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!

This is a really sweet and somewhat foody vanilla. It is not dark or complex in my opinion. I don't smell tobacco at all. There is some caramel and the bourbon is ever-present. The cherry creeps in after a couple of hours and mixes perfectly with the vanilla. Like many other sweet vanillas, it's indistinguishable. I've tried and tried to figure out the difference between Vanille Orientale and my nose can't differentiate between the two. Vanille Bourbon is at the top of my list still though; it is a sweet, foody, gourmand, fruity, enveloping mist of sugary goodness! Compliments abound and it lasts for hours. Just be warned that you'll sniff your wrist and want to bite into a Heath bar!

Vanille Bourbon the bean, is a type of vanilla that is grown in Madagascar from a region formally known as Bourbon, hence the name. It has the strongest vanillin content and is the sweetest. Vanille Bourbon the perfume. starts off with a burnt sugary toffee overload and dries down to a sweet creamy skin Vanilla. I don't get the other notes and longevity is not good in this hot weather. I feel that this perfume is more suited to winter so that you can capture the essence of this perfume in your clothes and keep it there. I am making my way through all the Laurence Dumont Vanille range and so far this is my favourite.

A truly puzzling scent which I need to think about more. It opens with a delightful noseful of bourbon and vanilla--very volatile, very big. It slowly settles into (here comes the puzzle) what I smelled as tobacco leaf and my husband smelled as marshmallow. As the day has gone on I've alternately smelled vanilla, caramel, tobacco and fruit. I'm enjoying it tremendously but it seems unusually schizophrenic for a gourmand.

Aah this is delightful. Creamy, sweet yet boozy vanilla with a touch of berries and coconut. I don't smell much anise but I do notice the caramel/toffee. I freaking love it. This juice has good longevity & I will def repurchase. One of my all time favourite vanilla fragrances. This stuff is the bomb and unisex for sure.

This is my ultimate favourite vanilla bomb. It's thick, syrupy, warm, and sweet. I get compliments every time I wear it (except from my really close friends who complain that it makes them hungry...!). Excellent staying power and wafts all about you like a cosy, comforting cloud of baked goods.

As many before me have already said, this a very boozy vanilla. On my skin not a "deliciously edible" holiday cookie vanilla but I can also image a vanilla flavored rum from St Marteen. I prefer this to Vanilla Noir from the same house which is a bit deeper and darker.

deliciously wonderful... full of edible sensuality. its like a syrupy sweet drink and makes you feel tipsy and a little dizzy. LOVE LOVE LOVE

Love this!! If I'd have known it was going to absolutely disappear I wouldn't have sprayed it all over my pillows and blankets lol

Pure heaven in the bottle for colder weather! Cozy - sexy kind of fragrance.....One of my favorites for a winter season.

Les Senteurs Gourmandes VANILLE BOURBON is a truly delectable and smooth combination of bourbon, vanilla, coconut, and caramel, which somehow add up to something not at all cloying, thanks perhaps in part to the anise and the musk. The darkness of the bourbon cuts the sweetness as well, making this a warm and inviting fragrance with some real depth rather than yet another superficial sugar fest. I approached this combination with some trepidation, fully prepared to run for a scrub, and when I initially caught a waft of what appeared to be unalloyed bourbon upon opening the vial, I feared for the worst. Instead, the alcohol evaporated in a flash, leaving an extremely appealing linear gourmand behind. Although I usually don't think of vanilla scents as candidates for the category of great perfume, this is one of the nicest gourmands that I've ever tried, as evidenced by the fact that my nose has been glued to my wrist for most of the night! Highly recommended to all who appreciate vanilla-based perfumes and like to smell delicious, VANILLE BOURBON has excellent sillage and staying power in the edp.

Cotton candy bomb it is. I'm not into gourmands, so I'm trying to put this into place as an experience and not the food itself. If you ever went to your state fair, this scent will take you right back. The hot air blowing up from the cotton candy machine. Pure hot vanilla sugar. All that's missing are kids screaming from the roller coaster and hay from the animal judging. Thankfully the dry down gets rid of a lot of the sugar and goes to a straight vanilla. Then you realize that gone too was something so light you didn't realize it was there. A hint of red berries so subtle was mixed in to cut the sugar just enough so that you don't go running for the wash cloth. Decent longevity of about 3 hours. On me 3 hours is a VERY long time! Not my cup of tea so no buying for me. I think I should put a big warning here. Don't wear this into the woods unless you want to get swarmed by bugs, bears and whatever else loves sugar. You know how in the Autumn yellow jackets swarm trash cans for soda residue? I'm afraid this will attract them the same way. Not going to experiment to find out!

I tested this perfume last summer and did not like it enough to justify a purchase. Now, Marks and Spencer sells this perfume for half price and there was only a bottle left, I grabbed it! I sprayed the perfume on me and I can still smell it 2 hours later. Comforting, warm, sweet.This is edible vanilla. Think of butter cake, dairy ice-cream or a whole bakery. Also it felt like I bathed in a tub of bourbon vanilla icecream. I was very surprised that I could get an excellent quality fragrance in a 100ml bottle for less than 20 euros (after discount). If you're into edible vanilla, give this one a try. Even at a full price it's pretty reasonable if you have the money to spend.

This scent is honestly a really nice one and lasts a long time! However on me, the vanilla is really predominant. In second comes the toffee. So it honestly feels like I smell like a really yummy vanilla and caramel candle! If you like that sort of thing, I think this is a really excellent gourmand scent. It's a bit too far on the gourmand side for me, but I can see people loving this one. If you want something slightly less gourmand, try Jessica Simpson Fancy.

This smells to me like an expensive, sophisticated vanilla and the antithesis of the likes of (say) Dana's French Vanilla. I detect a deep, rich vanilla with oodles of caramelised sugar. Very foody and clean and (thankfully) not musky, cloying or powdery. I don't get any of the other notes listed (perhaps my nose is not refined enough). I adore this fragrance and would consider it suitable for any occasion. Superb longevity too.

A very sweet very vanilla scent. Smells very similar to cooking vanilla, as Bourbon vanilla is the typical vanilla used. My husband usually tells me I smell great when I wear this. I think is it alright; it's just a like for me. It's a fairly mild scent with mediocre sillage and longevity. I tend to go for more interesting, intense scents. If one really loves plain very sweet vanilla, this would be a good scent to check out.