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Michael Kors Very Hollywood for women
Michael Kors

Very Hollywood for women

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
Jasmine
White Floral
Iris
Fruity
EDP · 2009 · womens

Michael Kors launched Very Hollywood in 2009 as part of the designer's fragrance line, positioning it as a contemporary take on classic femininity. The brand has built a reputation for accessible luxury across fashion and fragrance, with Very Hollywood becoming one of their signature scents.

Very Hollywood opens with bright citrus and red fruit, combining bergamot, mandarin orange, and raspberry for an immediate pop of freshness. The heart shifts into creamy white florals with gardenia, jasmine, and ylang-ylang, anchored by earthy orris root that adds complexity. A woody-amber base with oakmoss and vetiver grounds the composition, creating a chypre structure that feels both polished and slightly earthy rather than purely sweet.

This is a versatile fragrance that works well for someone who wants a feminine floral with enough structure and woody depth to feel sophisticated. The fruity opening and creamy heart make it approachable for daily wear, though the oakmoss-vetiver base prevents it from feeling lightweight or fleeting. It suits The Homesteader, The Sensualist, and The Tactician.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
43%
Fresh
21%
Floral
100%
Jasmine
27%
White Floral
90%
Iris
27%
Fruity
80%
Green
50%
Woody
100%
Vetiver
50%
Earthy
100%
Powdery
27%
Amber
60%
Warm Spicy
50%
Sweet
70%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Bergamot
Bergamot
A sun-ripened Italian citrus with a brightness that goes beyond lemon, simultaneously tart, floral, and slightly spicy. It's the defining note of Earl Grey tea and the backbone of countless fresh colognes. Perfumers love it as an opener because it lifts the entire composition without overpowering what follows.
Mandarin Orange
Mandarin Orange
Raspberry
Raspberry
Bright, tart, and slightly jammy, raspberry adds a vivid fruity pop that is harder and more energetic than peach or apricot. It's a signature note of modern fruity florals and adds an accessible sweetness that broadens a fragrance's appeal. Best used with restraint unless you're deliberately going for big and fun.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Gardenia
Gardenia
Intoxicatingly creamy and white-floral with a waxy, almost narcotic sweetness. Gardenia shares the heady indolic quality of jasmine and tuberose but with a fresher, greener edge from its glossy leaves. A challenging note to use well, too much overwhelms, but a well-handled gardenia accord is memorably beautiful.
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Orris Root
Orris Root
Ylang-Ylang
Ylang-Ylang
Base · 3–12 hrs
Amber
Amber
A warm, resinous accord rather than a single ingredient, amber is typically built from labdanum, benzoin, and vanilla to create a rich, honeyed, almost solar warmth. It's the quintessential base-note family, adding a comforting richness that makes fragrances feel complete. The difference between a fragrance feeling cold and feeling alive.
Oakmoss
Oakmoss
The defining ingredient of classic chypre perfumery, damp, forest-floor earthy with a faint bitterness and incredible complexity. Real oakmoss is now heavily restricted by IFRA regulations, which is why vintage chypres smell so different from modern ones. When present, it creates a raw, outdoorsy anchor that no synthetic fully replicates.
Vetiver
Vetiver
Earthy, smoky, and complex, vetiver root is extracted from a grass native to India and has a scent that is simultaneously rooty, woody, and slightly lemony. It's one of perfumery's great base notes: tenacious, unisex, and endlessly adaptable. A fragrance built around vetiver feels grounded and deeply confident.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The HomesteaderBest match86% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.

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The Sensualist86% match
You fill the room without trying.

Warm, smooth, projecting. Leather, tobacco, dry amber, bold woods.

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The Tactician84% match
Precision over excess. Always.

Crisp, dry, clean, worn close. Citrus, aromatic herbs, light woods, soft musks.

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Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.
Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.
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Scent Profile
Citrus43%Fresh21%Floral100%Jasmine27%White Floral90%
Fragrance Family
Chypre
EDP

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What does Michael Kors Very Hollywood for women smell like? +
Michael Kors launched Very Hollywood in 2009 as part of the designer's fragrance line, positioning it as a contemporary take on classic femininity. The brand has built a reputation for accessible luxury across fashion and fragrance, with Very Hollywood becoming one of their signature scents. Very Hollywood opens with bright citrus and red fruit, combining bergamot, mandarin orange, and raspberry for an immediate pop of freshness. The heart shifts into creamy white florals with gardenia, jasmine, and ylang-ylang, anchored by earthy orris root that adds complexity. A woody-amber base with oakmoss and vetiver grounds the composition, creating a chypre structure that feels both polished and slightly earthy rather than purely sweet. This is a versatile fragrance that works well for someone who wants a feminine floral with enough structure and woody depth to feel sophisticated. The fruity opening and creamy heart make it approachable for daily wear, though the oakmoss-vetiver base prevents it from feeling lightweight or fleeting. It suits The Homesteader, The Sensualist, and The Tactician.
What are the notes in Michael Kors Very Hollywood for women? +
Top: Bergamot, Mandarin Orange, Raspberry. Heart: Gardenia, Jasmine, Orris Root, Ylang-Ylang. Base: Amber, Oakmoss, Vetiver.
What fragrance family is Very Hollywood for women? +
Michael Kors Very Hollywood for women belongs to the Chypre fragrance family. It is an EDP.
What other fragrances smell like Michael Kors Very Hollywood for women? +
Based on shared notes, Bortnikoff Rich unisex (Amber, Oakmoss, Jasmine, Bergamot), Franck Boclet Ylang Ylang (Amber, Vetiver, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang), elizabeth-taylor White Diamonds Lustre (Amber, Vetiver, Jasmine, Orris Root), Calvin Klein Ck All (Amber, Vetiver, Jasmine, Bergamot), Atelier Cologne Mandarine Glaciale unisex (Oakmoss, Vetiver, Jasmine, Bergamot) may smell similar to Very Hollywood for women.
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Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

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