Vanillaville

I see that this is very unpopular as the last review was over 3 years ago. I got a sample free along with a purchase many months ago. I must confess that after looking at the pyramid that it seems right up my alley. Great opening with nothing more than a vanilla, sandalwood and light leather dry down. It's short lived at about 3 or 4 hours with very soft sillage. Maybe it would work better in the Spring when temps are warmer but this fails as a cold weather scent.

First off, I must give props where props are due. I've smelled close to 1,000 different scents and Vanillaville has one of the finest openings in that set. If Ms. Zorn could figure out how to hold that for the duration, she'd be worshipped as a goddess! Leather. Tobacco. Vanilla. And not the prissy stuff - the meaty, raw, forceful, smackdown stuff! Unfortunately, at least on me, within a few minutes the scent breaks down to an "old leather" with some sandalwood. It's nice, and I'm sure I'll wear my decant again at some point, but I don't see a flacon in my future.

It smells exactly like a dentist office to me! It's crazy how powerful and stunning this fragrance is, but at the same time, it makes the buccal area of my face go numb because the association between this scent and Novocain. It's totally interesting, and the notes are wonderful together. But I simply cannot wear this. It just doesn't work on me at all.