La Baguette

I had a possibility to try this Fendi’s new collection and this one immediately stood out from the rest of the line. There are very nice scents but this one was love at the first sniff. La Baguette is captivating combination of stunning minimalist beauty, elegant powdery deliciousness without being gourmand and a dreamy soft pampering texture. Iris is delicate and vulnerable but it’s not too dry, cold or make up like because of tender Vanilla which is not too sweet nor sugary. The most refined leather joins to this dreamy, slightly creamy, classy and luxurious concoction. Sometimes, for a fleeting moment, it feels like a delicious treat. It’s not easy to make an iris fragrance, especially something as simple as this, that would be somehow special but Anne Flipo managed to do it. La Baguette was an instant love and it developed quickly into an obsession since it doesn’t only make me feel confident and beautiful but it also creates amazingly cozy and calming vibes. Thank you for reading, I hope my review was helpful. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles): @ninamariahperfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗

La Baguette isn’t a super sweet vanilla (thankfully), it’s a dry and suede-like vanilla that’s powdery, lipsticky and iris dominant. There is a slight metallic note, in the style of a cold-cream (classic face cream) way, which I think comes from the iris/orris that’s slightly metallic. I prefer this to Black Tie as it’s more neutral, wearable and office friendly. A daily signature and a modern classic. Of course I’d like this, my entire passion for fragrances is all about minimalist, easy wear, modern classic women’s fragrances that lean unisex. Update: I wore it today and it’s beautiful. It’s a dry-sweet powdery suede that would appeal to lovers of Cuir Beluga (with added iris). On the strip it, I wasn’t impressed at all and I passed it off - you have to wear it to love it. I’ll update again and I’ll give a full in-depth review once I get a full bottle. For now, I can tell that longevity isn’t as great as others from this line. For now, it goes straight to my favourites.

The opening feels very copy and paste to other niche vanilla-leather-iris offerings, but the dry down is what sets this apart from the others. La Baguette smells like sweet vanilla and cold, buttery irises. The sillage feels texturally silky with the chilly iris note. The vanilla is also borderline gourmand, but the white leather balances it beautifully. My partner who is mostly indifferent to my perfume collection even asked me what I was wearing because it smelled so good! Full bottle worthy, and safe blind buy if you cannot get your nose on it if you like sweet iris frags.

This is so good. As a huge fan of Black Tie, I found myself searching for another buttery orris—and this one absolutely delivers. It’s simpler than Black Tie, but that’s part of its charm. The composition is elegant in its restraint. The leather note is soft and sweet, like pressing your nose to the inside of a brand-new designer bag. The buttery iris lingers beautifully, and as it dries down, the vanilla begins to warm through—gentle, smooth, and just sweet enough.

This is the most delicious, buttery, creamy iris in the market. Iris is my favorite note in fragrances and this is done in the most elevated way possible. I've read some folks draw comparisons to the Dior Homme line and although the iris in those is waxy and lipstick like (similar to La Baguette), Fendi really refined the dna and the added vanilla and leather in this truly set it apart. Haven't fallen this head over heels over a fragrance ever. HUGE LOVE for me.

The opening smells very sterile to me, but in a pleasing way. I like this a lot. For my first impression, it’s cold and grey in the beginning, I do not get vanilla at all...After about 5-10 minutes this warms into the buttery iris vanilla I was anticipating. I applied this a second time right out of a shower, skin hydrated generously then applied La Baguette layered with L’eau D’hiver and its chefs kiss 👌🏻so comforting and beautiful.

Absolutely gorgeous! A strong, creamy, approachable iris melds with the softest, smoothest leather (think: very expensive, supple leather gloves). A sheer yet 3-dimensional vanilla (only barely sweet) weaves about the leather and iris like gauzy chiffon. Simple yet elegant, expensive-smelling yet cuddly and extremely wearable. A genius composition that every iris or leather fan should experience.

A refined feminine powdery woody fragrance with the price to match. Perfect signature grade scent, with a makeupy iris that smells wearable and modern. It didn’t shake my world but boy, is it gorgeous and one that you just can’t stop wearing.

I've tried all the fragrances from this new line and, althought this iris/leather gourmand rendition has been done many times, this is the only one I find bottle worthy, specially considering the price tag. Very elegant and well balanced.

Smells like patent leather, lipstick, makeup powder and slight hint of bubble gum. Wth this is so good!

Beautiful sweet lipstick-y suede goodness. It’s just what the notes say but blended so so well.

Best Iris/Vanilla on the market right now

It smells just like a baguette

To the three below who have trouble smelling it, I have a full bottle from manufacturer and right off the nozzle it is strong. On skin and on clothes it lasts and projects with average performance - meaning I can smell myself and people can smell me for up to 6 hours. I have gotten complimented plenty as well. Maybe a reformulation happened (speculation) but I'm pleased with scent and performance. Hope this helps.

Interesting. Creamy, cozy, and polished, reminiscent of soft buttered leather, luxury face powder, and warm skin. I detect a little bit of lipstick. This is just a really interesting fragrance.

Is the leather in the room with us? I'm only getting powdery vanilla iris. It's fine, but I don't think it's worth the price.

Absolutely not even close to Black Tie! That is blasphemy talk right here!! Black Tie is beautiful and perfectly unisex with that hint of Céline vanilla and such a joy to wear! On the other hand, La Baguette is unbalanced and far too masculine on me to even entertain the idea of keeping it in my collection. I’m not saying it’s gross or that it has bad notes but on me, it’s a leather mess that feels like a bad mistake. The iris in here is roots, earthy and fights dirty with that leather note to the bitter end!! Longevity is pretty great though and I had to suffer for hours after I sprayed my wrist. This is a big no for me and I highly recommend testing it or sampling it.

I can’t see why this is popular at all. This is a metallic smelling vanilla. Almost smells like vanilla and burning electricity, yeah it’s a pass

I even have no idea why this is rated over 4...it smells literally synthetic and horrible.

I was going to add an update to my original review but decided to make a new one to say that I concur with the last 2 reviews, I also can not smell this, nor could anyone around me and I have an official sample. I got it back in the summer from the Fendi store and it didn’t leave an impression on me back then. First spray was nice but that faded fast to a lackluster version of Dior homme intense and it didn’t perform or last at all but I thought that was just because of the extreme heat and figured I’d give it another chance in a different season. Well now it’s winter and I decided to try my sample again and same issue, barely there. I smell it for a brief moment then poof, gone with the wind. Even zouzou by Celine has more power than this and that says a lot since that’s a quiet fragrance. In conclusion, La baguette to me is a boring, average smelling designer perfume with horrible performance and is certainly not worth the price. It smells nice, while you can still smell it that is, but there are so many better iris perfumes out there for sure.