Wild Vanilla Orchid

“Fresh Green Vanilla Bookstore” Wild Vanilla Orchid was created by Jerome Epinette, who is the same perfumer as Vilhelm Poets of Berlin, which was created one year after this. Wild Vanilla Orchid is really nice and took a little while to grow on me, but I do love it now. Poets of Berlin is almost an identical fragrance to this. Both are green, fruity, woody and fresh vanilla scents. I started with a 10 mL travel spray and am almost 3/4 finished and know a full bottle will be ordered soon. The first time I wore this it was unsettled and smelled mostly like sweet sawdust. I thought it was odd and unpleasant. Unsure what happened but subsequent wearings brought out more fruity and green nuances and also the airy fresh vanilla. This is a unique, fresh and green vanilla scent (non-gourmand) with a subtle woody side that’s almost like papyrus or specifically a paperback book. I think of it as having a “bookstore” basenote. The greenness is gentle and vegetal, not at all sharp, bracing or mossy. It’s a pleasant, cheerful, easy-going and casual scent. I find it eclectically sweet and love the gentle green (bamboo?) nuances. Other than Poets, I’d compare this to YSL Manifesto, although that one is designer style while this has a quirky niche quality. I haven’t tried anything else from Floral Street but this one is a winner. Longevity and sillage are solidly moderate (+/-6 hrs) 10/10 for me, it’s a great find. LOVE it and have been wearing it a lot lately. PS bought a 100 mL bottle. Love it. I think the bottle & packaging are fun, too. Vegan, sustainable and all that good stuff.

Whoa! Now THIS is unique (to me, anyway - I must admit I'm not super into gourmands so my knowledge of vanilla frags is limited). It immediately opens intensely woody and I almost wrote it off then and there but thankfully it quickly morphs into a green + fresh scent with vanilla that sweetens the longer it sits on my skin. Overall it's a very "designer perfume" scent profile so perhaps not all that unique in the grand scheme, but it's definitely a unique take on vanilla. I don't even go for scents this green usually but I'm super digging this! I'd say this is unisex. Also, it's strong. Definitely take a "less is more" approach when spraying this! Edit: It just clicked in my head why it feels so familiar! It does, indeed, bare some resemblance to Byredo's untitled perfume (which I ultimately didn't buy because of the price point). NICE!!!!!!!!! Edit 2: Ack. In the late drydown (like 2 hours before it fully disappears from the skin) the musk is soooo strong and it's the piercing, screechy, headache-inducing kind... NOT NICE!!!! I'm going to try wearing it a couple more times because it's absolutely beautiful up until that point but most likely I'm going to have to purge this from my collection :( What a shame!

Wild Vanilla Orchid is a strong woody, green, vanilla bean, and somewhat floral very vanilla orchid fragrance! It also has the note of vanilla in the top notes and vanilla bean as a base note, so the vanilla stays the entire time and is really nice! It's not a baking, vanilla extract vanilla, but it's definitely vanilla! So, if you're looking for a gourmand, edible vanilla, this isn't the one. It is a more unique vanilla if you would want to try it out, I'd suggest a decant, especially as much as it costs, I definitely don't think it would be a safe blind buy. I think this is overpriced for what it is. I think it's worth about half of what they charge, so I really wouldn't want to pay more than $50 for this. Thank goodness this was a present! Lol I love all different types of fragrances and I do love all types of vanilla too. This gets a solid like from me. It's not a love and I don't reach for it often. I do enjoy it when I wear it, but it's maybe a 7/10. It's kind of rich, so maybe best worn in Autumn or Winter.

This one turned my opinion of vanilla on its head. I ordered a completely different perfume from a reseller on eBay which was supposed to be Chypre Sublime. The box was correct, however Wild Vanilla Orchid was inside instead. I was instantly pissed, not only for losing on a gamble but that what was in its place was one of my least favorite scents; vanilla. But lo and behold it’s nothing like the vanillas I smell out in society that make my nose cringe at a choking wall of BO and warm sugar. This is raw woody vanilla without intense sweetness. It opens with an almost cooling effect as well, a sensation akin to menthol without the pungent mint. As the fragrance ages on the skin the vanilla shifts more to the back seat and the woods & orchid steal the show in the dry down. All around a surprisingly gorgeous and easy to wear floriental. While unexpected it fits into my collection as if there were always a spot waiting for it. I still haven’t gotten to try Chypre Sublime yet though. 💔

The first time I smelled this at Anthropologie a few years back, I was a newbie to fragrance, and I thought this was the most elegant and wealthy scent. This was the scent of ladies who owned large homes in Nantucket and Montauk (this was before "quiet luxury" was a was a lifestyle and personality). Think: Victoria Grayson from Revenge. Now that my nose is much more experienced, do I still think this? No. But do I still love this? Yes. So much so I just acquired a 50ml bottle from Sephora (it was recently on sale for $63). I am a sucker for all things vanilla, and this did not disappoint. It's not an edible, baked dessert gourmand. It's woody and floral, which plays up the greener aspect of vanilla. I struggle with fragrances in the summer because my favorite notes are ones that typically play better in cooler weather, but this is one fragrance that features vanilla and scintillates in the summer heat. Good projection and quite long lasting to boot.