Vanille Drama

I just received this as a blind buy as I’ve been on the hunt for more variety of vanilla fragrances. I would have loved to be able to buy the og but i think it’s absurd to pay more than $170 for a bottle of perfume! With that said upon first spray I was kind of surprised. It was an unexpected scent. I thought “oh no! This is granny!” But I kept an open mind. It was sharp bright citrus peppery! Very much a sinus opener! But almost immediately I could smell the vanilla and cocoa. After that initial opening the sharpness from the citrus combined with the pepper calms down a lot but you’re left with a Holliday spice kind of scent, like the smell of opening a jar filled with holiday spices in powder form or some kind of cinnamon containing tea bag. This is a rather dry and powdery fragrance. The vanilla as not as dominant as I thought it would be but I still like this very much. It kind of reminds me a little bit of emirs frenetic delicious which is supposedly a dupe for Dior feve delicious. Kind of. I’m still waiting for that bottle to mature some more. But it does give a bit of a cola vibe as if you could get vanilla Coca Cola in a powdered form and then add a touch of Christmas spice to it. I know it’s just pink pepper but maybe because of that pepper plus the cacao, vanilla and patchouli it gives me a kind of cinnamon spice aroma, slightly, not too strong. This is nothing like Khamrah or anything like that. The patchouli is subtle and does not weight this down at all! Think dry patchouli flakes in this recipe not big globs of wet patchouli leaves. The deep dry down is a lovely sweet and spicy powdery vanilla. I can’t stop sniffing my arm! The way the citrus and vanilla coexists in there reminds me a bit of dolce and gabana the only one, only that is much fresher and wet smelling fragrance without the spice and powder that this one has. I guess it’s like feve d and the only one sort of blended together. I will warn that this is a very mature fragrance. It’s sophisticated and very grown up. This isn’t vanilla cake. It’s not quite like vanilla powder or fursan white either. There’s no coconut. It is sweet but not tooth decay sweet. It’s got a very vintage feel, like a vintage style gourmand, a peppery vanilla spice but doesn’t have that warm leathery vibe that babycat has. That’s a deeper richer one whereas this is on the lighter end of the spectrum. Still very seasoned, spicy, savory, powdery, dry vanilla that feels very comforting to me but i wouldn’t consider this a safe blind buy. If i didn’t have such a vast and versatile taste for fragrances i could see how this could be a major blind buy fail for the average person. I actually bought it second hand from someone else who probably had that experience. I’m happy to have it in my collection and I’m wearing it at work today and also had it on for the gym this morning and even wore it last night to bed. I do think this is perfectly unisex! Guess I’m turning into a sophisticated old lady 😱😂 Edited to add: wearing this at work today and someone walking behind me said “it smells like Christmas” 🎄🥰 it almost does remind me of gingerbread. The way the pepper and cacao and sandalwood mix together is similar to ginger, then with the vanilla, think gingerbread cookings but not in an obvious way.

Very elegant and "demachy / dior" like fragrance without the dior markup, worth every penny IMHO. Starts off with a light touch of tart citruses, patchouly, heavy musks that remind me of roja diaghilev musks mixed with clean detergent musks, some syrupy sweetness with powdery and fresh spicy(cardamom and pink pepper) undertones. this opening is vintage feeling and sweet/sour with touches of old cosmetics vibe to it. as it dries down the fluffy fuzzy powdery base emerges, and its a mix of sweet tonka, cardamom, fluffy airy musks, styrax, benzoin, slight synthetic woodzy notes, sweet vanillin like accords that last for more than 12 hours on my skin with a light touch of cocoa powder. No rough edges what so ever, smells very "expensively" blended. The scent starts off vintage feeling with that bergamot/ citruses with ambery musky undertones and ends up powdery and sweet, overall smells In the same world of le lion, Shalimar, mitsuko, and all the older vintage scents. never tested the og but The only difference from the other big buck scents I tried is that the notes are a bit muffled and not vibrant like a high end roja or bortnikoff for example, but it's not even by a big margin, if this is for example10$ then they should be 15 or 20$ max judging quality wise. The projection is great in the first 2 house then it becomes a close scent bubble for the next 10 hours before becoming a skin scent. overall the scent/longevity is so great for the price that i already got a back up bottle because i fear they might reduce the longevity in future. Edit: also the bottle doesn't look like the fragrantica picture, it's a bit different (bottom heavy glass) and it's 80mls. Another Edit: the scent is kind of different on clothing, its more like a candied cola gummy vibrant sweet and sour scent with minimal change even after 24 hours, its much more complex and vintage feeling on my skin, its very addictive either way.

