Vanori

Quick first impression: absolutely love!!!! Creamy yellow floral vanilla. If you like Cartier Baiser Vole Essence de Parfum, Chanel Beige, and Serge Lutens Un Lys, you will definitely love this! If you like Annick Goutal Songes, Viktoria Minya Hedonist, or M. Micallef Ylang In Gold or perfumes of that general style you should try this too, you will likely love this too. It’s simple but just wonderful and delicious. Bright and sunny and warm and golden. Yellow flowers and vanilla can be so beautiful together and Vanori is a shining example of that. Vanori is a bit more vanilla heavy than most yellow floral vanillas, which I like and sets it apart from the rest. The vanilla here is almost a gourmand vanilla cookie sort of vanilla, but just misses the mark on being that and instead remains a vanilla pod/bourbon vanilla type of vanilla, but on the very sweet end of this spectrum. Or perhaps it’d be more accurate to say that it’s equal parts of both kinds of vanillas. It’s a delicious mouth-watering vanilla that is almost gourmand but without being particularly foodie if that makes sense. At times, upon close whiff, it veers dangerously close to vanilla candle territory, but it never quite gets there thankfully. Hopefully this doesn’t change for the worse, as that’s the downfall of many vanilla fragrances for me. So far I’m really enjoying it. I tend to enjoy these types of perfumes-yellow floral vanillas-but sometimes they can get very cloying to me. So far Vanori has not had this issue. It has also avoided the other common pitfall of this fragrance genre, which is smelling like sunscreen or suntan lotion. Thankfully Vanori avoids this completely. I know some people like that effect and I don’t think you’ll find that here unless it goes totally different on your skin chemistry. This isn’t a sunscreen monoi oil beach scent, there’s no coconut here, this is a golden vanilla, and yes the florals in here are tropical and therefore it IS a tropical scent but tropical does not have to mean beachy and it certainly doesn’t here! This is a tropical floriental, a decidedly evening type of scent to me, makes me think of dressed up, semi-formal to formal nighttime events on some gorgeous tropical location. There may be beaches nearby, you may even be right on or by the beach, but there’s no sunscreen or suntan lotion or bikinis around, none of that. Like I said, semi-formal to formal. Women wearing dresses and men in suits or at least dress shirts and all that. The air is thick lush, dark green tropical leaves, intoxicating yellow and white tropical flowers, the faint, airy smell of smoke from lanterns and burning incense, the faintest aroma of ocean air, and fine perfume worn by the attendees. That’s what I picture when I smell Vanori. So far from this collection I’ve tried this and Virgile. They’re both very lovely, but Vanori is more magical. However, Vanori is also far better suited for the current weather here, so I’ll have to try Virgile again on a colder day to give it a fair shot. Performance so far is excellent, no surprise there as Virgile had excellent performance as well. I’ve yet to check what these are going for but as long as they’re not too expensive I will probably buy a bottle.

A gorgeous, golden floral, warm and embracing, but so fleeting!!! I can't justify getting a full bottle at this price for a scent that has me literally pressing my nose against my wrist after an hour to smell anything at all. I so wish Sylvaine Delacourte improved the longevity of the vanilla collection, because it is beautifully made, very natural smelling and elegant. I am so sad this is just a ghost of a perfume I could love. Upd: in cooler weather and with a more generous application on hair and clothes, longevity is actually better! Tangy honey, beautiful flowers that should be heavy but by some magic are light and solar. There's a slightly bitter note (grapefruit?) that inevitably brings to mind lilies but it's quite pleasant. I'm changing my mind about getting a full bottle... Notes/ingredients from the official site: Grapefruit Essence from Calabria, Petitgrain Essence from Paraguay, Styrax Essence from Honduras, Beeswax absolute from France, Cashmeran, Vanilla Absolute from Madagascar, Alcohol of Vegetal Origine, Fragrance, Water, Limonene, Benzyl Salicylate, Linalool, Benzyl Cinnamate, Eugenol, Benzyl Benzoate, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Citral, Geraniol, Benzyl Alcohol, Citronellol.

The scent that puts a smile on your face. Frangipani can be quite strong but not here. It's skipping along hand in hand with grapefruit. The honey is very natural and not too obvious. Like the others in the set it's very well blended but in this one vanilla is another note and does not dominate. I would be happy wearing this on a warm day and wouldn't have to worry it was too strong and heavy. This smells very natural and as usual very smooth and refined. I also own Jil Sander Style edp and there is a little similarity. Style lacks the essential grapefruit or billowy softness. Style has a lot of pepper. Good longevity and moderate sillage. It is quite a feminine scent but obviously wear what makes you happy.

Definitely my favorite from the collection so far. I can't pass up a delicious sweet floral fragrance. It opens fresh and bright, sunny, polleny, beautiful yellow flowers. Tropical and happy without any typical tropical scents. Just feels like running along through honeysuckle vines. As it dries down, it becomes sweeter and the vanilla emerges. It loses the slight greenness it had. I can't get enough of this, this is such a come cuddle me fragrance. Yummy. It lasts on my skin for 24 hours, although the projection is light - I can smell it on me, but you have to get pretty close for someone else to smell it. Next time I'm craving a vanilla, I will think about purchasing this one :)

I love this scent. But Fragranticas note list isn't quite complete and as such not quite representative of the perfume. This contains stryrax in it's base, and bam ~ along with the vanilla, grapefruit and honey you get a perfume that is a 2nd or 3rd cousin to Guerlains Oriental Brulant. The perfumer is the same for both. I'll take anything that close to my beloved OB. Still TBD is longevity on my skin. On clothing it's ok, but on my skin less than an hour. But these types of things need time and experimenting to find out for sure. Not a safe blind buy for vanilla lovers bc it's not front and center, it comes out to play, but never loudly or alone.