Look by Vera Wang is a sophisticated floral-chypre Eau de Parfum that combines watery green notes, crisp green apple, exotic litchi, and radiant mandarin orange with lily, jasmine, and freesia. Musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla create a clean, softly earthy, lightly sweet dry down that feels modern, polished, feminine, and confident.
Released in 2008, Look was designed to reflect Vera Wang’s ready-to-wear fashion collection rather than focusing primarily on bridal romance or the youthful fantasy associated with the Princess fragrances.
The fragrance was created by perfumer Annie Buzantian in cooperation with Firmenich. Its composition balances juicy fruit, transparent white flowers, green freshness, clean musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and restrained vanilla.
Look opens with green notes, green apple, litchi, and mandarin orange. Green apple creates crisp fruitiness, litchi contributes exotic sweetness, mandarin provides citrus brightness, and the watery green accord gives the opening a clean and modern character.
As Look develops, lily, jasmine, and freesia form a luminous floral heart. Lily provides fresh white-floral character, jasmine adds smooth depth, and freesia creates an airy, lightly peppery effect.
The dry down combines musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla. Musk provides cleanliness, patchouli gives the composition earthy structure, oakmoss introduces a classic chypre-like green depth, and vanilla adds restrained warmth.
Look is especially appealing to women who enjoy crisp apple, litchi, green florals, lily, jasmine, clean musk, subtle patchouli, oakmoss, modern office perfumes, and fragrances that feel stylish without becoming overly sweet or overpowering.
What Does Look by Vera Wang Smell Like?
Look smells fresh, green, fruity, floral, musky, earthy, clean, softly sweet, and sophisticated.
The fragrance opens with watery green notes, green apple, litchi, and mandarin orange.
The green accord creates the impression of fresh leaves, flower stems, clean water, and cool air.
It does not smell heavily grassy, bitter, or forest-like. Instead, the green notes feel watery, modern, and slightly ozonic.
This freshness helps Look feel polished and contemporary rather than dense or traditionally vintage.
Green apple creates a crisp and juicy fruit effect.
It smells tart, clean, and energetic rather than baked, caramelized, or candy-like.
The apple gives the fragrance a bright opening and works naturally with the green accord.
Litchi contributes tropical sweetness with rosy and watery nuances.
It smells more delicate than pineapple or mango and gives Look a subtly exotic personality.
The litchi softens the tart green apple without making the perfume sugary.
Mandarin orange adds smooth citrus brightness.
It is sweeter and rounder than lemon and less bitter than bergamot, creating a polished transition into the floral heart.
Together, the green accord, apple, litchi, and mandarin create an opening that feels fresh, stylish, feminine, and confident.
As the fragrance develops, lily, jasmine, and freesia become more noticeable.
Lily creates a fresh white-floral effect.
It can smell clean, green, slightly creamy, and softly soapy.
The lily gives Look a formal and polished quality without becoming as dense as tuberose or gardenia.
Jasmine provides floral depth.
It adds smoothness and sensuality but remains restrained rather than heavily indolic or animalic.
The jasmine helps Look transition naturally from daytime professionalism into early-evening wear.
Freesia contributes an airy floral effect with watery, green, and lightly peppery nuances.
It gives the bouquet brightness and prevents the lily and jasmine from feeling too heavy.
The combination of lily, jasmine, and freesia creates a transparent floral heart rather than a dense traditional bouquet.
The dry down combines musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla.
Musk creates a clean, skin-like finish.
It may suggest freshly washed fabric, body lotion, clean hair, or warm skin.
The musk keeps Look polished and wearable at conversational distance.
Patchouli adds earthy depth.
It is not heavily medicinal, chocolate-like, or dark. Instead, it gives the fruit and flowers enough structure to keep the composition from feeling like a simple shampoo fragrance.
Oakmoss introduces a green, earthy, and slightly mossy character.
It connects Look to the floral-chypre fragrance family and gives the dry down greater sophistication than a conventional fruity floral.
Vanilla adds restrained sweetness.
It softens the patchouli and oakmoss without turning the fragrance into a gourmand perfume.
Overall, Look smells like crisp green apple, watery leaves, litchi, and mandarin layered over lily, jasmine, and freesia before settling into clean musk, earthy patchouli, moss, and soft vanilla.
What Are the Top, Heart, and Base Notes?
