Vanilified

I love this... and it was love at first sniff too!! I immediately began to think of the ways that I could layer this fragrance. I adore vanilla, so perhaps I am biased... but to me this isn’t just a sweet dark vanilla. Vanilified IS nuanced, if you know how to look, and the various vanillas added with the cocoa gives it an alluring depth that pulls you in. I layered Vanilified with cereal milk moisturizer, and I found the blend soothing. I am wearing this fragrance today (temp high of 73), and I applied it 12 hours ago... and I can still smell it. Throughout the day, I caught whiffs of Vanilified on my skin and my clothes. To me, Vanilified is unisex... but depending on how you layer it, you can get it to lean either way. I look forward to wearing this fragrance in the colder months too.

Starts out like applying a bottle of vanilla extract to your pulse points and then using cocoa powder as bronzer. Deeply edible in a way that most vanillas aren't - no hint of that artificial candle scent, or the sickly-sweetness that some vanillas can take on. Truly so gourmand that it borders on savory. But, it relatively quickly fades into something much more earthy and even musky, to the extent I almost pick up hints of grass after a few hours. I absolutely LOVE vanillas - if I'm picking up a candle or something, I am always going to go for vanilla, and I've sampled dozens of vanilla fragrances, but this is the first one I've really considered a full-sized bottle of.

Second review: since I'm sincerely baffled as to why this one isn't getting more love. Folks, this is KEROSENE'S TAKE on vanilla. Those looking for a predictable donut shop cookie cutter fragrance need to move on (or revise their expectations). Description of this as a 'cold' vanilla are spot on. High level of natural, top quality ingredients extremely evident in composition. Pronounced cocoa notes, along with a deep amber both succeed in grounding the fragrance completely and rendering it somehow familiar but at the same time as unique as one can get as far as vanillas go. THE BEST vanilla I've encountered in my 51 years.

Kerosene will never produce anything 'typical' or generic. This is a prime example. You won't get a cakey, sickeningly sweet vanilla with this one (haven't we had enough of those?) Dark resiney vanilla and cocoa. I truly love it. What's more, whenever I wear it, inevitably, someone around me sniffs the air, exclaiming: 'Who smells good?" That's more than enough for me.

For me, this starts with a chocolate vanilla liquor very delicious but not too sweet. It dries down to a vanilla incense, very musky, deep smoky, almost with some sandalwood or other soft woody romantic evening kind of scent. I love it.