Anglomania Vivienne Westwood for women

I had the priviledge of being in NYC in 2006 when the Anglomania exhibit was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I had liberally sprayed some on and experienced its drama first hand. Pure punk rock style in a bottle. Such a beautiful apothecary bottle too! It feels great in your hands.

The main inspiration is the London Chinatown connection. Dragons, roses and tea! Genius! This is a very red floriental that works best in colder weather. There is a powdery touch within. Iris and violet? The big red waxen rose dominates the composition. Its elegance lasts for hours.

Sexy? Somewhat. London chic? Very.

This is a 'butch' fragrance. If you love pepper and spices, you'll love this. There is a tiny hint of sweetness, but apart from that it is VERY dry and savory. All you dominatrixes out there - you'll love the leather!! You have to have a strong character for this one. Similar to Alexander McQueen's My Queen, but much drier.

This sounds absolutely divine, and i'm sure not to run into anyone else wearing the same :) I'd love to swap for this one. It sounds like a soft sexy dirty rose

--update! I've just purchased and wowzerz :p this is really very girly, the violet and rose play off each other, the cardomon and tea are very noticabe... it all blends so nicley into a powdered sex potion :D

Dominatrix? hardly, lol, this stuff is sweet, powdery voiolet spiced tea...super girlly sexy, i dont really pick up alot of leather, it's rather powdery so maybe a bit of suede?

It almost reminds me of what flowerbomb might have smelled like in an alternte universe, lmao.. i'm so happy with my purchse and the longevity is great, I'm fairly certain I'll be buying another bottle especially since I could only find a 1.7

lastly , the bottle is very cool, love that chinese medicine bottle look!

Reminds me of Guerlain's Samsara, only more modern with more of a girly feel and very sweet on my skin

Soft, warm spicy floral, sensual embrace. Somehow innocently charming scent.

After the powerful opening tea, cardamom are disappears quickly and rose, vanilla, leather take over the role, swirling tenderly with violet and musk.
The base is gentle and calming soft touch of rose, leather, violet, vanilla and musk.Slightly spiced purity.

Stunning fragrance, sophisticated and refined elegant.

For me it also reminds Kelly Caleche by Hermes because of leather and rose notes. I love both.
rich. a colour of the bottle fits the scent a lot. sweet but not too much. Leather, tea and rose. A bit of cardamom - and all this creates a special fragrance.
Longevity is good - about 7 hours on my skin.

I bought it cause i love vanilla and tea. I've never feel the tea. The first time that i used, it seems familiar to me. Today recognize notes of Noa by Cacharel in it. I like it. Is delicate, rare, misterious. I think that is a scent remarkable but prescindible; something for a woman very unique. My husband jumps over me, every time that i use it;) maybe is the vanilla with the roses.

To my nose, Vivienne Westwood ANGLOMANIA is something like a cross between Burberry BRIT RED and one of the Sonoma Scent Studio burnt-cedar perfumes. There is also a touch of plasticity in the opening, vaguely reminiscent of Rochas POUPEE, but it's not strong enough to ruin the perfume in this case. All in all, I would say that this composition is just okay: wearable but not really compelling.

ANGLOMANIA occupies the same general olfactory neighborhood as Leonard LEONARA, but the latter is much more appealing to me. As a fan of Dominique Ropion, I acquired 50ml of this creation scent unsniffed, and although I have no regrets, I doubt that I'll buy it again since I'll probably never need to replenish my supply. I do appreciate the bright ruby red ANGLOMANIA bottle, especially its Hermès-like smooth curves and heft.

I couldn't find much in this one. Very strong, somehow acquatic and spicey and "unusual" yes, but usually I like "unusual". This scent to me seemed rather stinky.

Every time I wear this someone asks what perfume I`m wearing.It was a blind-buy and it didn`t disappoint me.It`s a warm, mysterious fragrance with a dry note.I can`t detect any sweetness there but some sort of smokiness.A unique perfume, worth to give it a try.

sparkling fizzy green tea, vintage lipstick and velvet rose petals
deliciously warm and head turning fragrance
but i'm very partial to the smell of lipstick....so of course i love this

But in wither this is exactly the smell of Kelly Caleche!

