Vanilla Freak

Vanilla and gourmand scents are my favorite, I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect vanilla cupcake scent that would make me smell like dessert. I’m sensitive about strong smells and nauseating scents, and I have to say I’m pleasantly surprised with this one. Despite the expectation of an overly sweet scent, I adore this fragrance. When I first spray it, I get hit with an immediate note of cupcakes and buttercream. As it sits on the skin it slowly sets into a creamy vanilla with a warm hint of almond and cinnamon. I like to layer this with vanilla based perfumes and it creates the most heavenly combination. My only complaint is the longevity, as with a lot of gourmand fragrances they often fade away quite fast due to the light and velvety notes. You likely have to reapply it every 3-4 hours, which isn’t too bad. Considering the price, it’s absolutely worth the money and it’s become one of my signatures. Another bonus is not only the compliments I get on it, but also my boyfriend not being able to resist me because it smells so delicious.

Will update my review and rankings when mine arrives to be an ACTUAL REVIEW and actual rankings on performance, seasons, etc. But yall, come on. Writing in the review section when you haven't tried something purely because you don't like a bottle design or the notes is weird. Not everything is made to be appealing to you and thats okay. Taking the time out of your day to moan about a bottle you aren't even going to try is weird behavior. Especially commenting that the notes look bad. Like, the world isn't catered to you. A tad pretentious to think so. The point of a review is to comment on a product you have tried to let others who are interested in it know if it met standards. If I went on H&M's website and wrote a review that I thought a skirt looked tacky so I wasn't going to buy it, that would be a useless comment and not a review. A review would be saying if the skirt fit or not and how the material was in person. Reviews aren't comment sections to speak grievances on products you aren't interested in.

I really don’t understand why Vanilla Freak isn’t more loved. It smells absolutely delicious and, in my opinion, it might be one of the best fragrances in the Give Me Gourmand collection. I loved it from the very first spray. Just like the notes suggest, there’s a noticeable buttery scent at first. However, the more you wear it, the less you notice the butter, and the fragrance gradually becomes more about the almond and vanilla. Those are the notes I smell the most now, and I still enjoy wearing Vanilla Freak. It also reminds me of the pleasantly scented plastic dolls we used to play with as kids. Even though they were made of plastic, they had such a nice, comforting smell, and this fragrance brings back that memory for me. Another thing that really surprised me is its longevity. I can still smell it on my clothes even after they’ve been washed.

This smells soooo good ME🥰. Initially I wasn’t feeling it. The opening spray smelled like burnt sugar cookies. But the cool down on me is amazing. It smells sooooo GOOD. It’s dries down to a fresh, clean but at same time smoky, sensual scent. This is a good intimate scent for me. I would DEF buy again and again. I’m going to buy a back up bottle and try the berry one. I really only bought this because I’m really girly and was attracted to the bottle. I’m really happy I bought this. This is a really nice girly middle eastern scent. I give 10 outta 10 🌟’s for this really cute bottle and the perfume.

I am surprised by the lower rating of this because I love it. It opens like a frosted cupcake and dries down into a cinammony milk scent. I smell it 12 hours later on clothes and it’s super pleasant. Now I’m intrigued by the others in the line because was the lowest rating and it’s a love for me. Lattafa’s longevity seems to be head and shoulders above other Arab fragrances because all other recent non- Lattafa purchases disappear on me. But the Lattafas last and last, even this one. Don’t be fooled by the rating, you may end up loving it like me.