Description
Estée Lauder introduces the new fragrance Very Estée in fall 2012. The fragrance is announced as the glorification of Lauder women’s affinity for luxury and style and as a combination of modernity and heritage of this house. The advertising slogan goes “The new sexy fragrance”.
The composition is an elegant and sophisticated floral – musky. It opens with notes of lotus, freesia, cassis and pink pepper. The heart consists of Bulgarian rose oil, jasmine and molecules Rose Petal NaturePrint ® and Gardenia Brazil NaturePrint ®. The base is woody with notes of cedar, cashmere, sandalwood and musk.
The face of the perfume is model Hilary Rhoda. The fragrance is available as 30 and 50 ml Eau de Parfum.
energetik – :
It’s a beautiful fresh floral fragrance with decent longevity, non offensive, pretty.
freedom_net – :
It smells a lot like 5th Avenue from Elizabeth Arden which was awesome 20 years ago. I don´t feel that they put very much thought in Very Estee when they made it. It is a happy and bright fragrance to be fair and say something good about it but its shady side is that it smells like lots of other “common folk” drugstore perfumes…;) 🙂 🙂
Patri0t-87 – :
Bought Very Estee about a year ago, but haven’t used it very much.The other day i found it again, and now I have used it couple of days in row. It’s such a nice perfume.
To me it’s a classic scent, reminding me of a “bussiness” like woman in a navy blue suit. Classic, cool, calm and collected but still oh so feminine.
Unfortunately the perfume isn’t lasting longer than about 2 hours on me.. But I don’t care, I just take the bottle with me in my bag, even though it’s a 100 ml.. Damn, I think my shoulder start hurting, but at least i’m smelling nice .. I just love it..
Sorry for my english it’s not my first language..
Greetings from Denmark
Wanted565656 – :
Non offensive, classic with an edge. I really like it for its elegance and woodness. The fragrance is subtle yet in colder weather powerfull.
Do not wear it too often. Then can bore you, but just from time to time yes it makes impression. Longevity is average, but still i like this scent.
USALeks – :
What a beautiful and sophisticated perfume. I picture wearing this with a black dress and pearls. It’s floral and woody on my skin. Musk is prominent too. The lotus makes it very youthful. However the whole composition is somewhere in between youthful and mature. I love it!
cactWreseemed – :
It is a nice floral! It doesn’t stand out but it’s very nice for winter-spring time! I don’t agree with some who find it light. It is a normal scent, not light, it does smell and radiates in an enough strong vibe! For 2 max 3 h.
dasha_kapusta – :
One of the most wearable Estee Lauders for me. Most are too heavy, adehydic and come across as chalky on my skin. I didn’t like Estee at all but this one is lighter, more youthful and more feminine. I get green, floral and woodsy with little sweetness and not fruity. I think its good for wearing with silk scarves and cotton dresses.
abrikos – :
I tried this maybe two or three times before purchase, from late winter through to early spring, and remember feeling uplifted and happy when I was wearing it. I would not describe the scent as “sexy” at all. Unfortunately, by Summer when I finally made the purchase, on my skin that first day it lost all its harmony and became a watery-smelling, slightly bitter, citrussy weak scent with no body in the middle notes and an indistinct dry-down and very poor longevity. I am glad that it is working some magic for other reviewers, and much as I dislike giving negative reviews, I am sorry Estee but this is not ‘Very’ anything – I think the formula was ‘phoned in, or developed in a focus meeting; ‘perfume by comittee”. Many a moon ago I worked in Perfume product costing and development and this one smells like an imitation of something that could be better if it tried harder. I am even thinking of layering it with one of my own compositions to see if I can ‘rescue’ it. Unfortunately there is something about it that makes me think of ‘Tommy Girl’.
Vovan93 – :
Predominantly a woody rose-dominant floral which wears simply and elegantly. Has a bit of a Pleasures vibe running through it, but more dry and less fruity. Smells a lot like Danny Seo Reserve Global, and then I realized they both had a newer technology called NaturePrint. Upon researching, here is what I found on that manufacturing technique (it seems just like Living Flower technology):
“Nature is an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Scientists and perfumers utilize their creativity and curiosity to indentify new sources: a rare flower with an exquisite perfume, a freshly picked fruit, a spice from the other side of the world. These living scents are inimitable, ephemeral. Once a sample is chosen, its odor must be captured.