This is a supposed dupe of Dior Vanilla Diorama, which I haven’t had the chance to smell, as it’s discontinued and quite hard to find in my country. So I’ll describe this purely based on what I experience, without comparing it to the original. From the opening, it’s clearly a vanilla-dominant scent, but not overly sweet or overly gourmand. It’s nicely balanced by a warm spiciness coming from notes like cardamom and pink pepper. As it develops into the drydown, you can notice a soft boozy nuance,subtle and not overly alcoholic from the Rum note. Overall, it remains a vanilla and warm spicy fragrance until the dry down. The vanilla here is not too sweet or juvenile, as it’s supported by pink pepper, cardamom, and sandalwood, giving it a more unisex and mature character. It feels elegant rather than playful or overly feminine. For a budget dupe from Fragrance World, this is very worth it. It comes across as refined, mature, and perfectly unisex scent. The only downside is the performance. On my skin, it feels quite moderate, lasting around 4 to 5 hours, although it may last longer on clothes. If you’re looking for something similar but stronger, you might want to check out French Avenue Zenith Vanilla. It feels like a brighter, yet thicker version of Vanille Drama, with better performance. It opens with a candied orange note that makes it slightly more playful and bright at the start, but in the drydown, it returns to a very similar DNA (95% similarity) spicy, boozy, and vanillic. I personally prefer the scent of Vanille Drama compared to Zenith Vanilla. The vanilla here feels more mature, without the candied orange note that makes Zenith Vanilla slightly brighter and more playful. This one leans more into an oriental, spicy vanilla profile with no playful character at all more serious and refined. Even though Zenith Vanilla clearly performs better, I find Vanille Drama more appealing. 8.4/10

Vintage beauty in a bottle. Boozy, spicy, sweet vanilla like a classical fragrance. Smells more mature, its a perfect night fragrance and fall or winter fragrance for those who love those notes. She's warm on her own. Great layering, very delicious, well done and balanced. It smells like a rich luxurious fragrance of an "older era" , i can see why many say it's unisex, but to me it's pure feminity, class and grace. Yes men can pull it off too. THAT RUM is boozy as hell, and the pepper is spicy enough like the spices in a hot rum milk drink after you've skied all day, without being too much. It wraps you in a hug, an elevated boozy gourmand one that would do wonders at any event. It reminds me of something I can't quite figure out yet , beside the notorious connection everyone else has done. ** l GOT IT ! L HEURE BLUE de Guarlain !!!! I have the original! A perfume launched in 1912 ! Absolutely phenomenal! Notes are not the same but i swear smells like it 98% in the first hour of dry down it's crazy!!!!! I would like someone else to confirm on this please ** Its a safe blind buy, ridiculous price for something quite well done. You must like boozy, sweet, emdulgent, cozy, scents. Luxury grace and elegance hard to miss in this one. I will probably restock again since easy to find here, i won't be testing this first bottle any longer, i know a banger when i smell one. My mom would love it too. **I JUST RESTOCKED TWO NEW BOTTLES 🥰😍 I have 3 backups ** my mom loved it so much too, we both don't want to be without this gem ✨️

Tried this at a fragrance shop today. I really enjoyed it. Opens up with an orange-y citrus note, orange being the most prominent note. It's not a "photorealistic" orange, but more of like a candied orange if that makes sense. Then it's supported by boozy & warm amber-y notes and vanilla. The vanilla isn't overly sweet, which is very nice. After the initial opening, which I suppose lasts for 5-10 minutes, the scent is fairly linear, so don't expect it to change radically with every hour. As for performance, here in South Africa right now, where it's basically winter time, I can still smell it on my hand after 7 hours, and that's after spraying just one spray, though it's a faint skin scent by now (ie, no one is going to smell it unless they put their nose right next to the skin, so in the drydown, it's very intimate.). I will definitely get myself a bottle of this for sure, and if you happen to like a vanilla scent, supported by some sweetness and spices, with some candied orange notes in the opening, this scent is definitely for you. As for how it relates to other perfumes, the dry-down is somewhat similar to Lattafa's Raghba, but with much less spices and no incense/resinous notes; The dry-down is also similar to the dry down of Ambre nuit (minus the cola, Ambre Nuit smells like Ambery Cola to me, I really enjoy that one too) and Gulf Orchid's Yacht Club (which is a dupe of 40 knots by Xerjoff, and also smells similar to the aforementioned Ambre Nuit).