Black Raspberry Vanilla Bath and Body Works for women

This is one of the few B&BW fragrances that I actually really like. It's very soft and fruity, not very in-your-face. It reminds me of yogurt almost. It smells like the way yogurt tastes. Blueberry or blackberry yogurt, that is.
It's nice, anyway. I would recommend it to someone who might be new to fragrances, or anyone who doesn't want something that's heavy and offensive. It's light and soft and feminine, the kind of thing that will elicit a lot of "Wow, you smell nice"'s.

When I first smelled it on a piece of paper, I thought it was quite fresh. I don't know what I was thinking! I bought the body cream and realized the scent was sickening. I could barely smell the vanilla, all I could smell on my poor skin was sandalwood and raspberry. Awful. I had to give it to someone else.

It doesn't even say there's vanilla in it :( Vanilla's my favorite scent.

I want this soo bad! I love almost anything with berries in it so this is on my must have list. I smelled it at the store and the raspberries and vanilla are a perfect combination....I will probably end up buying this with my next paycheck lol

I only have the triple moisture cream, and it looks like the EDT is discontinued now, but OH MY I must have this. Sooooo delicious. Deep dark juicy raspberries with just a hint of smooth milky vanilla cream. It has just enough tartness, with a faint green/citrus bite over rich deep juicy sweetness. Doesn't actually smell like wine, it's a bit sweet, but has a similar rich, dark quality. Love love love!

I just got a big bottle of Black Rasbperry Vanilla in a swap with the very nice Cristine and I'm really liking it. At first, just sniffing it from the bottle, it smelled VERY sweet and jammy but when I spritzed it on my skin it smelled a lot less sweet, less jammy, softer, creamier and really likeable. Although it does, of course, smell mainly of raspberries and vanilla (which for me is great because I love the smell of both those things!), it also smells a bit Morello cherry'ish to me as well, although I don't see cherry listed as one of the notes on here! The staying power on me is surprisingly good - it lasts for hours and lasts much longer than Sea Island Cotton, which I also got a bottle of in the same swap. It's definitely a very girly smelling scent and anyone who dislikes the smell of berries and very fruity perfumes in general might want to steer well clear of this one. I really like it though so from me it gets a thumbs up!

At work I will occasionally smell a woman wearing this scent and it always grabs my attention. Very sweet creamy berry scent, sharp and tender at the same time. Overall I am not usually fazed/impressed by black currant notes so I think it's the blueberry that really sells this scent to me. I gotta say, I really love this.

Heaps of random berries, no vanilla. This reminds me very much of Dewberry from The Body Shop. They both have such a strong blackcurrant note running through. This is not a sweet fragrance. It's more like just berries with no sugar on top. It's not like most other fruity scents out there. Apart from Dewberry, I can't think of anything else that smells similar to this.

I love this smell! Too bad they aren't making the perfume version right now, only the body spray :(

I have the body spray on this but want the EDT when it runs out. It smells very fruity. I especially notice blueberry not raspberry, and then the currant. I really don't smell the vanilla in it at all. It smells like someone just made a berry smoothie. The body spray lasts about 2 hours. I think it is wonderful for a fun scent. Best for daytime use in the spring and summer.

Very floral and fruity and sweet! YUMMY!

This one is great its very young. i get sooo many compliments when wearing it. Has a sort of fantasy by brittney spears scent in it

Sweet, juicy and cozy! This is an old favorite that I am bound to come back around too. Just looking at bath and body works stuff makes me want to go there for a visit. I'll be sure to hit the semi annual clearance if they have any kind of sale on eau de toilette.

A great inexpensive around-the-house scent that I love! I like to put it on before I climb into bed with my daughter to read stories....she loves it. I like to wear it when I clean too...makes the bathtub scum a little more bearable. Is a very lovely warm berry scent. I like that it is sweet, but not unbelievably so.
Under $30 for 100mls.....I might have to grab the Vanilla Brown Sugar too!

As its name, this is all about black currant, raspberry and vanilla.
It's simply juicy & yummy. Nice for casual wear when you just want to smell "juicy & yummy" without trying too hard.

Lots of berry, not so much for the vanilla. It's pretty invigorating though, makes me a feel a bit more perky in the morning. But if you're looking for that sweet berry/vanilla combo you'll probably want to seek elsewhere..

LOVE this one! Everytime I wear it I get lots of compliments!! I hope they never stop making this one!

I received this as a gift. If you really like berries of any sort and you want to smell like you just jumped into a pool filled with juices and berries, this is the fragrance for you. The scent isnt bad but it is distinct and strong and it does last. All of the other notes (vanilla , etc) are lost. I simply smells like a range of berries.

Sweet, pleasant berries with a citrus tang on first spritz. Sugary and creamy after the initial citrus note. Lasting power of even the EDT is not so great, but lasts longer with lotion.
Uplifting scent for me. When I wear this, I just want to eat myself up with ice cream. YUM! LOL!
I also like layering this with Dark Kiss.

I was hoping for more of a warm vanilla nuance with this. Turned out to be very sweet rasberry. Also, as with most BBW scents, very little lasting power. I ended up giving this to my 11 year old daughter.

