Douceur de Vanille Les Nereides for women

Powdery vanilla with a hint of rose.

It's very similar to Ava Luxe Angel's face. Very nice.

I would call this a skin scent. A faint wisp of a perfume that takes time to develop on me. When first smelt from the bottle and initial application it comes across as very medicinal but after a few minutes it evolves and reveals it true self. I smell a lovely concoction of vanilla and sweet chocolate tinted with rose. No star anise at all appears to me. Perhaps the star anise was responsible for the initial medicinal whiff. Sillage is very close to the skin even after a copious amount was applied. Longevity about four hours so far. It's good for days that you just want to kick back and relax with something unobtrusive. It's also perfect of you want to change your scent in the middle of the day since its so faint about almost anything would cover it. It's a slightly sweet and delicate scent, something I would picture Beth from Little Women wearing. I have a 30ml bottle and although its not a must to buy again when finished, the jury is still out on whether I won't. Right now I've got my tee shirt flipped over my face enjoying the soft envelope of this beauty.

This is exactly what everyone else has been saying---sweet baby powder, but oh, do I love it. That's exactly what I'm looking for, so I guess this fits the bill, and I'm not disappointed that I don't smell any gourmand vanilla. For that I rely on Acqua e Zucchero and The Exact Friction of Stars.

Staying power is also kind of faint. Once again though, I don't mind; in fact I appreciate that it's an EdT. edit on staying power: after putting it on a couple hours before I went to bed I woke up in the morning to the most wonderful smell hovering just above my skin; the powder was now in the background, with the vanilla standing in front.

This innocent, gentle piece makes me want to put on a dainty little white lace set, melt into my bed, and let out a soft sigh. Innocently sexy.

I recently gave my friend Yamba1 a bottle of this for her birthday, but I had an illicit spray first (yes, she knows). Now, vanilla and I normally don't see eye-to-eye. I find it is overdone & quite synthetic in most perfumes that list it as an ingredient. I say MOST. This one is so gentle and beautiful I could never take a dislike to it. The almond is also very prominent and this is possibly what appeals to me rather than the vanilla. It was extremely long-lasting on my skin, and it is so subtle I think it could even be a summer perfume. Douceur de Vanille could easily make me change my mind about vanilla....of course being from the wonderful house of Les Nereides is also a plus for me.

My dear friend Scorpiosheep gifted me a bottle of Douceur de Vanille for my birthday, and upon testing today, I've found it to be a very pretty perfume. Unlike other reviewers, I seem fortunate to get a soft vanilla upon first application, which yields to a musky powder after about 20 mins, with gentle wafts of vanilla seeping through. There is just a slight suggestion of spice in the background but the almond seems the more dominant note. Overall, I like it very much and will find it most appropriate to wear at work as it is pretty and comforting with minimal silage, great for cramped meeting rooms!
Thank you so much Scorpiosheep, you have got it spot on again:)) xxx

I totally agree with Gosha: I can't detect the vanilla, the rose, the almond...it's indeed very musky and powdery, a sort of soapy and powdery musk, similar to my nose to Alyssa Ashley Musk! But it's cute and easy to wear. I prefer A.A. Musk anyway, because it's more intense and long lasting!

This is a gentle, comforting, simple, soft, clean scent.
Frankly I can't detect any of the listed notes, all I am getting here is musk and baby powder indeed. It is very modest when it comes to projection, but on me it lasts long hours in a placid, innocent way - I just keep thinking on this exceptionally sunny, warm day - that I am sooooo clean! :-) I am feeling fresh and good smelling! Hours and hours later having spent the day madly running bounty of errands, I still feel I smell like I have just stepped out of a shower. Or - indeed - that I have just spent the day lazying on a sunny beach smothered in baby oil. :-)
After several hours the fragrance is still detectable as gentle puffs of rose finally start emerging on me. Very easy and likable.

From the bottle the scent smells quite delicious. I think comparisons with L de LL seem quite in place, since the fragrances share some of the notes and the first impression is very similar. However, the difference kick in later. While L develops quite nicely and turns out to be a delicious almond cookie, Douceur de Vanille remains quite flat and lacking.

Unfortunately, there was no star anice there for me, but a tiny dose of cocoa and vanilla; it's quite powdery and pleasant, it's also a rather quiet scent keeping close to the skin. It followed me all the way from the store to my place creating a cozy, safe atmosphere. It is a bit disappointing though. As I already said, it's quite flat and after some time you realise that vanila and cocoa is all there is to it really, the lasting power is not fantastic either.

This has been compared to baby oil by more than one tester. I have to say, it is far more than that...Douceur de Vanille is a day at the beach- complete with baby oil for tanning, Desitin for baby bottoms and noses, melted chocolate almonds in a waxed paper bag, wild beach roses, salt air, warm squashed fruits, and sweating bottles of cream soda. Despite all this, DdV is not heavy or gourmand. This is not the powder of Flora Bella by Lalique or the candy of Montale's Chocolate Greedy, however, it may be the delicate and devastatingly beautiful sister of "L" by Lolita Lempicka. Instead, DdV is elusive, giving the wearer just a weaving glimpse of some uncertain seaside memory. I only wish it lasted a bit longer, but likely that is part of its allure. Like others, I find something hauntingly familiar about this perfume. For me, perhaps it is the scent of past days at my grandparents' beach house. It is sure to hold a memory for you, as well....

This opening is nice enough, soft vanilla. The dry down is Johnson's Baby Oil, at least on my skin. Not worth the purchase price of a full bottle.

This smells so good, I remember a perfume my late mother used to wear that had these same musky undertones, I cannot remember the name, but boy she smelled good. Now that she is gone, I like to wear this scent as a comforting reminder of her. Its absolutely gorgeous and soft my husband likes it too

It's a soft, warm vanilla, long lasting and special. Not sweet, not the plain vanilla fragrance, interesting perfume.
I like it!

baby oil. lying in the sun trying to catch a tan, covered in baby oil. that is the impression that i get. (yes we used to do this back in the day...gasp) it eventually dries down to almost a vanilla scent, but if you do not like baby powder or baby lotion do not attempt this one. this would be great for people under the age of 20, or perhaps a gentle and quiet soul who would never harm a fly. too gentle for my liking.