Sensual & Decadent

The ultimate vanilla fragrance for all vanilla lovers. A decadent vanilla dessert. All the other notes are barely detectable, this is vanilla, vanilla & once more vanilla, but the other notes do give this scent thickness & importance. It's almost translucent, ethereal while being so vanillic & dusty. Yes, maybe a pixi dust of the gods. Very feminin in my opinion. Also very Italian. I see a Monica Bellucci wearing this. Long dark hair & purple lips Dolce& Gabbana style. A true Italian beauty. Having said that, fortunately for my wallet this is not something I need in my Wardrobe. Tested from a sample freshly decanted from a LM bottle in a prestigious boutique. UPDATE...2019... I ended up getting this...oh god, yes it’s vanilla....buttery, decadent, thick almost obnoxious....but so damn good. Longevity is super & projection is unapologetic. It’s been a year now that I have been using this and there is a dense solid base to this vanilla powerhouse. Altogether it’s an erotic offering...I don’t know any other perfume that has this kind of a vibe. Needs to be tested a few times, but definitely polarizing. No flowers what so ever in here and the dusty feel is a vanillic one, not powdery....

This should have been named Sensual Orchid Oud. It's the sweet, syrupy, fruity elements of Sensual Orchid with a heavy dose of oud. If you smell the two fragrances side-by-side this one makes Sensual Orchid seem light and summer and, in turn, Sensual Orchid makes this one seem extremely heavy on the smoky wood. This fragrance is thick, sweet and smoky. I love it!

Sensual & Decadent is a good vanilla scent which starts out with an almost buttery caramel-like vibe which is indeed pretty decadent, but kept from being too explicitly gourmand by the woody/smoky/spicy benzoin background. As it dries down it becomes more more powdery and exclusively vanillic in that generic way that I always like as well, no matter how recognizable it is from the dry down of a thousand other (quasi) gourmands. Bonus points for being smoky without straying into "barbecue" territory, which happens for a lot of caramel accords on my skin/to my nose. Longevity is also good, as can be expected from this list of notes (I only smell the heavier ones, not a trace of rhubarb or floral notes in my experience). So yes, this is a good option to try if you're looking for a quasi-gourmand for fall and winter....but only if you've got money to burn, I think. It's definitely not worth its ridiculously high price - I'm not sure anything is, but in this genre especially there are loads of options that are cheaper and at least as good.

Ive never tried sensual orchid which I guess this smells similar to. So saying that I cant think of anything that this smells like fragrance wise that ive smelled before. Theres something.. sorta...off about it, I guess its the fruity element but something smells strange to me when I smell this. Maybe it will come to me the more I wear my sample will see... It smells good though, a bit feminine for me but I dont mind smelling it. Maybe better on a woman. So ya thats my deep review, smells good, but theres some off about it to me when I smell it that makes me not love it, cant put my finger on it.

This is amazing. Very warm and sweet just enough, the equivalent of a cashmere sweater in perfume form. However, for me it is almost too perfect. It's like a ball of polished gold, so round and without any kind of edge to it. There is no surprise, no thrill. But it's been half a year since I've tried it and I still think about it...