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Adult, portable vanilla
Oh how long I have been looking for a portable vanilla!
Now I have found it.
One thing up front, yes, I have slowly become a vanilla junkie. I am downright addicted to vanilla perfumes of all kinds and am always thrilled what you can conjure from vanilla so everything. Previously, I always thought vanilla was something for sweet teenage fragrance bombs, just heavy and intrusive.
But Vaniglia Fior the Mandorlo shows - like so many other vanilla perfumes - that this does not have to be. Rather, we have here a grown-up vanilla that knows what it wants and does not smell like squeaky candy vanilla sugar, but exudes elegance and strength.
The whole Acca Kappa creates with bergamot, which, unlike it suggests, yet remains quite long on the skin. The refreshing note is perceptible for about four hours and gives the vanilla into the heart note a summery, cool support.
In the further course of the fragrance, it becomes nice and creamy thanks to the almond blossom. Delicate flowers are that, slightly reminiscent of honey. Vanilla is clearly in the foreground, but the flowers make the fragrance experience more complex and softer. Don't misunderstand: the almond blossom is by no means floral. But rather it warms up the vanilla and makes it elegant.
Then after about 6 hours we have the base: almost smoky sandalwood and tonka bean let the fragrance appear a little harder than at the beginning. There we have the adult, strong. Amber and musk give at the end a little animalik to it - very interesting and so far never smelled at another vanilla perfume.
Overall, the fragrance lasts all day. Once applied in the morning is enough to perceive the whole day the carefully changing scent.
The flacon looks super high quality. The glass is heavy in the hand and the cap sits nice and tight on the flacon. The spray mist is also nice! No short "Pft", but a nice long "Pfffffffffffft" for connoisseurs ;)
Now I have found it.
One thing up front, yes, I have slowly become a vanilla junkie. I am downright addicted to vanilla perfumes of all kinds and am always thrilled what you can conjure from vanilla so everything. Previously, I always thought vanilla was something for sweet teenage fragrance bombs, just heavy and intrusive.
But Vaniglia Fior the Mandorlo shows - like so many other vanilla perfumes - that this does not have to be. Rather, we have here a grown-up vanilla that knows what it wants and does not smell like squeaky candy vanilla sugar, but exudes elegance and strength.
The whole Acca Kappa creates with bergamot, which, unlike it suggests, yet remains quite long on the skin. The refreshing note is perceptible for about four hours and gives the vanilla into the heart note a summery, cool support.
In the further course of the fragrance, it becomes nice and creamy thanks to the almond blossom. Delicate flowers are that, slightly reminiscent of honey. Vanilla is clearly in the foreground, but the flowers make the fragrance experience more complex and softer. Don't misunderstand: the almond blossom is by no means floral. But rather it warms up the vanilla and makes it elegant.
Then after about 6 hours we have the base: almost smoky sandalwood and tonka bean let the fragrance appear a little harder than at the beginning. There we have the adult, strong. Amber and musk give at the end a little animalik to it - very interesting and so far never smelled at another vanilla perfume.
Overall, the fragrance lasts all day. Once applied in the morning is enough to perceive the whole day the carefully changing scent.
The flacon looks super high quality. The glass is heavy in the hand and the cap sits nice and tight on the flacon. The spray mist is also nice! No short "Pft", but a nice long "Pfffffffffffft" for connoisseurs ;)
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Surprisingly creamy citrus scent - definitely unisex
At the beginning, in the first two minutes, it reminds me strongly of cologne. With me, this awakens political memories. Freshly cleaned apartment, freshly showered, fresh laundry.
Then he is already creamy and until the end, considerable 8-9 hours Later, still creamier. Do I know otherwise from no other citrusdurft.
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This one is not a dry lemon or grapefruit scent. Rather, it starts off spicy in the cologne sense, which is probably due to the lavender. Nothing soft, but herbaceous. Pleasantly refreshing it is, a bit as if one would stand in the garden in the middle of the lavender between the lemon trees.