Alleluia, have a cuppa tea. Right now I haven't decided how much I like this perfume but it's definitely fun. It opens very smoothly with lots of tea and what I initially thought was lemon. As it's developed I'm beginning to think that in addition to the fairly subtle rose some rose hips may have gone in. Whatever it is the acidity definitely elevates the perfume. Vanilla, nutmeg and cardamom have joined the amber for a soft rich brew. (The leather never did show up for me.)
This is a brisk attractive scent for a confident woman. Not a date scent but ideal for work, outdoor events, a walking vacation. Seems to be a perfect match for linen and pearls rather than silk and diamonds. (Think Katherine Hepburn in "Summertime".)
Sillage: relatively tight
Durability: will last most of the day
Fabulosity: is cool-eyed glamor fabulous?
Price to value: very good if it's on sale
7/10

Very unusual scent, sometimes too strong, but you can't imagine how beautiful it is when you pour it on wet hair!Try to use this perfume this way, those who didn't like it on skin.

(Thank you Tane4ka for this amazing swap!)

I like Anglomania very mutch, I was not expecting something like this from Vivienne Westwood after trying Budoir.
Anglomania is extremelly strong on my skin and surprise surprise! very sweet.
Its smells like an expensive tea house, it reminds me of how a geisha house should smell. Its woody, wet, sweet and powdery. Do you remember the movie memories of a geisha? The delicate kimono made of silk around their pale perfect skin? Well, if they had to putt a perfume on it would Anglomania, its apparently innocent when in reality it is a dirty mind, its sweet but spicy, and after all this, it is extremly clean and soapy. Its a very original perfume, that I'm going to wear on summer nights when I want to feel flirty. Really sexy in a wicked way.
I like it a lot.
The bottle is gorgeaus, reminds me of chinease perfume bottles, the black dragon also gives it an "dangerously sexy" side.

Sillage: Very good
Lasting Power: Lasts all day

7/10

Ha ha, this is the exactly copycat of Cantata from Yves Rocher, guest_moi was absolutely right, allthough I find Anglomania more modern, of course.

Powdery, warm, spicy scent with roses but by no means a typical rose scent. There's some leather and darkness in this, but something about the fragrance just didn't do it for me. I found it a bit too young and timid for the idea that it tried to represent. (or what I had hoped for). Luckily I found that idea unexpectedly in Yves Rocher Cantate (discontinued but easily tracked down on Ebay) which is like Anglomania's older, wiser and more interesting sister. If this one didn't quite live up to your expectations then try Cantate and you'll see what I mean. As a side note, this fragrance also reminds me of Kingdom (A. McQueen). It has that powdery, snuggly spiciness.

ON me this is a lite tea scent.That develops into an intense spicy floral cloud.VEry bold and outgoing.sillage is good.BEautiful for fall.Too much for summer but a lovely fragrant fume.

Anglomania starts out with a sharp green blast of herbs and red red roses. I actually GET the coriander! I always miss that one. There's definitely a lot going on here. I so wanted to find a nice "dirty" rose and this is it. The rose stays strong throughout the middle along with the green herbs, and it has a powdery and slightly leathery dry down. I could actually go with a little more of that powder so I could see layering it with a smooth amber scent, like Molinard Ambre. All in all, this a very interesting take on rose and one I am really enjoying.

Anglomania reminds me of big red roses crushed under a horse-drawn carriage in 1860's London, then trod upon the sexually frustrated wife of a wealthy banker. You know she's going to break out that whip sooner or later...

Remember the rabbit in Monty Python's Holy Grail? The cute little fluffy bunny which turned out to be a vicious beast who'd rip your throat out with its pointy teeth?
Anglomania is its complete opposite.
Even the tiniest spritz opens with a harsh blast of scary strong spices and a very sharp alcohol smell; kind of like that one time when your spice rack fell off the wall and landed in your moonshine stash, smashing it all to pieces.
But give it a few minutes, and it reveals its soft, cute and cuddly self. The roses never get more prominent on me than a vague soapy note in the middle; it's all bold, fresh spices wrapped in sweet baby powder vanilla, on a deep, dark leather base. It reminds me a lot of a woodsier, less sweet Agent Provocateur's Strip.