For this, scientists use the analysis technique of Nature Print®. To capture a scent, a cartridge is placed within proximity of the fragrant source, which fixes the fragrant molecules that are naturally emmited by the plant. Thus different extracts are carefully harvested which are later selected and evaluated by means of gas chromotography and mass spectrography. Thanks to Nature Print®, we can reconstruct the delicacy and complexity of an odor as close as possible to nature. Nature Print® is to perfumery what photography is to illustration.”
suhorukovsergei – :
Generic white flowers perfume. Quite anonymous. I don’t understand why you would wear it. Not that it’s bad, it’s just… meh, faceless.
Alex Dok – :
Every note in this marvellous perfume appeals to my personality…so feminine, balanced, sophisticated, soft and fresh… So happy I found you Very Estee…
knife-cut – :
Purchased this on a recent cruise ship at a fabulous discount. I adore the vintage like, true “Estée Lauder” quality of this scent. Very ’60’s or ’70’s to my nose (like Estee’s original sportier scents), with notes reminiscent of the Private Collection scent which I adore…a dirty (almost perspiration smell) somehow seems to come out at the beginning which can be a bit off putting, but…wait for it…the smell of rich potting soil, grasses, salt, and flowers rush in quickly to save that (faux musk scent?) and you wind up with this narcotic scent wafting around you that somehow reminds you of anything and everything good in life from babies to rainbows, crossing a finish line of a race, sex, bike rides, hugs, a walk in a garden after it rains, camping under the stars & excellent red wine.
It’s just all that is good in life wrapped in a bottle and I love it!
Best part? All of this for around $50 bucks.
Bravo,Estée Lauder!
abate – :
Tested this one yesterday while waiting at the airport for boarding to start. This may sound a little weird to some but I immediately thought that this smells very familiar to me and after a while it hit me: To me this smells like a more sophisticated and rounded version of Benettons B. United Jeans for women. It is a nice and safe sophisticated floral scent in my opinion, but not very outstanding like other fragrances of this house 🙂
alex1012 – :
Tested it in Sephora , Prague this afternoon. Very ephemeral, needed to respray so that I can detect it. Very pleasant, very much like a fresh whiff of an expensive hair spray. Reminded me a bit of the long gone Silvikrin a bit. Not bad.
s-72 – :
An awesome combination fragrance
Hottabich – :
It looks like they used the Spellbound bottle to cut the expenses on this one. I cannot help thinking that EL was testing the market before introducing Modern Muse as the notes look quite similar. This one alas, never reached the Benelux market and it seems to vanish from EL official site. Let’s hope that #modernmuse will have more to offer.
gluk 2 – :
I like it. I do not love it but I like it. The cassis note is very prominent on my skin and does not agree with my nose that much though. It is a note that immediately screams to you “Pleasures” which is a fragrance family I am not really fond of. After it fades out something resembles a lot the base notes of Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia but very watered down and a little bit warmer at the same time. The lotus note is a pleasant surprise in the mix. Overall a nice composition, very wearable, office appropriate, but not that original.
By the way, it is very Estee, hence the name….sniff it and you will be sure you are sniffing something from the Estee counter.
Turbo – :
Easy pleaser, upbeat fruity floral. A light drydown with just a touch of woody notes. It’s really very generic, and similar to Dazzling Gold and Silver. Perfectly wearable, it’s just not particularly distinctive.
vadimmus46 – :
Unfortunately this one is not on sale in my country, I received an e-mail from the company telling me this perfume is not available for the Benelux market.
qit828InsuffBooni – :
It was very light on my skin and the middle notes did not agree with my skin but by the end of the day I understood why they call it Very Estee. Elegent,soft and sophisticated fragrance
werwolf5011 – :
Smells like my mother-in-law. Must be something similar in her perfume. Absolutely not for me, the combination of freesia and cassis leaves don’t work on me.
bp8a132 – :
elegant and light. very typic rose fragrance and this one reminder me of another fragrance but just can’t remember the name !
lotto19zai1 – :
Does the smell last long, couse I love long lasting smells and floral?
