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Vintage

7.1 / 10 55 Ratings
A perfume by Chabaud for women. The release year is unknown. The scent is floral-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral
Sweet
Gourmand
Fruity
Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
CarnationCarnation Mandarin orangeMandarin orange
Heart Notes Heart Notes
TuberoseTuberose JasmineJasmine Ylang-ylangYlang-ylang
Base Notes Base Notes
AlmondAlmond CaramelCaramel HoneyHoney

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.155 Ratings
Longevity
7.036 Ratings
Sillage
6.239 Ratings
Bottle
6.937 Ratings
Submitted by Apicius · last update on 05/11/2022.
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What the fragrance is similar to
Hypnotic Poison (Eau de Toilette) by Dior
Hypnotic Poison Eau de Toilette
Hypnotic Poison Eau Sensuelle by Dior
Hypnotic Poison Eau Sensuelle
Confetto by Profumum Roma
Confetto
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Tardes Eau de Parfum

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5 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Jbells

46 Reviews
Jbells
Jbells
Helpful Review 4  
Complex floriental
If I had to sum up Vintage in one word, it would be "complex". There's so much going on all the time, which I did not expect from the comparatively limited number of notes listed.

Vintage opens as a floriental who's gone for a little dip in aldehydes (even though aldehyde is not listed). The word that pops into my mind is "fiery", but not exactly because it is a burning fragrance, but because if it were a person, it would be the kind who would look at you with piercing eyes that never quite leave you alone. Carnation is strong and kind of spicy here, letting you know she's a lady with grit and determination. (Side note: it's less intense if you apply less of it, but I'm sure you already figured that out)

As it settles in a couple of minutes, a creamy, almost vanilla-like deep floral takes over. It's a jumble of florals that I can't tell apart, but there's definitely a zesty ylang-ylang backing this.

Almost 2 hours later, jasmine is the predominant note. At this stage, it's just so creamy with a lightly honeyed nut note. Almost yummy, but not quite gourmand. Florals are still there, still feminine, but she's balanced out some of that grit with a delicate touch.

This lasted around 12 hours on me, which is quite a feat! Towards the end though, Vintage exchanged a bit of that creaminess for something airy and sweeter. Imagine burning caramel on a stove, then letting it cool into a flat sheet, and dipping that into honey and allowing the aroma to waft across the room so that you only just pick up a hint of it. That's pretty much what the drydown is like.

Projection was good for the most part. I'd say this is worth a try if only to see how you would perceive it. It's one of those that grow on you the more you wear it.
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Tinctureall

94 Reviews
Tinctureall
Tinctureall
Helpful Review 4  
Fat florals in delicate disguise
I wouldn't have even tried this with the notes listed. Here is a slightly alcoholic honey orange floral. Green edges of spicy carnations with rich fat florals. Sweet nuances of rich nectar with the harsher side of the almond pippy edge keeping these fat flowers away from being cloying.

Almond can be a dangerous note because there is an artificial quality to it that can turn a floral perfume into a plastic parody of itself. This fragrance goes up to that dangerous edge, rests there for a moment, but turns and decides not to go there.

There is a complexity about the florals that keeps this slightly interesting. The more spicy side of carnation is the herding flower here, that gathers her huge fat white flowers and keeps their hugeness away from the sweet gourmand zone. These large flowers are on a diet and are wearing their delicate dresses.

There is no heavy base to this. I almost expect some woods or strong contender to come and hold the hand of this feminine creature, because surely a light perfume needs one... or does it? This floral and sweet feminine lady walks by herself and is confidently needing no such heavy duty help to keep her supported. She walks away on her own, leaving an ambery, musky, honey sweet, nectar trail.

There is a very sensitive perfumers hand, whose signature seems to be becoming apparent as we try more of this range. This would be easy to be a clumsy perfume with the use of three enormous florals together, but this has no cloying, nor over sweet application of any ingredient. All aspects of spicy, floral and sweet are kept in check with a fine balance.

Chabaud perfumes seem so far, to be delicate and unassuming creatures, designed to smell 'nice'. Sometimes, in the quest for challenging and uber-niche, maybe we've forgotten that 'nice' is exactly what perfumes are meant to be.
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Zora

133 Reviews
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Zora
Zora
Top Review 11  
Beautiful Scent, Wrong Name
If you know and like Hypnotic Poison, you can easily imagine this vintage. Although vintage is often equated with old-fashioned, dusty, clunky, and all the other clichés that come with it. In my opinion, this scent does not fit the term vintage at all. Therefore, I find the name rather unfortunate; it might even prevent someone from developing joy in the scent itself. A clever name would have suited this sweet yet quite modern fragrance, which thankfully also has good longevity and can be sweet due to its rather moderate sillage, much better.

At first, I am greeted by a quite strong and fully ripe sweet mandarin. I don't smell much of the garden carnation here. The tuberose and jasmine, which I often find quite strong, are softened by the ylang-ylang and make the whole thing quite creamy and gentle for me. So, it's already something that appeals very pleasantly to my sense of smell.

