The perfumes we wear can speak volumes about who we are. They can turn heads in the conference room, catch the eye of a special someone, or make us feel more confident and more comfortable in our skin.
Everfumed strives to highlight any body mist or body spray that makes us feel better and smell amazing. Love Spell is a famous perfume that continues to be loved by millions despite its discontinuation and the creation of its newer version.
In short: Victoria’s Secret Love Spell smells like a soft, fruity-floral blend of cherry blossom and juicy peach wrapped around white jasmine and a touch of vanilla sugar. It’s sweet but not cloying, fresh and feminine, with a clean woody-musk base that keeps it wearable for everyday. Below we break down the notes, how it actually performs as a body mist, who it suits, and a few similar Victoria’s Secret scents worth comparing.
Who Makes Love Spell?
Love Spell is a fruity-floral fragrance from Victoria’s Secret, first created in 1999 and later reformulated and relaunched as the body mist most people know today. The original eau de parfum was discontinued, which is why authentic vintage bottles can be hard to find — but the current mist keeps the same recognizable cherry-blossom-and-peach signature.
Love Spell by Victoria’s Secret was created in 1999 but not launched until the early 2000s. A body mist version of Love Spell, which is a less concentrated fragrance, was launched in 2012.
What Does Love Spell Smell Like?
Victoria’s Secrets Love Spell fragrance captures a few different scents, but it’s overall considered a fruity and floral perfume.
Its top notes contain the floral fragrance of white jasmine with calming chamomile and cherry blossom notes. This lavishly lush combination of scents is finished with a dash of juicy peach and warm vanilla sugar, making the fragrance mist fresh and tasty without being overtly fruity.
Smaller hints of tamer flowers like lilac and an underlying woodsy base mix with lush cherry blossom, jasmine, peach, and chamomile beautifully, making Victoria Secret’s Love Spell a powerful but not overpowering fragrance.
These scents might send you on a cozy jaunt down memory lane as they soothe you throughout the stress of your day.
Victoria’s Secret Love Spell is not an overly sweet smell but is still feminine and powerful as a fragrance mist. Love Spell is so popular because its fragrance attracts all different kinds of women. It’s well-rounded and can tailor to many different preferences.
Its fruitiness and natural scents have a freshness that is enlightening for the wearer and the people around them.
Scent Notes: Who, Where, and When It’s For
The Pros:
- Fresh and Sweet
- Balanced and Fragrant
- Offered as a Body Mist
- Amazing Longevity
The Cons:
- Discontinued
- Difficult to Come Across Authentic Versions
- Can Be Overpowering
Additional information:
- Sillage: Good
- Longevity: Excellent, Lasts for Hours
- Scent potency/ Appropriate for The Office, Leisure
- Price: $
Who Would Like It
This perfume is incredibly feminine, but it’s not overpowering or cloying. This scent would do well for women in an office setting, but it would also thrive on a night out dancing.
When To Wear It
This floral scent is best worn during the warmer months, during the day.
Where To Wear It
Love Spell likely works best when worn at work, or when you’re out meeting new people, like at a night out.
Packaging and Presentation
It comes in a clear bottle with gold detailing and colorful flowers, a feminine presentation to go with its luxurious scent.
The packaging and presentation of Victoria’s Secret Love Spell speak volumes about its scent and desired impact.
With a color combination of gold on the clear bottle, bright purple and pink flowers, and the purple color of the fragrance itself, we are drawn in like magic.
The color is unique for fragrances and almost gives off the impression of a love potion or spell. With most floral scented perfumes packaged in pink, the purple is refreshing and sets it apart from the others. The gold also adds a touch of elegance.
Personal Impressions
This perfume is enjoyable and empowering, sweet without being cloying.
To expand on some of the points above, it is important to note that, while Love Spell is a fragrance created for all women, its major scent notes encompass fruity and floral aromas and may not be for everyone.
