V for Women Fruity Floral With Dark Plum by Clive Christian bottle
Clive Christian

V for Women Fruity Floral With Dark Plum

3.8/5 · 100 votes Unisex 2017
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Character

Longevity4.0/5
Sillage3.3/5
Day54
Night79
Winter100
Fall92
Spring67
Summer54
Our take

The opening of V for Women Fruity Floral With Dark Plum is a brisk, green snap of palmarosa and cassis, tart and almost savory before the jasmine rises to soften the edges. This jasmine is not heady or indolic; it’s a clean white bloom that bridges the aromatic top notes and the plum base. As the drydown settles, the plum emerges fully, dark and jammy but never syrupy, held in check by the earlier greenness. The overall effect is like biting into a chilled plum dipped in jasmine tea on a damp November evening. It feels polished and approachable, a fruity floral with enough structure to avoid fluffiness, but it stays firmly in the middle lane of niche perfume: well-made, pleasant, never challenging. The sillage sits close at 3.31 out of five, and while longevity reaches a solid 4.02, the quiet projection means this is a fragrance for personal enjoyment rather than shared airspace. It shines in cold weather winter demands it and fall welcomes it, and its weight leans toward evening, though the fresh top notes let it work on milder spring days if you spritz lightly. This is for someone who wants a refined, comfortable scent without surprises. Skip it if you crave loud projection or a radical profile, because V for Women plays it safe, which is both its grace and its limitation.

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