Vanilla Fantasy
Body Fantasies

Don't laugh. This cheap, dime-store body spray is my signature scent.

I wear it as a base scent, alone as well as with other scents/perfumes.

I always get compliments. The musk and white flower blend nicely with the vanilla. It's not overpowering, but is pleasantly sweet without being too youthful.

I bought the Vanilla Fantasy Fragrance Moisturizing Lotion after trying the spray in a shop. I thought I would try the lotion first, but now I think I don't need the spray. The lotion has a very long-lasting fragrance. It seems to be a solo vanilla to my nose. If my memory is correct, this is the way my mother's baking 'vanilla extract' used to smell. Was it a true extract in those days? I suppose even the baking products are synthetic now.

Good stuff - a genuinely nice vanilla, easy to wear, easy to like. It's sometimes compared to Victoria's Secret Vanilla Lace but I think it's much better and less plastic/fakey smelling than Vanilla Lace. This vanilla is highlighted with a nice floral fruitiness - some apple, some jasmine - and maybe even the teeniest touch of spice, something cinnamon-like. There is a gentle musk at the base but it's very unobtrusive; I find the amber-musk basenotes of Vanilla Lace to be just a little too overpowering for the strength of the vanilla there, but here the vanilla is not overwhelmed in the least. Don't expect a super-rich, warm, buttery Comptoir Sud Pacifique vanilla bean vanilla from this one; it's not that type of vanilla either. It's light and right in the middle, not too warm, not too cool. Could be one of the most wearable mass-market vanillas ever created if comparisons are to be drawn at all.