Vanille Patchouli Eau de Parfum

This was my first blind buy but based on the notes it was safe to assume I'd at least like this. I was right and this is exactly what it says. Vanilla with patchouli. An amazing combination as a concept already and wonderfully executed in this. The vanilla in this is perfectly balanced and gives it a sweetness that the patchouli and sandalwood even and keep it from being a fragrance I'd classify as sweet. There's sweetness but I wouldn't call it a sweet fragrance, if that makes sense. The patchouli is hard to describe because patchouli is a new one for me. l've heard people describe it as "chocolate-y" in the reviews I read before I decided to order and I somewhat agree but to my nose there's something that also feels a little wet and earthy in the best way. All together this is slightly sweet, soft and woody, earthy and with some smokiness that I'm unsure of the origin. 100% unisex. Anyone can wear this. It goes somewhat linear and stays relatively simple but this is something I love. The opening is a little "strong" but I think it's still amazing. Personally this is a solid 9/10 for me and I'm glad I purchased this.

Christmas in a bottle just like Chazas says. I recently bought the very popular and trendy By the Fireplace by Maison Martin Margiela and the first thing that came to my mind was Vanille Patchouli. They are not the same or even very similar. They are supposed to share only the Vanilla. I have dozens of Vanilla fragrances and none reminds me of any of these. What they do have similar is the vibe and the perception that both create: Extremely cozy, either for by the fireplace, by the Christmas tree or both. By the Fireplace is smokier, not as much as Bentley Absolute which is more like campfire type of smoke but indoor fireplace. Yet I get very much the same idea at using Molinard. If you love the one, I bet you will love the other. They are both in the same league. Lovely niche unisex Fall Winter Masterpieces, Performance wise they are both very good, but Molinard lasts longer and has more projection. Apart from that Molinard will cost you half the price. I'm glad I have both.

Noticed different versions of Vanille Patchouli. Tested and seen on the internet bottles with "red color juice" which lasted incredibly well. Own and seen bottles which have almost "clear slightly pink'ish color juice" similar to Cuir or Rose, and this one with clear juice smell wonderful and identical to a red color juice bottles, but the performance is at least twice weaker, yet it still lasts very well on clothes with soft projection. It is really interesting and I think only first bottles had this red color juice same as Patchouli which lasted very well. In some reviews and presentations of Vanille Patchouli there was red and clear juice bottles, go figure. Other than that, absolutely adore Vanille Patchouli, it is so smooth, pleasant and warm, sweet and a little dusty, such a happy and cozy scent, real Christmas in a bottle. Even though the scent leans more to feminine side, it is still very unisex in my opinion and I really enjoy it as a guy, but on a girl, SUBLIME!

Smells like these little scratch n sniff things that used to be around during the Halloween season. I can't describe it any other way. I believe the scratch n sniff things were supposed to smell like a witch. I wish I could remember what the things were called. Sometimes I think there were stickers too with the same smell. This would be back in the mid-late 80s. I'm not sure I want to smell like that so I'm returning this to seller. And the village n longevity left a lot to be desired.

Sweet smelling fragrance. I liked it, not as much as Vanille Fruitee but VF is more feminine and, though it states is unisex, I'm not sure if I could pull it so this one might suit me better, the only issue against buying it is that it reminded me immediately to my Muglers, so it may be a redundant scent. It does seem to have good longevity judging by the paper strip's lingering smell. Warning: forgot to review it the same day, I think is being now like 2 weeks.

Blind buying again, this time I bought three Molinard fragrances: Cuir, Habanita and Vanille Patchouli. To my nose, Vanille Patchouli is sweet and creamy with a smooth patchouli note. I don't know if it's only me, but this scent makes me think of white chocolate, a creamy, smooth and soft white chocolate melting in my mouth. So yummy and delicious. An absolutely scrumptious fragrance from Molinard.

Walked into the Molinard boutique on Rue St-Honoré and tried a few of the perfumes. I came away with the Figue that day, but was always thinking about the Vanille Patchouli as well. I normally wouldn't touch a patchouli scent, but this is soft and round and yummy. You can splash it on as much as you want, or combine it with something else, it's an amazing layer that creates warmth. Love it.

First sniff : Interlude Man but less harsh...more emphasis on the vanilla..but nevertheless .. i like to call it 'Interlude Soft for Men'...i like it a lot ...it also has a coca cola twist i find My wife says i just/only smell like warm vanilla pudding...but that's a good thing no ? :O) Loving it everyday a bit more...so glad i bought it 8,5/10

Have had this for almost a year; soft & minty chocolatey patchouli and powdery vanilla, smells like a baked good with a bit of musk to keep it from being too gourmand. Cold weather is best for this, only body heat needed. Lasts all day on me.

