Annabella

Well, I got it today from Czech site with a good discount (around 90$) on Cyber Monday. It’s cozy milky perfume, with a good silage and projection. I’m surprised cause it really lasts on my hot skin. Its milky, its sweet (not plain sweet, fat and sick like Eclaire Lataffa), but really milky-lactonic with tea notes. I would say you can imagine this smell like this — sniffing milky oolong tea directly from the package and add some sweetness. Very cozy, feminine. I just want to wear it as a calming coccon at home. My impressions are first minute and ill update it in month when perfume will mocerate. Maybe some new notes will appear as osmantus 🤍

This is a really cozy creamy floral-gourmand. It's not too floral at all, not too gourmand. Very easy-going, pleasant, cozy. Lactonic? Kinda. This is definitely an easy reach and I am very happy with this blind buy. The longer it's on my skin the more the sweetness is pulled out. This is honestly so good!!

I really like this one. Oolong tea is very prominent. It’s a beast for sure. I can see myself wearing this often during the colder months. Though, because it’s such a beast it can feel a bit too much sometimes 9/10

Bc of this perfume I found out floral-gourmand perfumes are my favorite. Devil’s intrigue dupe fr. I can wear it during winter, autumn, spring, summer and it will be beautiful every time and everywhere.

This smells so good! 😍 It is a cozy creamy tea fragrance. Semi-gourmand. Nothing sticks out as weird or off-putting. This is BEAUTIFUL! And should have more votes and people knowing about it.

A beautiful flor-mand. It smells like if orange blossom was brewed and steamed into a warm cup of milk

Devil's Intrigue with much greater projection ;)

I am so disappointed with this. It's a generic soft perfume-y sweet mess. So BORING. I haven’t tried the HFC version, so I went in relying only on Attar Collection, which usually does a pretty decent job with their fragrances. This one, though? Nope.

Imagine every budget dupe of HFC’s Devil’s Intrigue got together for a group project. Annabella is the result—and just like any group project, it smells like one person did all the work while the rest just showed up to ruin things. Osmanthus walks in loud and proud, clearly carrying the whole thing on her back. Milk stumbles in next, holding a half-finished poster board and asking, “Wait, what are we doing again?” Sandalwood shows up late, wearing sunglasses indoors and acting like he’s doing everyone a favor. Freesia is there, but no one remembers assigning her anything, and she spends most of the time quietly panicking in the corner. Vanilla? Vanilla didn’t even join the group chat. It’s like someone sniffed Devil’s Intrigue once, vaguely remembered it, and said, “Yeah, I can do that .... probably.” It’s not terrible. It’s just... not that. Devil’s Intrigue is simple, yes, and criminally overpriced, yes—but also somehow incredible. It haunts you. Hooks you. Wakes you up in the middle of the night like, “Hey, remember me?” Annabella? She doesn’t do any of that. She’s just standing quietly in the corner like, “Hi, I’m here too,” and then promptly vanishes. Now let’s talk longevity—or the lack thereof. Annabella doesn’t fade, she disappears. Vanishes. Houdini-level. One minute you’re wearing perfume, four hours later you're sniffing your wrist like a madwoman and wondering if you imagined the whole thing. Spoiler: you didn’t. It’s just gone. And for that kind of performance? This might actually be more overpriced than the original. At least Devil’s Intrigue gives you emotional damage. Annabella just gives you mild regret and a faint itch to reapply every 45 minutes.

Beautiful, cozy and comforting lactonic osmanthus /oolong scent. All the notes are clearly present and blended to perfection. It is great for any occasion and lasts very well. Your nose may get used to it, but trust me, the scent is there. When you smell your clothes a few days later, the scent still lingers. I did not love Devil's Intrigue, are they are not dupes of one another. I much prefer Annabella. By the way, it seems to me that Queen of Sheeba - Annabella - Fleur de Santal (all from Attar Collection), in that particular order, are somehow related. Chances are that if you like one, you might like another. But at the same time it is possible you'll love one and be indifferent to another. Worth exploring this line of beautiful, long-wearing, well blended quality scents. My favourite of the three remains the Queen of Sheeba :)

I have a decant, and it’s definitely a creamy floral, but the tea is prominent, and I wish they had left it out. Now the tea note in Remember Me by Jovoy, and Kilian Princess I “do” love. Side note: this could be the antisocial mysterious sister to Fleur Santal from the line..

Does anyone know if this is the same thing as what’s on Fragrancenet? The one in Fragrancenet shows different notes, which is why I’m asking.

Has someone smelled this yet? Per today it have 4 votes