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!

People... Vanilla caviar refers to the seeds of the vanilla pod that are scraped out. This fragrance has nothing to do with fish or the sea (nor did it ever claim to) and I find it hilarious that some of you say you smell fish...

I am scared to say how much I like this. I didnt expect there would be something that beautiful yet non-gourmand in such an elegant and classy way. I have been asked about it and I have been gatekeeping it. It is that good.

This is truly amazing. The only vanilla that genuinely projects and lasts all day. It is such a different take on vanilla that makes it sophisticated and sexy.

Oh that’s divine! Syrupy, sticky, waxy, warm, the color bronze or burnt orange. Its sexy and sophisticated, one of the best vanillas for me for sure!

This reminds me of Killians Born To Be Unforgettable without the masculine dry down. I quite enjoy it. Effervescent, spicy and somewhat sweet.

This is actually just the caviar of a vanilla pod, it’s really nice, reminds me of bakinf canelles and creme brulees

I feel like commentators here didn't bother to get pass the first 2mins of the scent it is an unusual, dry spicy opening which reminded me strongly of caraway and carrot seeds I have no idea what calamus smells like, perhaps that's it. I didn't get any cassis but in just a few mins the scent opens, warms up, gets vanillic and slightly leathery (probably osmanthus). Drydown is warm balsamic, sweet-resinous and generally pleasant. Feels perfectly unisex to me, for cold fall or winter weather. Definitely not a crowd-pleaser sort of perfume, but really doesn't deserve the hate

I understand why this is a polarizing fragrance. It opens fresh vegetal with calamus and cassis, when the perfume blooms there comes vanilla and osmanthus which gives the scent a sweet twist, cassis note has a cat piss effect which I didn't expect. I was expecting a freshie, I wore it in a sunny autumn day unfortunately. Very long longevity and strong sillage, may be offensive in a closed area, unique unisex night perfume. I'll save my sample for cold weather, very interesting, artistic. I enjoy niche houses that take risks and try strange combinations.

There is literally nothing fishy about this. Throw the word caviar in the name and people automatically think 🐟 🐠 🎣 This is actually a sweet resinous deep vanilla. It's not woody. It's not gourmand-foodie even though it is a sweeter vanilla. It is more like the inside of a vanilla pod, add some depth with the resins and some sugar for sweetness. It's kind of simple for a deep vanilla. Reminds me of things I've smelled before, maybe from Indie houses?

this is a very interesting combination of notes. as i first smelled it, i immediately thought of fish caviar but in a good way. when the scent fully dried down i got megamare vibes with a tiny hint of vanilla in it. surprisingly this is very unisex, even leaning feminine! i cant bring myself to actually want to wear this fragrance but its so interesting that i might just like it

This is the most photorealistic warm vanilla pod in a fragrance. All i get is vanilla crème pâtissière for that matter but is not overly sweet. If you have smelled a vanilla pod, and like it, this is a safe blind buy. All of the people that say it smells like olives, wel, go smell a vanilla pod

Fascinating I can't decide what I think of the smell but it's unique, not cloying. Perfect switch up for winter. BDK does it again.

I purchased a sample of this fragrance. My first impression: yes, it has a vanilla and gourmand character, but it is far from being as refined, emotional, or uplifting as Guerlain’s vanilla fragrances. On my skin, it unfortunately does not become a warm or creamy vanilla — instead, in the drydown it turns into something strangely “fishy,” almost like a salty, metallic nuance rather than a balmy sweetness. This completely killed the comfort effect I normally expect from vanilla. The opening is interesting and attention-grabbing, but the development does not go where it should. The fragrance feels incomplete, as if something essential is missing from the composition in order to feel truly finished. This is not a fragrance I would associate with a younger audience. On the contrary, it may appeal more to a more mature wearer, yet even for that audience, I personally would not recommend it. As someone who adores vanilla and looks for depth, warmth, and emotion in it, this one left me unsatisfied. The ingredients themselves feel high quality, but unfortunately, the scent as a whole did not work for me. My expectations were very high after BDK perfumes like Pas Ce Soir and Gris Charnel, and this was a disappointment. Craftsmanship & ingredient quality: 10/10 Scent satisfaction: 4/10

It’s good, but far from versatile. You have to be the right person in the right setting to pull it off. It smells great, and I really like it, but I don’t think I have the lifestyle for a fragrance like that lol. A very mature, well-rounded, and sophisticated fragrance that leans feminine, but I believe a well-groomed man in a suit could wear it with confidence. It really shines in colder weather and feels perfectly suited for elegant evenings and upscale social occasions. 7/10✨

Not trained on Calamus root but the opening is strangely spicy and slightly waxy? Very strange smelling opening as the vanilla caviar takes over more and more over time with cacao giving a dark sweet bitter over a heap of synthetic ambers. Doesn’t smell fishy or brine-y really but is still slightly weird smelling and gets very annoying to me over time