And when the gourmand base notes come into play, it completely captivates me. The scent plays with my nose and continually surprises me. Sometimes it is sweeter, then again less so. Sometimes the gourmand notes come out stronger, then again the floral notes. I really like it. Sure, it has no edges and is more one of those fragrances that you would gladly describe as pleasing. And maybe that’s exactly what appeals to me about this scent.

In any case, it has already made it onto my wish list.

Addendum and correction: Not HP but HP Eau Sensuelle. Sorry.
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Seerose

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Seerose
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Macarons and Rubens
This Chabaud is also a gourmand. And what a gourmand it is. "Vintage" immediately starts to smell like a sweet flavored macaron. In other words, what we call "Baiser." In France, this sweet treat is made from "knife-stiff" whipped egg whites with sugar and flavors. This mixture is dried at a very low temperature, resulting in a slightly brittle, airy, dust-dry consistency that crunches and crumbles in the mouth to then melt a bit stickily.
During preparation, color and flavor additives are obviously added. They come in many bright colors. And they are filled with creams.
I admit: I sometimes enjoy such "sickly sweet" treats.
I have made macarons myself, but only flavored them with lemon juice. The drying process takes forever.
So: I smell "Vintage" as macarons flavored with an indefinable fruity scent, powdery and very sweet as well.
Then the scent changes into a green creaminess. I thought of mastic, that is, pistachio tree bark, and a sweet tuberose. This is, in a way, the cream that is filled between the halves of the macarons. Whether honey is used or just glucose syrup doesn't matter. I only smell sweet, green, tuberose, nuts.
This fragrance blend lasts a very long time. At the beginning of the creaminess phase, "Vintage" almost borders on being disgustingly sweet. But after an hour, the entire scent weakens and becomes woodier, turning slightly resinous.
Then "Vintage" transforms into a slightly soapy direction. The flowers, or the floral aroma, as well as the nuttiness, which likely comes from almond aroma, then turns "Vintage" into a soapy, slightly floral almond body milk.
Still delicious but many degrees more subtle and also beautiful. My arm smells as if I had applied such an almond body milk.
Overall, it is all very nice, lovely, sweet. But especially in the long third phase, I would wish for a few counterbalances. Perhaps something citrusy. Or more resinous and woody. Indeed, a bit of bitter almond aroma would be fitting. Thus, "Vintage" is first an uncompromising gourmand scent, then a creamy almond skin care scent. Therefore, "Vintage" can tire the sense of smell.
In this Chabaud fragrance, the gourmand note is exaggerated, and thus "Vintage" is in a way distorted as a perfume.
I try to compare this with the paintings of the artist Pieter Paul Rubens. His paintings are so hyper-real, surreal, in perfect proportions in almost pastel colors, that objects and especially living beings appear distorted. If you look at his paintings for just one day, you long for a smeared, almost unrecognizable, objectless work of a modern painter with distorted bodies and objects and intentionally unrealistic perspectives.
It is almost not worth mentioning: "Vintage" is a feminine scent, has very good longevity, and a not-so-strong sillage.
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Flavia82

24 Reviews
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Sweets for Breakfast
08:17 Cream
08:20 Tame Tuberose
08:35 Fresh Breeze
Yang yang is hard for me to decipher, despite having essential oil in the cabinet. Maybe it blends very well with the other fragrance components? I think I can smell it.
08:40 Not bad, but also not my thing, the tuberose is a bit annoying - wait and let it stay on my skin?
08:41 Waiting
08:48 Ah, the tuberose is gone
09:01 Whaaaaat, Confetto?!?! ...dumdidumdidum... Spraying Confetto, clear family resemblance. (Almond & Anise)
09:20 There was another one... Jo Malone, Vanilla & Anise.... Pffft, pffft.... different, but related.
09:27 Just wins in direct comparison Vanilla & Anise, breakfast
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It's poison in the old bottle
Too much of any plant can cause irritation
Even leading to fits of rage.
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A lovely floral opening with citrus notes, quickly followed by almond-caramel sweetness. Unfortunately, the gourmand notes don't fit well.
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Beautiful, delicate spring scent, captivates with fresh mandarin at the start. The three majesties gently cushioned by gourmand notes.
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Creamy green almond/mastic-pistachios - very sweet, even the tuberose = overwhelming, but it softens to a bearable level and becomes resinous-spicy.
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I was hoping for vintage, but this is just mild floral chatter - not bad, but definitely lacking vintage vibes. What a shame.
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7 years ago
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Reminds me of POISON GIRL. But in a lighter and soft pink version. Subtle, pleasantly floral sweet with a hint of almond.
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9 years ago
Lovely scent! But Hypn. Poison is a different league! I only see moderate similarity, and that’s just with the more subtle "HP sensuelle"!
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