Vamp
Ava Luxe

The notes listed for Vamp are spice, vanilla, amber, musk, and cashmeran. However, I suspect the correlation between the listed notes and actual formula is as loose as Donald Trump’s relationship to the truth, because this really just smells like a melted-down lump of bubble gum.

Unrelentingly and quite shockingly sweet, Vamp trundles on in this loud, candy-ish track for hours, tormenting its wearer with the combined aroma of what I can only describe as sugar-coated rubber flowers, strawberry-scented erasers, and Bubbalicious gum liquefying on a hot sidewalk. One suspects the presence of a candied tuberose or gummy-bear-sweet orange blossom note somewhere in the mix, but since no floral notes are listed, it remains unclear as to which single note should be held accountable. To me, Vamp is a hot mess, but the Law of Different Strokes dictates that my nightmare could be someone else’s dream.

Makeup vibes becomes sandalwood and powdered milk and ends with sandalwood an cinnamon. Not for me. Scrubbed this one.

This is a great nocturnal scent. Better on cold and dry weather, than on humid and hot. It is a SUPERB creation, a five stars, in my opinion. Misterious, rotund, well rounded with different layers. I like the labdanum on here, is so dark and luxurious. Animalic, yes and very sexy.

You may think of sandalwood as a serene, contemplative, even spiritual fragrance, but that's not the way Serena plays it in this perfume. Here it's animalic, lusty and luxurious. A powerful oriental, with all that implies (apply lightly at first, reserve for evening wear etc etc) this is a testament to the extraordinary talent of this young woman. Frankly, it's filthy; but in the most classical and refined way. Wear to the opera, not to church.

This is one of my favs. Lush, rich, sweet, heady-it's so many things I could go on forever. You see a word pop out here over and over again on these reviews? That word is SEXY. Nothing innocent here, the title fits. Vamp . Yep, that's right. Everything about it says "Come here...I have power over you, you are under my spell. You will give yourself to me." This sexy oriental will have no less than complete domination, baby! I don't think it sits too close to the skin as mentioned before. My husband could smell it on me just fine even with space between us. Perhaps on dry skin you might have problems with this, or maybe not enough was used to allow the fragrance to project well. It did fine on me and it lasted forever. I have no complaints, only rave reviews!

Geezus Louizus! This is the sultriest sandalwood I've ever encountered! This is the pure, sweet sandalwood of Indian temples and old fashioned fans, not the cloying and synthetic crap we encounter so much of today.The exotic spices here make Vamp a true Oriental -- lush and complex and deep.Unquestionably unisex and definitely worth seeking out.HUGE thumbs up.