Dear Polly Vilhelm Parfumerie 2015 Eau de Parfum

Dear Polly (Eau de Parfum) by Vilhelm Parfumerie

Bottle Design Grand Public, Pierre Dinand

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7.7 / 10 294 Ratings

A popular perfume by Vilhelm Parfumerie for women, released in 2015. The scent is fruity-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fruity

Spicy

Citrus

Fresh

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Apple

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Ceylon tea

Base Notes

Black amber

Musk

Oakmoss

Perfumer

Jérôme Epinette

Ratings

Scent

7.7294 Ratings

Longevity

7.2232 Ratings

Sillage

6.5234 Ratings

Bottle

8.0219 Ratings

Value for money

6.3108 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 02/07/2025.

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Reviews

13 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/19/2024

7
Pricing 10
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 10
Scent

Katemorganb
27 Reviews

Katemorganb

Helpful Review 2

A love letter to tea

Truly a beautiful scent, from the bright crisp opening to the rich, tannic, musky drydown. It’s a nearly photorealistic cup of warm black tea with a squeeze of citrus and little bit of sugar or honey for sweetness. There are dark, spicy, and almost smoky facets to black tea that shine beautifully in Dear Polly, accentuated by a bright tartness from bergamot and apple.

There’s a kind of casual, lived-in romance in this: an ode to making a loved one a cup of tea, a simple act of love captured in a bottle. My only complaint is that I wish it had more staying power.

09/07/2023

7
Pricing 9
Bottle 7
Longevity 9
Scent

Telekinec
310 Reviews

Telekinec

2

Dark, smoky black tea with a hint of apples

Dear Polly is one of the perfumes I brought home as a full bottle from my visit to Etiket. I probably should have taken my time with a decant (my bad), but at the shop, it was such a stunning tea interpretation that I had to snag a bottle. Thankfully, I still love it on my skin, so the crisis is averted.

It starts off with a tart, crispy note of green apples that fades in the background. I could also detect a slight tangy twinge of bergamot. Throughout the day though, I could smell this evanescent accord that always appeared briefly at the periphery of the scent which added a nice depth and complexity to the fragrance. Ceylon tea rapidly takes the center stage: a dark, herbal scent with a smoky aspect to it that pleasantly surprised me. A spicy accord also greeted me during most of the perfume's duration on my skin, often making it lean masculine (but it didn't bother me as much as I thought it would) There's a certain warmth that also emanated from my skin, giving off this warm sipping-tea-drink-while-looking-out-the-window-during-colder-weather vibe. The drydown is a bit more on the woodier and musky side although the tea still shines through.

It's a different interpretation from my all-time favorite tea scent which is pleasant. Having worn the perfume throughout a few seasons and different temperatures (I briefly thought about decluttering it a few times before deciding I'd be keeping it), it shines best in cold temperatures and rainy days.

05/29/2024

4
Pricing 8
Bottle 5
Sillage 6
Longevity 8
Scent

Astralmonad
46 Reviews

Astralmonad

2

Perfect tea scent, but badly performing and expensive

Vilhelm Parfumerie's fragrances are ridiculously overpriced. But yes, some of their fragrances are built upon beautiful concepts and smell wonderful, too. I first fell in love with Poets of Berlin until I grew sick of the sugar-sweet blueberry muffin scent. But now this is my new jam. Top notes are slightly astringent, a fruity mix of apple and bergamot. This is supported beautifully by the honeyed and woody lapsang souchong tea accord (Ceylon green tea) in the base. A slightly plastic accord from the oakmoss that it is possible to overlook. Too expensive to buy this at retail price, but I get my decants from a discount supplier.

09/02/2024

Byrehoe
127 Reviews

Byrehoe

2

apples & Earl

I buy (and bought) the hype. I know the vision behind Polly is a cosy, tender one, and I see her listed on a lot of “comfort scent” lists, but I get something far more vivacious. Flirty, puckish, twee. Picnic first date. Zooey Deschanel comedy. Head-to-toe Anthropologie. She’s a fruit-tea gourmand, like a Starbucks Refresher, all sweet black tea and lemonade doused in green apple syrup. (My go-to order at Starbucks is a passion lemonade, guilty as charged). The green apple is tart, juicy, a so-sour-it’s-sweet Granny Smith candy. The tea is cleverly steeped. It’s a creamy Earl Grey, bergamot rich, but somehow not at all lactonic. She lasts me at least six hours on skin and fabric, and radiates enough to reliably get complemented.

Mental Snapshot: Summer the city. A cheeky tea party on a hilltop in the park. Farmer’s market strawberries, thrift shop china, yellow gingham sundress. Inside the picnic basket there’s a bottle of acid-strong sour apple schnapps. All this is directed by Wes Anderson.

tl;dr: Earl gurl

06/17/2023

7.5
Scent

DogiCoco
568 Reviews

DogiCoco

2

Smokey tea with a mysterious violet note

A soothing, warm, but also fresh tea scent. This is refreshing in the same way a glass of hot mint tea is in summer, but it doesn't smell just like that. It's quintessentially a smoky black tea, lightened up by a touch of citrus and a very natural, well-done green apple note. The base is warm and ambery with a crunchy, crystalline texture, but also some sweet fluffy musk. For some reason I get an unlisted violet note that reminds me very much of those old-fashioned violet dragees with an aniseed inside. It stays all through the drydown.

I find this quite nice, and in my opinion it's different from the usual summery green tea fragrances (definitely not similar to Elizabeth Arden to my nose). The interplay of smoke and fresh fruitiness makes it more interesting. I'm not the biggest fan of the unlisted violet thing, but the rest of the scent is lovely.

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