Vanille Carbone

bAbYcAt DnA hAs BeEN coPIED to ThE Gr0UND this isn't the babycat DNA haha this is me typing this review with a sample of babycat on hand. Maybe it's me spending too much time on fragrances lol but reading about something is never a one to one of how it actually smells! Never judge a perfume solely by its marketing! Sorry kinda strongly written because it's a shame to dismiss a scent and its quality without even smelling it. Perfume is already so hard to sample/access because we can't perceive them digitally compared to music and art, and then you have people claiming x smells like y when they have no experience of it. Would you ever write a food review for a restaurant without trying the food? Would you review a movie you haven't watched? Anyway! For the review to me personally, there's a peppy perky bubblegum opening that isn't too sugary. Like a whiff off of an empty gum canister. It also feels like a banana, specifically a reeeeally ripe (but not overripe) banana. This could've been named Vanille Bananne and it would still lineup for me. The vanilla's clearer in the drydown, but personally I didn't quite pickup the leather or how it's carbone/dark. This didn't feel as brooding and mysterious as their campaigns about it! It seems so serious when the smell to me's a pretty chill guy. Update again after having the sample cooled, and it really still is 70% ultra ripe banana 30% vanilla to me!

Hey it’s me again, back after sampling this yet again. It’s weird but I like it now??? I still get ultra ripe bananas but there’s something about it that now reminds me of bubblegum. It smells more fun now??? And a teeny bit richer than my last review here. Still not “carbone” for me, and not that I have a happier association to it I wonder if the storytelling of the fragrance even makes sense. To me this isn’t as stoic and enigmatic as the marketing makes it out to be!

I had the chance to try it at Paris Perfume Week and let me you that this the the most delicious and realistic vanilla I've ever smelled ! Simply, imagine a madeleine deeply infused in vanilla bean extract : 10/10

Amazing! Probably best vanilla I have smelled: dusty, sexy yet sophisticated. Longevity is top (7+ hours on my skin). Probably gonna be my signature scent.

Incense and vanilla. A bit of pepper to tickle my nose for a little while. Fairly linear, but I don’t mind. It’s beautiful and long lasting. Love it.