Spicy, spicy tease--all red patent leather, cinnamon hair oil coating a black bob, clove cigarettes and peppered cola, a'la "Dr. Pepper". But all this cheeky play takes place in a lovely drawing room, complete with heavy red drapes that are so old and fraying, that with each pine-laced breeze from an open window, the dried material gives-off a nostalgic cloud of dusty tweediness, while bowls of cloved orange and dried rose potpurri mix with that woody-sweet scent and perfume the air. A smooth hint of polished mahogany and--oh, is that a mug of "Earl Gray" tea with honey and lemon, steeping by the bedside? Isn't that considerate of a nice, London club girl, to think about hydrating her man before she wears him out!?

Thanks to Malegria, I am testing this again in the warm weather, and it is a much different experience than it was in winter! I had clearly given up too soon.

I get sparkly, refreshing green top notes. A spicy, powdery note enters in the heart (mostly rose, cardamom, and nutmeg) and I can smell the leather on it's way. The base is somewhat dry on me, like a Japanese incense showcasing rose, cardamom, leather, and vanilla. It's because of this incense effect that I like the fragrance. A chill-out scent that whispers to my inner hippie...but I still wonder if it's a bit too dry for me.

Just be careful on blind buying this as I did. It kinda smells like Cartier Declaration that I truly hated it. So, try before make the big bottle decision to buy. Too overpowering for me. Not a keeper, I will pass this along.

In a Pink Vinyl Room Red Roses Over the
Leopard Print rug Silver Cromed Sofas
mirror balls from each corner of the room Dalisque Pictures hanging at walls
Incense Burning across the room Hookah
Filled with Marijauna all the party guest getting stoned Plastic flowers
of all colors hanging on walls there
so low you can touch them. Circa 1973
you and your two girlfriends are at this Party and then the Mirrored slided doors open you can't Belive your eyes
is Ziggy Stardust wearing white vinyl Leotard with white feather angel wings
glued at his back Firey red Hair sticking out like electricity Silver and gold paint and bright Red Lips Over
his face you and your Girlfriends
with your Colorful Mini Dresses and Mary Jane Shoes with Pokerstright Hair Parted in the middle One Blonde one Brunette And one Light Brown Faint on the Leopard Floor by the sight of his Presence.

This Perfume is the epimthy of English
Chic. A bit Refined With Rose But Bad Ass with Leather.

Bang a Gong Get it on.

All I really get is the violet in this. And its very quiet, barely there kind of scent on me. Reminds me of Creed's Love in Black.

Dirty?! Really? Well slap me down with that maxi-pad...for me this is the polar opposite!

Such super, super comedy reviews but I must be in the minority here - I love the opening! Slightly stripping green tea, warm fragrant cardamom, tangy, thick & heady rose, which at this stage is a little tart & sour. I am urging the leather to burst in now & take charge of this funky fragrance...but no. No driving force.....just a learner's leather that takes the very back seat on this 12 hr powder trip to roseville.

As this scent progresses I start to lose interest. The rose grows thicker, sweeter, deeper. Very powdery violets vie for attention. These flowers are intense, pumped-up on plant steroids, & so, so sweet yet somehow they remain soft & feminine. Very odd.

I am left with the feeling that here is a sweet&sour perfume pulled from the artistic imagination of a radical, risqué slightly slutty, creative queen yet appears to have been formulated by a parma-violet-candy-driven-powder-crazy-rose-child.

Strangely addictive...which shocks me.

this is a lovely scent but is very light, not something to wear out. Perfect to spray on after shower before bed.

I got this in a sample-swap from a wonderful fragrantica member, and I was really looking forward to testing it! ...And I was so disappointed to discover it didn't agree with my chemistry.

It's a dusty, slightly peppery scent on me. I get no tea, or rose, or leather. I think the nutmeg and cardamom are working together to create a peppery effect, and my skin is turning the vanilla note into a "dust" note. I've had it on less than two hours and it's almost disappeared. I suppose that's a good thing considering how my chemistry is reacting with it.

this did not disappoint! i will have to wear it all over for a day to get the full effect..but it smells wonderful. My fiance says this does not hold a candle to Boudoir in his opinion though...

This is a scent that I was fully prepared to hate, as I do hate so many florals of all types, but putting it on this morning I was in for a surprise. The notes were all pleasant, starting out with a powerful green, floral, ambery, slightly spicy note, quickly progressing to a super powdery rose and something on the violet-to-leather continuum. It's sort of like a big 80s perfume that's been modified to actually smell good, or even something from an earlier era. Thanks to the forum member who sent me the sample! I'll wear this one repeatedly, until the vial is empty.

