Frangipane

Smells like Guerlain Ylang and Vanille???? Sign me up! I love plumeria so adding it to my favorite combo almost makes me want to cry, I want this soooooo badly! Does anyone out there have a bottle they don't want? Please please please, make my day. Heck, make my year! And send me a message. You can have whatever it takes for a swap for this. ETA: I got me my very own bottle of this priceless scent! Woohoo! Wow. How to explain it. First off, I do totally get the comparison to Guerlain AA Ylang & Vanille. I would also say it feels related to AA Lys Soleia, another fave of mine. But, I sprayed all three on different places on my arms and in this way, I see they share some but are also different. This can only be described as AMAZING. It is warm, ylang and frangipani melt into a vanilla base. It isn't synthetic to my nose at all. It fills me up with emotions though. It is such a deep love I have for this that it causes me to be on the verge of tears one minute and then smiling wide the next, just because I know I have it! The three notes are key to this fragrance. It isn't powdery or candy sweet, but it might be considered a floral gourmand almost because it smells so rich and beautiful. I get great mileage both for sillage and longevity. It stays put on me for seven+ hours. I'd almost compare its overall vibe to Songes in that they are both rich and creamy and yellow. I've clearly found my zone lately and with the exception of some balsamic scents and the occasional white flower, neroli or sandalwood categories, my own personal heaven is in the ylang ylang flower and I now have several epic choices! If you resemble my taste at all and want a gorgeous ylang, frangipani and vanilla scent that pulls you in and makes you want more, this juice is for you! And I also love that it's not common in any of my circles of friends, that's always a bonus to me. I can only hope to find some self-control with my large bottle of this because it is very expensive. That is my one and only complaint. Finally, thanks to all of you for these awesome reviews. I don't know if I would've heard of this or thought to try without the eloquence you possess and share. Xoxo

This review is based on two wears. This was my first and hopefully only blind buy. I had it on my list for months but it was unavailable due to some sort of manufacturing issue, apparently, and I couldn’t find anywhere to sample it. Concerned it would be unavailable again soon I purchased a bottle as soon as it came back in stock. I love frangipani fragrances and was nervous to try this once it arrived (it’s a bit expensive to be blinding buying at £200 for 75ml). But the scent is gorgeous. It opens with just the right amount of indolic tropical flowers — not too little, not too much — but people who are very sensitive to indole of any kind might want to avoid this one. For me, it’s fantastic. I don’t pick up any of the violet, hyacinth, orange or incense listed above (or even the amber really). To my nose it’s a very yellow tropical floral with a vanilla dry down that’s a bit sweeter of a vanilla than I prefer but still beautiful. Very warm, very rich. The other notes may become more prominent with future wears, my nose tends to focus on the most prominent notes and then notices the more subtle ones after I get used to the fragrance. At any rate it was a successful blind buy, but I’m a sucker for yellow florals and all things tropical!

I finally got to try this one. Love it on my first impression: A waxy and tropical Frangipani flowers with sweet and buttery mimosa like vanilla. As time goes by, YlangYlang peeks through and brings more soft and fluffy mimosa vanilla. I keep saying mimosa but it must be from the vanilla-violet-musk combo that reminds me of mimosa. This is gorgeous, feminine, , head turner, noticeable perfume. My only negative is that I wish the longevity was better. Hard to justify the high price tag I don’t get any amber, water hyacinth, or orange. Jasmine is quiet here and of the fresher variety. Overall, it’s a tropical floral, subdued with a soft sweetness. A woman who likes to wear designer clothes to a beach vacation, but prefers to stay poolside and in the AC with a flower in her hair. This isn’t a full on coconut bra, getting dirty in the sand. Reminds me of another perfume I adore and own: Annick Goutal Songes. Also frangipani centered fragrance but Songes has way more curves and projection. Songes has more frangipani and more jasmine that leaves a spicy-powdery trail. Both are beautiful with very similar concepts. Both are exotic. Chantecaille Frangipane could be worn everyday due to it being softer.

Vie Cafe is absolutely correct in what she's said at the start of her review...this really is Guerlain's Ylang Vanille with a beautiful Frangipani thrown in. Frangipane has become an instant favourite of mine. I feel so blessed to have picked up my 100ml bottle for next to nothing as I know how much this retails for - and I also know I will not be smelling this on anybody else around here and that suits me just fine :) Ylang Ylang, Vanilla, Frangipani...that's what you're smelling for the first 20-30 minutes or so, and it's just gorgeous. But then, a beautiful Incense & orange note waft their way in and compliment the Frangipani absolutely perfectly. Once it's dried down, a soft musk kind of dusts over it all - very soft musk though, nothing screechy or loud about it. I didn't expect the projection of Frangipane to be as excellent as it is :) Longevity is great too, 8 hours and I can still smell this adorable perfume quite easily (I will admit that I'm about to go and re-dose though as I am falling very hard and very fast for it). Precious Perfume - completely precious. I honestly can't imagine any floral loving Perfumistas NOT loving this :) ♥

Ahhh...after testing a few "scrubbers" lately, I finally came to Chantecaille's Frangipane, and what a breath of fresh air! It's a soft yet stunning scent. It takes me to Hawaii, not with loud and obnoxious white florals, but with the exotic scent of plumeria at sunset, carried by the ocean breeze. Vanilla and orange were masterful choices to compliment the plumeria. I never would have guessed they could enhance the flower so much, but they add just the right touch of freshness and sweetness. They do not detract from the plumeria in any way, yet I smell them very clearly. The overall effect is that of freshly picked flowers, still a bit green. I am not big on florals, but I must own this. The perfume is soft on my skin, but it lasts FOREVER. I wore it for 20 hours, through a night of sleep. I couldn't believe the longevity for such a delicate scent. It's absolutely worth the money. Update--seven years later I finally pulled the trigger on a FB