Voux Patisserie

Let’s get one thing straight, this is gourmand BUT if you DO NOT LIKE cardamom, saffron, or STRONG BOLD fragrances-do not get this! You will be yet another one complaining in the reviews about how you hate it. ...BUT if you’re like me, a person who appreciates a gourmand that is not for wilting delicate flowers or simplistic single note enthusiasts, you will love this. It has a delicious warm milk accord going on here underneath the tangerine(that reads like an orange creamsicle) and an apple/rose note that is you’re similar to the apple rose note in Qissa Pink. Opulent is a word that comes to mind when I’m wearing this. Rich, luxurious, sensual, spiced Basically this perfume is: Rummy, almond paste. On top of orange vanilla creamsicle. Cardamom milk froth, warm milk. Flaky butter pastries. Luxury middle eastern boudoir sandalwood incense-without any smoke I actually smelled this first on a coworker and had to ask her what she was wearing. It commanded my attention so much I couldn’t help but notice. The very first impression I got was a delicious crusty croissant with orange creamsicle and a candy-ish vanilla. Projection is also next to beast level and it lingers for hours on me. Overall one of the best gourmand fragrances I’ve ever bought. Worth every penny spent on this.

This was my first Xerjoff clone and I still haven’t smelled the OG but its also my first intriguing and somewhat “exotic” or foreign (to me) gourmand in my collection. I wear it layered with lactones and vanillas really often. Since I didn’t experience middle eastern desserts and spices until well into adulthood, I’m learning that I have an early childhood smell association with saffron and cardamom that reminds me of herbal hair pomade. The translucent ones with specks and flakes of ground herbs and spices that would get stuck in your hair after you used them, but your aunties swore it kept your scalp and hair healthy (it did.) Anywho whenever I manage to not think of getting my hair braided too tight on first whiff, its one of my favorite fragrances. Its rich, aggressive, complex, and sultry. Its sticky sweet and reminds me of a beautiful south asian woman making baklava for her lover, a warm day in the oven-hot kitchen with sweet spiced pastry soaked in rose water honey and garnished with a citrus zest, attar oils radiating from the back of her neck.

I'm not sure where the hate is coming from for this one. It was loveeeeee at first spray for me. You get a jammy whiff of tangerine marmalade mixed with cardamom, milky caramel, and creamy vanilla. I don't really pick up on any apple or any "bread" notes. It sounds like a strange combination but it all pulls together beautifully. This one doesn't need to macerate but I imagine it will get better and stronger with time. Perfect as is. It lasted on my wrist all day and I was wearing something different to our Christmas Eve family get together. If this is what Italica is I am even more excited to own that one in the future. This is way cheaper and arrived pretty quickly. I only paid like 16 dollars on sale! The bottle is sexy orange velvet. Nothing feels cheap about this experience. I am holding myself back from drowning in this damn bottle. I feel exceptionally dark and delicious, enveloped in a sexy gourmand, soft blanket of happiness. This is everything. If you don't like it, I pity your nose.

Really nice cardamom tangerine scent! I’m a teensy bit disappointed it’s more spicy freshy than gourmand, but if I hadn’t been expecting “pastry” it wouldn’t be an issue. I do get some apple, but to my nose, this isn’t buttery, vanillic, or almondy (as others have suggested) which I think WOULD have given it a bakery accord. Layering this with those kind of scents would take it to the next level! This would be AMAZING with something like Bianco Latte, Chocolate Greedy, or especially Sweet Vanilla (which screams buttery dough). I do like it, but you have to be cool with cardamom. It really reminds me of a girlier Liam Grey, minus the tea note. I haven’t smelled Italica, but I blind bought this because of the comparison. I’ve been DYING for a better performing version of Dua’s French Macaroons, and Italica is supposed to be the deity other almond perfumes pray to... TLDR: I’m glad I have this, but if you want a buttery fresh baked pastry, be prepared to layer.

I really can’t relate to others who have said this was immediately good for them. Straight out of the box this was not something my nose enjoyed in the slightest. Screechy, sharp and disjointed. I stuck it in a dark drawer for about three months and whipped it out the other day and gave it a quick spritz into the air. Oh boy! This has evolved, developed and really come together to form a fluffy spicy marzipan-vanilla bomb! I braved two spritzes into the air and let some settle on my skin this evening and my partner, who normally doesn’t give a damn about my perfume situation, has been unable to resist shoving his nose into my neck. I love this. LOVE this. But it needed to sit a while. So glad I committed (AKA forgot about it!). Will be getting a backup for sure! UPDATE: on a whim I just layered this with Khair Pistachio. WOW! I smell like some kind of delicious nutty, spicy, sweet pastry. YUM!!

UPDATE: I am in love. It's a photo realistic baklava scent. It's not a fantasy approximation of "this is the idea of what baklava smells like," but rather similar to visiting one of the local Middle Eastern bakeries in my area and sticking your nose into the parchment paper of freshly baked baklava—all of the nuttiness, chewy orange blossom honey, saffron, and rosewater with the buttery flakiness of the dough. Please note that it is NOT a traditional cake pastry type scent. Many hear pastry and will think cake. Instead think of pastries that involve phyllo dough or puff pastry like baklava or a Kouign-amann. Think flaky, buttery, and syrupy rather than the denseness of a flour based baked good that relies upon traditional white sugar for sweetness. I think that this could be worn well into the summer without being cloying.