Release Year: 2008
Top Notes: Green notes, green apple, litchi, and mandarin orange
Heart Notes: Lily, jasmine, and freesia
Base Notes: Musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla
The opening is green, fruity, watery, citrusy, and fresh.
The heart becomes floral, luminous, clean, and softly feminine through lily, jasmine, and freesia.
During the dry down, musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla create a clean, earthy, mossy, woody, and lightly sweet finish.
Early launch descriptions often referred to the opening as:
Mandarin
Litchi
Golden Delicious apple
Watery green notes
The heart was consistently described as a trio of:
Freesia
Lily
Jasmine
The base was built around:
Vanilla
Musk
Oakmoss
Patchouli
These descriptions represent the same fragrance.
Is Look for Men, Women, or Unisex?
Look is marketed as a fragrance for women.
Its litchi, apple, lily, jasmine, freesia, vanilla, and fashion-focused presentation support a traditionally feminine identity.
However, Look is not heavily sugary, powdery, or gourmand.
Its green notes, mandarin, oakmoss, patchouli, and clean musk give it a structured and relatively flexible personality.
Anyone who enjoys crisp green fruit, white flowers, moss, patchouli, and clean musk can wear Look regardless of gender.
Men who enjoy polished floral-chypre or green musky fragrances may also appreciate its restrained dry down.
How Long Does Look Last?
Look typically lasts approximately 5 to 8 hours on skin.
Performance can vary according to skin chemistry, temperature, humidity, application amount, bottle age, production period, and storage conditions.
The green notes, apple, litchi, and mandarin opening is generally most noticeable during approximately the first one to two hours.
Lily, jasmine, and freesia then become more prominent.
Musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla may remain detectable for several additional hours.
The mossy, musky, and woody dry down often lasts longer on clothing than on bare skin.
Some wearers experience Look as a soft office fragrance, while others find that its lily, patchouli, and oakmoss create substantial longevity.
Applying Look to moisturized skin can help improve performance.
A light spray on clothing or hair may also extend its presence, although delicate fabrics and hair products should be considered first.
Older bottles may perform differently because of formulation changes, bottle age, or storage history.
How Strong Is Look’s Projection?
Look has moderate projection.
The fragrance is most noticeable during its crisp fruity opening and early floral development.
Green apple, litchi, mandarin, lily, jasmine, and freesia create a clear but polished scent bubble during approximately the first two hours.
It gradually becomes softer and remains closer to the skin as musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla develop.
Look is noticeable enough for work, brunch, meetings, dates, and social activities without generally overwhelming nearby people when applied moderately.
Its controlled projection was intentional. The fragrance was designed to create a stylish mood without allowing one flower or fruit note to dominate the wearer.
What Fragrance Family Is Look?
Look belongs to the floral-chypre fragrance family.
It can also be described as green, fruity, white-floral, musky, earthy, woody, citrusy, and softly sweet.
Its most noticeable fragrance qualities include:
Green
White floral
Fruity
Fresh
Floral
Musky
Citrus
Patchouli
Earthy
Woody
Green notes, green apple, litchi, and mandarin create the opening.
Lily, jasmine, and freesia form the floral heart.
Musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla provide the sophisticated base.
What Seasons Is Look Best For?
Look is best suited to spring, summer, and early fall.
Spring may be its strongest season because green apple, litchi, mandarin, freesia, lily, jasmine, and watery green notes complement mild temperatures and blooming environments.
Summer also works well because the crisp fruit, green freshness, transparent flowers, and clean musk remain polished during warm weather.
Early fall allows patchouli, oakmoss, musk, and vanilla to become more noticeable.
Look can also work indoors during winter because its Eau de Parfum concentration and chypre-style base provide more structure than many light fruity florals.
Best season: Spring
Also excellent: Summer
Good option: Early fall
Suitable indoors: Winter daytime wear
Use moderately: Extremely hot and humid afternoons
The patchouli, oakmoss, lily, and jasmine may become richer in high heat, so moderate application is recommended.
Is Look Better for Daytime or Nighttime?
Look works during both daytime and nighttime, but it is especially well suited to daytime and early evening wear.
Its green apple, mandarin, litchi, green accord, freesia, and controlled projection make it ideal for offices, meetings, brunch, shopping, professional lunches, and travel.
Lily, jasmine, patchouli, oakmoss, vanilla, and musk provide enough sophistication for dinners, theater outings, gallery events, cocktail gatherings, and dates.