Then comes already the above-mentioned creaminess. Probably amber and musk manage to carry the citrus back to such a soft, creamy level. One smells nothing sharp out, which is (unfortunately) often the case with citrus fragrances. No, here everything is balanced. Nothing stands out, everything blends together into a lemon, bergamot, grapefruit and musk cream. Like a luxurious body lotion. Quite potent though, not a lukewarm breeze.
It doesn't undergo much of a change after that. The spicy freshness of the beginning is gone within the first few minutes. The citrus-mus cream is then towards the end even creamier, a little vanilla can be perceived after 5 hours. Not sweet at all. Rather soft, pleasant, deep.
The durability is bombastic for a citrus fragrance. Where others already weaken after an hour, this projects for around eight hours. After that, he is also still to smell, but only with the nose on the wrist.
Who can wear it: anyone and everyone! The first fragrance where I really think THE is unisex. Neither spicy-masculine, nor sweet-feminine. Rather spicy-soft-creamy. Simply beautifully composed.
Then he is already creamy and until the end, considerable 8-9 hours Later, still creamier. Do I know otherwise from no other citrusdurft.
In detail:
This one is not a dry lemon or grapefruit scent. Rather, it starts off spicy in the cologne sense, which is probably due to the lavender. Nothing soft, but herbaceous. Pleasantly refreshing it is, a bit as if one would stand in the garden in the middle of the lavender between the lemon trees.
Then comes already the above-mentioned creaminess. Probably amber and musk manage to carry the citrus back to such a soft, creamy level. One smells nothing sharp out, which is (unfortunately) often the case with citrus fragrances. No, here everything is balanced. Nothing stands out, everything blends together into a lemon, bergamot, grapefruit and musk cream. Like a luxurious body lotion. Quite potent though, not a lukewarm breeze.
It doesn't undergo much of a change after that. The spicy freshness of the beginning is gone within the first few minutes. The citrus-mus cream is then towards the end even creamier, a little vanilla can be perceived after 5 hours. Not sweet at all. Rather soft, pleasant, deep.
The durability is bombastic for a citrus fragrance. Where others already weaken after an hour, this projects for around eight hours. After that, he is also still to smell, but only with the nose on the wrist.
Who can wear it: anyone and everyone! The first fragrance where I really think THE is unisex. Neither spicy-masculine, nor sweet-feminine. Rather spicy-soft-creamy. Simply beautifully composed.
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A great vanilla perfume - not a vanilla scent
This is not just a vanilla scent. No, this is a real perfume. So something wearable, something dressy, not a cake scent for on the go. Not a sugary body spray. Nothing monothematic.
Let me describe Aura Sublime in more detail:
The opening impresses with its balanced composition of 50% citrusy chords (freshly cut lemon and a little bit tart bergamot) and 50% warm-soft vanilla (very classic vanilla, rather sweet, but not sugary).
I had been looking for exactly deiser combination and yet had been afraid that it turns out to be a cake scent and I am the cake on two legs when I wear it. With a vanilla-lemon combo, that can act yes quickly so...
But no, this perfume evolves into a wearable perfume - cuddly and elegant.
The whole thing is possible thanks to the iris butter, which brings quite soon a bumig-pudrige note in the vanilla-lemon mixture. And then, after a while, the "balsamic note" already described in other reviews comes in. Reading the comments while waiting for my blind purchase, I couldn't quite imagine what that was supposed to be - not some tiger balm like you like to use for coughs and sniffles, surely? Or even something smoky-scratchy?
Let me reassure you: neither of these applies. Rather, the note that comes to it after about 2 hours reminds me of warm cocoa and incense. The cocoa is unsweet, very important. No sugar-kaba-children's birthday, but noble, de-oiled cocoa and very subtle. The noble vanilla is clearly in the foreground. The cocoa may also be imagination on my part, it is not listed. Anyway, it's something very similar then, fragrance experts are welcome to write me what else it is. And the incense I think I smell is not yet lit, but still smells balsamic-oily and in no way smoky or scratchy. If you can't do anything with this description either, maybe I can help you with a comparison to a spa visit. Doesn't quite hit the mark, like the not yet ignited incense, but I think it makes it clear what I mean. A classy spa that smells like essential oils without being able to smell out any particular oil. But as I said - cocoa and balsam are really subtle and Aura Sublime remains a vanilla lemon perfume. In the drydown, this (imagined?) cocoa and the balsam are namely the secondary figures to the tonka bean, which the vanilla from the base still lives on.
