Vanille 18:00

Don't know why all the hate - just because of the notes?? 🤨 I have a bottle and this is a lovely honeyed-balsamic vanilla. I am very iffy with honey fragrances - this is one of the best I've tried. Great fall-time perfume.

A more spiced, tobacco version of Sissa or Milk+

In the collection of vanilla scents from Francesca dell'Oro, this is probably the most okay scent. I emphasize that it is okay, nothing too outstanding but there are some advantages for me to remember. As for buying a full bottle, I will have to think again because there are many better choices from Vanilla out there.

Finally got my nose on this! 18:00 is a sensual, well-blended complex vanilla. 18:00 is also a huge contrast from the previous Francesca dell'Oro vanilla releases. While the previous releases (namely 8:00 & 12:00) are more feminine, gourmand-leaning, and saccharine - 18:00 is darker and more masculine leaning. The sweet-dry-tobacco dry down reminds me a lot of Dior Tobacolor & Guerlain Tobacco Honey (If you enjoy those, then this is a safe blind buy). The honey is not too earthy or pungent, and the sweet balsamic undertones are a unique twist that makes 18:00 standout from other vanilla fragrances. I can see myself eventually buying a bottle of this but as a female that loves sweet vanillas, I much prefer 12:00, and 8:00.

Pure Honey. A spoonful down your throat. The most realistic one. The sugary kind. Don't get me wrong the expensive honey kind, the one you buy for a fortune at a farmer's market at the price of caviar, you can still smell the bees and the mountains and the flowers in it. In italy we have Miele di Castagno, a luxurious type. This is it. The one from expensive honey candies, for 30 bucks a bag. Soothing for your throat and soul. Unfortunately that's all there is :( Disappointingly NONE of the other notes. Tongka Labdanum Tobacco Vanilla Bran Sandalwood not perceived the slightest. so sad i have nostalgy of what i can't find in the notes.