Vanille Bourbon

BOURBON BARREL Vanilla! Opens with a burst of full-bodied vanilla that has malt, anise, toffee & coconut nuances and transitions to a heart of vanilla red berry tea resting on base of rooty & earthy vanilla and faint oak (Not listed). Overall I get a rich vanilla with faint toffee/caramel & coconut tones, overlaying a base of rooty, earthy & woody vanilla. Seekers and collectors of vanilla scents won't be disappointed. Contrast to Nirvana Bourbon Elizabeth & James: These are different, but there are similarities with Bourbon vanilla and in the drydown. Nirvana Bourbon is spicier in the opening, while Vanille Bourbon has more forward caramel tones, but they become more similar as they dry down. Vanille Bourbon outperforms. Contrast to Pacifica Island Vanilla: These are different scents, but this is the most similar of vanilla scents I've had my nose on. Both have full-bodied vanilla that becomes slightly rooty as it dries down. I find VB slightly more animalic in the opening and has the additional oak presence in the base. Both require several months in dark storage to develop performance. Contrast to Cake Heavy Cream Body Balm: These are different scents, but both are vanilla forward scents and have the vanilla butter-cream icing with coconut & cinnamon vibe. Vanille Bourbon is more complex with a darker drydown that brings rooty, earthy & woody tones. Vanille Bourbon outperforms. Overall: Average performance that becomes beast mode if layered over its matching body lotion. The body lotion has a beige colour that disappears into the skin. It's a love for me. Enjoy!

Like someone else mentioned, my first spritz was pure alcohol, but within a few seconds the vanilla came through with a hint of tobacco-ish smell (not in a bad way though, hard to describe but a "sexy tobacco" smell??? I don't know, I'm not even a smoker lol!) This was only for the first half hour or so for me then it dried into the most delicious creamy sexy vanilla scent, I couldn't stop smelling myself! I never knew I could love vanilla again after trying the Body Shop vanilla oil and having massive headaches every time!! But this has re-awakened my love of vanilla Yay! :D I kid you not as well, as soon as I had sprayed this and smelled my wrist I had massive sugar cravings and reached for my bf's stash of jelly beans, something I NEVER do!! Also it seemed to hold longer on my clothes than it did on my wrist, but one word YUM!! (Grown up Yummy vanilla that makes you drool and want to eat your arm, those who own this will know what I mean!)

Vanille Bourbon smells strongly from a warm, caramel-esque sweetness along with a sprinkling of meaty tart dried cherries. I just baked cherry chocolate chip cookies, so you can believe I stuck my nose right in the dried cherry bag, and I know the scent well. This is not Cherry In the Air cherries, but the real wrinkly deep red deal. The dry down is so lovely and delicious, it made me respray myself! When my man smelled it on me, he had to give my neck a bite. There were some traces on my scarf two days later and they did in fact smell a bit coconutty.. very nice! Medium longevity and medium-low projection. Would be ideal for a holiday get together, if you're planning on giving out lots of hugs but don't want to overwhelm a warm tumultuous room of people. BV smells nothing like the Molinard Vanille on me. Not better or worse, just very different. Smells amazing for winter, but pure vanilla it is not. The search continues...

This is a killer vanilla. I think it should be purchased by any vanilla lovers out there, I'm sure I will add this to my collection and it will be loved with the same strenght as Casmir by Chopard. What do I get out of Vanille Bourbon? I get the most delicious, sweet and sexy vanilla I have found in perfume. It has a sillage to die for. It is extremely sweet, but somehow the anice and berries holds it back a little bit so it does not become too heady and nauseating. As some might know most of the men love vanilla on a woman. So the only thing I'm worried about with this perfume is that someone might try to eat me, because this is jummy. My girly and childish side is screaming in pleasure after sniffing this.

A successful blind buy! And a brand new, double-the-usual-price 100mL bottle at that! Thank you, fellow fragranticans! This is a straight up vanilla essence-like vanilla with no florientals or anything else polluting the vanilla base. I know other notes are listed, but all they do is just enhance the vanilla note. I don't like to use the term 'HG' lightly, but I think this might be it. It's not too sweet like Montale Vanille Absolu, and not too shrouded by other notes like the most recent The Body Shop Vanilla. And not difficult to procure like the majestic M. Micallef Note Vanillee! That's why I love this perfume. Sillage is moderate, and lasting power is pretty good too (6-7 hours). I love it!