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Vera Wang - Vera Wang EDP Vera Wang launched her namesake fragrance in 2002.   The fragrance is a floral and, the year after its launch, it won a FiFi award for the packaging (created in consort with Swarowski) and Nouveau Niche Fragrance Star of the Year.    I had an opportunity to try this fragrance recently as I was gifted a bottle by a good friend. I don’t get a typical fragrance evolution on wear with this perfume.   Instead, I get a linear wear that is floral with a light musk base.   The florals wear as a white floral mixed bouquet.   Of the florals, lily reads the most prominent with gardenia a close second.   Overall, the floral is bright, green, clean, and lush.   There is a gentle playfulness to the fragrance preventing it from becoming too formal.   I don’t find Vera Wang to be particularly original or groundbreaking but it is well blended and pleasant. Vera Wang wears on me for roughly 4-5 hours with light to skin s...