Lann-Ael

Ah, Lann-Ael, how I love thee... Similar to the previous reviewer, I also had a bottle, sold it, later regretted it, and then couldn't find it. The plight of a fragrance enthusiast. (FYI it is still available on the French website for delivery within EU, but not on the U.S. one.) Finally, I managed to snap one up on Mercari--thank you, fragrance gods. So, if I loved this so much, why did I sell it? I thought it was too soft at the time, and couldn't appreciate it for what it was: A gentle, loving, mother's embrace. Maternal love that doesn't demand your attention, but whose unassuming presence fills you with peace, warmth, and the sense that everything is okay in the world. I've seen reviewers use similar imagery for powdery fragrances like Teint de Neige. This is something altogether different--not powdery (or perfume-y) in the least. This is cereal (baby's first food-type) and milk with a slight bakery sweetness. However, I would not call it gourmand, because it feels more fresh and natural than it does foodie-sweet. It is a gentle breeze flowing over a field of golden hay that melds effortlessly with milky cereal to evoke one's earliest childhood memories. The ultimate nostalgic scent. Now a little more seasoned in my fragrance journey, I would say the sillage and longevity are actually not that bad. In recent years, I've come to appreciate fragrances with moderate sillage/longevity, and I enjoy refreshing after a few hours, anyway. There really isn't any dupe I've come across, but lovers of this fragrance might find something to enjoy in Frassai El Descanso, which has a similar cereal note and fresh, breezy aspect to it. However, it is much greener, and lacks the gourmand hint. A Lab on Fire Freckled and Beautiful evokes a nostalgic feeling with the milk + biscuit notes, but it is more powdery and floral dominant (orange blossom and honeysuckle). I also enjoy those, but for different reasons. Reviewers have also noted some similarity with La Danza delle Libellule, but I get a more tart and somewhat artificial apple in that one, and no lactonic note whatsoever. Lostmarc'h: If you are reading this, please make Lann-Ael available in the U.S. again!

UPDATE: Karl Lagerfeld Liquid is nothing like this. It's much more masculine, thick and bready/spicy, and not sweet. UPDATE: La Danza delle Libellule is very similar but with better longevity and sillage, as well as a more prominent red apple. Highly recommended. I blind bought a full bottle since I couldn't for the life of me find samples. I better love this, I thought, and I do! First sniff was instant love and swoon. There are many wonderful perfumes, I'm always surprised when something is this thoroughly special. This starts with a sweet citrus, like lemon curd. It shares some DNA with Honey I washed the kids by Lush. If you have and like that one, you should absolutely layer these two. I agree that it has a Froot Loops quality to it, with warm milk. The milk is nostalgic and reminiscent of childhood. This vanilla is not grounded, powdery, deep or natural. It's light, so sweet and airy, innocent, cakey and childlike. Lann-Ael is so very unique and a must try. Longevity is frustating and disappointing though, for such a delicious scent.

Fruit Loops and hay in a bowl of milk to start, and then ultra dense vanilla crepes. This is truly a skin scent, one meant to be smelled on warm bodies by noses close enough to nuzzle; it feels wrong, somehow, to smell this sprayed over clothes. Ultimately Lann-Ael is too heavy for me to wear all over, but a little dabbed onto the crook of my arm every so often makes for a rare yet decadent treat. Update: I have since purchased a full bottle of Lann-Ael and am in love. It does seem to have that odd characteristic where when I try to smell it by putting my nose up to my skin, it seems weak and barely present, yet at other times in the day, I'll catch a strong whiff of deliciousness radiating from my wrist. I suspect that there's some molecule in this fragrance that is so large that it temporarily causes anosmia by blocking receptors in the nose. All of that is to say, this is a gorgeous fragrance, but not one that should be reapplied feverishly throughout the day.

This is so delicious I could eat myself ! It is seriously addictive if you are into gourmands. It has a vanilla based and truly a fruit loops flavor that I haven't smelled anywhere except in the cereal itself. It makes me feel like a kid . As edible as this is, charming and delightful , it isn't all positive. This perfume has one or the worst possible lasting power and silage. It disappears so fast that you need to respray extremely often to be able to enjoy it. I haven't payed money for it, as I was lucky enough to get it in a swap with a wonderful member here, so I spray with abandon and love it to the max. However, if I was to actually spend my money for it, knowing how pricey this is, I wouldn't probably be giving it a glowing review, since it is so very weak, quite the contrary . But it's a swap so I am not thinking thinking of anything like value to price ratio and I can just love it and say what a wonderfully delicious fruit loops cereal scent this is .

