Vanilla Cookie Dough

This was one of my first Demeter fragrances that I blind bought recently. Oddly, the box and bottle smell like a strong floral perfume! And it isn't just one bottle, I smelled it on two separate ones, because I had to get a replacement of it and both orders are the same. I thought another perfume may have spilled on it at the warehouse? I don't know, because the fragrance itself doesn't smell floral at all! To me, it smells exactly like cookies! It's like raw cookie dough but also a little like baked cookies. It is sweet and salty at the same time, just like cookie dough. It has a slight dry quality about it. That part reminds me of baked cookies. The saltiness can get a little annoying, so I'm thinking of mixing it with some Vanilla Cake Batter to sweeten it more. I tried the two mixed on paper and it smells good. Not sure yet about wearing it. The cake batter has an alcohol smell, but the cookie dough doesn't. I think it is very realistic! I can't speak about the longevity yet since I haven't sprayed it on my skin. But I'm going to try it soon.

The first thing that came to mind when I sprayed this on my skin was Italian biscotti dough before being put in the oven. My mom often makes these so this is a smell I'm very familiar with and it smells like home! There's even the slight boozy undertone (that tones itself down after some time). Of course the scent is fleeting but I'll still catch whiffs of it throughout the day and I love it. I paired this with Demeter's Espresso and its almost like they were made to use together. Lovely.

This was a blind buy for me. I just received it 2 days ago, and I'm not sure yet if I regret it or not. When I first spray it on, the most overpowering scent I get is butterscotch/ butter rum. So much so that I wondered if maybe Demeter, who also have a scent called "Butterscotch" in their fragrance library, had put the wrong scent in the bottle. There's also a whiff of burnt rubber that comes in a few seconds later. The overall initial scent is heavily sweet, synthetic and unpleasant. However, the scent eventually dries down to a very light, sweet vanilla, which is pleasant but generic. I'm going to give it a couple more days, but my initial impression of this scent is that it's better suited to a candle or a room spray than a perfume. In fact, it sort of reminds me of the "Vanilla Buttercream" Yankee Candle. EDIT: I've been trying this scent out for about a week now, and it's really grown on me. The initial cloyingly sweet synthetic butterscotch/butter rum scent hangs around for about 10 minutes before fading down to a really nice, light, creamy vanilla that lasts all day without being overpowering. Added bonus--it works as both a perfume AND a room spray! Hooray for versatility!

This one certainly smells like a cookie!! It's nice, but it can very easily become sweet to the point of becoming sickeningly so... Wearing too much makes me feel as if I had ate too much cookie dough too quickly. Be very careful to put only a little bit on at a time!!

As much as I want to love this there are certain parts of it that just make it "ok" for me. On initial spray and for the first few minutes there is an extremely spicy note that I very much dislike. It does dry down to smell like a very sweet and delicious vanilla, similar to vanilla cake by Montale. Unfortunately this perfume will not last a long time and doesn't project much, someone would have to hug you to smell it.