Ambre et Vanille

This perfume is beautiful. It's so Comforting, a hug in a bottle. It instantly calms and reassures me. It's a powder bomb, so if you don't like powdery fragrances, then avoid it. It does have a vintage feel to it but doesn't feel outdated. I reach for this when I know I'm heading into a stressful situation or after showering after a hectic day, to soothe me. I have repurchased time and time again over the years and its like a security blanket that I cannot be without.

With this perfume I bought a loving embrace in a bottle!! Soft, warm, sweet (but not overly sweet), very comforting; it's a vanilla with the tiniest hint of warm spices and flowers and some lighter, elegant notes swirling around it. For me this is a very relaxing scent, and I've noticed other people coming closer as they are drawn to this smell as well. The perfume lasts forever on me, stays close to the skin but is present and noticeable all day.

Since my first review in 2011 the fragrance got reformulated. The new version is still nice to wear, but it lacks the softness that always gave me the illusion of spraying the equivalent of a warm embrace on me. Now I do detect some obvious synthetic, sometimes slightly "oily", traces in the scent. Takes away some of the mystery and beauty. However, it's still a comfy vanilla scent... just not soooo special any more.

I don't think there is a perfume from E.Coudray House I wouldn't like. This one is soothing and warm, although might to slightly overpowering if worn during the day. It is a nice, inoffensive gourmand; opens with a light flowery and orange hint and dries down into a beautiful vanilla heaven. Tremendous lasting power. .

This is nice - vanilla and amber nicely balanced; it doesn't go anywhere or develop into anything special it just hangs around a decent length of time being warm and cosy. I like it but for the price and it's 'exclusive' image I confess I expected something a bit more exciting.

i bought this masterpiece yesterday! i love it because it is very sensual and feminine. the powder here is really strong but you still get the vanilla and amber scent! very luxurious sensual and pure at the same time.

One of my favorite fragrance so far very sophisticated and sensual at the same time plus are very long lasting. It's simply lovely on all way.

I love,its podery and creamy.I fell well whith it.

For me the best perfume in the world!!!

This perfume is like someone said below, like a familiar comforting hug. Soft and tender, sweet but not overbearingly, baby powder-like but the most expensive kind. I really enjoy it, the only thing I worry about with this one is it does have a mild vintage feel to it. Which knowing myself I will grow tired of so buying a full bottle is risky. Trying to put my finger on what that note is, the tonka or the iris, but gives it a very subtle "this is a perfume for a mature lady" feel. Update: Getting through my decant, yes still iffy in terms of fb. Has a chewy bubble gum quality that I'm not loving at all. Doesn't last amazing either. I'd buy it for maybe 10-20£ for 100ml. Edit: Found the holy grail alternative! Joop! Le Bain. Same without the old school vibe and the price is right at 20£ or 75 ml.

I received this in an eBay auction as an addition to the Serge Lutens Gris Clair that I was really after. Tried it first and thought it too sweet and overpowering (I'm a heavy sprayer)...but then, on that afternoon, Gris Clair also seemed too sweet. Days later, I am back with it and I think I really like it. It is very powdery, a little reminiscent of baby powder, but more subtle and sophisticated, especially in the dry down. There is a unique (to me) note that reminds me at times of clean wet laundry...hard to explain, but not unpleasant. I do have to apply it more sparingly than I usually do, but that is not a bad thing. It last for at least eight hours, wafting up unexpectedly when I move. Feminine, powdery, but not self-effacing.

Ambre et Vanille ... What a cosy vanilla. Embracing, staying close to the skin, soothing. Not a typical sweet one. It is more like a caramelized sugar on creme brule - one step more and it will become bitter. Very sensual and peaceful. I also cannot detect the other notes. Just the smooth vanilla veiled in something airy. Yes, it is simple, but for me it makes this fragrance sophisticated, and to me it smells expensive. Should be great as an autumn / winter day fragrance. My man says it smells like babypowder.

Firstly it was soft sweet cinnamon and after an hour it is lovely sweet baby powder, with just a faint echo of the earlier cinnamon. Lovely lovely lovely, beautiful, soft and comforting - but a little too reminiscent of that precious newborn baby smell. I think I would end up wanting to over-nurture everyone around me if I was smelling this regularly.

Vanilla caramel fudge.The opening aroma is deliciously edible;sweet,rich almost chewy. After five minutes the powdery note puts in an appearance and there it stays for the duration which,frankly,isn't an astounding amount of time but it's okay-about 3 to 4 hours as a gentle powdery vanilla skin scent.

A castoff from my older sister, I like it, but not on me - I use it as a room spray. To some this may sound like waste or worse, blasphemy, but for me it's just not a perfume, not something I would WEAR, but I like to smell it in the room. Smells like its name: of amber and vanilla.

Classic powdery, ambery vanilla. Sweet and intensely feminine. It smells familiar, like the aroma wafting from a sweater when being hugged by a loved one.

I own the body oil spray, and it smells like something people might have worn in 1935. Back when powder had more of a tang or bite to it. This isn't a bottle I reach for (I've sprayed it once, just now only). I bought it blind because E. Coudray used to make a Vanilla oil with which I was obsessed, and I wrote to the company trying to track it down, but they said they stopped making it and that Vanille et Ambre was what they suggested as the closest match. It's not vanilla. If you're looking for a vanilla fragrance, keep looking. Probably in the direction of Montale Vanille Absolu. Oh, well. If anyone has the Vanille one (old bottle) please PM me.

Got a sample of this in a perfume sample box. Very sweet when first sprayed on. Rather cloying but wearable. Within half an hour I smelt the most awful ammonia smell that made me feel nauseous. Had to scrub it off. Definitely a strong, old fashioned smell. Not for my skin and not for me.

This perfume smells really bad, it is conservative and not pleasant at all. I am very disappointed. It lacks character and I really can't understand why it has good reviews. Definitely not a safe blind buy!

Oh noo this one has had its day way back .to old fashioned.i can't describe because it made me feel ill .another bad blind buy 😭😂😂😂