# Victoria's Secret — Very Sexy Touch

> Very Sexy Touch (2012) is a mass-market, lingerie-brand flanker in Victoria's Secret's Very Sexy line - a soft, powdery, warm fruity-floral built around Italian iris, gilded apricot and amber wood. Un

## Essence
Very Sexy Touch (2012) is a mass-market, lingerie-brand flanker in Victoria's Secret's Very Sexy line - a soft, powdery, warm fruity-floral built around Italian iris, gilded apricot and amber wood. Unlike the peppery, fresh, "VS store" character of the main Very Sexy fragrances, Touch is gentler and sweeter: an apricot-and-iris powder over a creamy vanilla-amber-musk base. Distinctive within the VS lineup mainly for being softer and less generic than its siblings, it is now discontinued and survives via the secondary market and wearers affection rather than critical acclaim.
## Scent Profile
Per VS's own launch copy, the structure runs: top - juicy red pear, honeysuckle, gilded apricot, fresh citrus; middle - vanilla orchid blossom, blooming magnolia, white peony, Italian iris; dry-down - vanilla bean, creamy coconut, clean vetiver, amber wood, musk. In wear, the opening (first 10 - 20 minutes) is a soft fruity flush - apricot leading, "powdery soft and sweet yet lemony," with pear and a light citrus brightness; honeysuckle adds a faint floral sweetness but is not dominant. It is not a sharp or boozy-alcoholic opening like some VS scents; wearers describe it as pretty and gentle from the start. The heart (1 - 3 hours) centers on the Italian iris, which gives the fragrance its "powdery, soft, slightly floral, warm" signature and its relative sophistication versus other VS releases; magnolia, peony and vanilla orchid round it into a soft white-and-pink floral, though these are fairly blended rather than distinct. Reviewers consistently read it as "feminine, soft, slightly powdery, and warm with a touch of floral." The drydown (3+ hours) is a warm amber-musk-vanilla base with a slight coconut creaminess and a touch of woods/vetiver - several users note it can become "too musky" as it settles. The whole is described as fairly linear with little dramatic evolution: a powdery apricot-iris that warms into amber-vanilla-musk and stays there. The signature accord is powdery iris + soft apricot over warm vanilla-amber musk. Note that the standard caveat applies - VS pyramids are inconsistently published and the brand "doesn't list all the notes," so the apricot-iris-amber triad the brand itself emphasizes is the most reliable description of the actual scent.
## Performance
Performance is the near-universal criticism, consistent with VS fragrances generally. Projection is light; sillage is soft and intimate. Longevity is the recurring complaint: multiple wearers report needing to reapply after roughly 3 hours, with one stating it "dies down very quickly and becomes too musky," and others noting "lasting power is not very long for me so I have to reapply after about 3 hours." Some get a bit more - "at least 4+ hours" - and a few find the base musk surprisingly tenacious on skin and clothing, but the consensus is short-to-moderate. Expect roughly 3 - 4 hours of meaningful presence on skin, longer (and muskier) on clothing where the amber-musk base clings. The matching body lotion and fragrance mist were commonly used to layer and boost longevity - a standard VS strategy and a reasonable application approach here. Bottom line: pleasant but weak performer; layer with the matching lotion/mist if you want it to last.
## Wearing Context
A casual, everyday, daytime soft fragrance - feminine, "pretty," comfort-scent territory rather than a statement or seduction perfume despite the line's name. Wearers repeatedly note that, like most of the Very Sexy line, it isn't actually "sexy" so much as soft, clean and warm; one called it "a comfort scent" that "smells like the most luxurious moisturizer on me." It suits warm-to-temperate weather and undemanding occasions (work, daytime, casual outings), and it earns compliments as a nice, approachable warm-floral. It is squarely feminine in marketing and perception. Where it falls flat: anyone wanting projection, longevity, complexity or genuine "sexy"/evening drama - and given its discontinuation, anyone wanting reliable availability. Social perception skews young-to-versatile and inoffensive; reviewers suggest its softness makes it broadly age-appropriate rather than strictly youthful.