Tocade's Dirty Laundry

Oh, this one is not for me. Smells like someone sprayed on Tocade, then went on an all-night bender. Overslept, so instead of showering, dusted on some baby powder before meeting friends for brunch.

A great name for a perfume, but not for this one: Anglomania gives me anglophobia.

And as luck would have it, the scent has mighty sillage and will not scrub off.

If you like Tocade but wish it were naughtier, give Anglomania a try.

I love leather and its smell so i hoped to like this one like other leather scents but NO..It is to strong and disturbing to me,and i am sorry(to the fans) to say it..But i think it smells like a slut..I dont know why but i just imagen that this one suits very good to a prostitute..

Mmmm, what a perfume, a true delight for my senses! It starts with a burst of juicy fruits and roses, if I could compare the opening notes to anything, it would be champagne, that's how sparkly and bubbly it is.
Then, it settles... beautiful, soft, refined: honey, suede, violets.
I consider it to be part of the same category as Kelly Caleche( Hermes) and Daim Blond (Serge Lutens), with the same soft, heneyed suede smell, but less flowery than Kelly and more audacious than it.
Imagine yourself going into this gorgeous italian leather shop and trying on the most beautiful, classy and soft leather jacket, as soft as a glove. It will leave a faint, but delicious smell on your skin. Now, with the smell on, go home and crush rose petals, then add a drop of honey: this is Anglomania for you. Bold, beautiful and such a show-off!

Red red rose, not a live one, but a velvet scored artificial rose from a theater wardrobe - with leather leaves, reeking of rose oil and the scent of the skin of whoever wore it last.Spiced,exuberant rose...slowly fades to my beloved Tazo Rose petals tea.
Is it truly born in 2005? I would never have guessed. It screams Dark Ages.
Love it.

PS It lasts forever, too. I guess it`s VW`s signature mark - all her frags I tried before have this super staying power!!!!!

SOS my fellow perfume lovers! I have been seeking high and low to test all of the VW prefume without success here in Australia- the land down under! Would anyone be kind enough to share some of these amazing fragrance with me? I am happy to share my extensive collections for trade-have lots of other fragrance as you can see in my profile.

Please message me! :)

A very feminine and sensual perfume. The rose in the base notes is not shy at all - it is really sexy and luscious. The drydown is warm and leathery and the lasting power is very good. I'd recommend Anglomania for evening wear in colder weather.

Never for the office unless you act in porn. Wear only around someone with whom you're already intimate or would like to be.

The opening is a dare and a warning shot of green tea sharpness with the bite of fresh green coriander (cilantro!) and warm, incensey spice of cardomom. Enter if you hear the music, feel the rhythm and want to dance in the dark. Enter if you dare.

Beyond sexy, the drydown is a boozy, rich, deep, wet slick of sweat, warm leather, pipe tobacco and a wafting vapor of burning incense (amber) wrestling with the oily, resinous scent of the darkest of deep red roses. Dazed, you realize the heart of roses has been there all along, pulsing its hypnotic beat. The violets and nutmeg make the rose-heart deeper although I can't parse them out separately.

This is the way we might wish the bedroom to smell the morning after a particularly lovely evening. Try a single spray at the nape of the neck to be warmed by your hair and another over your heart. Will last from dusk on through breakfast.

Same nose as Miss Boucheron, Ysatis and Safari; Anglomania has the same depth as these other treasures.

anglomania is amazing. lush red roses, soft leather and lots of sweet powder. it makes me think of a beautiful woman all made up laying on an antique leather chaise lounge with vases full of roses around her. gorgeous and long lasting. also love the packaging. it would be a good first leather for someone who feels a little interested but nervous.

Ah! The scent of a fresh maxi-pad! A freshly-powdered crotch! An aromacoepia that can only whisper 'feminine hygeine'. Anglomania is an offering leached of great potential darkness. Like Anne Geddes babies in bondage leather with cat o' nine tails clenched in their chubby fists. Innocence and experience not playing well together at all. Olfactory effects in either direction are canceled out, as any bestial, sexual qualities Anglomania aspires to are flash-sanitized, rolled through the de-lousing chamber, and sprinkled with Love's Baby Soft on the way out.
And it lasts and lasts.