Look is more polished than a casual body mist but less dramatic than a heavy evening perfume.
It performs best when the goal is to smell modern, confident, feminine, professional, and stylish.
What Occasions Should Look Be Worn For?
Look is especially well suited to professional, fashion-oriented, social, romantic, and everyday occasions.
Recommended occasions include:
Office wear
Business meetings
Client appointments
Job interviews
Professional lunches
Fashion events
Gallery visits
Brunch
Lunch dates
Shopping
Business travel
Casual dinners
Cocktail gatherings
Spring events
Everyday signature wear
Its combination of crisp fruit, clean flowers, musk, patchouli, and oakmoss gives it enough refinement for professional settings while remaining approachable for casual use.
What Age Range Is Look Best Suited For?
Look is generally suitable for approximately 22 years old and older, although fragrance preference matters more than age.
Green apple, litchi, and mandarin make it approachable for younger women.
Lily, jasmine, patchouli, oakmoss, musk, and the sophisticated fashion concept provide enough depth for mature fragrance wearers.
Women in their twenties and thirties may appreciate Look as an office, interview, date, or professional fragrance.
Women in their forties, fifties, and beyond may enjoy its elegant green-floral character, understated vanilla, and modern chypre structure.
Younger fragrance enthusiasts who enjoy polished green or floral perfumes may also find it appealing.
Look feels contemporary and stylish rather than strongly youthful or mature.
Is Look Office Appropriate?
Yes. Look is an excellent office fragrance.
Its green notes, apple, mandarin, freesia, lily, clean musk, and controlled patchouli create a polished professional impression.
Two to four sprays should be suitable for most workplaces.
Smaller offices or fragrance-sensitive environments may require only one or two sprays.
Lily, jasmine, patchouli, and oakmoss can become more noticeable in enclosed spaces, so excessive application should be avoided.
Look works especially well for corporate offices, client meetings, interviews, business travel, luxury retail, fashion environments, professional lunches, and customer-facing roles.
Is it good for dates? Yes. Look works well for lunch dates, dinner, cocktail events, theater outings, gallery visits, and polished early-evening plans. Litchi, lily, jasmine, vanilla, musk, patchouli, and oakmoss create a feminine, confident, and sophisticated impression.
Is it a safe blind buy? It is a reasonably safe blind buy for someone who enjoys crisp green fragrances, apple, litchi, white flowers, musk, and subtle patchouli. It is less suitable for shoppers who dislike lily, oakmoss, or green chypre fragrances.
What Fragrances Smell Similar to Look?
Shoppers who enjoy Look’s green fruit, white flowers, clean musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla may also appreciate these fragrances from the South Beach Perfumes catalog:
Jeanne Lanvin by Lanvin
Jeanne Lanvin combines blackberry, pear nectar, lemon, raspberry, peony, rose, freesia, white musk, sandalwood, and amber.
It shares Look’s fresh fruit, freesia, clean musk, and polished everyday character but feels more berry focused, softer, and less earthy.
Rumeur 2 Rose by Lanvin
Rumeur 2 Rose combines lemon, orange, grapefruit, bergamot, pear, green notes, rose, magnolia, jasmine, honeysuckle, lily of the valley, musk, patchouli, and amber.
It shares Look’s citrus, green notes, white flowers, musk, and patchouli but feels more rose focused, brighter, and less vanilla driven.
Diamonds & Sapphires by Elizabeth Taylor
Diamonds & Sapphires combines melon, peach, freesia, lily of the valley, galbanum, rhubarb, jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose, musk, amber, sandalwood, and vetiver.
It shares Look’s freesia, green freshness, jasmine, musk, fruit, and professional versatility but feels more traditionally floral, more mature, and less apple focused.
These fragrances are not exact copies of Look. Each captures a related aspect of its personality, including crisp fruit, transparent flowers, clean musk, green notes, patchouli, or polished daytime wearability.
What Is the Difference Between the Available Concentrations?
Look is primarily available as an Eau de Parfum, commonly abbreviated as EDP.
The South Beach Perfumes page offers 1.7 oz and 3.4 oz Eau de Parfum Spray options, although both are currently shown as sold out.