If you're looking for a fragrance that smells exactly like its name, then look no further than BBW BRV. It smells like sweet, delicious raspberry preserves and, if you go with the EDT, the staying power is great. I could still smell it on my arm hours later and the scent remained unchanged from its initial burst of berries and sugar. It also comes in a body splash but, like all body splashes - BBW and otherwise - there's zero staying power. I love this fragrance so much that I ordered 5 bottles of it online yesterday after testing it in my local BBW store. Online is a much better deal ( 1/2 price ). Plus, with the promotion code, 20FS40, and a minimum $40.00 purchase, you'll receive an additional 20% discount and free shipping. I think that the promotion code is valid through 08/31/10 and it can be used multiple times. I know that everyone rants and raves over Britney Spears Midnight Fantasy but, to my nose, BBW BRV has it all over MF. MF is supposed to smell like sweet berries but I don't get that at all, except for in the very beginning, and, even then, the fruity note is extremely faint. On my skin, the drydown of MF is floral, a nice enough floral but nothing extraordinary. So, if it's sweet berries that you want, go with BBW BRV. It's a lot less expensive than MF, too.

I can't stand when raspberry is paired with vanilla because raspberry will wipe vanilla out everytime! Raspberry fragrances annoy me because the scent of raspberry is really umimpressive to me-it's like so what? A small hint of raspberry in a fragrance can be alright, but when raspberry is all I get, I quickly lose interest.

While I am very fond of BRV, I doubt I'll repurchase it as the lasting power is very poor.

I need to layer it with the lotion and spray a bit on my clothes if I want it to last beyond an hour.

I must say, I just LOVE the "Holy Quadruple post batman" comment! That's the best thing I've read all day!!!! I had this perfume,and unfortunately it was too strong for me, I guess I just wish the perfumes I liked could have this much sillage, it seems like the ones I am not too fond of, last forever, and the ones I love don't last...maybe it's my imagination??

Holy quadruple post batman. Im using my phone to post and kept getting network error. I had no idea my replies were being posted despite the error coming up each time I hit submit.

Guest EH said it best, it is very generic berry smelling but you cant put a finger on what types of berries. Additionally it makes me cough, luckily I got the travel size for a dirt cheap price. I carry it to work as a personal fresher uper and a room spray.

Guest EH said it best, it is very generic berry smelling but you cant put a finger on what types of berries. Additionally it makes me cough, luckily I got the travel size for a dirt cheap price. I carry it to work as a personal fresher uper and a room spray.

Guest EH said it best, it is very generic berry smelling but you cant put a finger on what types of berries. Additionally it makes me cough, luckily I got the travel size for a dirt cheap price. I carry it to work as a personal fresher uper and a room spray.

Guest EH said it best, it is very generic berry smelling but you cant put a finger on what types of berries. Additionally it makes me cough, luckily I got the travel size for a dirt cheap price. I carry it to work as a personal fresher uper and a room spray.

I like it, but, yes, the lotion is much much stronger than the spray.

This used to be one of my favorite scents a few years back. But I think it was only the body spray I could tolerate as this is VERY sharp and strong. Something musky? Too citrus? I have no idea... you pucker your face when you smell it...

As I used the bottle of body spray up... I diluted it with water WHICH HELPED immensely! Honestly it lasted FOREVER. For the next couple of years, I used this and also Cherry Blossom as a room/linnen spray. If I smelled Cherry Blossom too long it was icky sweet. And this Black Berry Vanilla... no vanilla... just something sharp and strong. IT satisfied my need for fruit but you really need to spray or wear in moderation.

STRONG STRONG. Love hate relationship with this one. How I feel about it depends on the day. I even got nastalgic about it and bought a bottle of lotion of this, this spring... needless to say it is still vertually untouched.

If you were to stay in your home for an hour or two while the strong odor (what is that sharp smell?) in it dies down it actually is very lovely!

So as it fades it is one of my all time favorites. But when I first smell it I feel like I will choke. So depressing. :(

It could melt the paint off your car. Just some element to it that is almost toxic. I wish they had it a bit more toned down. :( So very sad!!!...

As a linen/ room spray, there was nothing that made me happier or uplifted me more. :) But like I said... I diluted it. lol! :D

Is it me or is the Body Lotion much much stronger? I don't remember this fragrance being THAT strong. It was strong before I know.. but it reaches out and gets ya. :) Attack of the killer fragrance! haha. :)

Update (1/31)... I have met the enemy. And that enemy is Black Current! :) Besides being too strong, my only complaint is that there is no Blackberry, nor any Vanilla. So why do they call it this?.. confusing. There is no Fruity (just sharp/bitter citrus/ black current), there is no Berry, there is no Vanilla, there is no Sweet.

Oh well. Well that is how you learn. :)

i read good reviews on this so i went and tried it on. it honestly reminded me of going to bath and body works when i was like 10 years old, which is not good. to my nose, it smelled cheap like berries. not raspberries, blueberries or strawberries or any specific berry, just an overly sweet generic berry smell. this is coming from someone who worships the b-spears fantasy line and almost every escada. i thought it smelled terrible. but everyone's nose and skin are different, so i guess my warning is to try it on! p.s. don't rub your wrists together...

I sampled every scent Bath n Body works has and I found this to be the only one that was nice oh, and warm vanilla sugar.Other than that I wouldn't buy any of them. But this does smell like plenty of raspberries good but not spectacular. No sale!

This one smells of black raspberries only. Very straightforward fruity scent. Men tend to compliment on this though, so if you like a light fruity scent, you may want to try this.

Too fruity, but nevertheless Very pleasant and tasty! )

Great if you love black raspberries... but if you love vanilla it's a disappointment. I thought I would get a beautiful vanilla blended with berries, but all I got on my skin was berries and not a hint of vanilla. In that case, it was too fruity for me. The black currant and blueberry note stuck out the most, with a tiny bit of jasmine.