Very well blended luxurious smelling patchouli and vanilla, it is unisex but rather more suitable for men but of course a very feminine looking woman would manage to wear this as well. Good price for niche quality and sillage was perfect!

New line of unisex Les Elements Collection from Molinard 2015/2016 is not so popular and hard to find, but Vanille Patchouli and Patchouli are absolutely incredible and niche quality, at very good price.

It’s amazing how different people perceive the same fragrance so differently! On me this is a chocolatey patchouli with a slight sweet vanilla overtone. It’s delicious, strong, and worth every penny.

Hot white chocolate poured on a freshly baked wafer. Dense and daring. Difficult not to adore it! Decent longevity. The sillage is adequate; no issue with wearing this in the office. Overall 9/10.

What a fun, light-hearted, fizzy, root beer scent. My first thought was this was the ditzy but lovable cousin to Hypnotic Poison. Nothing serious here, just happy root beer float.

Natural smelling chocolatey patchouli and vanilla with good performance, be careful with the trigger because it can pretty easily get way too sweet.

Vanille patchouli will always be part of my collection. So elegant and easy to layer. I wish longevity was better, but still a great smell.

Hate patchouli love this. Patch just dirty enough to give it a funky vibe. Lasts all day in Las Vegas winter. I smell great!

Smells like Vanilla bean... hmmmmm. Yummy. You won't understand it at first, but give it time, and you'll fall in love.

I found Vanille Patchouli as part of my search for fragrances similar to Chanel Coromandel (i.e., sweet patchoulis). VP is a pretty straight-forward vanilla/benzoin/patchouli where the patchouli is not very harsh/herbal/sharp/whatever quality it is that sometimes makes patchouli a bit too much. Very soft and very pleasant with decent performance; pretty linear but that's okay. At first I liked it but wasn't wowed, but then I couldn't stop sniffing myself, so it looks like when my decant is up I will probably be buying a bottle of this. This is definitely one to check out if you like sweet patchoulis, especially given the affordable price.

Patchouli-forward with an equally heavy dose of complementary vanilla. A true gourmand, chocolate-vanilla dessert experience with a benzoin accent that adds a touch of warm amber and camphor. The sandalwood provides a supportive base whose soft creaminess harmonizes with the overall product. Gets more spicy and resinous as it dries down before fading to a woody skin scent. Moderate projection fades over 3-4hr, longevity 10-12hr. Odd choice to list sandalwood as a top note. Not dissimilar to Lavande, with a chocolatey patchouli accented by camphorous benzoin, but the camphor is toned down and the vanilla is more immediately apparent here.

I tried them back to back; Vanille Patchouli and Patchouli from Molinard. I wasn't a huge fan of Patchouli, but I really like Vanille Patchouli. I couldn't figure it out at first, but now I'm pretty sure it's the geranium in Patchouli that turns me off. VP, on the other hand, has no florals and the sandalwood / vanilla add a super smooth and creamy character to the patchouli. It also seems super versatile too. It's very much the definition of unisex. It's not bad on performance either. Five hours or so then it becomes close and goes another 3. For the price, this one might be bottle worthy for me.

This perfume is masculine, it's very good and sweet but masculine, very good for a cold winter day or a rainy autumn. From what I remember I got straight the smell of sweet delicious vanilla and with a slight earthy smell on the undertones. It's very good, not for me tho I do prefer very feminine fragrances. The silage is very good, I personally like perfumes that stay in a bubble and don't like "scream", the longevity I found pretty good, specially for the price, on the clothes it lasts and on the body too, tho if you are gonna wear it for the entire you might need to reapply one time or so.

Do you like Tom Ford White Patchouli? If so this might be just the vanilla scent you're looking for! I swear, to my nose this smells just like Tom Ford White Patchouli, but with an added woody vanilla accord. Seriously, this could be a vanilla flanker of White Patchouli, and that's not a bad thing. Very good strength and longevity from my testing. Still, it's not my favorite vanilla + patchouli scent. Mancera Aoud Vanille still has my heart in this category, but this scent is very nice.

On paper - we were a perfect match. In real life, well, let's just say perhaps my expectations were too high. Don't get me wrong, this is a great scent profile but I just wish it were better blended, softer maybe. I do get the patchouli with a chocolate touch and the dry down brings out the musk. The vanilla sits faintly in the background but overall it is just a bit screechy. What can I say - online matches don't always pan out. Still - a nice enough fragrance that I keep in rotation.

