Vahina

I don't get orange so much as just a nice creamy vanilla musk along the line of DKNY Pure. I like this one and Virgile (spa scent) best of the SD vanilla discovery set. Valkrie smells like patchouli vanilla, and Vanori smells like vanilla extract. These are not necessarily bad things to me, but the other two I mentioned are just solid blends. I am only using tiny spritzes to make these last a while. I would be tempted to get the 2 quarter-ounce spritzers of these that is one of the offers that come with the sample set. Vangelis is too smoky for me, but probably is the most daring scent. If you change just one letter in the name Vahina, you will get something very... female... lol. Sorry, it is just too tempting for my eye not to see.

This scent is so lovely. The "reminds me of" section is full of things I don't know except Cinéma, which I have and love. At first, I said to myself "no... not at all similar" but then I realised this is the YSL pillar scent dialled up to eleven... but no where near as elegant or refined. Frankly, I think that makes this even more likeable. Sometimes you wanna smell youthful, friendly and approachable. I think this does that. As for the scent, it's surprisingly full on. The citruses and vanilla run into each other head on while the dizzying orange blossom and osmanthus fly around the central notes. I love it. Osmanthus comes across almost peachy? Wouldn't wear it too often, it's not Smeraldo or Helicriss but other than that!

So far, my favourite of the set of samples I ordered from their website. A powdery, light vanilla that reminds me of the smell of a doll or something from the 90s like Eau Jeune from Bourjois. The powder is a tiny bit reminiscent of Eau de Charlotte Annick Goutal in EDP. Vahina is linear but so lovely. The only problem is the longevity - it fades by the minute...I would get a full bottle if the scent lasted at the very least 2-3 hours, but it is gone before 2 hours passed and completely invisible from cloth ( I sprayed my t-shirt and it smells of nothing). I'm so sad, this vanilla is heaven but too ethereal for my liking.

This remind me of parfums de marly Safanad but more soapy, more vanilla. They’re not the same but the creaminess and orange blossom that’s what reminds me of each other of those fragrances. It’s lovely, but a little too shampooey to my taste. It’s a bit artificial vanilla orange. Something I feel would make me nauseous if I sniff in it for too long. I do prefer Safanad over this. And Venori for the vanillas from this line. So few hours later it dried down to vanilla skin scent the soapyness went away. But it’s definitely not long lasting but very vanilla pretty skin scent on the dry down.

So far this beauty has the best longevity and sillage of the five. Both better than average. Vanilla, osmanthus and orange go so well together. Vanilla is not the obvious queen here. She is a part of the whole. Lovely and fresh. Creamy and delicious. A touch of juicy naturally sweet orange and Tonka. The neroli gives a little kick to prevent this being a very sweet scent. Very well blended. It smells natural and very feminine. I'd wear this with casual wear and warm weather days. It's another winner.

This is lovely. For me the osmanthus and vanilla are the most noticable ~ giving a nectarine/honey vibe, creamy honey. It's not a milky creamy, though, and very little floral, more fruit with the mandarin. I bought the discovery box, from that I bought a 30 ml of Vanori & Virgile and a 7.5 ml of this one. Great deal for the quality of the perfumes and I love Sylvaine Delacourte as a perfumer.

I've been wearing this a lot since receiving a sample and I do really enjoy it, except.... it doesn't last at all. After 2-3 hours, it's gone. I can maybe smell very faint vanilla. I really don't want this to be the case... as I think it smells complex, creamy, flirty, it's a very intimate scent. Update - I now love this fragrance, after so long deciding.

Soft and pretty! I haven’t found a vanilla from her in this collection, that I don’t like yet! This is very much a skin scent, so if you want projection, you won’t find it here. This is a cuddle in a sweater kind of scent and it’s beautiful! It reminds me of the smell of a Cabage Patch Kid! Pure nostalgia!

I wore the heck out of this beauty today and it struck me how expensive and classy it smells. Makes me feel like I should be shopping at a glamorous department store with no limits in my bank account. I freaking love it. Seems really underrated to me.

it smells identical to a fresh and tangy grenadine drink ! Really sparkling and fizzy fruity perfume with a vanilla undertone. It is lovely, however the longevity is quite poor but this is the price to pay with "natural" perfumes.

Just got my sample sets today and started from the deepest colour one of the vanilla set. This is stunning, sweet creamy vanilla. I'm not sure about the development, but the opening is already great.

Lovely warm scent. I scent a hot summer day, were this scent is a breezy pleasant veil. This scent reminding me of Armani Sensai, but a lighter version.

I like this especially on my skin. A bit more feminine but works for men as well.

