No. 25

Granted, I’ve only had my 8.5 oz bottle for one day, so I’m going to let this macerate for a few days... but I have several bottles of Terracotta Voile d’Été and while they say N°25 is a reissue of VdE, there might be the same issue people had between Mahora and the “reissue”, Mayotte. My VdE bottles, while not bee bottles but the sprays, have a somewhat stronger, denser composition with fantastic carnation. N°25 so far feels more sheer and smells sweeter, less spicy, and kind of like root beer. I’m also not sure how this previously unopened bee bottle was stored. Yes, from Fragrantica alone, the VdE is more spicy whereas N°25’s pyramid describes it as more vanillic and floral. Kind of a shame because I really adore VdE and from what little I read online about N°25, it was stated as being the exact same as VdE. It is not, to my nose, and this also makes me glad I’ve hoarded more bottles of Mahora instead of buying Mayotte. Edit: I let it macerate and it actually is, to my nose, the exact same formulation as TVdE. But I can’t speak to Mayotte and Mahora because I have heard that Mayotte is not the same as Mahora.