Le Voluttuose La Vaniglia Bois 1920 for women

Incredibly beautiful, the most original vanilla I've ever tried. Addictive and bizarre, it starts with a boozy alcoholic minty opening, strong and very unusual; ( mint and vanilla? sounds like Listerine, but it has that old rum Cuban flavor, haa - El Ron del Cuba- if you can believe it plus a milky undertone!). This phase doens't last longer than a few minutes.
Soon after vanilla comes mixed with a nice dose of patchouli and incense. Ahh, that divine incense seems to come straight from my Orthodox church. Literarily speaking. It's heavenly and it almost appears profane to be put in the composition of a perfume intended, most likely, to seduce and give pleasure...
The drydown is pure soft smokey incense and dry vanilla. The citrus never shows up on my skin. As complex as the opening , the base is simple but inchanting.
I don't think I could love it more than I do!
Lasting power of this olphactory wonder is not as good should it, neither is the projection. A true delight to my nose, I cannot stop smelling myself!!!By the way, I had samples from Tobacco Vanille and La Vaniglia, as I was looking for a dark vanilla. While I loved both equally, this one won my heart in the end, because of those stunning opening notes...Divine and sexy!

I have tried many vanilla-based perfumes, so I thought nothing can ever surprise me now. Especially, when I approached this Barbie-pink coloured bottle with "La Vaniglia" written on it.

Boy, I couldn't have been more wrong about that. This is definitely a vanilla perfume, but it's nothing like I have imagined. La Vaniglia opens with strong patchouli and smokey incense; very woody and almost dirty (yes, patchouli, it's all your fault!). The fruits here are not very noticeable, but without them, the fragrance would have been completely dirty and pungent, so they added some balance, I guess.

I was already prepared to dislike it, until it strikes me that I am actually enjoying it. Incense and patchouli did not go away, but became slightly more well-behaved. Finally, I expected this to turn into plain sweet confectionery, but La Vaniglia kept reminding me that it's got "dirty mind".

I honestly have no idea, on what kind of occasion you could wear this, but I am sure I will find excuses to put this on, as I can't stop sniffing my wrist - it's both very delightful and weird.

To me, this is a very leathery, dirty vanilla. The "fresh and sparkling" top notes are there for only a split second before the scent descends into a strong, non-churchy incense and vanilla. It reminds me of a vanilla-flavoured cigar, smoked in a room with leather armchairs. Very pungent and deep. Probably reserved for wearing in the cleavage of a low black velvet dress on a promiscuous hot summer night.

A surprising start: the smell of your mum's kitchen when she was preparing your favourite lemon cheesecake...yummy! After one minute the cake is eaten, but you can still have the perfume: a mixture of fine vanilla with deep incense. Stays on your skin for about 2hs (not really long, given the high price!). The question you should ask yourself: Do I want to smell like a baker who escaped from his/her shop and went straight into church?