Just now wearing this again and thought I should review it. A generous gift from a Fragrantica friend....thank you! Starts of a bit awkward, but not bad. As it dries down - softly - it begins to melt together in a lovely way, bringing out the best of the vanilla, patch and benzoin. After a couple of hours, the sweet musk and some sandalwood come through and the perfume is a soft skin scent. Great for a cuddly bedtime scent.

I love Molinard's simplicity, but this one may be a redundant buy if you already have the Patchouli fragrance which I love. Patchouli had more silage and longevity, while Vanille Patchouli sits very close to the skin and fades out to a hint of regular Patchouli with an underlying vanilla tone. Don't get me wrong, I loved it (gifted it), but was expecting more vanilla and less patchouli.

I think this is a good scent for someone who likes vanilla, but not an overwhelmingly sweet overpowering vanilla scent. The wood and patchouli notes amp up the richness of the scent but tone down an overly sweet vanilla note. Obviously, if you don't like patchouli you shouldn't bother with this one - patchouli is right in the name. This is a strong like, but not a love for me.

Cosy, tasty, natural smelling and great value. Seems like this fragrance performs very differently depending on the person. On me, I get a nice natural vanilla with a nicely balanced patchouli that goes chocolatey. The vanilla isn't sweet or artificial and I feel a touch of the benzoin (maybe). I'm happy with my purchase.

Im having a hard time to get my grips on this one. To me its a herbal, sightly medicinal dark scent based on vanilla. The strange thing is that i get ALOT of licorice in it, thats not even listed. Am I really the only one? It is slowly growing on me though. Very unisex. Good sillage and longevity.

Biscuit-y woody vanilla, with the patchouli adding a slightly fuzzy texture (as opposed to smoother, creamier vanillas). Was a blind buy that worked out for me, if only because of the very fair price. It's a nice cozy bedtime/lounging scent; it smells natural and high-quality, if a little simple.

At first, you get a blast of Patchouli, but let it settle and dry down, turns into something entirely different. IDK, I pick up the vanilla, sandalwood and musk, but this turns sweet. To me, and it's going to sound silly, I smell coco puffs with vanilla creamer. LOL. Definitely Unisex. Nice

I like the fragrance but if you're looking for a vanilla to add to your collection this probably isnt it. More patchouli than vanilla but im also pickingnup some of the chocolate notes that others have mentioned. Id defintely recommend it but not as a vanilla and not as a blind buy.

Oh this is so close to shalimar philtre.. this one has more warmth but ver very close to each other. Its alluring and intimate. Vanilla is perfect. Opening is a little harsh, but once it dries down its heavenly.

A sweet vanilla set against the backdrop of earthy, sensual patchouli. In time, the latter recedes, allowing the composition to evolve into a creamier vanilla. A fragrance with balanced, understated projection.

its a pretty cozy vanilla patchouli scent. the patchouli is very niche smelling and is a little bit more prominent than the vanilla, its a pretty earthy patchouli. overall its nice

If you like patchouli this is a must in my opinion.. very strong patchouli, affordable and great performance (i still feel it after 11-12 hours)

I was searching for good „chocolate” patchouli, and this is it! It is sweet, dense, photorealistic chocolate cake with vanilla.

Powdery vanilla and patchouli. Sweet, comforting, with a light sour note in the end. Relaxing, SPA-like, grounded scent.

Lovely! A dry, herbal cooking vanilla and patch. Balanced. Not a dirty hippie vibe at all.

A very... interesting...scent, delivering on both the patchouli and vanilla. The benzoin is faint, but adds a very (very!) slight smoky vibe to this. The musk and sandalwood are pretty non-existent. I bought a decant of this because of the 'this smells like white chocolate' reviews, and am left fairly disappointed on that front. I guess if I REALLY tried hard, I could tell myself that's what I was smelling, but I find this is an 'herbal' patchouli, rather than a Mugler-esque 'chocolate' patchouli. Overall, it's not BAD, and I am very glad I invested in a decant rather than blind-buying a full bottle--my 5mL will more than suffice. I definitely like the drydown of this the best, when it's 85% patchouli and only 15% vanilla. (Just to warn you, there is a very prominent (and overwhelmingly synthetic) CSP "Vanille Extreme" smell for the opening and middle.) Note: I must say I am surprised by the fragrances on the 'Reminds Me Of' listing; I have tried (or possess) many of them [Amberbee, Aura, By the Fireplace, Coromandel, Desert Rosewood, Shaghaf Oud, and Shalimar Souffle], and this doesn't really remind me of any of them! So, if you are contemplating this as a replacement for one of those, you are probably going to wind up disappointed. I wouldn't recommend buying this unless you find it at a discounted price.

