10/27/2024
Bythemoon
5 Reviews
Bythemoon
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Unexpectedly Favorite Vanilla - Story Time~
So, story time for anyone that cares. I think I deserve cookies for my delayed gratification with this perfume. I usually avoid vanilla fragrances because I feel like the dry down is always the same vanilla. That is until I was connecting flights at LAX last year, 2023, on my way to Asia.
The SA at the Chloe booth had kindly sprayed almost the whole Ateliers des Fleurs line on paper for me. She really recommended vanilla. I was skeptical at first but the moment I smelled it, I fell in love. I'm not an impulse buyer, I usually sit on things for a while, especially perfume even if it's duty free. I went to grab Umami Burger after sampling the fragrances because it's been so long since I've had my truffle burger. My mind continuously drifted back to this vanilla while I was eating but I was still unsure of purchasing.
It's an aromatic green vanilla, not gourmand at all. If I didn't know the name while spraying, I would never have guessed that it was mainly a vanilla fragrance. I had to marinate on it because vanilla really isn't my type of thing, but that's because I'm not big on gourmands.
When I finally decided I wanted it, I didn't have much time left to board so I went straight to my gate instead, expecting I'd just get it in Taiwan and Japan. Unfortunately, every where I went in Taiwan had the entire line EXCEPT Vanilla Planifolia! I was only in Osaka and Kyoto for a few days but I also did not find it anywhere they had the rest of the fragrance line. I could order it on Nordstrom but it was more expensive and had the addition of tax. Knowing how cheap I could have gotten it at LAX, I stubbornly refused to purchase it via American retailers. Annoyingly, it was also impossible to find samples anywhere.
Luckily I had a France trip planned for this spring 2024, so I waited and waited. I kept going online to see if I could get it for cheaper but no luck there. So I waited until spring and finally beelined to the Chloe store in the St. Honore shopping area in Paris and snagged both Vanilla and Jasmin Sambac at the European price, VAT free.
The SA at the Chloe booth had kindly sprayed almost the whole Ateliers des Fleurs line on paper for me. She really recommended vanilla. I was skeptical at first but the moment I smelled it, I fell in love. I'm not an impulse buyer, I usually sit on things for a while, especially perfume even if it's duty free. I went to grab Umami Burger after sampling the fragrances because it's been so long since I've had my truffle burger. My mind continuously drifted back to this vanilla while I was eating but I was still unsure of purchasing.
It's an aromatic green vanilla, not gourmand at all. If I didn't know the name while spraying, I would never have guessed that it was mainly a vanilla fragrance. I had to marinate on it because vanilla really isn't my type of thing, but that's because I'm not big on gourmands.
When I finally decided I wanted it, I didn't have much time left to board so I went straight to my gate instead, expecting I'd just get it in Taiwan and Japan. Unfortunately, every where I went in Taiwan had the entire line EXCEPT Vanilla Planifolia! I was only in Osaka and Kyoto for a few days but I also did not find it anywhere they had the rest of the fragrance line. I could order it on Nordstrom but it was more expensive and had the addition of tax. Knowing how cheap I could have gotten it at LAX, I stubbornly refused to purchase it via American retailers. Annoyingly, it was also impossible to find samples anywhere.
Luckily I had a France trip planned for this spring 2024, so I waited and waited. I kept going online to see if I could get it for cheaper but no luck there. So I waited until spring and finally beelined to the Chloe store in the St. Honore shopping area in Paris and snagged both Vanilla and Jasmin Sambac at the European price, VAT free.
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