Eau Gourmande Creme Brulee Laura Mercier for women

WAY TOO RICH. Smells like a yankee candle, mixed with egg whites,overly sweet condensed milk, soured milk, and baby formula. I love gourmands, but this is a bit over the top.

I'm not a vanilla fan at all in perfume - it gives me raging headaches. But I DO like how it smells in real life (I add tons of it to my baking). So this perfume is lovely to me only in passing, I couldn't wear it.

However, for whatever reason - some strange chemical reaction or something - I DO love the matching Honey Bath and Body Souffle! No headaches, just vanilla-laced creme brulee / caramel goodness!!

So if you're like me and you like the smell of vanilla but can't wear fumes with vanilla as a basenote - or you find this one too cloyingly sweet - try the Honey Bath and/or Souffle.

I've rarely met an oriental vanilla fragrance I didn't love. And this one is no exception. It is absolutely gorgeous on me which is saying s lot because most scents that do well on others are awful on me due to my strange body chemistry. This one smells just as described- like creme brûlée and also like being in a bakery while pastries are being freshly baked. I do sometimes get the burnt coffee smell that others describe - but here's the odd thing - it depends on the time of day and on how much of it I put on. And I don't even mind the burnt coffee smell! I get nonstop compliments when I wear this one. The only problem w/ it is that it is most definitely a warm winter scent - so now what am I going to wear?! Do try it if you like gourmand ( but not TOO gourmand-y) or vanilla or oriental fragrances.

I tried this one on with a few friends. Well it smells great on my friend but on me. It does actually smell rather fruity but in a weird way. Then later it starts to smell like burnt sugar. Nice... But on the other hand on my friend it smelled like sweet creme brulee from a french bakery.

I thought I had made a mistake and sprayed a house fragrance from the counter, but no - this is supposed to be a real perfume. It's so sweet I've never smelled anything like this before. It's a scent of a caramel cake and gave me a headache. I can't imagine a person who would wear this.

So eatable!I like it!

now i know what it smells like....brazillian nut butter from the Body Shop. meh...i'd rather buy the butter.

i really wanted to love this one, but it smells very nutty on me. the coffee smell is nice, but the nuttiness is not my cup of tea. oh well.