The durability on my skin is top - even in the evening I smell this perfume still clearly on the wrist.
The sillage is good, especially the projection is (according to my coleginnen) pleasant. Perceptible, but does not go on the nerves.
The Flacon was changed. He is no longer as above in the picture, but even plainer (who thought that is still possible...). Very plain. Quite the opposite of the stunning, multi-faceted perfume. Overall, however, the new flacon also looks very high quality. He is heavy in the hand, the lid goes off quite heavily (so does not fly off constantly by itself) and the spray is the higher price category corresponding luxurious-foggy.
Conclusion: beautiful perfume. Through Aura Sublime I have personally recognized for me the difference between "fragrance" and "perfume" - and this perfume I love!
Let me describe Aura Sublime in more detail:
The opening impresses with its balanced composition of 50% citrusy chords (freshly cut lemon and a little bit tart bergamot) and 50% warm-soft vanilla (very classic vanilla, rather sweet, but not sugary).
I had been looking for exactly deiser combination and yet had been afraid that it turns out to be a cake scent and I am the cake on two legs when I wear it. With a vanilla-lemon combo, that can act yes quickly so...
But no, this perfume evolves into a wearable perfume - cuddly and elegant.
The whole thing is possible thanks to the iris butter, which brings quite soon a bumig-pudrige note in the vanilla-lemon mixture. And then, after a while, the "balsamic note" already described in other reviews comes in. Reading the comments while waiting for my blind purchase, I couldn't quite imagine what that was supposed to be - not some tiger balm like you like to use for coughs and sniffles, surely? Or even something smoky-scratchy?
Let me reassure you: neither of these applies. Rather, the note that comes to it after about 2 hours reminds me of warm cocoa and incense. The cocoa is unsweet, very important. No sugar-kaba-children's birthday, but noble, de-oiled cocoa and very subtle. The noble vanilla is clearly in the foreground. The cocoa may also be imagination on my part, it is not listed. Anyway, it's something very similar then, fragrance experts are welcome to write me what else it is. And the incense I think I smell is not yet lit, but still smells balsamic-oily and in no way smoky or scratchy. If you can't do anything with this description either, maybe I can help you with a comparison to a spa visit. Doesn't quite hit the mark, like the not yet ignited incense, but I think it makes it clear what I mean. A classy spa that smells like essential oils without being able to smell out any particular oil. But as I said - cocoa and balsam are really subtle and Aura Sublime remains a vanilla lemon perfume. In the drydown, this (imagined?) cocoa and the balsam are namely the secondary figures to the tonka bean, which the vanilla from the base still lives on.
The durability on my skin is top - even in the evening I smell this perfume still clearly on the wrist.
The sillage is good, especially the projection is (according to my coleginnen) pleasant. Perceptible, but does not go on the nerves.
The Flacon was changed. He is no longer as above in the picture, but even plainer (who thought that is still possible...). Very plain. Quite the opposite of the stunning, multi-faceted perfume. Overall, however, the new flacon also looks very high quality. He is heavy in the hand, the lid goes off quite heavily (so does not fly off constantly by itself) and the spray is the higher price category corresponding luxurious-foggy.
Conclusion: beautiful perfume. Through Aura Sublime I have personally recognized for me the difference between "fragrance" and "perfume" - and this perfume I love!
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Way down in the musty cellar, behind the heavy door....
Immediately after spraying on you are in the damp basement of an old villa. Herb-modrige tangerine me herbaceous impact radiates from the wrist, vintage DNA makes the smell of an old, formerly magnificent villa perfect.
So I stay (thank God imaginary) about 10 minutes in the musty basement and wonder why this perfume is so hyped.
Then slowly and tentatively comes a hunch that there might be a vanilla at the end of the aisle of this cellar. She sparkles discreetly out of the herbaceous, pungent-smelling darkness and lures me close to her.
Closer and closer I get to her over the following minutes.
