Spell on You by Louis Vuitton

Spell On You is one of the many perfume releases, that Louis Vuitton has brought to market over the past few years. This one came out in 2021 and the ad campaign features actress Lea Seydoux, as the face of the fragrance.

What does Spell on You Smell Like?

Notes include: rose, violet, iris, peach, jasmine, acacia 

My Full Review

Here’s how Louis Vuitton describes it: Imbued with sophistication and sensuality, Spell On You expresses this thrilling tension of attraction as a magnetic floral composition. Like a love potion for the senses, upon contact with the body the fragrance releases an enveloping, euphoric warmth.

So, this has a lot of overlap with Rose des Vents, while not being the same at all. In fact, I rather prefer Spell On You versus that Louis Vuitton perfume.

Which is sort of odd, as I’m not a huge violet fan and would think that’d I’d like the fruitiness found in that scent when compared to what is on offer here.

The rose note will eventually be the main focus of Spell. However, at first, it kind of splits duties with the other floral notes. Violet and iris give this a slight powdery quality. It’s strange, I’ll catch a whiff of that, then it disappears, and comes back.

The opening is green, violet, that bit of powder, juicy peach, and the rose. The whole thing comes together as a semi-aquatic floral and peach fest.

The violet seems to fade the most on my skin. The iris will have more of a role to play, but the rose takes the lead, without ever becoming too heavy in the mix.

The final dry down will be less powdery and more soapy with the florals and the emergence of the white musk note. The ending is more of a generic soapy floral than anything special. The opening and middle are the strong points here.

Sillage, Longevity, and Versatility

Sillage wise, with a normal amount of sprays you will get a nice projection and scent trail coming off of the skin.

I’d say at it’s peak it’ll project about 7 feet from the skin. Somewhere within that radius thereafter. The peak isn’t too long and it’ll be a more intimate scent bubble at less than half that amount for much of the wear.

On my skin, I get close to 7.5 hours of wear from Spell. Not a complete performer, but it at least clears the hurdle of what I would expect for a perfume at this price point.

Seasonally, this is best in the moderate to warmer temperatures of spring. Can also be a summer scent and even into the early part of autumn. The energy is really nice during the warm weather.

It is a versatile fragrance. It can fit in almost anywhere during the daytime. Not really nightlife scent, but wouldn’t be out of place either. It actually has a youthful sort of vibe, without being childish.

As a man, I find it to be more pretty than sexy. I wouldn’t mind smelling it on a woman, but I don’t think that it would ever ‘cast a spell on me’. It’s more of a clean, enjoyable floral fragrance, and that’s it.

Overall Impressions of Spell On You

Overall, do I like Spell On You? I do. I don’t think that it is an amazing or groundbreaking must have sort of perfume. It is light and enjoyable, though.

The rose, iris, and sweetish peach mix is attractive for the entirety of the wear. While it doesn’t develop all that much, I don’t really think that it has to, since it smells good enough for what it is.

Spell does become muskier in the dry down.

The performance is pretty good. Not amazing. It doesn’t have a huge sillage, which really doesn’t need. Stays on the skin for over seven hours. Good, but for $300? Kind of a wash.

I don’t think that this is one that you need to rush out and buy a full bottle of. For some, it would rank among the top of the Louis Vuitton offerings. For others, they’d be massively disappointed.

I lean more towards the former camp. In my top 10, from LV (women’s), possibly a bit higher 7-8th maybe…I still need more time with it to decide. I like it more than Rose des Vents, this is worth sampling if you can.

If you’re not a huge rose or iris fan, I sincerely doubt this would change your mind.

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