Did I get a bad bottle? The opening notes are so good, a very unique and herbal sweetness. I assume that is the cardamom, tangerine, and saffron. Then after that, I just get waxy crayon. A whole box of waxy crayons. Unrelenting waxy crayons. It definitely lasts because I sprayed a bit on my hand yesterday evening, washed my hands several times yesterday evening just as a matter of basic hygiene yet the scent was indelibly imprinted in the spot I sprayed. I woke up this morning and got a light whiff of something that smelled great. It was the vestiges of the frag left on my hand after numerous hand washings that included copious fully lathered soapings and scrubbing. However beyond the amazing top note and the last dregs of that base note...all I get is waxy Crayola. I am saddened.

Why all the hate 😅😅 This is MY perfume, I bought an unhealthy amount of backup of that perfume and I will make sure I buy enough to never run out 🫣🫣 On me it smells like buttery almond croissant with a hint of fresh tangerine, I get compliments on a regular basis and this never happened to me in the past , I’m always the girl who smells good but now complete strangers ask me what I wear. This perfume performs amazingly well , 8h plus on skin and I have to wash my clothes for the scent to disappear. Mind you I’m a baker so this is right up my alley, it is completely unique and I wear it all the time , any seasons I don’t care , now each skin is different but on me it smells heavenly... OBSESSED 🤩

I think I like this even more than Italica! Voux Patisserie is verrrrrry lactonic, sweet like a creamy dessert and has a pinch of saffron and an orange tangerine/apricot feel to it that is consistent with the orange velvety bottle. Voux Patisserie has a little bit of sharp almost spicy and bitter opening while Italica opens much more nice and blended and very realistically gourmand. Italica opening actually smells exactly like a dessert made with milk, cream, almond, rosewater and suger. After about an hour these 2 smell very similar, voux Patisserie smelling more creamy and sweet and soft and nice, and Italica smelling a tad more oriental gourmand with less cream and more cardamom and almond.

I smell orange, almond, vanilla, baklava, and butter. A rich, dense pastry that you ate but wish you hadn't. Opens a bit strong and harsh, but calms down after 20-30 minutes and is quite nice. Unisex but leans slightly feminine. Pretty. Strong projection at first, then settles down. Lasts a good 10 hours on skin; pretty linear throughout. Not bad at all. Fall/Winter scent. Similar to other frags in my collection, but with a bit of a twist. Warm and inviting. Not expensive, so worth rolling the dice on if you're into these types of scents. Definitely not for the high heat, but I'll roll with this when it's cold outside. Think Nebras with orange and almond notes.

Voux Patisserie is such a beautiful Gourmand and is so much more approachable and wearable then Italica which always came off way to coying. So coying I decanted part of my bottle and added other vanillas with it in order to make it more wearable and likable. So when I received Voux Patisserie and it was ready to wear upon first spray I was so delighted. In the opening you do get the burst of Tangerine but out the gate you're getting the lactonic notes and it's so beautiful. This wears well alone but I love layering it with other Gourmand fragrances🥰👌🏾

I got a little sample to try first. I wasn't sure about it when I first tried it. I think the cardamom was a bit strong and off-putting to my nose. Strangely enough, I found myself craving this scent. It's spicy, sweet and creamy. I swear I smell some kind of bread/baked good note. It's so cozy! It has rose listed but I don't smell any, thankfully. I ended up getting a full-size bottle of this and can't wait for late Fall & Winter so I can wear this regularly. It's definitely too much for warm weather.

I have this for a year now, and I can definitely prove that it smells 99% like Italica now. I have both and I compared them on each wrist. They are almost the same. The only small difference is not in the scent, but projection and longevity. OG projects slightly better and lasts longer, but as I said, the scent is now 99% identical. When I bought it I couldnt wear it, it made me nauseous and it was only slightly similar to OG. But Im so glad I let it macerate

When I tell you I got yelled at, at work about how freaking good I smelled you wouldn’t believe me but it’s true! I first smelled this at my mom’s house and fell in love. It’s a true almond cookie gormand that got me plenty of attention today, so introverts beware lol. Longevity is 8+ hours I still smell it at 6:30 pm sprayed it at 9:30am, it’s that Flippin good, will be buying a back up, and the other flankers if possible, ok Paris corner I see youuuu!!!

I was recommended this as a good dupe for Italica, just like the other reviewer said, it is not close but it smells good as a stand alone fragrance. On my skin it smells clean, like a sweet woodsy soap. I like it a lot, it’s just not Italica. **UPDATE** Let it mature, after letting it mature, it smells very similar to Italica, I just got my second bottle of this!

I understand why this may be off putting to western residing people. It's spicy like a good desi chai with a side of baklava. It's so addictive and complex... it's also a good italica dupe. I love this scent so much i have a back up since I worry it will be discontinued because whiny people can't handle the elegant spice. It's a masterpiece

You literally need to wait at least ONE YEAR before this fragrance reaches its peak level. I have had it for longer than a year and it wasn’t so good at first, but now? I love it! Smells like orange cream and sugar cookies on me. It’s definitely not a safe blind buy though. I must say I do like it much better than Italica.

As others mentioned - it needs to sit for a couple of months, then its almost identical to Italica. Great sillage and longevity. You just need to be patient with it

It smells like Italica, So beautiful and yummy But Italica is more milky and almondy This is a bit more fresh and yummy Delicious Already one of my favorites ❤️✨

I feel orange, saffron, almond milk, and honey in it. It starts spicey and ends with sweetness.