Lindsay's Top Five Summer Fragrances: VS Pure Seduction

So after acquiring permission from Eva, I have decided to include a Victoria's Secret scent into my top five. I used to wear Pure Seduction all the time in high school and have just recently repurchased it. I love it just as much now as I did then.

The only two notes mentioned are red plum and freesia, but honestly I smell mostly the plum with a small musky undertone. I'm glad to say it stays pretty true on my skin.

I find with a lot of scents recently from BBW, they are either prior scents renamed, or very similar to other scents. But with Victoria's Secret, all of their Fantasy line scents are completely unique!

I currently own it in the fragrance mist, hydrating body lotion and the daily shower gels. It also comes in ultra-moisturizing body and hand cream, deep-softening body butter or smoothing body scrub.

I give it a 10/10. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants a fruity summer scent, but does not want anything tropical.

Pure Seduction is a permanent item and is available online here. Anything pique your interest?

That concludes my top five summer series, maybe if I get positive feed back, I will do another in the fall!

Until next time,

Lindsay

Free For All Friday Comparison: BBW Signature Lemon Vanilla v.s. VS Lemon Escape

Lindsay here, doing a comparison of the discontinued Lemon Vanilla from BBW, and new Lemon Escape from Victoria's Secret Fantasies collection. I was never really a fan of VS until just recently but I have to say that some of their stuff is really nice.

Photo credit: Bath & Body Works

The notes in Lemon Vanilla are the following:

Top Notes: Burst of Fresh Lemon, Sparkling Citron, Juicy Orange, Iced Bergamot, Zesty Mandarin
Middle Notes: Purple Vanilla Orchid, Freesia, Yellow Jasmine
Base Notes: Pink Cotton Candy Accord, Creamy White Woods, Whipped Vanilla, Sugared Musks

(taken from amazon.com)

From the bottle I smell mostly lemon and a tad bit of vanilla. But after it dries on my skin, it goes musky and loses all of it's fruitiness. When I put it on at home, I was told by my brother that I smelled like a french prostitute! So clearly this scent was not meant for me.

Photo credit: Victoria's Secret

Lemon Escape:

Being that they are known more for their lingerie than their fragrance line, most of their scents are on the simple side. The only two notes mentioned by the company are lemon sugar and coconut. Straight from the bottle it kind of reminds me of fruity pebbles to be honest (in a good way). It's very sweet and very lemony. After it settles, the sugar diminishes and the coconut comes through a little bit.

Personally, I prefer Lemon Escape which I would score a 9/10. I am really let down by how poorly Lemon Vanilla smells on me and I would have to give it a 4/10.

Lemon escape is most definitely a must have summer fragrance and if you haven't tried it, I sincerely encourage you to. It is still available at Victoria's Secret stores and online.

Until next time,
Lindsay

Wishlist Wednesday!

Hola everyone! Every Wednesday from here on out, we're going to let you in on some products we have our eyes on. It might be stuff that's already out, or coming out in the near future!

Eva:

I've got my eyes on a few PINK body mists from Victoria's Secret (Fresh & Clean, Sweet & Flirty, few others). I did these fragrances are very neutral and clean, and work approriate for my job. I guess for the record I'll tell you I won at my local Yankee Candle, so I can't wear anythig super fruity or in your face. I've been loving PINK Summer Daze for work because it doesn't take away from the fragrance of the products.

I'm also excited for some of the new Victoria's Secret Fantasies scents from the Beach Dreams collection, but that isn't available in store yet. Also, excited to see te new BBW collections that will be coming out July 8th (info on all that here)


Lindsay:
I am excited for the new signature fall scents at BBW. Eva and I compared 
notes in Napa Blackberry and Caramel Aspen Woods to Sparkling 
Blackberry Woods and Dreamy Vanilla Woods, and they seem to be 
pretty similar but we'll see. I'm sincerely hoping not, considering I didn't
like either scent. But I am excited for Vermont Honey Apple and hoping it 
might be Warm Harvest Apple (part of the line two years ago) renamed.

The Sunday Haul!

Hello all! So on Sundays Lindsay and I will post what we bought that is body/fragrance related. It may not necessarily be from BBW, but we will try our best to keep you entertained regardless.

Eva:

I ended up picking up a few things at the Semi-Annual Sale at BBW this week, including:

- Two car portable holders, this one that I have named Pingo and another that I can't find online :( It's a blue bird with a purple and white plaid bow.

- Three car portable scent refills; two in Wild Apple and one in Pinecone. Unfortunately, neither of these two are up online so check in stores!

- A deep cleansing soap cover that matches a candle holder I have. This isn't available online either, but it was a brushed steel with birds and flowers. Check for this one in store too because both the candle holder and the soap cover are on sale!

- This super cute cosmetic bag trio that came out with the Italy collection. High quality and very nice. On sale now too!

Then I grabbed a few PINK fragrances from Victoria's Secret. On sale (all the time I think) 2/$25 or 3/$30:

- PINK Pretty & Pure Body Mist

- PINK Sun Kissed Body Mist

- PINK Warm & Cozy Body Mist

Lindsay:

I got a few things from the Victoria's Secret Fantasies line, which were on sale 3/$25 or 5/$30:

- Love Spell Hydrating Body Lotion

- Pure Seduction Hydrating Body Lotion

- Pure Seduction Body Mist

- Vanilla Lace Hydrating Body Lotion

- Amber Romance Hydrating Body Lotion

If you want reviews on anything, leave a note in the comments!

Have a great week, everyone!

- Eva & Lindsay