Vanille Malika

This is amazing! It smells like I imagine an arabian princess would smell like wearing a long flowy red dress and is very well put together with long dark hair. Vanille Malika is a very sophisticated vanilla. It is sweet, and warm and has a touch of spice. It is also syrupy and velvety. I think the syrupy factor comes from the lychee. Don’t think fresh lychee, think more lychee syrup. The incense also keeps it warm and sensual and gives it character. To my nose, the vanilla is really prominent and sweet and smells like a natural vanilla essence. Love, love ,love it I am so happy to own this beautiful and unique vanilla in my collection❤️

This perfume changed my life. Never have I gotten this many reactions from people, from inches away sniffing around the room trying to figure out whose perfume this is. Multiple people in my building told me they knew I was home because they could smell my perfume in the elevator way after I left. Such a boozy and seductive and deep vanilla. It's a vanilla with so much warmth and character and amazing silage. NOTE: I sometimes layer it with Guirlan Santal and that cuts through the gourmand in a beautiful way.

The first sprays feel intoxicatingly powerful, in a good sense. This is definitely a very mysterious fragrance and I can see why some people associate it with the Middle East; like an Arabic goddess. I would say it has a lot of personality and sometimes on enclosed spaces (such as a bus) it can be even overbearing for oneself, I would suggest beware of the sprays as at first (with a really sweet and bourbon smell opening) it may seem like it didn't get through your skin, but it develops after half an hour... and intensely. No idea about the surrounding people around me but as the wearer you notice it a lot. After an hour or two it develops into a bourbon vanilla scent that it's very sensual and mysterious. It doesn't have a big development afterwards but you can still notice the tingling sensation it evokes.

Honestly, I never thought I would fall so much in love with such extravagant perfume. From the first application, it was as if I was back in the local UAE bazaar in the essences and oriental perfumes section. This fragrance takes me back to Dubai time and time again. And that lovely smoky note of incense that intertwines with vanilla, sandalwood and pepper making it all into one whole stunning picture of a rich sheikh's wife at the local market choosing new oils for her signature perfume from the smiling saleswoman Fatima.

It was a blind buy for me and at first I regretted it completely. It starts out very intense, even a little overbearing. But if you can get past the first hour it turns into the best, most creamy, powdery and cosy scent. The vanilla is not overly sweet or prominent, it kind of develops in the background and holds everything together. I love it, it's perfect for cold weather.