And all at once, that door opens to reveal a glorious, sparkling, warm amber room. Opulently fruity-sweet, even slightly powdery vanilla causes an association with soft, rich golden amber. I turn in the room and more and more beautiful, powerful and saturated this amber vanilla affects me. Where there was musty tangerine in the cellars described at the beginning, now there are freshly peeled tangerines with shaved lemon zest and the juice of ripe oranges mingles with the vanilla to form soft, deep, viscous syrup. Oh from this sparkling, warm, impressive amber room I don't even want to leave.
I don't have to, because this perfume continues to radiate this beguiling, opulent scent from my wrist into the evening hours. Again and again it pulls me into the Amber Room.
In the evening then in bed, after 10 hours on my wrist, is now such a soft vanilla perceived, as with hardly any other perfume. Still so full-bodied and soft, so beguiling and tempting accompanies me the vanilla to sleep, although now without the fresh lemons, but still with warm orange and I dream this night actually of an amber room ...
So I stay (thank God imaginary) about 10 minutes in the musty basement and wonder why this perfume is so hyped.
Then slowly and tentatively comes a hunch that there might be a vanilla at the end of the aisle of this cellar. She sparkles discreetly out of the herbaceous, pungent-smelling darkness and lures me close to her.
Closer and closer I get to her over the following minutes.
And all at once, that door opens to reveal a glorious, sparkling, warm amber room. Opulently fruity-sweet, even slightly powdery vanilla causes an association with soft, rich golden amber. I turn in the room and more and more beautiful, powerful and saturated this amber vanilla affects me. Where there was musty tangerine in the cellars described at the beginning, now there are freshly peeled tangerines with shaved lemon zest and the juice of ripe oranges mingles with the vanilla to form soft, deep, viscous syrup. Oh from this sparkling, warm, impressive amber room I don't even want to leave.
I don't have to, because this perfume continues to radiate this beguiling, opulent scent from my wrist into the evening hours. Again and again it pulls me into the Amber Room.
In the evening then in bed, after 10 hours on my wrist, is now such a soft vanilla perceived, as with hardly any other perfume. Still so full-bodied and soft, so beguiling and tempting accompanies me the vanilla to sleep, although now without the fresh lemons, but still with warm orange and I dream this night actually of an amber room ...
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Bottermelk Lemon ice cream
Many thanks to the recommendations on the forum. I had asked for a fragrance that smells like Bottermelk-Lemon ice cream from my childhood.
This scent here is said ice cream in liquid form.
It hardly undergoes any development - at least on my skin.
From the outset, a balanced mixture of:
- tangy lemon (fruity without being pungent, or even smell like "toilet stone")
- ripe grapefruit (which brings a bit of bitterness to keep the scent from being too heavy)
- Vanilla (sweet but not pappy-sweet. not heavy-oriental at all)
- Sandalwood (makes together with the vanilla the waffle of the ice)
Projection: surprisingly strong for a citrusy scent. Smells now not to the moon, but is quite perceptible for my environment -> Comment of my husband: Ui, have eaten in the city an ice cream? You smell so good vanilla lemon ice cream!
Shelf life: Solid. Projects about 2.5 hours. Right up close to the wrist, I can still smell it after 5 hours. After that, the fruitiness of the lemon fades and only the wafer remains. But still not heavy-sweet-will-wash away, but vanillig-dezent-soft.
This scent here is said ice cream in liquid form.
It hardly undergoes any development - at least on my skin.
From the outset, a balanced mixture of:
- tangy lemon (fruity without being pungent, or even smell like "toilet stone")
- ripe grapefruit (which brings a bit of bitterness to keep the scent from being too heavy)
- Vanilla (sweet but not pappy-sweet. not heavy-oriental at all)
- Sandalwood (makes together with the vanilla the waffle of the ice)
Projection: surprisingly strong for a citrusy scent. Smells now not to the moon, but is quite perceptible for my environment -> Comment of my husband: Ui, have eaten in the city an ice cream? You smell so good vanilla lemon ice cream!
Shelf life: Solid. Projects about 2.5 hours. Right up close to the wrist, I can still smell it after 5 hours. After that, the fruitiness of the lemon fades and only the wafer remains. But still not heavy-sweet-will-wash away, but vanillig-dezent-soft.
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