LAVANILA Vanilla Lavender

Described as a floral oriental, LAVANILA Vanilla Lavender takes you to an oasis of tranquility. Peaceful and serene, this clean fragrance blends Spanish lavender, rose absolute, violet leaf, and warm Madagascar vanilla. The essence is a masterpiece crafted by perfumers who use only the finest, all-natural ingredients.

LAVANILA carefully infuses pure essential oils with 100 percent active botanicals for natural fragrances that are fresh, clean, and nurturing. With each spray, proprietary natural technology wraps the skin with super-antioxidants goji berry and kakadu plum for a healthy dose of 30 essential vitamins and minerals that pamper the body and soul.

Notes: Vanilla, Lavender, Rose Absolute, Violet Leaf.

My favorite way to experience the scents and fragrances of LAVANILA is through their body butters. These are exquisite, quite in a category all by themselves. For me, nothing compares to a LAVANILA body butter in healthy moisturization for skin - yes, I'm addicted! No problems admitting it.

Designed to melt instantly, these rich, buttery creams leave skin delicately scented and incredibly smooth with absolutely no greasy feel. They sink into skin, very easily absorbed. The 100% pure Shea and cocoa butters are infused with super anti-oxidants Goji Berry and Kakadu Plum, for a healthy dose of 30 essential vitamins and minerals that deeply nourish and hydrate.

What's different about LAVANILA's Vanilla Lavender?

This is an extremely subtle, clean, fresh scent. Unlike others of their fragrances, the Vanilla Lavender is light on the sweetness and focused more on the clean. It reminds me of fresh, crisp linens with just an intrigue of lavender tranquility. It's become my favorite scent to wear to bed. (Um, yes, of course I wear fragrance to bed. You don't?) Having said that, if you've not been a fan of LAVANILA's fragrances in the past because you thought they were a little too sweet or "cloying" (I hate that adjective for a fragrance, it's like the epitome of a turn off, but I have heard some describe previous scents from the brand as this), give LAVANILA another try with this one as it truly is lovely, very peaceful, very clean.

Also take a look at their foray into body deodorants. I love this concept as we've all read those horrifying article about how unhealthy chemical and aluminum based deodorants are reported to be for us. LAVANILA The Healthy Deodorant uses beta-glucan technology to effectively fight odor while soothing, conditioning, and strengthening the skin. It is a clinical strength deodorant that goes on clean, with no sticky wetness, and delivers long-lasting, luxurious results. This dermatologist-recommended, non-irritating, allergy-tested formula contains NO aluminum or mineral oils and is available in the popular scents of Pure Vanilla, Vanilla Coconut, Vanilla Grapefruit and Vanilla Lavender. each stick, 1.7 oz - $18

LAVANILA fragrances, body butters and more are available at Sephora, Beauty.com, Nordstrom and from the brand directly.