Vanilla Passion Fruit

When I applied my sample to my skin I first thought, "Okay, here we go--another seemingly two-note fragrance from Lavanila." Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Lavanila for the natural purity and intensity of their range and own two of them myself, but seldom wear them because for the most part I need an extra dimension. But oh, how wrong I was about this one. From 70% vanilla to 30% passionfruit, over the course of about an hour, it developed into the most beautiful warm, fruity herbal aroma. I love juniper and clary sage, and although subtle, they seemed to diffuse and add extra texture to the vanilla to keep me interested 'til the very end. Longevity is absolutely fantastic as it stayed with me from bedtime right into midmorning. Absolutely bottle worthy for me.

Right off the top I could smell the passion fruit. It smells juicy and ripe. It mixes perfectly with the vanilla. I was skeptical about this fragrance at first when I bought it blindly. I wasn't sure how the vanilla and passion fruit would smell when mixed together like this. Once I put it on, I was pleasantly surprised at how good it smelled. My experience with "tropical" fragrances is that a great many of them are sickeningly sweet with an over-the-top sugared fruit smell that turns my stomach but that is certainly not the case here. This one is smooth and mellow with just a touch of sweetness and seems natural and not forced. I find myself loving this. I am now curious about all the other Lavanilla Laboratories fragrances. It doesn't seem to have great lasting power but I like it enough not to care. For me, this one's a keeper!

This was a very pleasant surprise. Of all the Lavanila fragrances I’ve tried, this one evolves the most on my skin. As one would expect, Vanilla Passionfruit starts off as a simple and edible combination of vanilla and passionfruit. The mixture of guava, peach, and passionfruit is juicy and sweet, but does not enter screechy tropical-fruit juice territory as I feared it might. Once the fragrance dries down, the clary sage and juniper are quite strong on my skin. They balance out the juicy, sweet aspects of the fruits with their dry, herbal quality. This is a chameleon fragrance. It starts out as a sweet gourmand and progressively becomes more aromatic. The vanilla adds a satisfying warmth throughout, and unifies everything nicely.

I have tried all of the LaVanilla scents and this is by far my favorite. It reminds me of a vanilla heavy passionfruity and guava laden Escada. This is a very likable scent that is very sweet. I like that it is natural and am over all impressed with this, I find the rest of their scents unpleasant on my skin- but I have not tried the new roll ons. I would say it is closest to marine groove from escada, but with more vanilla and longer lasting.

I tried this this one a while ago and liked it, tried it again yesterday and though I liked it at first, after 15 minutes it smelled like shampoo on my wrist. It's not bad by any means and might be very nice on my neck or possibly layed with Pure Vanilla to deepen it a bit. I may buy a rollerball of this just to play with. It is not terribly long lasting...