Lush Vanilla

Kayali Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar dupe. It is less bubblegummy, more pear, and lasts around 4-5 hours on my skin. It's a great dupe, but I think the Paris Corner Khair Confection is the better dupe out of the two. It lasts longer and the marshmallow/bubblegum is stronger. It is not a dupe of JPG La Belle. I have it and Le Parfume. It smells nothing like it. I think a lot of people associate anything marshmallow/whipped cream mixed with pear to La Belle because it was the first ever super popular gourmand pear perfume out there. But the two are very different and a complete different vibe. Lush Vanilla (VCRS) is more youthful, playful, sweet scent. La Belle is a more elegant/sophisticated, mysterious pear.

This is lovely, but disclaimer: La Belle is one of my favourite perfumes, plus I’ve had Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar, Sultry Pear and Khair Confection. This is my ideal scent profile. VCRS is a copy of La Belle, essentially, but opens with more bubblegum. Sultry Pear pre-dates VCRS but smells kind of in the middle of everything. Khair is a copy of VCRS and does a decent job. I’d say this is a really close dupe to La Belle but with 20% of the strength and length. VCRS and Khair also don’t last very long. I’d say that if you love this scent profile, get La Belle or La Belle Le Parfum - they last longer (although not a lifetime). This is a ok deal for ~£15. It lasts about an hour on me and it’s very quiet.

Quite a sharp, alcoholic opening but once it dries down it smells like a hug in bottle. The name quite sums up the fragrance description. It’s a beautiful , luscious vanilla. It lasts a decent amount of time on both skin and clothes when over sprayed. An easy all round wear for any occasion. Zara really ate here! Edit: I came across a few comments suggesting that this smells like JPG La Belle, I’m not getting that. This one is a bit more softer and la belle is bold. Love them both though.

A great pick up from Zara, a perfume by Jerome Epinette. Pairs well with Captivating vanilla which they sell in a companion box, but lush vanilla is my preferred one of the two Sweet and teetering the line on being too synthetic but never quite gets there and does an amazing job of keeping its mystery.

This is very much a VCRS dupe. Smells pretty similar but VCRS is brighter and fruitier and bubblegummier. There’s an interesting stank in drydown that reminds me of summer.