Vanille Caviar

This is a very original and clever perfume from BDK, but is not something I'd be into wearing. I get vanilla but it doesnt cover up a greasy, salty smell. Like discarded fish and chip wrappers left in a car for a couple of days. It's not as bad as that but it has that taint. The sort of taint you can smell but also taste somehow. It does soften on the drydown and go a bit more minerally and less greasy but fundamentally I don't like the smell. I get a lot of olive oil from this. Original yes I'm sure, I just don't get why you'd want to smell of olive oil, salt and slightly bitter vanilla. I find myself wishing for more vanilla here to even things up a bit, even if I understand why they haven't added any sweet accords. Is it evocative for me? Maybe. I stayed at a lovely rural AirBnB years ago on Crete and the quite serious older lady who ran things there smelt like this. Olive oil and faintly of food she'd cooked, but with a sweetness that was her perfume, almost lost under the other smells. It's a lovely image and a beautiful memory of a beautiful holiday but it's not a smell I want to recreate for me to wear, personally. I think this would be a nice perfumed candle, but not something I want to wear, does that make sense? I love BDK, but this is not one for me. In fairness to them, this isnt aimed at me either. There are many in their line that are, but this one is not. Frafrance 4/10 Sillage - 5/10 Drydown - 5/10 Performance - 5/10 Bottle / packaging - 8/10 27/50

Salty, earthy vanilla with real depth and attitude. This is not for the typical vanilla lover who wants something sweet, powdery, or gourmand. This fragrance shows how different and complex vanilla can be. It’s balmy, warm, and has a strong composition that blends beautifully with the skin. It’s very addictive — you keep going back to smell it. It doesn’t fill the room, but projects like a soft aura around you and definitely awakens curiosity. Classy, sensual, confident, and sexy without being overly loud. This is a fragrance for the experienced nose — for those who take the time to listen to a scent and understand it as it unfolds, rather than demanding instant gratification. My third absolute favorite from BDK.

From the very first seconds, the fragrance evokes associations with something warm and cozy, like a glass of hot, spicy glögg 🍷. When I first smelled it on a blotter, that was exactly the impression I got, and it made me curious to try it on my skin. However, even on the skin, the feeling remained the same, which truly delighted me! To me, the composition smells very beautiful and full-bodied. The vanilla in the base is truly distinctive, not light and gourmand as we’re used to, but deep, as if dissolved in resins, warmed by rum and balm. The fragrance is long-lasting, rich, and captivating, like the aromatic steam rising from a hot drink on a cold evening 🍷

I found this fragrance in a niche perfume shop in Lisbon, and was unsure about it initially. However, for the rest of the day I couldn't stop smelling my wrist where I sprayed it, it was addicting. I went back the next day and purchased it. It starts off quite spicy, and settles into a sweet spicy mix that imo smells sooo good. Not your basic young Vanilla scent - I'm obsessed

I see the similarities with vanille antique but this vanilla is quite seductively syrupy sweet I think from the cacao and the milkiness from osmanthus, absolutely mesmerizing Vanille antique is that daily working vanilla & this scent for my evening date!