JD Vanille Farfelue

@LoungeHound has it totally right! Sexy, Seductive yet soothing and still stimulating at the same time. I was going to blind buy this but the comparisons to #5 scared me so I ordered a sample along w/ a sample of their Rugier de Gardenia (not available yet in a full-size bottle only samples) I am one of those #5 haters, sorry Chanel fans but I can't stand the stuff. Vanille Farfelue is pillow soft aldehydes on a soft feathered bed of vanilla and yellow floral and violet/rose powder. Vanille Farfelue dances on your skin and leaves a velvety delicious trail throughout the room. 1000 times better than TF Metallic (that is banana/vanilla custard gourmand) while nice isn't very sophisticated. Vanille Farfelue pays homage to vintage greats from the past while being very wearable for the 21st century. If you lament the fact that new releases from major designer houses are dull. If you lament that while many niche houses have nice, vintage style perfumes but they are out of your price range give JD Jeffery Dame's Woman and Femme lines a try. I have been majorly impressed w/ the quality, value for money, and vintage style of these beautiful perfumes. Sampling the new Rugir de gardenia right now. They only have samples available right now. Rugir de Gardenia is a very lactonic and milky gardenia tickled by strawberries. Slightly green as well. The strawberry comes in and out almost in a playful way. The coconut here is not overdone but this is a summery tropical gardenia. Ylang is coming through in the heart adding a slight banana custard cream but not in a gourmand way. Tolu balsam is giving a slight balsamic quality and woody sweetness. This is a delicious tropical gardenia but not in a sunscreen way at all. Nothing sunscreen here. Just delicious, tropical florals and fruits in the air on a summer resort vacation. I need full bottles of both of these. Damn, this house is so good!

Oh, my. What a beautiful surprise! I agree with the reviewer below that this is a mature fragrance, likely to disappoint those looking for a modern vanilla. It is NOT that - in fact, the vanilla is incredibly faint on my skin. What DO I smell? The opening is a perfect, timeless aldehydic fragrance. Womanly, warm, mature, sparkling, elegant. It smells vaguely of old- fashioned bubble bath (complete with All the Bubbles!), triple milled soap, Chanel no 5, L'aimant, and every other aldehydic fragrance I've ever had. It smells boudoir, powdery, vintage. Yes, aldehydes are responsible for the similarities, but I also thought that IRIS was here as well. Not so, if we go by these notes alone. Violet is here instead, and what a lovely violet she is! Powder arises in spades after the first half hour, and with it a nostalgia for those who love powdery, boudoir fragrances. Dry down is softer and cozy. Here I am somewhat reminded of Ciel, that best-budget scent for powder lovers, smelling anything but cheap. The talcum note is lovely and classic, redolent of many a drugstore classic or legendary, discontinued Patou. In fact, the aroma chemical 'coumarin' seems responsible for both that Patou flair and also the longevity here. Beware if you hate aldehydes and powder. Beware also if you find them addictive..... ;) Repeat: What a vintage style treat! <3

This reminds me of a more modern version of vintage Chanel No 22 EDT (they have 6 notes in common). That is what I immediately thought of when I first tested Vanille Farfelue on my skin. Doing a side-by-side comparison, my vintage 22 EDT is a spicier, "dirtier" and deeper, while Vanille Farfelue is breezy, summery if you will. Violet and lily of the valley whisper in the background and the aldehydes and vanilla gently sing the melody together. Good job, JD! I like it. By the way, I think you will have to really enjoy aldehydes to appreciate this one. I love my Chanel No 22 EDT, and White Diamonds (my signature, so I am biased!). I have sampled Chanel N°5 Eau Premiere several times and Vanilla Farfelue and Chanel N°5 Eau Premiere could be cousins. I also appreciate Chanel No 5 and White Linen although I do not have them in my collection currently, but I have enjoyed wearing them in the past. That being said, if you really like the perfumes I have mentioned, you should enjoy Vanille Farfelue. I also noticed that when I put it on my skin, it seemed to have a high concentration of oils and almost feels like a light body oil upon application (which I like).

An incredible blend of aldlehydes and vanilla. I'm not normally much of a fan of aldehydes but as soon as I tried this, I loved it. While I usually try fragrances several times before fully making up my mind, this was love at first sniff. If you are wanting or expecting a more traditional bakery-type sweet vanilla (don't get me wrong - I love those kinds of vanillas), you won't find it here. However, if you are looking for something different, an interesting juxtaposition, you will find it here. I find the scent fairly linear (the scent doesn't change much over time), but I'm happy about that because then I get to keep smelling a luxuriously bubbly, elegant scent for hours. This smells much more expensive than it is. It smells rich - not in a heavy or thick way, but in the sense that it brings to mind someone who has great taste and appreciates quality. I'm truly delighted with Vanille Farfelue. Also, I agree with a lot of reviewers below - I tried my hardest to love #5 but just never managed it. However, I would say that this is what I wanted #5 to be.

ALDEHYDES (yes, caps on purpose), vanilla, and rose. The aldehydes really hang in there, and since I love aldehydes, I love this about it. Feels vintage and American, like something from Estée Lauder’s 80s perfumes done modern, and I mean that as a compliment. Love Chanel’s use of aldehydes, too, but EL could really rock them back in the day. I’ve found that my body temp is often a hair too low to allow Hugh Spencer’s creations to bloom (in conjunction with living where I do, in the northeast), and that they fall a bit flat on me unless I wear them for a workout, near a fireplace, during a hot flash (lol) and so on, but this doesn’t suffer that fate. I also feel like aldehyde-lovers could easily own this, C 22, White Linen, and Metallique without it being overkill (for perfume maximalists, at least). I have the first three and will likely grab Metallique at some point. I don’t find them redundant, but then, I have an obsession with aldehydes and an over-sensitive nose.