11 11 Vanilla

I've smelled the original Lake & Skye 11 11 that's a less vanilla, more ozonic, mineral, or marine version of Byredo Gypsy Water, a lemony-pine woody vanilla. Lake & Skye 11 11 Vanilla is like the original with a touch of gourmand sweetness. Initially, something about 11 11 Vanilla was off to me and didn't blend. Like my stomach wanted to get queasy even if it didn't. I've since tested some more and I now love it lol! I feel like this will work best in warmth and heat so I can't wait for spring to amp up. Indoors when it's cool is not so bad either. The cheap cleaner/rubbing alcohol/lemon-piney gin/cotton candy clashing smell I got before, now just smell like clean aldehydes, salted tropical watery fruit, and a musky marshmallow vanilla. Amazing and girly. Moderate projection, kind of far reaching than moderate tbh, until the 4th hour mark when it becomes criminally faint. Lasts about 6 hours on me. I guess I'm opposite from some reviews saying they can't smell it at all right after spraying it. For comparisons: Smells like a better version of Clean Reserve Skin that was getting too sweet and cloying from the praline, clashing with the salt on me. Since they're both clean fragrances, I'll stick with this. 11 11 Vanilla also is lighter than Clean Reserve Whipped Cherry that has this similar watery fruit vibe with sweetness from vanilla and praline. The cherry was getting too sweet and syrupy as it sat, and wouldn't have worked in spring and summer for me. It also came off as cleaner too, and being thicker than 11 11 made that aspect stronger.

This is one of the best examples I have come across of "smells entirely different on skin than on paper." On paper, I smelled... nothing. I wasn't sure if i was just noseblind to it or what, but I couldn't smell a thing. I put my sample aside and forgot about it. Got curious tonight and sprayed it onto my wrists... I'm in love. What a lovely, well-balanced fragrance! So intimate and soft, but with fresh notes from the salt and starapple. As a whole, the scent gives soft, fresh, sweet, with salt that slides through the scent and tones down the marshmallow and vanilla notes. The notes on here are surprisingly accurate; if I smell it and think of each one separately, I can pick out each note, but they're so well-balanced and subtle that you don't really focus on one as a whole, besides maybe the sharp freshness of the salt off the bat. Don't trust the smell on a blotter card. Spray it directly onto your skin. Edit: after wearing my sample for a few days, I couldn't help but get a full bottle. Whenever I wear this, people say "it smells so good, but I can't tell what it is." Someone said "neon lights, 80s bar," another said "clean and sweet," and no matter how far off or right on they are, all I know is, I'm with them: I can't stop sniffing myself. One of the most addictive fragrances I have EVER come across. So glad I gave this a chance on skin and clothes instead of paper. My life is forever changed, I swear.

I love this scent so much! It's become a signature scent for me this winter :) It has the original 11 11 DNA, but is less ozonic and is definitely sweeter. I love the original 11 11 and love wearing it when I want a super fresh/clean smell, but sometimes I want to smell cozier than the original 11 11 achieves for me. I would say that if you love 11 11 but found it to be a bit austere or more unisex than suits your preference, try 11 11 Vanilla! It's warmer, sweeter, softer, and very inviting. The star apple and sea salt really shine upon first spray and the notes come across as a fresh, airy, sweet musk. After a while of wearing it, the vanilla, marshmallow, and passionflower become more prominent and the perfume becomes the most cozy, warm, sweet, understated yet girly, musky skin scent. It's like wearing a warm hug as a perfume. It sits very close to the skin, but I get wafts of it throughout the day while wearing it. It lasts much longer if sprayed on my clothes than it does on my skin, which I don't mind. It lasts longer and still smells amazing if layered on top of the original 11 11 perfume oil! That's what I do for my everyday combo :) I adore this scent profile, it's subtle and natural and I feel like it's versatile enough to wear year round. I've been loving it for fall and can see myself wearing it into the winter as well.

This is what I wish JHAG Vanilla Vibes was!! Super airy, subtly sweet vanilla-- the same DNA of the OG 11 11 but it's like the vanilla forgot it was supposed to come early and ran in at just the right time. The salt and star apple is so crisp and unique at the top. It's the perfect combination of sweet and fresh. It's like that feeling of taking a huge bite into a nice cold plum. The marshmallow and vanilla take a while to come out, and when they do, it's quite subtle. Do not expect the gourmand sugarbomb of your dreams-- that crispy fresh star apple DNA is still very present. More like you just squeezed it and you're getting the nectar smell and there's some warm marshmallows in the next room. As I smell myself the vanilla becomes richer bit by bit but never overpowers. I like it! I absolutely ADORE the star apple note in this, I think it's so unique and I'd love to see it in more fragrance. My love for this fragrance has only gotten stronger as time goes on as I revisit this page in September 2025, I fall in love with something else about this perfume every day...

this is the most gorgeous perfume i’ve ever had!! i bought a travel size a few months ago and within a month it was gone. 11 11 vanilla is a stunning mix of an ozonic, aldehydic background and a light, airy vanilla. imagine taking a morning everything shower with vanilla products, picture a vanilla shower gel from philosophy, and then slipping into a fresh, clean lounge set straight from the dryer. the vanilla is subtle, but there. i love the original 11 11, but it was always missing something, and 11 11 vanilla is the exact perfume i was looking for. it doesn’t have great longevity or projection, but it literally smells like heaven. overall, 1000/10, -1 point for the longevity :)