Velvet Vanilla

Velvet Vanilla is a white floral gourmand with green touches, syrupy blackcurrant, sweet mandarin orange, pear and pink pepper, warm, spicy cloves layered on a thick, ambery, vanilla, white, musky base. First and foremost, Velvet Vanilla is a fragrance crafted around tuberose. The carnal, big, bold, bubblegumy, white flower is surrounded here with jasmine, neroli and rose. The sweet fruits combined with vanilla give Velvet Vanilla a pronounced gourmand feel. Angelica and neroli flower are brilliantly paired with the sweetness of the fruits to contrast and balance the composition, preventing it from becoming sickening sweet. The overall feel of this scent is indeed velvety and silky, smooth and soft, creamy and luscious but not too much. Or too synthetic smelling. It’s so beautifully balanced between all the accents and accords! Every time I wear Velvet Vanilla, I feel happy. It’s such an uplifting, radiant and mood boosting scent that brightens up my day! To me, as far as performance goes, Velvet Vanilla is a strong scent, without being a beast like my other Manceras. I would put this in a moderate to strong category with moderate sillage. Also, I think this is better suited for spring and summer time, since it’s so rich in fruits and all sorts of floral notes. The vanilla base offers a wider wearability, therefore I can’t say that I would see this out of season if worn during fall season! From my personal collection of Mancera, this is the most feminine, pretty girl type of perfume, followed closely by Holidays. I can’t comment on similarities between Velvet Vanilla and Love Don’t be Shy because I haven’t tried it. But apparently they are similar, other reviewers say it here... And usually Mancera scents have a better performance than other brands, so I feel I have the better one out of the two. If I ever find myself around a Kilian counter to get my nose on Love..., I’ll update here! Whether similar to Kilian’s scent or not, Velvet Vanilla is a gorgeous, sweet white floral with great performance and very affordable price! It’s another 10/10 perfume from Mancera in my opinion.

First of all - I've read synthetic but I think it's more some good quality food fragrances (but the musk). Why do I say this? I've worked for kitchens and food equipment and I have this idea: sometimes it's possible to find great fragrances borrowing them from the kitchen professionals. The tangerine - zesty aroma in this scent is so culinary and if it were purely synthetic I wouldn't be able to stand it because, after pregnancy, I have a bad clash with purely synthetic orange essential oils ( the one we can usually find in room fresheners or even in some signature scents - chemically different from the ones used for food ). I love this scent and it has been a very lucky blind buy (do not blind buy if you don't like florals, vanilla, tangerine/zest and innocent sweetness ). I don't get the bubble gum at all, but I get an aroma similar to a southern Italian Christmas cookie called "susamielli" which is made with tangerine essential oil, almonds and a mix of vanilla, honey and spices (cloves, cinnamon and sometimes coriander). Well there's no coriander here (thanks!) but there's an amazing angelica ouverture ( and angelica it's the same botanical family as coriander or fennel - one can notice a trait d'union among these fragrances), followed by this high end tangerine/zest, cloves and a great white flower burst that ends up with a comforting posh vanilla - directly from vanilline ;) . It reminded me this Mediterranean Christmas cookie but it's a scent I usually use during spring and summer: it opens up way better than during the winter on my skin and the floral heart comes out lighter. I often use it to go out (evening /night) and it's very noticeable, finely sensual but not nauseating. I love it.

I'll say this first. NOT, *NOT* A SAFE BLIND BUY. I was intrigued by a tiktok saying this is the creamiest vanilla, and I'm sold since I LOVE gourmand perfumes. And I didn't check fragrantica first lol. I straight up went and buy a 3ml decant of this. Genuinely speaking, this does not leave a good impression to me at first. Because I don't really smell the vanilla. And the opening at first is so loud it choked me. But it dries down fine, smells more tuberose-y bubblegum, but I wish I could actually smell the vanilla and not too much of the jasmin. Although I do think the jasmine gives the creamy white floral profile, it would be better if its a little bit toned down. But anyways I've grown to like this. And for the price point, I would say this is good enough. After an hour or so it smells so good like idk how to explain, but it gives me the vibe bubbly cheerful kitty girl iykwim. Also Melanie Martinez? Another thing I would like to talk about...is the PROJECTION and LONGEVITY. The projection of this perfume is MEGA. I shit you not. Remember I said I bought just a 3ml decant? Yeah I'm not even halfway through. Be careful with this juice, even 2 sprays is a LOT. This perfume attracts a LOT of attention for me. You'd smell like a walking bubblegum flower garden. As for the longevity, I experimented with this baby and went to the pool. I frolicked in the pool for a good two hours. I sorta forgot to wash my swimsuit and left it in the bucket at the shower, a day and a half or more later I picked up the swimsuit to toss in the washing machine and damn, the perfume is still pretty strong on it. Mind you the swimsuit is wet. The whole time. Wowzers

This is my first Mancera perfume and I love it. The name Velvet Vanilla is quite misleading. This is a sweet white floral fragrance that leans feminine. I get the bubblegum tuberose, jasmine, neroli and the rose. There is a bit of spice which makes it interesting and I can pick up the vanilla on my skin. I don't get any of the fruity notes. Unlike others who have reviewed, I don't get any of the synthetic notes or any sharpness in the opening. It is just a smooth, gorgeous, sweet, tuberose perfume. If you like Armani My Way, Givenchy L'interdit, Ralph Lauren Woman or the very new Banana Republic - Collezione Riservata Tuberose Overdose, then you may like this. This is not a dupe for those but it shares some similarity (tuberose) but still quite different if you know what I mean. It was a blind buy for me but I did my research and I am so happy I got it. I know I tend to like bubblegum tuberose fragrances and I enjoy a bit of spice in my perfumes so I was able to take the chance. Although marketed as unisex, I don't think this leans unisex but if you are a Guy, I would say wear whatever you like. Performance is above average and those around would be able to smell you. The longer it's on the skin, it's the more beautiful it becomes and the more the vanilla shines through. The dry down has a similar vibe to Prada Candy Night. I think it's good value for money and it will last a long time. A 120ml bottle will only need a few sprays so should go a long way.

I’m in love with this perfume. It lifts up my mood. This is holiday in a bottle and a journey back to memory lane. For me it screams LA, the beach, Beverly Hills, yellow and white stripes and...Giorgio Beverly Hills. It is back! It is a tuberose and a potent one. I have just sprayed it and I cannot smell any bubblegum as other mentioned or even vanilla. I will update later when I have reached the dried down. It is a very niche scent that you cannot smell anywhere which is why it makes it so special. It also reminds me of the old Ambre Solaire oil in the 70’s. It is a very oily juice so careful on clothes: spray on hair or chest only! Presentation is top luxury: pouch to keep the bottle in the dark away from sunlight, magnetic cap but most of all the bottle and its colour. Amazing!!! I managed to get 2 bottles of 125 ml for a little bit more than £100 which is a very good price. It was a blind buy and a very risqué one that I do not regret at all. If you like strong tuberose and sweet fragrance, this is one for you. For me, it is going to be very addictive I think... Update from previous post: I did not have the beast mode sillage that others mentioned, and the vanilla was not prominent as expected. Maybe because the bottle was new and oxygen needs to work its way in to perform its magic. We’ll see. Still a beautiful fragrance though.