Look Eau de Parfum
The Eau de Parfum is generally:
Green, fruity, and citrusy during the opening
Floral, clean, and luminous through the heart
Musky, earthy, mossy, and softly sweet during the dry down
Moderate in projection
Suitable for daytime and early evening wear
Best during spring, summer, and early fall
Appropriate for offices, professional events, dates, and everyday use
More substantial than a fragrance mist or body product
Look also appeared in 1 oz, 1.7 oz, and 3.4 oz Eau de Parfum bottles, along with body lotion, body cream, bath products, gift sets, miniature bottles, and tester presentations.
Look Body Lotion
The body lotion is generally:
Lighter
Softer in projection
Designed for moisturizing and fragrance layering
Useful for extending the musk-and-vanilla dry down
Less complete when worn alone
Look Body Cream
The body cream is generally:
Richer than lotion
More moisturizing
Softly fragranced
Useful for supporting Eau de Parfum longevity
Not intended to replace the perfume
Look Bath Products
Bath products are generally:
Very light
Designed for cleansing and layering
Short lasting when used alone
Useful for creating a coordinated fragrance experience
Look Gift Sets
Gift sets may include the Eau de Parfum with body lotion, body cream, bath products, miniature bottles, or travel sprays.
Look should not be confused with:
Vera Wang Eau de Parfum
Vera Wang Lovestruck
Vera Wang Princess
Vera Wang Love
Vera Wang Anniversary
Vera Wang Bouquet
Vera Wang Sheer Veil
These are separate fragrances rather than concentration variations of Look.
Learn more about fragrance concentrations
Is Look Discontinued?
Look is generally regarded as discontinued from broad production.
The fragrance is no longer part of Vera Wang’s current core fragrance collection.
The South Beach Perfumes 1.7 oz and 3.4 oz Eau de Parfum options are currently shown as sold out.
Authentic bottles continue to circulate through established fragrance retailers, discount fragrance channels, distributors, collectors, and remaining inventory.
Availability can vary according to bottle size, country, production period, retailer, packaging generation, and storage condition.
A retailer carrying current stock does not necessarily confirm active large-scale production.
Body lotions, creams, bath products, gift sets, miniatures, and older promotional packages may be especially difficult to locate.
Because no current Vera Wang fragrance directly replaces Look’s green apple, litchi, lily, freesia, patchouli, oakmoss, musk, and vanilla composition, replacement bottles may become increasingly unpredictable.
When Was Look Released?
Look was released in November 2008.
It launched alongside Vera Wang’s Fall/Winter 2008–2009 fashion collection.
Unlike Vera Wang’s earlier bridal fragrances or the youthful Princess line, Look was intended to represent the sophistication, confidence, and creative energy of her ready-to-wear fashion business.
The name refers to creating and presenting a personal style from every angle.
Its green-fruity floral composition was designed to feel modern, confident, fashionable, and clean without overpowering the wearer.
The bottle was shaped like a clear glass prism.
The advertising campaign placed the prism bottle in the foreground with the model viewed through it, reinforcing themes of perspective, fashion, identity, and how a person presents herself to the world.
The campaign was photographed by Steven Meisel.
The silver-gray packaging and clean architectural bottle reflected the polished minimalism of Vera Wang’s fashion aesthetic at the time.
Who Created Look?
Look was created by perfumer Annie Buzantian in cooperation with Firmenich.
Annie Buzantian is an accomplished perfumer known for creating fragrances across designer, prestige, and luxury categories.
In Look, watery green notes, green apple, litchi, and mandarin create the crisp opening.
Lily, jasmine, and freesia form the clean floral heart.
Musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla create the sophisticated dry down.
The composition demonstrates how fruit and white flowers can be given greater depth through moss, patchouli, musk, and restrained vanilla.
Rather than allowing one floral note to dominate, Look was designed around a blended atmosphere of cleanliness, fashion, modern femininity, and confidence.
How Many Sprays of Look Should Be Used?
The recommended number of sprays depends on the setting, temperature, bottle performance, and desired projection.
Office or professional setting: 2 to 3 sprays
Job interview or client meeting: 2 sprays
Casual daytime wear: 3 to 5 sprays
Lunch or daytime date: 3 to 5 sprays
Dinner or early evening: 4 to 5 sprays
Outdoor spring or fall wear: 4 to 6 sprays
Because Look contains lily, jasmine, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla, moderate application is recommended in enclosed settings.
A balanced application can include one spray on each side of the neck and one on the upper chest.
