Vannifolia

This one took time. First time I sprayed I was like “whatttt”. And not in a good way. It took about three weeks for the scent to be better blended, I checked two to three sprays every week. This is a mix of 30% gourmand sweet and 70% spicy vanilla. Now it’s beautiful, very strong and lasts forever. But I can tell it will be even better with time. Vanilla Aura was better blended from the beginning (but it is also getting better day by day), but this one is more beast mode. They are very similar and at the moment Vanilla Aura smells more elegant. If you have patience, it’s a great buy! 9/10

First impressions: I blind bought this with fear due to the recent divided opinions on Vanilla Aura. This was a total success! Starts with spicy lemon/bergamot on top of a dark seductive bed of Vanilla with ambrette. It's BEAUTIFUL! It smells "rich". This is a perfume that a millionaire lady would wear, on her satin super expensive robe when she will go lay in her very expensive bed. It's sweet, spicy, dark vanilla extract with a hint of citrus. I will write an udpate once this has sat for a while.

I can't compare this to any other perfumes, I haven't tried Guerlain or Vanilla Aura. However, as a standalone perfume, this was one of my favourite vanilla scents in 2025. It's warm spicy while being comforting and cosy. It has a great longevity, my shoulder-lenght hair normally touches my neck after spraying perfumes, and I can smell this in my hair for days. I've got a lot of compliments while wearing it so am very happy with it and chose it over other ones during the cold season.

The reviews of disappointed people who expected it to be a 1-1 dupe to Vanilla Planifolia make me laugh. Vanilla Planifolia contains the most expensive and exclusive Vanilla extract in tne world, thus the price of 600eur for bottle. Did you really expect the Arabian dupe house to use the same exclusive ingredient and sell the 100ml to you for 30eur and...lose money? :) you know, life contains way less disappointments when we use your brain

I like this, but it also reminds me of the smell of my grandmother's home 40 years ago, so I don't think I will get the big size. Sample is enough