Gorgeus perfume! Very unique and strong. Unforgetable!

Anglomania is my second foray into the Vivienne Westwood's perfumes, and it has not really been easier than my first (Boudoir), so much so that when I read the notes and the reviews extolling its sweetness, lovely roses and other marvels and smell my wrists, I wonder if I may not be suffering from olfactory hallucinations.

I really, really have to strain through the sharpish, screeching opening that lingers on and on in order to derive even the slightest rose, violet or vanilla. It could be the cardamom, it could be the cumin, or it could even be the strong green tea, but something blocks my way into the sweet, softer places in this composition.

On the positive side, it is an unusual spring/summer scent, it lasts about 8 hours, has decent but not earth shattering sillage (thankfully?) and the bottle is quite elegant.

So far, Vivienne Westwood perfumes and I do not have a comfortable relationship. I do know they are special and interestingly made, definitely not run-of the-mill scents that everybody smells like or that smell the same on everyone, and I keep trying to make friends with them because they are so special.

But I tell you, its WORK, not an easy relationship at all!

Le parfum est comme un manteau sur une robe soit pour habiller soit pour exprimer quelque chose de nous.Anglomania c'est quelque chose qui me donne beaucoup de confiance en moi et egallement me fait sentir comme un modele sur un scene.
C'est fort et plus interessant.

maybe it is my skin chemistry but I really didn't like this at all. I bought this based on the great reviews and thought it would relly be for me..I was quite dissapointed, I couldn't smell roses at all only coriander and cardemom..

I've just recently found out that I have a thing for leather scents. Anglomania has very sensual and deep leather aftertaste, I love it! The opening is a bit strong for me, but the middle notes and drydown are really worth waiting!

I'd say it is a perfume for young girls who are not particularly those girly girl types, but not very original either. The scent in the beginning is, for me, a rather generic type of sweet, uncomplicated, not very heavy floral scents with (according to current standards, they can even call it 'oriental'). Vanilla with chocolatey flavour. In the drydown it is getting more interesting - it goes through the soap-y stage to the quite lovely, again uncomplicated, baby powder. It sticks to clothes very well and leaves them with a completely different impression in the long term than the impression it wanted to do in the first sniff. The baby powder note overlaps with leather note, the result is a clean, soft fragrance.

I need to add that this has a georgous leathery smell in the drydown. Reminds me a little of Bvulgari black.

When I was a kid I had a little bottle of True Love from Elizabeth Arden. I loved the fragrance and treasured every little drop of it. Recently I bought a full bottle of True Love and the disapointment was big. It did not smell like the little bottle I owned many years ago.

But now when I got a tester of Anglomania, I discovered this smells very much like the true True Love! Mysterious, wonderful warm roses! Perfect for a walk outside in cold weater or for a day you (and people around) you can take a really strong perfume.
This makes me feel different! Love it!

The opening fragrance is so good that I could drink the perfume right from the bottle, but I don´t. A hot, sexy and warm fragrance with a whole lotta roses. ;) Avoid overdose, because it´s so strong you might get a headache, somedays I don´t manage this strong fragrances. The drydown is wonderful, warm, tender and in a way calming...
Try it!

Anglomania, is definitely what this perfume gives me! I find Anglomania sensual and exciting. On my skin the middle & base notes come out the best. Spicy and yes, a bit powdery because of the violets, but not overtly so. The rose is a sexy rose with the nutmeg and amber giving it a spicy tone. The leather, vanilla and otto give it the sex appeal. The green notes give it the lasting power. I find Anglomania quite exquisite. The lasting power is excellent too. The bottle is gorgeous, as all the Vivienne Westwood bottles. I find myself reaching for this spicy and intense fragrance much more than I thought I would. Love it!

TOP NOTES: Green Tea, Cardamom & Coriander. MIDDLE NOTES: Rose, Otto, Violet & Nutmeg. BASE NOTES: Leather, Vanilla & Amber.

Bold! Powerfull! Gorgeous! For a woman with confidence. Caution - is not for everybody - however, if you need a power boost this is it.
I loved the bottle, too.
Not a pretty in pink scent, but sexy in red!