Mini Pink

Detailed review of Mini Pink: 3 sprays on each arm, warm spring afternoon. --- Starts off very very intense, with, indeed, a boozy vanilla overpowering any other note at the beginning. It is a nice vanilla, mind you, a woody boozy one that reminds me of old traditional perfume like Shalimar, instead of sticky pastries. As it dries, I get something a bit sharper that almost reminds me of the sour Angel patchouli, and a woody note that may be the sandalwood, but is not as creamy as I would expect. And something bitter and dry that may be the heliotrope. This phase is quite nice, very unisex, warm and distinct. It brings up old libraries with dark wood furniture, old perfumery and fall time, but it does wear well in a warmer day too. Up until this point, this is clearly the strongest of all Mini UdV I tried so far. It projects a lot and is strong. I am very surprised. It is also longer-lasting. After around 4-5 hours, it becomes a skin scent and it goes a hint sweeter and less woody, but still nice. This phase of a vanilla-almond-ish sweeter close-to-skin scent (not sticky pastries, but like those French vanilla sugar almonds) lasts 12 hours or maybe more.

I add to delete my previous review because I felt it did no justice to this fragrance. After a few days I FINALLY appreciate its quality. I tested this on my skin a few days and let my friends and colleagues in corporate experience it. Without my influence they all agreed it smelled high quality, slightly floral with a soft vanilla-sandalwood drydown that's extremely appropriate for professional office setting. I decided to be a little naughty and tell them this is a Mugler Angel flanker, and they all believed me! They were super shocked to learn it was actually a $3 perfume. This is a brilliant little winner in my book, and I classify this in the same category as Zadig & Voltaire's This is Her: A feminine, slightly gourmand work scent with a masculine, sandalwood twist. Well-blended, outstanding quality for the price and a modern scent. It took time for me to appreciate its beauty. Currently my favourite from Ulric de Varens.

Initial review of Mini Pink. One spray on the arm. (quick review for now, I intend to write a a better and more detailed review later) --- Reading the notes here, I expected a sticky sweet fragrance, strong on the caramel. Instead, it's a very boozy vanilla, supported by some woody notes (not clearly recognizable as sandalwood, but could be). I then checked Ulric de Varens website and it has more notes listed there: Top: Bergamot, Heliotrope Heart: Caramel, Tonka Base: Musk, sandalwood, vanilla I don't get any bergamot, but I could be getting heliotrope (as it dries it's getting powdery), and I am getting clear tonka notes at this point. As it dries further, I am starting to get the creamy roundness of sandalwood notes, and it's getting less boozy but more powdery. There's a hint of the classics like Shalimar at this point, if you squint. Nice and better than I expected. Worth a retry for sure.

I think this has nothing in common with angel. It just smells like caramel + vanilla, completely different than angel. But i really like it, especially for the little price :)

This is right up my alley - powdery vanilla. Very distinct Jean Claude Ellena DNA. Always buy a new bottle when start one .