Vanilia L Artisan Parfumeur for women

I was gifted a very sizeable decant of Vanilia in a swap, and so today I'm trying it. First spray is utterly overwhelming...the juice that comes out smells exactly like that cherry flavored cough syrup with codeine, the kind you only get when you're super sick, and just the thought of it makes you want to gag. Luckily this only lasts a few minutes, and if you can hang in there and not wash it off, it definitely gets better. From that hideous Purple Drank, it morphs into a mellow, slightly sweet jasmine. I know jasmine isn't listed as a note, but I detect the tiniest slip of it in there. From that it goes to a banana like fragrance, as other viewers have also noticed. It is a banana pudding scent, like a nursing home/prison inmate/cafeteria tray banana pudding. That's okay with me, because anything different and original gets bonus points with me, however I find it mindblowing that some perfumes get so much attention and praise because they are niche. This is Jessica Simpson's Fancy without the biting sweetness, but to be honest I prefer Fancy.

Testing Vanilia and it's a must-have for me! Very very distinct vanilla right from the opening, but a very spicy kind of vanilla. No listed as such, but it becomes more and more spicy on me over time.
Surprising lack of sweetness, which I really enjoy.
I have a bad cold atm, and I can smell it loud and clear! Fantastic.
Sadly, it's not available here. I have to hope and wait, maybe it comes up on a swap list someday.

edit: It's pretty much versatile on me - but it is so lovely that for once I don't even mind.

This EdT is not my idea of vanilla, but maybe the name isn’t meant to imply that it’s just vanilla. Instead, what I smell up front is banana - strong banana, the kind that is in the banana pudding served in the US South. This traditional dish consists of vanilla pudding studded through and through with slices of blackish, overripe bananas, lying on a bed of soggy vanilla wafers. (Do they even make vanilla wafers any more?).

I don’t like to see banana pudding, I don’t like to eat it, and I certainly don’t want to wear it. As the banana starts to die down it’s replaced by a butterscotch note, as if the perfumer decided to try a different pudding flavor. Then it changes gears again, taking off on a metallic, slightly floral tangent, but there’s still the banana undercurrent. Towards the end, it dries down into a standard vanilla base. It’s not particularly long lasting, about 2-3 hours, but that’s enough banana pudding for me.

Vanilia by L Artisan is beautiful beautiful beautiful perfume.
It's true vanilla in the bottle. Not sintetic, ugly sweet and cheap vanillin; but long, dark stick with yellow seeds inside which give that warm, pleasant and inviting aroma.
Splendor in simplicity. That's all what could be tell about this perfume.
Only one minus : no longevity - the perfume disapears after 2-3 h. after spray. And this problem is with all perfumes of L Artisan. They should do something, becouse you can't create so wonderful perfumes without longevity.

I´m wearing VANILIA at the moment... at the beginning it is so ugly-strong... but after 10 minutes it starts to be nice and warm. I like it very much! :-)

L'Artisan Parfumeur VANILIA is not a sweet vanilla fragrance but a woody oriental tinged with vanilla. Notwithstanding the name, in this very warm woody oriental composition vanilla, sandalwood, and ylang seem equally important and mingle to produce a rather spicy melange. I actually thought that this must contain cinnamon, but apparently not.

Although VANILIA is not groundbreaking, it would be a nice comforting scent for cold winter nights. The staying power of this medium sillage edt is fairly good, and the drydown has a somewhat ambery demeanor.

As others have said, lacks sweetness. The smokiness, to me, was a little too much like stale cigarettes.

This scent was just "okay" for me. Nothing to write home about (especially for the price). You might have better luck with the Comptoir Sud Pacifique or Lavanila lines if you really like vanilla scents...

This one is discontined. Havana Vanille replaced this one.
I prefer the new Havana Vanille than this. More hot fragrance. But I dont think those 2 will make history.


6,5/10

You know how a vanilla bean smells when you scoop the seeds out? This smells a bit like that. Vanilla, but clean, pure vanilla with minimal sweetness. Not at all cloying, just warm and inviting. The sandalwood and ylang-ylang are there as well, but they support and enhance the pure vanilla.

I confess i haven't tried this yet, as so many new scents have way too much vanilla for me.

But the fragrance components listed on the L'Artisan Parfumeur website intrigue me:
ylang-ylang, nutmeg, clove, vanilla, sandalwood

I'm posting this because the nutmeg and clove are not listed here. Judging by current reviews, they are not too apparent in the scent.

I don't like too much vanilla in a perfume, but L Artisan Vanilia is so nice and comfortable. Worth a try, especially if you're not a fan of vanilla- here is not outstanding, but it fits nicely into the whole composition. On my wishlist.

Beautiful, spicy, earthy, smokey vanilla. No sugar, no sweetness. Very special, sophisticated and different. It feels very modern, but it was created in1978. I would take the risk of saying that it is a classic now...

Vanilia is one of the best L'Artisan scents IMO, with the only minus that it doesn't last. I won't re-purchase because of lack of intensity. It smells smoky and sooo good vanilla, sweet and green, not foody at all. I smell a little hint of banana too. What impress me most is the similarity with the smell of my skin. It mixes well, but it doesn't have that ooomph that kick me.

Sweetly vanilla with floral notes that don't blend well on my skin. In the end, the sandalwood attacks me and turns it into a scrubber. Too bad: Might work great on others.

This brilliant shiny vanillia. Like a birtday cake under a big ylang ylang tree, woody but not serious, candies and creme de caramel basking in the sun, and lots of powder pouring down from the sky.Fun and outdoorsy gourmet, not perfect but interesting

Unfortunately, I am underwhelmed by this scent. I suppose there is something to be said about a nice, gentle vanilla, but this is too subtle on my skin. It doesn't last very long either, which is very disappointing. This is a simple perfume and given that it is a vanilla scent, it is surprisingly lacking in sweetness. I don't get any of the ylang-ylang, only a very subtle vanilla that quickly dries down to a rather subdued sandalwood. For the price of this perfume, I could not suggest it as I have to believe there are many other fragrances out there with the same light, unassuming scent for much less money.