Bianco Latte Giardini di Toscana

Originally, Bianco Latte on paper is everything I've ever wanted from a gourmand fragrance: sugary caramel, intense honey with a warm vanilla note as a base to round everything off. A year ago, the hype started on social media: the fragrance was described as an absolute must-have for gourmand lovers and the rush of new followers was huge - including me, of course. To this day, I am glad that despite countless testimonials that labeled Bianco Latte a safe blind-buy, I still decided to buy a 10ml bottle for the time being - and to this day I thank myself for it.

Instead of a sweet, seductive caramel-honey-vanilla combo, the sticky smell hit me the first time I sprayed it on. The vanilla and caramel notes have less of a decadent crème brûlée and more of an instant vanilla pudding or sweetener with artificial vanilla flavoring. Instead of creamy, laconic notes, I found a pungent sugar bomb that was so penetrating that the person sitting next to me on my train journey that day quickly left. It also gave me a headache almost immediately and I could hardly get home fast enough to scrub off the scent. It's worth noting how long it lasts, because even after several attempts to wash it off with dishwashing liquid, the fragrance stayed on like a bomb.

I have never re-gifted a fragrance so quickly and to this day I immediately get a migraine attack when my girlfriend wears Bianco Latte to a university lecture, even if it is in a huge hall with enough distance between us.

Once and never again do I trust super-typed fragrances on TikTok.