I am in doubht of buying this or Sensous? Which last longer?
babamazer – :
Reminds me of Beautiful Sheer, same vibe, fresh, feminine, perfect spring fragrance. If you liked Dazzling Silver or Dazzling Gold you might like this one too; flowery, uplifting and very clean.
BigEm – :
Have been wearing this on and off for about two months now, and I am still undecided. I do not dislike it, there is nothing to dislike, but it just doesn’t have any distinctive notes and does not last very long on my skin. A bit of a disappointment as I really wanted to like it.
_AGENT_ – :
Where can I buy it in NYC? None of the department stores have it here, neighter is Sephora.
vishnya1984 – :
Feminine like the end of 80s, extravagant make-up and extragant-er smell. Bouquets and bouquets of white flowers and colorful flowers, with a bit modern green notes and sensual woody base.
poosteer1 – :
I love many perfumes, but with few of them I feel absolutely harmony. This one is perfect mine! Nor a note or ingredient to disagree with. Nothing too sweet, or too bitter, or too sour, or too fresh, or too heavy. Just as I want it. The originality and the individuality are not too bold, they present rather discreet.
I like also the “temperature” of the scent, the image in my mind is cool dark blue lake in a warm evening, and I see the lotuses there.
I felt in love now, but I think it will be even more spectacular during all other seasons.
svbedulev – :
all my lovely notes are there the rose, jasmine and gardenia…I’d love to have it…
bs-striped – :
I agree with Genny17.It’s a non-offensive,flowery scent,but with a particular identity.The lotus flower is
watery indeed.
PessWhipPhove – :
Very Estée is a nice floral, unobtrusive, elegant and yet to my nose a bit watery, probably due to the lotus note.Easy to wear it really isn’t anything exciting, but neither is it unpleasant at all, it is a bit generic a bit like the Pleasures flankers, but on days where I want a soft scent I gladly reach for it.
Estée Lauder created a more subdued scent that they’d usually go for, and it will reach lovers of feminine & elegant perfumes.
aiguldok – :
soft and extremely feminine fragrance. It’s light sweet floral and I wouldn’t call it watery but maybe airy?. I love it to pieces )
zorrok – :
For once, am not disappointed by a new release from a mainstream line. This has shades of the old Estee, which wasn’t actually a favourite of mine, but is much lighter, fresher and dries down more quickly into a floral/woody composition. I could come to love this one.
Doesn’t set the world alight in originality but you could tell it was an EL fragrance straightaway, though not as powerful as they usually are.
Safe present purchase, IMO. Bottle is a kind of hybrid of Spellbound and Estee.
serega_888 – :
Just have bought it! Great fragrance, very elegant, unobtrusive, develops very nicely on my skin, I love all its notes:)
haleev007 – :
Very Estee is nothing particularly interesting IMHO. Just a well behaved watery light floral. Jasmine, lotus, freesia, but very faint. Not that fresh either. Linear. Sillage and longeity are average. I’ll pass.
ladar58 – :
I just contacted an estee lauder sales associate about when or if this will be available in the US. Apparently this is strictly an international seller and will not be available in US or Canadian stores. You can however find this at travel retail locations. (I’m assuming international airports) I’m sure this has been done before by other companies but am surprised by Estee Lauder.
volf – :
Finally I got chance to sniff this and it is indeed very different from the usual EL scents.
To my nose it smells quite ‘watery’, I wonder if tihis is the lotus note, light floral, inobtrusive, fresh but not sharp. It’s nice but nothing spectacular. It would be quite well suited for a hot sunny day, good for offce wear as it is inoffensive with not great silage.
It’s an OK fragrance but I will not be rushing out to buy a bottle.
GoodVladislav – :
Very Estée is a great fragrance, it’s different from what the brand had lately offered, along with its elegance and expertise.
It’s very feminine and bright. Sandalwood, cashmere and floral mix is the highlight.
Has a very good lasting power, it is soft, but noticeable.
Modern, with a classy touch. Very wearable.
I’m enjoying it a lot. Is a happy scent.
homadenis – :
Okay, I was reading somewhere about an October release date… well, its October, come on EL, where’s the goods 🙂
leralerkale – :
i really want to try it!!! i am waiting for it!!!!
valerik.75 – :
I really wanna try it. It seems to be a beautiful, nice fragrance…