Vanille Santal

In my opinion it's a lovely soft comforting fragrance which is perfect for autumn months. Mostly if u prefer lighter, powderly-creamy woody vanilla accords more then the heavier, more spicyer line. It's linear, but nice. U get what u imagine about this fragrance from the name & the notes. Smoky slightly milky sandal wood which is bit burned & sweet ( because of the caramel) with musky-powderly warm cahsmere what leans on a not too deep creamy vanille. It's has a light creamy side too but this vanille has a bit more powderly woody-dry side as the scent of the papers in antique books. And for the top there's some added spices which give some warmer vibe into the composition. For me it's a "light colored" comforting fall fragrance. Anearly-middle fall cashmere-wool or knitted wear scent, which is light, creamy coloured.( ivory, cream, nude, pastel smokey brown) I see a delicate, chic faded beige blonde haired girl who who wears a very cozy ivory cashmere sweater, the underweared shirwaist's collar are fold out on to the sweater neck. For this she wears a little checkerd pleated skirt with thight/knee socks & mary jane shoes. One of her hands she holds an oldschool briefcase, in the other she hold a a book, and she walks into the library to studying.

Blind bought due to a decent price (£30 for 100ml), few reviews, and a love of vanilla, sandalwood and warm spicy scents. It’s a good job the bottle is huge, as the fragrance isn’t, and you need to spray a good 10 sprays if you want projection. I sprayed it 3 hours ago, and while it’s still strong on my clothes, I have to put my nose to my arm to smell it on my skin. I’d think it’s impossible to overspray this! It gives more of a soft warmth around you than huge projection, very cozy. Don’t get me wrong, it does smell lovely. A slightly woody vanilla with a spicy incense kick. I just wish it was stronger. But for the price, spraying a lot isn’t a problem! I will probably wear this one before bed, and to spray my scarves and jumpers with as it’s that warm kind of comforting scent. Edit: this is fast becoming one of my favourites. It’s absolutely the nicest drydown of any sandalwood I’ve tried. Delicious and woody and creamy. Just heavenly. Edit again: this is now my FAVOURITE woody vanilla. I wear it every night to bed, and spray it all over my robe. It’s amazing. I’ve bought a back up bottle.

UPDATED REVIEW: I bought this bottle unopened, and it seems to have needed some maceration. I absolutely love this perfume now :) It's a warm, woody vanilla, no plastic, no waxiness. It's more of an indolic vanilla - slightly dirty snd swraty, but cozy. Unsweetened. When I want a woody vanilla, this is what I want, not YSL Babycat/Nayel Queen/Rifaaquat, which are all plasticky vanilla. I was thinking of selling samples of this one, but nooooo, this one I'm keeping for myself. OLD REVIEW: On my skin, this is coconutty vanilla with a slightly plasticy undertone - like an Ikea candle, and Very similar to l'Aariz Intense from Arabyat Prestige, just without the fruity notes - just straight-up Ikea candle. On my clothes this is more of a woody, plastic-y scent. In any case: I'm not quite sure what creates the plastic smell in this (but I suspect it's vanilla + spice) but I don't enjoy it. Nayel Queen (copy of Babycat) goes all-in on the plastic smell, so it feels intentional. Here, it's a by-product and not a good one.

this is gorgeous but depending on your bottle, it could take some time for the scent to really mature. at first the incense blast of sandalwood smoke in the opening took quite a while to dry down to the spiced vanilla caramel and woodsiness, but some months on, the buttery toffee sweetness has gotten bolder and the incense has settled back into a balanced, cozy, warm scent with a faint backbone of clean musk. The sandalwood note is this is creamy and almost chocolatey. Linear and round with fantastic longevity and arm's length projection. Worth the wait imo, will by my fall signature this year. I have a few Reminiscence scents and they all took some maturing time (tonka took at least 6 months for the vanilla to really develop!) but when they get there, they're well balanced, nuanced, high quality and a little off the beaten path.

A low key spicy vanilla with an edge of sweet, very woody, oh yes the incense...hellooo..it's just right, setting a background tone.....becomes slightly powdery (which isn't my favorite type of scent), but no matter, the sandalwood and wood notes reign here with the incense hovering. For the first time I'm enjoying a non-sweet vanilla that isn't overloaded with musks (which also is my least favorite note!) It is cozy and a very "quiet luxury" type of fragrance-- think Van Cleef & Arpels scents...most especially Bois D'Iris in terms of experience.