Vanille Cacao

There is definitely a white floral in the top on this that should be listed in the notes. This opens very much as a strong vanilla cacao with the soft white floral in the top. As it dries down the floral softens substantially as does the vanilla and I get plenty of cacao in this, it's almost pushing toward milk chocolate on me but not quite, there's still that dry cacao component that prevents that from happening. It takes about 30 minutes or so to arrive at that point at which point the colour scheming on the box is a very good representation of what I experience, about 1/3 Vanilla and 2/3 Cacao and a tiny hint of a floral like it shows. This is also an excellent layering tool which is how I mainly use it but as a stand alone it works plenty fine as well. While not overly complex, it's also got plenty of kick despite the powdery accord. Surprisingly so actually. I've put this over the top of some pretty strong stuff and it holds it's own and more. Not to be underestimated and excellent value.

Top notes: Bergamot, Orange Mid Notes: Jasmine, Iris, Ylang Ylang Base Notes: Chocolate, Vanilla, Musk This is a nice Floral Gourmand.The perfumer really was not trying to hit a home run but did reach base on a 2 out double. It's a simple well done affordable scent. Somewhere around Al Rehab Choco Musk but a bit richer and fuller. I am a bit surprised to see that I am the 1st here! I have worn it a few times and enjoy it. It leans more feminine than masculine and has great longevity and above average silage.

Hard to believe that I am moving again (having done so only nine short months ago!), but at least this time it's self-imposed. I'll be spending most of 2015 in New Zealand, which necessitates my sorting through and downsizing all of my worldly possessions to the point where they'll fit into a climate-controlled storage space measuring 8ft by 8ft by 10ft. It's somewhat amazing how much stuff one can fit into that volume--provided that one has figured out how to make use of the vertical space... After these two moves, I do believe that I am qualified to work as a storage consultant! One of the fun parts of such a move is discovering long-lost perfumes such as Berdoues Vanille Cacao. Did I ever even wear this one before? Apparently not, given the non-aspirated nozzle. I am happy to report that it smells good, but I cannot say that I am surprised, as Berdoues, a traditional French house, nearly always produces likeable scents to my nose. They are often simple, as this vanilla composition is, but pleasant and natural smelling, which is a huge relief after sniffing so much nauseating chemical soup at the Sephora wall. This particular creation is SOOOOOO much better than the tsunami of vanilla celebrity scents. Plus it costs less--believe it or not! Vanille Cacao does not have a very strong cocoa component. It's really more of a lightly floralized vanilla, but the vanilla is by far the dominant scent. I'm sure that no one who dislikes vanilla would be buying a bottle of fragrance with that word in its name, but it's worth pointing out that this particular composition is on the sweeter side and strikes me as more feminine than masculine. It's not cloyingly sweet, but it is pretty sweet. I like it, and will look forward to wearing it once again in 2016--assuming that I return from the land of kiwis and penguins....

This was disappointing, it smells nice but it just smells like vanilla to me. I don't smell any of the other notes.I thought maybe my bottle had the wrong label on the front, and it wasn't Vanille Cacao.