I bought the sample packs of all 3 primary notes last year. I loved this then, but now it is just a like. Not because it isn't good, but because I'm no longer as into vanilla scents as I once was. Don't get me wrong. I still like them but the problem I have with most vanilla scents is that that note tends to drown out the other notes. Fortunately, I am not getting that as much here. I do get the citrus and floral notes and they work very prettily together but the vanilla is still front and center. Which is to be expected since this is supposed to be primarily a vanilla scent, so it does what it promises. Personally, I'd rather wear something like Bronze by Ellen Tracy, which in a roundabout way (vanilla/citrus) sort of reminds me of this, though Bronze is a lot more complex, is not as sweet, and the vanilla more balanced with the other notes. As far as performance, unlike some of the other scents in this line, I find it excellent no matter the weather. Honestly though, even if I still loved vanilla scents, I still wouldn't buy this. There are just so many vanilla scents flooding the market that you can find something comparable for a more reasonable price. Like Bronze, for instance.

I'm starting with my favourite of this collection so the reviews are only going to get worse folks. I've got to say that this Vanille collection are pretty terrible on the whole, something I was very surprised by considering some of the similarities with Guerlain's L'art Matiere line, glimpses of which are found in the musc and orange blossom lines...but oddly not the one where you'd expect to find it, The vanilla collection. Vahina (careful to avoid a typo the 'G' conspicuously close to the 'H' as it is) literally smells like Dramduie or a particularly heavy handed bartenders, Screwdriver in the opening a mixture of orange and breath of booze. There's a neroli/herbal green, petitgrain note freshening things up but generally when it settles has that effervescing, swizzles sweets vibe from Ozkan in the orange blossom collection. This one probably is the best from the Vanille ones, the vanilla being ever present and freshened up by synthetic, throwaway top but it's more fun than the rest, and mildly bearable to wear.

This opens with a blast of marmalade -- like you're submerging your nose into a jar of marmalade in all it's sticky, citrusy sweetness. In fact the orange blast was so strong that I assumed I'd accidentally grabbed a sample from the orange pack. That blast of citrus passes quickly and then this morphs into a sweet, honeyed, floral vanilla - very pleasant and classic and interestingly, not challenging or abstract as some of the other SD's have been, ie. Virgile(!). All day I kept thinking, I know this scent, I've smelled this before. Finally I went and sniffed my YSL Cinema, and ding ding ding -- that's it! This smells like Cinema, which is great, because Cinema has been discontinued - here's the replacement. This also has some resemblance to the original Lancome Tresor, imo. To me this is extremely feminine despite SD marketing this as unisex. Update: About 8 hours post application, Vahina is still very much with me and is now a gorgeous, rich tonka-vanilla. I'm really enjoying it!

This fragrance is built around an exuberant floral base. The vanilla acts more as a sweetener here, it adds a roundness, a comfort to the fragrance. The blend with tonka and osmanthus is really nice. I haven't smelled lots of osmanthus fragrances but this perfume makes me want to discover more about this flower, its fruity apricot edge is very pleasing especially its association with the vanilla. I thought I didn't like apricot in fragrances but this proved me wrong. It's a lovely floral fragrance, well-balanced, more on the sweet side but not cloying at all. I don't get the silly storytelling of an homage to this creepy pervert of a painter, honestly it's very embarrassing to see this written on their website, but if you can overlook that tackiness, the fragrance is well-made.

Vahina opens with a powerful orange note and then goes through a brief stage of herbal, woody petitgrain, before settling in to a soft and creamy orange-vanilla that sits close to the skin. There are indeed similarities with YSL Cinema, although I find Cinema has a unique champagne-fizz quality that isn’t in Vahina and is more of an ambery fragrance (perfect for evenings out somewhere nice!). Vahina is creamier, sweeter, slightly cosier affair and could make a great signature for a grown-up vanilla lover. I’d wear this anywhere. It’s a lovely, lovely fragrance in its own right and a certified wrist-sniffer. Although the projection is low here, Vahina lasts - especially on hair & clothes.

If I chose one scent from Delacourte's Vanille collection, it would be Vahina. On initial spray I smelled the watery apricot-like nuance of osmanthus and something a bit herby. The herby nuance goes away and I'm left with a watery-sweet peachy apricot-like aroma that smells sharp at first - like fresh laundry - then becomes powdery. At its heart, I'd characterize Vahina as a sweet honeyed vanilla that's smooth and creamy. It's youthful and feminine but I wouldn't quite call it girly, it's warm, and it's fleeting (lasted about 4 hours). Although I absolutely dislike the opening, the dry down (given at least an hour) is beautiful and makes it my favorite of Delacourte's Vanille collection.

Shockingly inadequate description of notes on here. The list is as follows: Top Notes: Bergamot, Petitgrain, Neroli, Mandarin Heart Notes: Osmanthus, Hawthorn, Italian Orange Blossom Base Notes: Madagascan Vanilla, Tonka Bean You'd be forgiven to think that this is sort of Shalimar-inspired, because of the vanilla-bergamot duality, but it is much more than that. In fact, I find it better than Shalimar, because it stays away from that 'cosmetic' sweetness territory. I avoid vanilla-heavy perfumes, but this is not that. The balance between vanilla and everything else is kept in check. It is pretty excellent to my nose and contender for a full bottle in the future.