Later it calms down and gets rid of the foody associations to provide a mellow tobacco-vanilla cloud to just lose oneself in, the longer it wears the drier it gets, but that is fine. When I wear it, I always get compliments, it is a true feel good scent.įor me, in the beginning it smells like a big bowl of rum-laced, still warm custard, but strangely enough it is not overwhelmingly sweet or too heavy (like other vanilla scents I know, cough- Comptoir Sud Pacifique-cough). It is an Eau de Parfum, of which I wish there were more in the L’Artisan line up, so it is fairly long lasting and wonderfully soft and cozy. Rum-heavy, sweet and indulgent from the start it proceeds to develop into a perfect vanilla scent with smoky hints of tobacco leaves on a bed of balsamic and woody-mossy notes. Vanille Absolument is a scrumptious, delicious, gourmand-y festival for the nose and the soul. Official notes are: rum, clove, dried fruits, narcissus, tonka bean, helichrysum, vanilla, smoked woods, moss and balsamic notes. I had a moment of real panic when I couldn’t find Havana Vanille anymore in the line-up, but thankfully the fragrance is the same, only the name has changed (for copyright reasons as far as I could discern).ĭeveloped in 2009 by Bertrand Duchaufour, it is a part of the Travel Series (others in this series are Dzongkha, Fleur de Liane, Bois Farine and Timbuktu, as well as the recently released Traversee du Bosphore). The house has a devoted following among perfumistas.Ī perfect scent for the colder seasons is the recently renamed Vanille Absolument, the perfume formerly known as Havana Vanille. In 2008 Bertrand Duchaufour was hired, who has since created many wonderful scents for L’Artisan. See you all tomorrow, thanks for dropping in.So many fragrances I love come from L’Artisan Parfumeur, a french perfume house that was founded by Jean Laporte in 1976, who later left the company to found Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier. How do you all feel about Vanilla? Does it spark your attention and is there one I should definitely try? ThePoshPeasant has decants starting at only $5 Parfum1 has 100ml for $165 (still as Havana Vanille and I’m wondering if it’s pre-reformulation there?) NowSmellThis and TheNonBlonde do great reviews with much more knowledge than I posess, go check them out too. Excellent as a date night fragrance because it’s sensual rather than sexual. It may be a little too much for a workplace where there are anti-perfume rules or very close quarters, otherwise from jeans to Haute Couture, Bar B Q to meet the Queen. Where would I wear it? This is so divine that I’m finding it hard to think of somewhere I couldn’t wear Vanille Absolument. This is a classy, elegant fragrance that still remains friendly and approachable with good longevity (at about 5 hours before I lose 3 spritz completely) and the sillage & scent bubble are good too. The dry down is a warm and sweet vanilla that is held back from being foodie by the musk and woods, though I don’t get smoke in the traditional sense. Although this is a vanilla fragrance there is so much more to it, twists and turns within turns. I am trying to parse the narcissus and everlasting daisies but they are completely subjugated by the other notes but every now and then I almost smell them. Dark rum and honeyed tonka come in to give the whole a cocktail-ish almost Brandy Alexander feel that is both boozy, alcoholic, spicy and cozy warm. I get a milky/ice-creamy blush through the beginning too. OMG! The opening of slightly bitter vanilla is mesmerising, and to have put the leather in right up top to cut through the sweet, spicy candied fruit and give you a blast of dark cakery is genius. Heart: Narcissus, rum, everlasting flower, tonka bean, tobacco leaves and honeyīase: Balms, vanilla absolute, smoked woods and musks Top: Clove, Mexican vanilla pod, leather and crystallized dried fruit I have a long standing love of vanilla in food and fragrance so add this to rum, leather and musk it was a no brainer. I ordered my Vanille Absolument from the French sale online recently but it was once known as Havana Vanille too.
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