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Absolutely Vital by Diana Vreeland
Bottle Design:
Fabien Baron
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Absolutely Vital 2014

7.5 / 10 69 Ratings
A perfume by Diana Vreeland for women, released in 2014. The scent is woody-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody
Spicy
Resinous
Powdery
Floral

Fragrance Notes

Indian sandalwoodIndian sandalwood MyrrhMyrrh OpoponaxOpoponax Egyptian jasmine absoluteEgyptian jasmine absolute Turkish roseTurkish rose VanillaVanilla

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.569 Ratings
Longevity
7.158 Ratings
Sillage
6.459 Ratings
Bottle
7.865 Ratings
Value for money
6.811 Ratings
Submitted by Apicius · last update on 01/04/2023.
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2 in-depth fragrance descriptions
TinaPiano

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TinaPiano
Very helpful Review 5  
Phew... Incense Sticks
All lovers of this fragrance please forgive me - this little water absolutely does not suit my taste!

The sandalwood note is very present from the start; at least I now know that this is by no means my most beloved ingredient. The beginning also leaves a slightly bitter impression; looking at the fragrance pyramid, I suspect this could most likely be attributed to the myrrh. What follows leaves me puzzled given the decent price: sandalwood, and nothing but that. However, here it is in a softer form than the opening suggested. By the way, the note strongly reminds me of Dita von Teese's "Erotique" (yep, there's about 130 bucks between them), but I actually find the latter more interesting because of the leather accord.

Lastly, I am irritated that I cannot identify "Absolutely Vital" as a "perfume" at all - generally, I find it nice when a perfume blends well with the skin and thus does not smell forced and artificially "perfumy." But to me, "Absolutely Vital" smells like a cardigan that was resting on the back of a chair near a burning sandalwood incense stick and that you throw on again the next day. What a shame...
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Mahatma1951

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Mahatma1951
Very helpful Review 9  
absolutely vital - rarely has a perfume so missed its name.....
with this name, one expects something fresh, cheeky, sporty! but no! exactly the opposite is true! voluminous in scent - deliciousness surrounds us... oriental dignity and slowness - nothing ordinary jumps at us. we are not bothered by piercing incense scents or shallow sandalwood
no - everything is of precious quality!
my goodness - also the price! - but it is worth it!
with the first dab, the finest fragrance unfolds!
later it develops and stays.....
hours later still.....
it does not change...
it just keeps getting better..........
sandalwood creamy and delicate...
incense not from the church - but one that makes a better person out of the one across the way...
myrrh - not bitter - but precious and noble...
roses - no kitsch from the fair - old roses! large and thick-leaved from the noblest blood....... a vanilla - indescribable! indescribable feeling of well-being! not sweet, not bitter...
hours later you believe an angel has been in the room.....

Absolutely elegant: my name for it: absolutely my...
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5
The namesake Vital passes me by. The super creamy, slightly milky sandalwood has a more relaxing feel-good effect.
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11
Woody-balsamic seduction, calm, soft, and enveloping - perfect for dreary weather days.
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8
Milky-balsamic sandalwood - like a sweet, woody cream with a hint of rose in the background. Less vibrant, more warmly enveloping.
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8
sandalwood rose, soft, elegant, powdery, sweet with a hint of myrrh, which I really like here, great scent for special occasions
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Vitality is nowhere to be found here, more like a sedative. Balsamic sandalwood, lightly layered with rose, quite faint.
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3
Balsamic fine spice,
Smooth creamy sandalwood.
Delicate woody, almost milky,
Beautiful and soft like a veil on the skin.
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2
It smells very soft & melancholic, like a whisper. I mainly smell sandalwood, with hints of rose & vanilla coming through.
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9 years ago
6
Great, deep dark creamy sandalwood-rose scent, extremely elegant and soft, with hints of Santal Mayuscule, even softer as it develops.
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5
Mostly sandalwood, but very nice to layer with Goutal's Rose Absolue. If you have both, give it a try. A great combo.
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2
Starts with sandalwood, slightly aquatic. Earthy notes like patchouli, musty-dusty, diffuse resinous + myrrh + a hint of vanilla, sandalwood intensifies.
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