Victoria Beckham’s Vanilla Perfume Is the Ultimate Date Night Scent (She Shares It With David)
Fragrance is transportive. A single spritz can catapult you to a certain time and place—your grandmother’s garden, perhaps, or a rebellious night out you want to relive again and again. Victoria Beckham’s 21:50 Rêverie Eau de Parfum is meant to transport you to a date with her husband, David. (If that alone doesn’t influence you to buy the scent, I don’t know what will.)
The pair was enjoying an open-air dinner in Java, Indonesia “surrounded by rice fields and vanilla vines,” the brand founder recounts. At exactly 21:50 (aka 9:50 p.m.), the entire landscape lit up with thousands of twinkling tea lights. It was a dream, one that Beckham immediately wanted to bottle with a warm, sultry vanilla fragrance and—for one week only—recreate with a pop-up art installation at NYC’s High Line. After receiving an early peek at the immersive, multi-sensory space and chatting with Beckham herself, I can confidently say that this is a perfume you must experience.
21:50 Rêverie is Beckham’s fourth fragrance, and it’s her go-to for fall. “If you like a vanilla with a difference, you’re going to love this fragrance,” she tells me. “It’s my favorite out of all of our fragrances so far.”
Many gourmands run the risk of smelling way too saccharine (it’s why I’m personally very picky when it comes to the fragrance family), but with smoky tobacco leaves, crisp cedarwood, and tonka bean, Rêverie has an earthy grit that brings some complexity to the equation—the “difference,” according to Beckham. There’s also a surprising juiciness to the fragrance, thanks to its middle notes of plum.