Love Spell is made for women who find themselves meeting new people for work daily or women who don’t have much time to transition between business and pleasure. Its long-lasting longevity can withstand work days that turn into a few drinks out with co-workers.
If you’re looking for a scent of seduction, Love Spell can also be your go-to based on some reviews.
It’s a very feminine aroma, but it can also be sultry and seducing to some. If you’re looking for something slightly less feminine, maybe a uni-sex perfume with more neutral scents like vanilla or sandalwood, Love Spell may not be for you.
Love Spell is an everyday type of scent, but not an every season type of scent. It is best during the day in the summer or spring. Its sweet floral and fruity scents match the bright vibes spring and summer give off. It smells like a freshly bloomed flower and will have you feeling as bright as the sun.
It can be worn during the night time or out to a club, but it depends on the occasion and your personal preference. The scent can be sultry for a night out, but it’s more feminine for daytime wear. It can be worn for many occasions, but it’s best in workplace settings, dates, and formal events.
Performance
It can be worn day or night because of how long-lasting this scent is.
Whether you’re at a desk all day, swarmed with meetings, spending a day with a special someone, or attending a wedding, Love Spell fragrance mist sticks with you and leaves a trail of flowers in your wake.
On performance, Love Spell is strong for a body mist: expect roughly 3–5 hours of noticeable wear on skin and longer on clothing, with soft-to-moderate sillage that stays within personal space rather than filling a room. Reapplying midday keeps it going for an all-day stretch. Compared with the sweeter, gourmand-leaning VS Love Pink, Love Spell reads fresher and more floral, while Rapture is the warmer, muskier alternative for evening.
Love Spell: Frequently Asked Questions
What does Victoria’s Secret Love Spell smell like?
Love Spell is a fruity-floral scent led by cherry blossom and juicy peach, softened with white jasmine, chamomile and a touch of vanilla sugar over a light woody-musk base. The overall impression is fresh, sweet and feminine without being heavy or cloying.
Is Love Spell discontinued?
The original Love Spell eau de parfum was discontinued, which is why authentic vintage bottles are hard to find. However, Victoria’s Secret still sells the popular Love Spell fine fragrance mist and related body-care products, so the scent itself remains widely available.
Is Love Spell a perfume or a body mist?
Today Love Spell is most commonly sold as a fine fragrance mist — a lighter, less concentrated format than an eau de parfum. That makes it affordable and easy to reapply, but it won’t last as long or project as strongly as a true perfume.
How long does Love Spell last?
As a body mist, Love Spell lasts roughly 3–5 hours on skin and noticeably longer when sprayed on clothing. Reapplying once during the day keeps it present from morning through evening.
What scents are similar to Love Spell?
Within Victoria’s Secret, Love Pink offers a sweeter, more gourmand take, while Rapture is warmer and muskier for evening wear. If you love the fruity-floral freshness, our guide to the best Victoria’s Secret perfumes covers more options in the same family.
Conclusion
Love Spell’s fragrance is a floral and fruity aroma that makes women who wear it feel lighter. With notes of cherry blossom and peach, hints of lilac, and undertones of whitewoods and musk, Love Spell is versatile and good for everyday use.
It’s worth being clear about who Love Spell is and isn’t for. Its core is fruity and floral, so anyone who prefers neutral or unisex profiles built around vanilla, sandalwood or fresh citrus may find it too sweet and feminine. But for fans of soft cherry-blossom-and-peach scents, it’s remarkably easy to wear.
Overall, Love Spell has earned its staying power. The notes are powerful but balanced, fruity without turning syrupy, and versatile enough for work, dates and warm-weather days out. If you want a dependable, crowd-friendly fruity-floral mist at a budget price, it remains an easy recommendation — just temper expectations on longevity, since it’s a mist rather than a concentrated perfume.
Selena Marc is a fragrance enthusiast, freelance writer, and dog mom living in Houston, Texas. When she's not writing about her favorite new perfumes, you can find her enjoying yoga or a morning hike.
