Bombshell by Victoria's Secret bottle
Victoria's Secret

Bombshell

4.0/5 · 5,614 votes Feminine 2010
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Fragrance notes

Top notes
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Base notes

Character

Longevity2.7/5
Sillage2.5/5
Day100
Night29
Summer99
Spring80
Fall23
Winter17
Our take

Passionfruit, grapefruit, pineapple, and strawberry pack the opening of Bombshell in a bright fruit rush, before peony and red berries bring in a rounder floral heart that softens the citrus edge. The tangerine and pineapple keep trading places at the top, neither one fully taking over before the florals arrive.

Musk and oakmoss anchor the base, adding a dry, woody edge under all that fruit. Longevity holds on with modest tenacity, and the sillage keeps a compact, close presence that favors quiet rooms over crowded ones.

Summer is its clear home, worn for daytime plans where the citrus and pineapple make the most sense. Fruit-forward fans who want something bright and uncomplicated will get exactly that, though anyone hoping for real complexity or a woody finish with more weight should look elsewhere. The peony is the quiet backbone of the heart, soft and slightly powdery under all the louder fruit notes. The oakmoss is easy to miss at first, buried under all that fruit until the drydown finally lets it through.

By then, what lingers is a soft, woody musk, the quiet work left behind by a basket of tropical fruit.

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