Vanille Intense Parfums de Nicolaï for women and men

Normally I am insatiable for vanilla and I love PdN therefore I was so confident that I would love this that I bought it unsniffed. Silly me! On my skin there is something in it that produces a sharp, sour note that grows to dominate the whole fragrance. It sounds so good on paper - indeed it smells better on actual paper - so it's just me. Pity - it sits unloved on a shelf in the perfume cupboard reminding me to try before I buy!!!!

Another masterpiece: a totally different vanilla may be de Nicolai was the first one to offer a different point of view on the same spot: vanilla, but here we have no more ice-cream and puddings but a proper perfume for grown-up people (no matter sex, age and so on) Great persistency.

I have a tester of this. To me, it's pleasant on its own, sweet and comfy and perhaps reminiscent of a vanilla-scented candle...but hey, I like vanilla-scented candles. And in a certain mood, I don't mind smelling like one myself. One evening, I tried a dab behind each ear, topped with a spritz of Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir. The combination was rich and spicy. Like vanilla-scented candle blended with cinnamony-spicy deep red fruit. Very soft and natural, and new -- something I'd never "scented" before. Nice sillage, too (a friend noticed me when I walked in the door and said "Yumm") -- and lasted all evening. I will definitely try this combo again! And again....

Edit, many weeks later...I've grown to absolutely love Vanille Intense. I've been dabbing this scent liberally behind each ear, after a shower, and adding several spritzes of Jo Malone Vanilla Anise. I'm trying to reach for other scents, but this is like one of those favorite dishes at a restaurant. You tell yourself you're going to try something new this time, but you keep yearning for that certain flavor you know you love. And you order your favorite again. This is a delicious scent on its own, but I love it like crazy with the JM vanilla anise. And I sometimes add a spritz of JM Pomegranate Noir to the mix. I've had enough "MMmmm you smell g-o-o-d" comments to know it's not just me...

Very beautiful and personal the way Madame de Nicolai is able to match real vanilla beans so smoky and bitter - as they taste really -and the alcoholic note of rum. The first time I tried it on me I was a bit puzzled as I used to be cocooned by a different kind of vanilla. Growing up I started adoring V.I. (I'm still also in love with other "cuddling" vanilla...) a complex (vanilla and rum are just the top of the iceberg!), long-long lasting and well balanced perfume; being a fragrance composed by mostly natural ingredients it takes a while before giving its best: so be patient when you decide for or against it!

Received this as a sample with purchase from luckyscents.

Well on me it smells like a used Yankee Candle. Thats not necessarily a good thing. I even get a bit of a wax note from it.

I'm not a huge fan of vanilla based scents, and this one really dosen't do much for me.

Vanille Intense is a very complex and multilayered fragrance to my nose.
I haven`t smelled such a huge contrast in between the opening and drydown in any other perfumes.

It starts off very-very sharp and at this point I wonder why it is classified as an oriental vanilla, where is the vanilla at all ? All I can smell is some extremely screechy blend of orange, patchouli and (maybe) immortal. I start to give up.
I can`t forget about it of course, because this scent goes on forever and lingers with decent sillage.
After about half of a day or so, the fragrance starts to behave itself and this naughty boozy vanilla takes over.
This drydown is beautifully yummy, warm, delicious, sophisticated and (slightly syrupy) sweet! Gorgeous!
I wish it would smell like it all the way!

I will have to keep testing it because I am not sure about the initial opening and the first 3-4 hours, but the drydown is one of the most beautiful vanillas, is really to die for!

Wow, not sure what Moyra got, but I'd like to try that! On me this was a boring vanilla with faintly fruity notes and a hint of cinnamon. Mostly, it smelled like vanilla and bubblegum, exactly. Sweet, powdery and young. Nothing I need to smell like. She had much more fun, sounds like. And since Kterhark had such an unpleasantly stinky experience with it (this was tolerable on me, just nothing to get excited about) I think this is definitely a try before buy kind of scent.

An unusual fragrance,sweet yet sour, vanillic yet earthy,boozy yet woodsy/ambery. From the first sniff all the way down to the drydown, its mouthwatering but not foody and very well made, in a sophisticated warm evenings sort of way.
I absolutely LOVE it, it works beautifully with my chemistry, with nary a note of drunken party goers in the sultry tropics, just beautiful orange flowers, spices, and a twist of immortelle and patchouli with the tiniest bit of high quality rhum to make it *that* much more of an unusual riff on the vanillic theme. It settles down to a soft warm delicious base that still waves a bouquet of orange flowers and immortelle. Gorgeous stuff!
Definitely a try before buy via the little samples from Lucky Scent, but for me, definitely full bottle, BIG bottle worthy.

I ordered a sample because I'm a fan of both the house and vanilla. My first impression was 'burnt sugar-butter in the frying pan'.

After it developed I realized that the alcohol note is dominant and that I should have passed.

Here's how this wears on me: picture a group of revelers throwing back one hard liquor shot after the other. They are in a hot and humid tropical setting, and as the sun rises in the sky sweat rolls off their back and pools under their arm pits. Their liver shudders at the onslaught and tries frantically to clean it out of the body, mainly through the skin. Now their sweat is mixed with the faint sweetness of liver processed sugar toxins. Oh yummy.

This just stinks stank stunk on me. But I've since showered so I'm feeling better now. Can't speak for the revelers, however.