Vanì Charnel

This is such a beautiful vanilla with a good balance of sugary gourmand notes, fruits, & a few florals. It's just right to me! I don't actually smell any floral notes, but I believe they're there to keep it from becoming too cloying. There's a smooth light brown caramel note in this that's not too heavy or thick and it's creamy. It's not a dark brown or burnt caramel note, but just more like a drizzle of caramel over the candied fruits & this reminds me of vanilla ice cream. The fruity notes don't stand out too much to me either, but they give this vanilla caramel scent some substance other than just sugar. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you won't sniff this and smell juicy fruits, but the candied fruits give a nice hint of a twist that makes this different than some other straight vanilla perfumes. Overall, this reminds me of a creamy vanilla ice cream scent. I've searched for a vanilla ice cream scent and even the ones that list ice cream as a note miss the mark for me. This smells like vanilla ice cream that's halfway melted because it has more warmth to it and doesn't have any icy notes and it doesn't feel like a cold scent or have any frozen scent accords. With a bit of overspraying, this has pretty decent projection and very good longevity for me! It's not a powerhouse that you'll smell across the room, but it definitely has a presence even in cooler weather. In warmer weather with the heat warming up the fragrance on my skin more, it projects even better! I'm not sure why a few people are saying they smell latex from this, but I don't get that at ALL, not even a little. Scent: 10/10 Projection: 6.5/10 Longevity: 9/10

I truly love this vanilla, caramel fragrance. It's soft, yet long lasting, radiates nicely within arms length, it actually has some depth. I love the little touches the artist made to this fragrance! The Vanilla and Caramel is most prominent, but than the Candied fruit adds a nice sweet fruity backdrop, benzoin helps add warmth and a stable ground to keep it from being all sugar, and then the peach blossom is in there adding a very slightly floral touch to keep it from going too sugary as well and it's blended so well in here, to where you can feel it, you can tell the florals are in here but you can't exactly place them either. This is my 2nd most favorite vanilla that I have, 1st being fire at will. I feel like now that I have these 2 scents. I could get rid of all my other vanilla frags besides maybe Royal Crown Sultan. But I have like 20 vanilla frags right now and I can't wait to get rid of them so I cam minimize my vanilla collection, and I now I just need to figure out my top 2/3 favorite Chocolates so I can also cut back on the 10 chocolate frags I have lmao. But yes this is LOVELY. Def worth the money imo. Just please test before you buy b/c everyone is different. And maybe you already have a top 3 vanilla list and this won't cut it for you or maybe it's too similar to something you already have. But for me this is a 9/10. She's a true beauty and a keeper in my collection ALWAYS!

In the opening I get spun sugar and a tiny bit of vanilla-strawberry hard candy; the lemon note in the opening is fleeting. Then it settles into a beautiful vanilla with not much evolution after that. This is from top to bottom, a sweet creamy caramel vanilla fragrance along the lines of Mazzolari Vaniglia but with very slightly less caramel and more fruitiness— but not fresh fruits, hard candy-like fruitiness. I don’t get any florals. This is not a heavy vanilla by any means, the words ‘fluffy’ and ‘airy’ come to mind. It’s beautiful, feminine-leaning but a man can pull this off if he is not restricted by boundaries of what is considered feminine or masculine. Overall a beautiful fragrance, definitely worth checking out. EDIT: Y’all are going to think I’m crazy but I’m getting elements of Glaze Ecstacy. Like the sweet fluffiness in the dry down of Glaze Ecstacy. EDIT 2: Deep dry down, I’m getting strawberry vanilla ice cream. EDIT 3: Projection— arms length for about 2 hours then a nice scent bubble. Longevity: 6-8 hours on my skin, over 10 hours on clothes.

I am wearing my sample from L.S. today and as soon as I put it on, my grown up son came into the room and said "What is that smell?!" He never does that with any of my perfumes. He loved it and wanted to smell it in the tester bottle too. It's a sweet, caramel gourmand, even though generally I'm not a fan of caramel at all. It's got a burnt sugar smell to me that's addicting. My most recent purchase was Escapade Gourmande, and I'm wondering if I should have waited and bought this instead. I still love the other one, but this one a little more so. I have a feeling it will be going on my full bottle wish list. It leaves such a delicious trail behind me. I have smelled Pink Sugar and hated it, so I do not think this smells alike at all. This is so much more elegant and made with better materials. I also agree with MyChinaRose (bottom review) that mentions something lactonic in this scent. I get that too, and it's a perfect pairing with the almost burnt vanilla smell here. I'm not getting any florals, citrus or fruits though, and that is fine with me!

Vanì Charnel by Epicò opens up as a sweet vanilla musk. Over time a rich, warm caramel seeps through to upstage the gentle musk. Vanì Charnel blooms into a smooth and balanced gourmand. There is a hint of sticky, buttery, condensed milk throughout the scent, and it is deeply comforting. At the end of her long life, Vanì Charnel leaves with just a faint sugary vanillic musk left, just as she began. After giving her a chance, Vanì Charnel is a very warm, sugary, and creamy caramel. This is not a "complex" scent, but it is every Gourmand lover's dream. To me, this perfume smells like dulce de Leche. I do not detect any of the fruits or florals listed in the top notes. Vanì Charnel is feminine, rich, and sensual. I actually received compliments on my perfume all throughout the day! Delicious scent, lovely projection, excellent sillage. A new favorite for me!~♡