Vanilla is a popular spice that is used in many different ways – including in the production of fragrances. Whether for women or men, the floral aroma can be found in countless perfumes. We present five of them to you.
Vanilla smells sweet and mild. It’s no wonder that it is also known as the “queen of spices”. But the queen doesn’t just reign in the kitchen. It is also very popular as an odorant. In combination with other ingredients such as sandalwood or liquorice, cocoa or coconut milk, cinnamon or cardamom, cedarwood or tonka bean, it creates pleasant, warm smells that are equally suitable for men and women. Depending on how many components a bottle contains, the popular spice spreads a subtle to intense aroma. For this reason, we will present you with different fragrances that smell of vanilla below.
Vanilla perfume: 5 floral scents compared
1. Laura Mercier
The “” by Laura Mercier is described as an oriental fragrance for women. More precisely, it is an eau de toilette (50 ml) with a top note of vanilla and a heart note of lily. The base notes are made up of these spices: vanilla, sandalwood, musk and amber.
2. Goutal Paris
The Eau de Toilette “” (100 ml) by Annick Goutal exudes a woody scent composed of vanilla and angelica (top note), almond and benzoin (heart note) as well as sandalwood, musk and gujac wood (base note). The result is “a sensual vanilla absolute for women”, or so the manufacturer claims.
3. Serge Lutens
The Black Collection “” by Serge Lutens is described as a classic men’s fragrance (50 ml). The Eau de Parfum is described as oriental, fresh and floral and is composed of the following “ingredients” in addition to the top note of vanilla: sandalwood, liquorice, cocoa, wood, gujac wood, honeycomb (heart note) and sandalwood, pepper, almond, tonka bean, coconut (base note).
4. Bettina Barty
“” (50 ml) by Bettina Barty – but no less intense, quite the opposite: the smell is only for true vanilla lovers. The Eau de Toilette gets its typical scent from the top note: bergamot, clove and cinnamon. The heart note is rounded off with jasmine, rose and cedar wood, vanilla, musk and amber.
5. Van Cleef & Arpels
The Collection Extraordinaire “” (75 ml) from Van Cleef & Arpels is an Eau de Parfum that impresses with an aromatic abundance of spices: orange, lychee and almond form the top note – rose, violet and vanilla the heart note. The floral fragrance is completed with musk, cedar wood and tonka bean as the base note.
Extra tip:
If you want to cover your whole body in a sensual vanilla aroma, you don’t have to buy an expensive perfume. Instead, there are so-called body sprays for this purpose, such as the one from Victoria’s Secret: “” (250 ml) is the name of the Fragrance Mist – a gourmand-sweet fragrance that is meant to be evenly distributed on your skin.
Top, middle and base notes: what does that mean?
Do you know what the top, middle and base notes of perfumes are all about? In case you don’t know the answer, here’s a quick attempt at an explanation: They tell you what a fragrance smells like when you apply it. The top note is what we notice first when we apply a perfume. After the initial smell has disappeared after ten minutes, the middle note follows – and stays on the skin for a few hours. The one that smells the longest and stays on clothes for days is the base note.
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Source: Stern
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