Accident À La Vanille

I am a bit shocked that this outstanding house is not getting the deserved attention it truly deserves! With the note of vanilla being such a big favorite of mine I went ahead and blind bought it and I have no regrets whatsoever and I will explain why... Accident A La Vanille is Top note Vanilla, Heart note Vanilla, Sandalwood and Base note Vanilla, styrax. Very much self explanatory for vanilla lovers, right...or is it? If I had to describe Accident a la vanilla in just one word when you spray it on your skin it would be ‘Yummy’ 😋 I own quite a few vanilla fragrances that by time turn truly delicious and yummy but this fragrance instantly gives you the urge to eat your skin! Apologies if that sounds gruesome! This vanilla is so beautiful and thick it instantly reminds me of a delicious vanilla cake that feels like it’s been poured over your skin. A very realistic and mouth watering warm delicious vanilla like no other fragrance I currently own. One thing that I immediately noticed is that It’s not even overly sweet, everything seems to be meticulously measured to make it the ultimate vanilla fragrance....then it does a nice turn like a Roald Dahl twist to the tale and this beauty starts to show some smoke in it too! This gives it that extra special touch to it and really makes it so spectacular A very interesting thing I noticed is that in the high Summer heat the performance is not as beastly as I thought it would be. I was actually a bit afraid to use it in high heat but it’s so well constructed that it does not cloy or annoy you one at all in high heat. But when you are in an air-conditioned environment it seems to jump off your skin again! Absolutely genial! Absolute quality! I am so happy to own this beauty and I personally consider Accident A La Vanille the best homage to the vanilla note yet ever created! A must for vanilla lovers!

Ok I loooveee this. It actually reminds me of 2 scents I already love -- Pacifica Island Vanilla & Lush Let The Good Times Roll. If those 2 had a baby, it would be Accident A La Vanille. There is this extra note in Accident tho, and I can't get enough of it. It is delicioussss, like real butter cookies or European style biscuits (the sweet kind). The scent then quickly dries down and that artificial butter note in LTGTR starts coming thru (probably what ppl are reading as popcorn). The butter note in Accident is nowhere near as strong as in LTGTR, but it's def present. And for me, the rest of the drydown is that mix of IV & LTGTR, with random wafts of delicious butter cookies. Performance wise, this one is tricky. There's a moderate scent bubble & sillage, and it actually lasted through a night's sleep for me. The scent is quite delicate smelling tho, and I went noseblind to it relatively quickly, so I can see how it'd be rated poorly in performance. However, I was able to smell it again after waking up (8-10 hrs), and my husby smelled it on me after getting off work (6-7 hrs). And I've noticed that the scent has deepened a bit & the performance has gotten better in the last few weeks that I've had it. All in all, I got this bc I'm a vanilla goblin, and if you're a fiend for vanillas like me, I'd say yes, get this. But look for it on sale. I got this for less than 100, and I think that's a good price for it. I would be siicckk if I paid full price for this. Also, if you have Pacifica Island Vanilla & Lush Let The Good Times Roll, you can layer them together and see what you think (Lush on the bottom, Pacifica on top). If u like that, you'll like Accident A La Vanille.

I seriously can’t wait to put my hands on this one. It smells like a scrumptious, slightly caramelized vanilla bean blondie to me. There is no nut added but it’s still rich in flavor. It’s fresh out of the oven (so piping hot!) and you’re resisting the urge to take the cake out of the mold just right now, because the borders are super sticky from the cake’s texture, the butter and the sugar. You know you’ll get to eat the delicious and hot cake bits if you take the cake out of the mold right now. When it comes to sillage, Accident à la Vanille is a very polite and well-behaved perfume— dare I say, a little bit shy. It definitely won’t fill a room. It’s the kind of perfume only your close ones could smell, while sitting next to you, hugging you etc. On the other hand, longevity is more than honorable. However, it's quite a photo-realistic gourmand so people who don't like smelling like actual food might not see the appeal in this one. I personally love photo-realistic gourmands when they're smooth and of good / high quality, so I absolutely love this. I feel like it’s a great vanilla for layering, if you want to add or increase the gourmand facets of a perfume. For example, I would be really curious to see how it plays out with One Umbrella For Two from Floraiku, to accentuate the blueblerry muffin effect. I'll try this combo and report on that... 🥰

Being a vanilla and gourmand lover, I was surprised that I didn’t absolutely fall in love with this perfume when I first smelled it. Don’t get me wrong, it was sweet and inviting, but in a dry graham crackers/animal crackers kind of way. I didn’t like the dryness as I was expecting a rich, soft, dessert-y vanilla (based on some YouTube videos and earlier reviews I read). I swore to never blind buy a full bottle ever again and put it away. A few days later, I decided to give Accident à la Vanille another try and sprayed it on my pulse points and clothes before leaving the house to run errands. I’m sooo glad I gave this another try 😍 About 20-30mins after spraying, I finally got the creamy, buttery, rich, warm vanilla that people are talking about. The graham cracker scent was still present but it blended well into the vanilla yumminess that is this perfume. This is a true gourmand that’s not sickly sweet, cloying and headache-inducing. I got a number of compliments throughout the day as I completed my errands and the longevity is amazing! You will smell like literal sugar cookies straight out the oven all day 🥰

A magnificent and notable vanilla. One of the best I've smelled if I'm to be completely honest. Soft, yet somewhat dense. Projection and sillage are decent, which is always a plus. Vanilla in its natural form without enhancements tends to be very soft and doesn't lift off the skin much, so kudos to perfumer Jimmy Bodin. Accident À La Vanille is very gourmand, but in the most sophisticated manner. A beautiful Accident, so to speak. As Aviegravy stated "buttery", warm, intimate and quite sultry. For true vanilla lovers. I am not one to instantly think up a fragrance reminiscent of the one I'm reviewing, but there are 2 that come to mind. Hypnotic Poison, without the almond note but I was mostly reminded of Philosophy's "Fresh Cream" with a touch of sandalwood. Jousset's quality is obviously much more elevated than Philosophy, but to my nose it's in the olfactory family. Vanilla is often dependent on tonka bean. Styrax was a great choice of notes to accentuate this fragrance. If you enjoy an unapologetic vanilla, this is a safe blind buy if you're unable to acquire a sample.