## Comparisons & DNA
In-house, it sits within the broader **Victoria's Secret Very Sexy** family but is explicitly a softer, less peppery counterpoint: where the main Very Sexy (2002/2012/2018, the latter by Jean Claude Delville) is defined by a sharp black-pepper-and-clementine "VS store" musk, Very Sexy Touch is the powdery apricot-iris-amber gentle sibling - one reviewer noted it is "less over the top fruity and musky" than the original Very Sexy. Wearers compare it to other soft VS releases: it "reminds me of Dream Angels Glow" (which that reviewer preferred), and one found it "so similar to Charlotte Russe's Refuge perfume." It shares the generic warm fruity-floral-amber-musk DNA common to many mid-2000s - 2010s VS and drugstore feminines. As a discontinued mass-market flanker, no meaningful clone ecosystem exists - it was never significant enough to be widely duped, and finding the scent again means tracking down old stock rather than a clone. Lineage: it is a 2012 flanker that arrived alongside a repackaging of the line (the 2002 Very Sexy got a new flacon at the same time), part of VS's habit of proliferating similarly-named Very Sexy variants and flankers.
## Reception
The dominant praise is for its softness and warmth: reviewers call it "feminine, soft, slightly powdery, and warm," "sweet and soft," and a flattering comfort/"luxurious moisturizer" scent that draws compliments (often from partners). Several VS-skeptics single it out as an exception - "I have always stayed away from VS perfumes because they all smell similar. THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT," and "less over the top" than the original Very Sexy. The dominant criticism is performance - short longevity and a base that can turn "too musky." A secondary thread is the general VS critique that the brand's scents "smell nice but generic," "like expensive shampoo," or "smell a bit cheap and unnatural - synthetic." Polarization is mild: it's a generally-liked-but-unremarkable scent, with the main divide being softness-lovers vs. those who find it forgettable or too fleeting. "Blind buy?" verdict: low financial risk historically (it was inexpensive), but now complicated by discontinuation and secondary-market pricing/age risk - worth it only for those who specifically want a soft powdery apricot-iris VS scent and accept weak performance; otherwise sample or seek a current equivalent.
## Versions & Reformulation
Launched February 2012 as part of the Very Sexy line refresh (when the 2002 Very Sexy also received a new flacon), Very Sexy Touch was sold as Eau de Parfum in 30 and 75 ml (a 100 ml/3.4 oz also circulated), alongside a Fragrance Mist and Body Lotion in the same scent. It is now discontinued. No documented reformulations of Touch specifically are known - though VS as a brand is notorious for quietly altering formulas across re-releases, and reviewers of the parent Very Sexy line complain of bottle/formula changes over the years. The matching lotion and mist were the main concentration/format alternatives and were commonly layered to extend the soft EDP.
## Acquisition Notes
Pricing sits in Victoria's Secret's accessible designer tier. Very Sexy Touch was sold through Victoria's Secret in fine-fragrance and body-care formats depending on the release, typically EDP, mist, lotion, rollerball, or travel spray. For discontinued, limited, or renamed versions, verify the exact year, concentration, name, note set, and bottle before buying.
## Notable Facts & Lore
- No perfumer is documented for Very Sexy Touch specifically, and no perfumer's stated intent for this fragrance exists in available sources.
- The launch context is the only notable "story": VS introduced Touch in February 2012 as a new, softer entry while simultaneously restyling the original 2002 Very Sexy's bottle, marketing Touch as "seductive and very sensual," built on "Italian iris, apricot zest and warm amber wood," under the tagline "Go beyond desire."
- There are no celebrity associations, viral social moments, or controversies attached to this fragrance specifically - its footprint is limited to the VS-fragrance wearer circles, where it is mainly remembered as a soft, pretty, discontinued outlier in a line otherwise known for sharper, peppery "store smell" scents.
- Broader VS fragrance lore (the brand's habit of similarly-named flankers, the perception of its scents as pleasant but generic mall fragrances) forms the backdrop against which wearers position Touch as a gentler exception.