White Tea Vanilla Orchid

This perfume takes me back in time to the early days of my romance with my French lover. Our first night together was in this gorgeous 5-star luxury hotel. The soaps and lotions there were so beautifully scented I fell in love with them so I had to take all of them back home. How I wished I would find perfume matching those. Couple of days ago I went searching for my new spring perfume and just like by miracle I found this gem. This smells exactly like those luxury soaps. I can't get enough of this. It's very feminine, warm, comforting scent. I love it.

Another Amber floral that I love!. Funny, I've been realizing that most of the fragrances that I love are floral amber's and Vanilla amber's. Tonight I dug out my old (almost empty) bottle of this. Mmm. It reminds me of Vanilla Orchid by Floral Street. Just a lovely unsweetened, soft vanilla with a bit of musk in the drydown. Longevity is moderate as is the projection. Just a really beautiful scent!

A smooth, fluffy, musky but clean scent.

I think this might be the strongest White Tea in the line, but as with all of them, you need to wear them in warm weather to get the best from them! This is sweet and creamy. Oddly enough I think it smells so much like Britney Spears Prerogative Ego that I think I could take this little sample to top up with when I’m wearing that one to work! Tbh Ego is stronger for sure, vanilla orchid has a decent amount of throw for a white tea perfume.... They’re normally extremely intimate but this one creates a sweet, fragrant bubble around me! Re comparisons I have CK In2U and that is very citrusy and woody.... Almost piney, and quite unisex. I don’t smell much resemblance over all. I wouldn’t have made a link between this and Crystal Noir either. CN is sharper, soapier and a bit more screechy than Vanilla Orchid. I think this is an easier reach than either of those! There is a hint of the OG but it is more of a distant relative than most of the other flankers imho - apart from Wild Rose, which I didn’t enjoy as it’s was very fruity! Vanilla Orchid is the most feminine of the bunch too. Ps, it’s got vanilla but as someone who is mega fussy about vanilla in perfumes, it isn’t overwhelming, sickly or too perfumey.

For me, this was a pleasant surprise of the set. White Tea Vanilla is quite strong stand alone. While mandarin and rose are very obviously White Tea's little sister. The vanilla seems more like a distant cousin, as the vanilla really sets it apart. I found the vanilla a very interesting scent. I have't had many perfumes that don't pair vanilla with wood or musk, and the end result is nearly always a warm and comforting perfume. However, White Tea Vanilla remains true to the clean scent I feel White Teas are known for, but has a really lovely main note of vanilla, and the clean fresh scent fades into the background. For me, the dry down is subtle, yet long lasting. It's a fantastic every day fragrance for someone who wants to smell clean and sweet without overpowering (looking at you Alien). Fair price point, and probably one of favourite vanillas so far. However that may just be a testement that I'm very bored with vanilla scents in the perfume industry and this one has piqued my interest.