Vera Wang Princess Night Eau de Toilette
Princess of the night - Vera Wang Princess Night Eau de Toilette Perfume / Fragrance

Product Type: Vera Wang fragrances

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Princess of the night
Vera Wang Princess Night Eau de Toilette

walsha11

Member Name: walsha11

Product:

Vera Wang Princess Night Eau de Toilette

Date: 27/12/12

Rating:

Advantages: pretty bottle, floral and fruity scent

Disadvantages: major design flaws, price, insipid scent

I have to say I'm not a huge consumer of perfume. I certainly don't wear it everyday and I tend to stick to my firm favourites (Kate Moss - Kate & SJP - Lovely, both previously reviewed). That said, it is something I like to receive as a gift because it is always exciting to try out a new fragrance, especially when you haven't had to pay for it!

This perfume comes in a heart shaped bottle. The outside of the bottle is covered in a dark purpley/blue coloured glitter which are set onto the bottle with a strong glue. Though the idea for this design is very pretty personally I think it is inconvenient in a number of ways. Firstly it annoys me that I cannot see the contents of the bottle because it is so heavily adorned with glitter. You have to gauge how much you have left based on weight alone which can be tricky. The glitter does also come off occasionally which is also quite irritating both because it then gets everywhere and also because the bottle begins to looks a little shabby. I have also found that as the glitter begins to come off you get quite sharp shards of it on the edge of the bottle which makes it uncomfortable to hold when applying. The lid of the bottle is made from a silver coloured metal shaped like a crown and with little purple sparkly stones set into it. Overall I think the design is very pretty and girly but almost entirely impractical.

The smell of the perfume does very much suit my style. It is both floral and a little fruity and can definitely be described as being very feminine and girly which is what I like. I do think it is best suited to a daytime scent because it is so light and flirty, which somewhat contradicts the design of the bottle and the name of it. That said, the fact that it doesn't match the branding doesn't really bother me as long as it is still a nice scent, which it is. I do think, however, that it isn't as classy and timeless as other scents I prefer to use. It doesn't have that ageless elegance that would keep me wearing it for years to come, it is quite a young scent which is fine while I'm 23 but won't be quite so good 20 years from now.

The perfume is spiked with notes of jasmine, orange blossom and rose which make up a lovely fruity floral smell. There are top notes of berries, watermelon and raspberry as well as bottom notes of sugar, musk and vanilla. This does mean that while the scent has a lovely fruity floral scent initially that is very fresh and light when it mellows it does become a little sweeter and this can be a little insipid which isn't ideal.

The perfume costs around £40 for a 50ml bottle which is definitely on the more expensive side of what I would hope to pay for a perfume. It does make it a rather generous gift, though I can't help but feel that two 100ml bottles of my favourite perfumes could have been bought for the price of this 50ml bottle.

Overall, I think this is a fun and young perfume perfect for a gift for a close friend, daughter, niece, sister etc. I do think you have to pick the right person though because the bottle is probably most of what you are paying for and you really have to love the look of it to be able to ignore the downsides.

Not the perfect perfume for me, but a lovely gift.

Summary: A nice perfume as a gift but I wouldn't pay full price for it.