Vanilla Extasy

Oh how I wish I had bought this first instead of "Vanille Absolu". "Vanilla Extasy" is a peachy-vanilla-floral beauty of a fragrance. The Vanilla and Peach really stand out and it layers perfectly with my "Egyptian Musk" to give the combo a masculine kick. I think that this fragrance does not have the longevity of other fragrances as I get about 3 hours out of it before it becomes a skin scent, but when it's shining...IT'S SHINING!! Just smooth creamy peach milkshake all over...lovely, sooooo lovely! The Ylang-Ylang in this is showing me that I do indeed adore that fragrance note and it pairs perfectly with vanilla and fruity notes. The Jasmine in this fragrance is at the perfect amount where my eyes aren't watering, but I get the full impression of the fragrance note and feel it in the body of the fragrance wear. The Apricot and Apricot Blossom in the opening equate to PEACH to my nose...AND I LOVE IT!!!! And while I love the overly sweet candy-vanilla in my other fragrances, I think the moderate level of vanilla in this fragrances is appropriate as it lets the florals and fruit notes shine. While "Vanille Absolu" was decanted and used in another fragrance build..."Vanilla Extasy" will stay. In fact, I'm going to order a backup bottle this week....as this fragrance is like the sweet little Peach-Vanilla sister to my older-brother Peach-Musk fragrance, "Nabeel - Gold 24K". Hmmm....I wonder what they would smell like combined....

Yes, like others suggested, this smells similar to Flowerbomb, especially in the opening, although both fragrances have quite different notes. If you connect scents with colors like I do, this is the golden orange version of the pink Flowerbomb. A wonderfully sweet vanilla with a bouquet of transparent flowers and lots of patchouli. Compared to FB I find the patch in Vanilla Extasy a bit dustier and less clean, which I find interesting in this context. There is also a strong lactonic apricot note which makes me understand why some have voted that this is similar to CSP Vanille Abricot. Vanilla Extasy is a more complex and multifaceted fragrance, but the vanilla-apricot combo is the same, especially in the drydown. Benzoin gives lends perfume the finishing touch with its balmy, almost caramel-like warmth. The final drydown is not close to Flowerbomb anymore, so this is not a dupe despite the resemblance in the opening. Vanilla Extasy does not reinvent the wheel, but what it does, it does very well. If I ever feel like buying another thing in the Flowerbomb family, this would be a contender. It's not a typical Montale, many of their fragrances are somewhat sharp and borderline metallic, this is softer in texture. That doesn't mean it's week, the longevity is on par with other stuff from this house.

OK this is now my 5th montal fragrance (I have Mukhallat, chocolate greedy, Vanilla cake and intense Tiare) and this is the only one out of all 5 that I truly, TRULY love. Mukhallat is OK and so is intense Tiare. The vanilla cake and chocolate greedy not do nice. Which is why I was worried about blind buying again but went ahead and did it. This is a gourmand floral. It's not the same as the cakey chocolate greedy or vanilla cake. I know gourmands usually means edible bit this isn't edible. It's a vanilla floral. I really do pick up some similarities to flowerbomb(although not exact or dupe) which is why I love it so much Flowerbomb is my signature so that's probably why I like this so much. Having said that, I am picking up quite a lot of wood in the dry down. Vanilla, Ylang-ylang and a creamy sandalwood. I dont think its going to sit as pleasnt on me when the weather warms up but I'm so glad I took a gamble on this. I don't even get that synthetic vibe I get from all other montal fragrances. Whilst this doesn't have the sillage or longevity that Mukhallat has, it's still decent. I sprayed two blasts on at 10:00am and it's only just becoming a skin fragrance now at 18:15. Currently on offer for around £60 on allbeauty in UK for 100ml

This opens very sweet but soon settles into a very luxurious, rich sweet woody scent. It’s not what I expected but I like it a lot. This is what I imagine a rich trophy wife dressed all in white would smell like. I think it’s a very easy to wear fragrance, smells very versatile, could be worn by teens or middle aged people, it leans more feminine tho. The notes I smell the most are sandalwood, vanilla and ylang ylang. I also smell a bit if lavander when it’s freshly sprayed. Seems like such a perfect summer scent, it’s a very lightweight vanilla. I wouldn’t label this fragrance as gourmand tho even tho it has heavy apricot and vanilla notes, it’s more of a woody floral scent. I would not repurchase it though because the sillage is a bit too low key and the longetivity is bad. It lasts maybe an hour and then becomes a skin scent, a bit dissapointing for a Montale fragrance. I currently have the 50 ml bottle of Vanilla Extasy but if the longetivity was actually good i’d buy like three 100 ml bottles of it because it smells so heavenly and luxurious.

How funny, I tested Vanilla Extasy today without having been reading the reviews. I logged in to write a review and to say how similar it is to Flowerbomb, but I see others have also noticed the obviously haunting similaritiy of the 2 perfumes. However it was Flowerbomb who stole my heart first so I will stick to it, I honestly think it has better longevity despite of not being a niche. I like Vanilla Extasy, it is a very nice, deep, sweet but not too cloying take on the ever so popular vanilla. Good longevity and sillage. Great for nights out and for cooler days, very easy to wear and likeable but after trying Sweet Oriental Dream and Mukhallat, Vanilla Extasy is a bit of a quiet one to me. I am still in the process of testing this line, but Mukhallat and Sweet Oriental Dream remain my favourites out of Montale`s oriental vanilla offerings, each of them are one of a kind and incredible sillage monsters.