All the Molinards in this purple bottle collection (i own four of them) are very linear and "simple". Good if you enjoy the one or two particular notes that compose the frag, but you will not find a "Story" here. This one is indeed a mild patchouli plus a soft and cozy vanilla. I don't detect musk nor benzoin. The Vanilla is nice and warm, not sweet nor synthetic in the least. The Patchouli is a smooth, rounded one, wearable, not green not moist. All in all a nice fragrance with a strong longevity (12h +), however to my nose it's boring. It doesn't tell a story , doesn't lead you through a journey like many other fragrances do. A weak patchouli for those who can't bear regular patchouli and arev vanilla lovers. Too linear to be a keeper. I have better patchoulis in my wardrobe. Ps: not at all resembling to Coromandel (=way more camphorous, resinous patchouli) nor Angel, nor TF White Patchouli (WP is 90% a white musk frag). Let alone Orchidee Vanille, sweeter. The only faint resemblance I could find is with Jovoy Psychedelique in the drydown, noting that the latter is way more complex and has a infinitely better construction (also way more expensive, alas).

This is a patchouli bomb for the price. Vanilla isn't that strong (I'm sad about it) and doesn't lean in the direction that looks delicious. If you're thinking of buying in the same price range, it's still better to get Fort Royal.

good dry earthy patchouli but then the vanilla sandalwood base smells too synthetic

This is what I thought Chanel Coromandel was going to smell like... If I were to put this on one wrist and Chanel Coromandel on the other and you asked me which one was the Chanel.. I would have chosen this one.. it even feels like there is some white chocolate and it doesn't have that hay note thats off putting. I love it!

This was a bling buy and not a good one, i only get dark earthy usual patcholi and no vanila idk how. I guess on my skin patcholi overpowers it completly and i dont like it that strong so this is a miss for me sadly...

I'm starting to think that the name is a bit misleading. There's detectable vanilla in here, but as several of the other reviews here suggest, there's a distinct chocolatey presence here. Think of ganace or praline, rather than bitter dark chocolate or powdery cocoa. I love it when I smell it in the bottle, and this is what I wanted to smell like. But on me this chocolate accord really becomes very pronounced and I feel hard to get around it, the same way I am unable to wear Angel, even if I may enjoy it on others. I certainly don't want to reduce Vanille Patchouli to a likeness, but they're significantly similar. The sweetness in Angel is to me distinclty sugary and less vanillic or ganache-like, and the patchouli combines with dark chocolate to enhance their shared earthy quality. Whereas Vanille Patchouli smells to me like a darker, denser, rounder and more liqueur-like manifestation of the same core idea. If you enjoy Angel, this might be right up your alley, if not, you may struggle with it for the same reason.

I am not getting patchouli at all. Just a blast of vanilla. I smell like a vanilla extract. I'll try again in couple of days, hopefully it settles a bit. Day 2: Ok so definitely needs some time to "recover" from all the shaking and temperature changes during shipment. But I am still not super impressed. It is a very sweet, unrefined vanilla, kinda like the one you put in cakes, from the brown vanilla extract bottle. It has decent longevity, I'd say after about 2 hours it becomes soft, more intimate scent with a foots length projection. Cozy, but nothing spectacular. UPDATE 2 months after: I discovered that if I layer it with a single note patchuli fragrance it really starts to shine. I guess on my skin it projects only vanilla, NOW I understandf what the hype was about. This is my signature scent for this winter. Trully unique and captivating. Loving it.

Is this perfume a chameleon that smells different to everyone’s noses 😂? I don’t get any patchouli in here at all 😳🙈, at least not the type I’m familiar with in perfumes like Jimmy Choo EDP, Angel Muse, and Rebl Fleur. This smells like extremely sweet & fruity yet also chocolatey vanilla. Lmao, sounds so random all together but that’s what I get 😂😅. It’s similar to Molinard’s Vanilla Fruitee and Mancera Black Vanilla but heavier on the chocolate and sweet fruits (even though there’s no fruits in here lol). Also smells like a sweet vanilla Yankee Candle. This is super gourmand and yummy vanilla!

I love the scent of this fragrance. I love gourmands. Vanilla and Patchouli are 2 of my favorite ingredients, so I felt I couldn't go wrong with this. Especially for the price. However, I guess you get what you pay for because the projection and sillage IMO are almost non-existent. It sits extremely close to the skin on me. In love with the creamy, vanilla patchouli, saddened by the performance.

The vanilla at first spray (and lessening over the hours) is straight-up cooking vanilla - the kind that comes in the brown glass or plastic bottles. But on clothing, say a day after spraying, the vanilla smells just like instant coco powder (that you add to water or milk and drink.) Dusty and not at all like its puffy cooking vanilla in the beginning.