out in the 1960s! She doesnt scream like Sirene. She is a gentle flirt. The exotic synth wood reminds me of sandalwood.
It takes a lot to call your perfume Venus. All of the notes define the chance of love-just like the qualities of the goddess herself. Romantic evening wear. It is getting as rare as Originale…Vicky Tiel makes you feel like she reinvented perfume. I feel like I have been a dream. Now its time for me to get back to reality…
Sacha76 – :
The very sweet citrus-aldehyde opening had me feeling optimistic about how this fragrance might dry down, but in the heart phase Venus reminds me very much of Jil Sander No. 4 (which gives me headaches).
The sillage is lovely. I just wish I enjoyed the fragrance more!
I believe the spices, clove, and ylang may be a tad too pronounced on me?
wkb381speagoessenda – :
Venus is such an easy-to-wear but still quite classy floral aldehyde. I simply adore Venus!
The aldehyde here isn’t too sophiscated(like Chanel No.5) nor sting. When blended so well with citruses the start is optimistic and fresh.
Soon it becomes something sweet, confident, sensual, relaxing and somewhat sexy. I can’t pick up any distinctive notes, but seems it’s a harmonic combination of flowers with a tiny spicy hint. To me, somehow it smells like rose which emits rich nostalgic value (like the one from Paris by YSL) plus those canned cool sweet red bean porridge you can find in Asian grocery shops(by all means, I meant it in a good, delicious, mouth-watering but not sticky food way).
Then Venus dries in a linear fashion, it doesn’t change too much, but simply added some vanilla-y soothing value in and becomes softer and calming.
I guess this is what a ‘little black dress’ should smell like. If those classic floral aldehydes are too strong for you, try Venus! It’s such a pleasant perfume to wear.