Bare is an eau de parfum for women launched by Victoria’s Secret in July 2022, the house’s first major new fragrance in five years, signed by Nathalie Benareau and Carlos Viñals of Symrise. Built on an exclusive blend of musks, this woody floral opens on Madagascar mandarin, sets Egyptian violet petals at its heart and rests on Australian sandalwood.
Isabella Muse (Musings of a Muse) sees Bare as one of Victoria’s Secret’s best releases in a long time: a clean, warm and cozy skin scent, barely sweet, that feels luxurious to her.
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Musings of a Muse: a warm skin scent
Isabella Muse, on September 7, 2022, buys Bare blind on the strength of sponsored videos and does not regret it: she sees it as one of Victoria’s Secret’s best releases in a long time, likely to become one of her signature scents.
She describes a clean, warm and cozy skin scent, touched with a hint of sweetness without being gourmand, that feels luxurious and expensive to her. The sandalwood, which she perceives clearly, adds warmth and showcases the mandarin.
She compares the launch to Missing Person by Phlur, another skin scent that went viral, for its promotion on social media, but stresses that Bare is neither a copy nor an equivalent of it.
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