An additional spray may be applied to the back of the neck for outdoor or evening wear.
A light spray on clothing may help extend the musk-and-oakmoss dry down, although delicate fabrics should be tested first.
Avoid excessive application in small offices, vehicles, restaurants, theaters, medical environments, or fragrance-sensitive spaces.
Is Look Authentic?
Yes. Look sold by South Beach Perfumes is authentic.
South Beach Perfumes sells authentic designer fragrances sourced through established distribution channels.
Because Look was released in 2008 and is now discontinued from broad production, bottles may come from different production periods, distributors, packaging generations, or international markets.
Boxes, labels, caps, bottle shapes, prism details, logos, ingredient lists, concentration wording, manufacturing information, fragrance color, and batch-code placement may vary.
Eau de Parfum sprays, body products, gift sets, miniature bottles, promotional packages, and tester presentations may all look different.
Tester bottles may arrive in plain packaging or without certain decorative materials when clearly identified in the product listing.
Older and newer bottles can vary slightly in apple crispness, litchi sweetness, lily intensity, patchouli depth, projection, and longevity because of formulation updates, production changes, bottle age, or storage history.
The liquid may also darken slightly as the vanilla and other materials age.
These differences do not automatically indicate that a fragrance is counterfeit.
Learn more about our product guarantee policy
Who Should Buy Look?
Look is an excellent choice for someone who:
Enjoys green fragrances
Likes green apple
Appreciates litchi
Enjoys mandarin orange
Likes lily
Appreciates jasmine
Enjoys freesia
Likes clean musk
Appreciates patchouli
Enjoys oakmoss
Likes restrained vanilla
Needs an office-friendly perfume
Wants a professional signature fragrance
Enjoys modern floral-chypre perfumes
Collects discontinued Vera Wang fragrances
It is particularly appealing to someone who wants a perfume that smells green, fruity, floral, fresh, musky, earthy, clean, stylish, and sophisticated.
Who May Not Like Look?
Look may not appeal to someone who:
Dislikes green apple
Does not enjoy litchi
Avoids lily
Dislikes jasmine
Prefers sweet gourmand perfumes
Wants powerful projection
Dislikes patchouli
Avoids oakmoss
Prefers tropical fragrances
Wants prominent vanilla
Prefers dark evening perfumes
Wants oud, leather, tobacco, or incense
Dislikes clean floral fragrances
Needs a perfume that is easy to replace
Its green notes, apple, litchi, lily, jasmine, freesia, musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla are central to its identity.
Shoppers seeking a sugary gourmand, smoky fragrance, heavy tropical perfume, or minimalist skin scent may find Look too green or floral.
South Beach Perfumes Expert Review
Look by Vera Wang is a polished floral-chypre fragrance that successfully translates the designer’s ready-to-wear fashion identity into scent.
The opening is crisp and energetic. Green notes create watery botanical freshness, green apple adds tart fruitiness, litchi contributes exotic sweetness, and mandarin provides citrus brightness.
The heart is clean and elegant. Lily gives the fragrance a fresh white-floral character, jasmine adds smooth depth, and freesia introduces an airy, lightly peppery effect.
The dry down gives Look its sophistication. Musk creates a clean skin-like finish, patchouli provides earthy structure, oakmoss introduces a classic green chypre effect, and vanilla softens the base with restrained sweetness.
Its greatest strength is professional versatility.
Look smells fashionable and composed without becoming formal, heavy, or excessively sweet.
It works especially well for offices, interviews, client meetings, business travel, fashion events, galleries, brunch, lunches, shopping, early-evening dates, spring days, and mild fall weather.
Compared with Jeanne Lanvin, Look is greener, more floral, more earthy, and less berry focused.
Compared with Rumeur 2 Rose, it is less citrusy, less romantic, more mossy, and more professional.
Compared with Vera Wang’s original signature perfume, Look is fruitier, greener, less bridal, and more connected to modern ready-to-wear style.
Its primary limitation is availability. Look is discontinued from broad production, so authentic replacement bottles can be unpredictable.
Women who dislike lily, patchouli, oakmoss, or green apple may also find its polished green-floral character too sharp.
For someone who enjoys watery green notes, green apple, litchi, mandarin, lily, jasmine, freesia, musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and vanilla, Look remains a refined and memorable Vera Wang fragrance with excellent office, professional, spring, summer, daytime, fashion, and collector appeal.
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