I tried this because I've read here that it smells very similar to "La Danza delle Libellule" which is a niche perfume that I ADORE but because it's so expensive I never buy. Well, that is true! The two fragrances are pretty similar even if this one doesn't have a note hierarchy so it lacks a bit of magic transformation. It costs a little bit less and it turns on the same mood. The "bread with butter and marmalade" feel is there, especially at the beginning with the opening notes. Then the fragrance sits into a warm honey-vanilla dry down and that's where it resemble to "La Danza delle Libellule". I would say it is a good cozy bedtime scent, to watch a movie under the wool blanket or to take an Early Grey tea with friends. Overall It is a good fragrance, smells edible, but after a while it stays really attached to the skin. But keep in mind that this is an Eau de Toilette! :)

I loved Lann-Ael. It's milk, cereal, comforting, relaxing. I first bought it in 2017 along with body milk and liquid soap and loved to spray it before going to sleep during winter and fall. After moving houses I could not find it anymore and have been trying to buy it without success, today I saw their new web, it delivers to my country! I had to ordered immediately along with their Ael-Mat (sea-salt / chamomile notes). I am so excited to receive them and hope they will be as lovely as four years ago. Update March 18th 2021: I received them today and Lann-Ael is exactly as I remembered, except its color is more transparent. In addition to the notes I mentioned, I detect almond - marzipan like, very faint lemon zest start. The start is so beautiful! After a few minutes the apple gets through. I would say it is a gourmand more than an oriental fragrance. LOVE.

2nd review... The more I wear this, the harder I scheme at ways to get my hands on more of it. It lasts and lasts and lasts on clothes. The first minutes are BEAUTIFUL to me. Soft, sweet, natural, and delicious. The sweet spice of hay and gentle nuttiness of cereal grains mixed with vanilla and cream. A touch of tart apple. Scrumptious, but mild. Not over the top like a teenage body spray. After a while, what's left is milky vanilla and sweet butter, noticeable only to those with the privilege of being close. Alas, after only 2 hours, I need another spritz. But, that's the draw of this stuff...I NEED another spritz. It's as addictive as my mother's spritz cookies. Now, if only I could find an extra, completely useless wad of money, amounting to exactly $85 plus tax and shipping.

I obsessed over this for almost 2 weeks, but couldn't justify the purchase. My little brother got me a 8ml decant for Christmas. It came today! Sniffing the bottle, I was disappointed. It was...metallic. I spritzed once on my wrist, and out came sweet vanilla, crisp apple, and something like butter cookies, baked to a golden brown. The metallic note was still there, but faded after a few minutes...along with the whole rest of the fragrance. This is SO FAINT. After 10 minutes, pressing my nose into my wrist brings me a *barely detectable* whiff of vanilla and brown butter. To get any enjoyment out of this, I'd have to reapply it all day, and with an $85 price tag, that just ain't happenin'. It's really a lovely fragrance, but it's longevity is Not At All.

When I dabbed this on from my 1mL sample, I was immediately reminded of a barley candy that I used to eat as a child, and also a couple of sweet gourmande perfumes that I like. I guess the sweet barley note I'm smelling is probably a combination of the milk, hay, and wheat notes, because I cannot recognise any of these notes distinctly on me (I've never actually ever smelled hay or wheat). You can smell the vanilla, but only barely. I really like the perfume, because it's relatively gentle on the senses, partly nostalgic, and also partly reminiscent of perfumes I love and own. It's like the country cousin of Cinema YSL (city cousin) and Diptyque Eau Duelle (suburban cousin lol). Love it!

