Gourmand Vanilla

My absolute favorite vanilla I’ve ever worn- but unfortunately, sits too close to the skin for me to really enjoy it. It’s almost undetectable on me until I press my nose to the sprayed skin or hair or clothes and really whiff. Hahahaha. It’s a gorgeous mature and (on me) very herbal/spicy vanilla. I loved it- but didn’t keep it in my collection because for me there was no projection. It did last for hours and hours though. If I sprayed it in the morning, I could still smell it on my skin in the evening.

i typically wear warm scents well, and this is no exception. it smells almost exactly like tom ford's VS. it's initial scent is a very prominent, almost alcoholic/root beer float vanilla, then dries into a warm, inviting, intoxicating milky vanilla, at least in my experience with it. with everything, i recommend testing first to see how it sits. it reminds me of a late fall/winter night with a lover, cozy in bed, wrapped in sheets, watching your favorite movie and eating fresh baked sugar cookies.

Absolutely fire soft vanilla with almond and ylang. Its sweet but its bright sweet, not cloying gas you out thick sweet. Layers so well with any dank spicey/leathery/earthy fragrances. One of the better TF VS dupes available in my opinion. Its probably meant as a feminine frag but its so good, I had to pull the trigger. Smells a little like plastic until some air gets in the bottle starting the maturation process. I layer it with qaaed al shebab, or Bentley for men.

dry down is a really really close kayali vanilla 28 dupe, but the initial smell is straight up tiger balm. embracing my inner asian auntie ig. literally could still smell it on me after sleeping with it on too (post like 12 hrs)

Comes out nutty with vanilla mixed. Gets creamier by the hour. I don’t understand the hate :( as a true vanilla lover, this is really close to just being vanilla with not so overpowering notes.