This smells nothing like I expected. At first you get a whiff of cereal, as it settles you get creamy, lactonic note with vanilla and at the background you have tart citrus to keep the overall feel airy and bright. It reminds me of my childhood, eating waffles with vanilla ice cream melting on top. This is exactly what Lann-Ael smells like. Such a beautiful scent! Too bad the longevity is not better. By the way, the notes are not correct (at least not with the renewed line), these are the notes from their website: Top notes: bergamot, clementine, grains, fruity Heart notes: floral, milk, woody Base notes: vanilla

This is my school-starts-scent. I'm working as an educator at a primary school. Tells confused, excited, insecure, tired six-year-old children, first day at school behind them: follow me, I tell you what to do, trust me... Who doesn't trust the smell of semolina pudding, apples and vanilla...? Also later Lann-Ael makes ill-bred obnoxious brats use terms like 'thank you', 'please', 'you are welcome' and prepubertal goats become sweet, cuddly little girls again. Sounds manipulative? Yes, is also a bit exaggerated - but often seems to work. Proofed and tested the last eight years...*g*

This is not an oriental, this is gourmand. It smells, for me, too edible to actually wear this as a perfume as I would be afraid that someone will think that I work in a bakery and spend my days baking those lovely vanilla cookies. This smells exactly like vanilla cookies and sugar, there is the slight citrus touch, but mostly it's vanilla + hay which makes everything even more smell like freshly baked cookies :) Lovely smell, brings back memories, very cozy, comforting and with amazing quality, but, really, I love to sniff it, but smelling THIS edible? No.

A crispy, crunchy, light as air, sweet vanilla biscuit studded with lemon zest and a little apple. One of the most comforting, literally delicious scents I’ve experienced. Sweet, but not cloyingly so, unlike some of the newer vanilla gourmands out there. This is light, like the brush of angel wings across your cheeks. Lann-Ael evokes feelings of safety, calm, coziness and home. Perfect for bedtime. Lasts 4-5 hours on skin and has moderate sillage for the first couple hours then is a skin scent. Please never stop making this.

Immediately sprinkled is wrapped in a delicious new that reminds a lot of the smell of an exquisite baked cake. Definitely a sweet and delicate scent, not discounted. It would be perfect if it just did not disappear in a short time, because the persistence is not high! Perfect for the day, but also to indulge as a cuddle before going to sleep :-) Too bad that he can not find it on the market..I told me he went out of production .. otherwise I would recompile for sure!

I LOVE IT! It's sweet but not nauseating, maybe because of apple. In my opinion Lann-Ael smells exactly like my apple cake before baking: vanilla, lemon zest, fresh milk, butter, flour and apples. Delicious and tender, it reminds me of childhood, when I used to cook with my beloved grandmother. real notes are: bergamot - lemon - tangerine - apple jasmine - cotton flower buckwheat - vanilla - milk The body lotion is lovely, too!

This is great! The closest I have come to finding a milk fragrance. The opening was slightly disappointing with all that greenish accord which might be a weird mixture of zesty apple and hay but then it soon evens out and I`m left with this delicious warm milk underlined with a touch of powdery vanilla. Creamy smooth, soft and gentle. The price is affordable for a niche and it`s unique. Definitely on my wishlist.

Another heartbreak... I owned this one once, and I shipped it off to a friend living in Germany because it wasn't getting a ton of wear for me and the sillage was so close I wanted to try "bigger" fragrances, which I did. A horrible mistake that it appears I cannot come back from. I have missed this one ever since. Now that the website has this in stock again, I've found they will not ship to USA.

when I smell it, I understand, how can people leave this world for the secret hills of tuatha de dannan... bewitching! (I never thought I would tell it about confectionary fragrance) O_o It makes me (well, and my husband, too) smile and sniff-sniff-sniff all the time. Just what I need at frosty gloomy January. PS. The longevity is pretty nice for niche products - about 6-8 hours.

Spicy-sweet, cinnamon apple-y, warm-creamy, earthy and crisp. Very simple and uncomplicated; yet delicious and addictive. I get compliments of the "yummmmm" variety whenever I wear this one, and it lingers nicely and softly on clothing. For me it's like flip-flops and denim shorts as opposed to stilettos. Just as attractive---but for different reasons.

Porridge, delicious, warm and sweet porridge. You can actually distinguish the wheat (which gives the oat-porridge felling to the concoction) with milk and vanilla. It is a very close-to-skin fragrance, doesn't have much projection and lasting power is very poor, but I really think is worth it.