6
Helpful Review
Translated
Show original
No vanilla, but flowers
I feel an urgent need today to do some justice to this fragrance, which has been much disrupted here, and put it somewhat in context. My impression is that its name is responsible for many misunderstandings. Because Vanille Galante (or VG) is many things, but certainly not a vanilla fragrance.
Immediately after spraying on, VG is first of all green, greener, greenest. I admit, my Vorredner*innen are right when they sniff a tick plastic, but more about that later. Between the green, the flowers immediately appear, first and foremost the lily. You have to like the scent of the lily to like VG, because it's really dominant, accompanied here by something salty and watery that some might perceive as brackish floral water. I feel more reminded of a pond on a hot day. There is something fruity about it, I would guess banana. Yes, there is a banana peel next to the pond. It's rather not green anymore, but has been there for a while. More blossoms are appearing, including ylang ylang, which I cherish.
After a few more minutes, the aforementioned plastic note melts into the banana, kind of like scorching a cup of banana fruit gnomes (I know, please don't replicate this at home). It occurs to me then, maybe that plastic note comes from the sandalwood, because it has such a subtle furniture polish note to it.
It's joined by an aquatic note of salty water. This stays quite long and is, if you like it, very sexy.
At the end, the fragrance then sounds in a sunscreen-like sweetness, but not pappig sweet, but cuddly.
The durability is, as with many of the Hermessencen, really very good. I can't relate to the frequent complaints about the oh-so-light and transparent Ellena. Yes, the fragrance floats over the skin, sometimes goes and then comes back, but is never completely gone and yet leaves you alone - that is quite great perfumery art, if you ask me. Sure, you can't expect a huge projection here, but if PERFORMANCE is the goal, there are millions of other alternatives for that. VG easily holds out a whole day.
If I now, after about three to four days, smell again at the test strip, then the airy light, dusted with flowers sunscreen is still there.
Conclusion: if you like floral scents with especially lily and ylang ylang, then give Vanilla Galante still a chance. Just do not expect a vanilla fragrance, but ellenasche haute couture
Immediately after spraying on, VG is first of all green, greener, greenest. I admit, my Vorredner*innen are right when they sniff a tick plastic, but more about that later. Between the green, the flowers immediately appear, first and foremost the lily. You have to like the scent of the lily to like VG, because it's really dominant, accompanied here by something salty and watery that some might perceive as brackish floral water. I feel more reminded of a pond on a hot day. There is something fruity about it, I would guess banana. Yes, there is a banana peel next to the pond. It's rather not green anymore, but has been there for a while. More blossoms are appearing, including ylang ylang, which I cherish.
After a few more minutes, the aforementioned plastic note melts into the banana, kind of like scorching a cup of banana fruit gnomes (I know, please don't replicate this at home). It occurs to me then, maybe that plastic note comes from the sandalwood, because it has such a subtle furniture polish note to it.
It's joined by an aquatic note of salty water. This stays quite long and is, if you like it, very sexy.
At the end, the fragrance then sounds in a sunscreen-like sweetness, but not pappig sweet, but cuddly.
The durability is, as with many of the Hermessencen, really very good. I can't relate to the frequent complaints about the oh-so-light and transparent Ellena. Yes, the fragrance floats over the skin, sometimes goes and then comes back, but is never completely gone and yet leaves you alone - that is quite great perfumery art, if you ask me. Sure, you can't expect a huge projection here, but if PERFORMANCE is the goal, there are millions of other alternatives for that. VG easily holds out a whole day.
If I now, after about three to four days, smell again at the test strip, then the airy light, dusted with flowers sunscreen is still there.
Conclusion: if you like floral scents with especially lily and ylang ylang, then give Vanilla Galante still a chance. Just do not expect a vanilla fragrance, but ellenasche haute couture
2 Comments
Latest Reviews
Josefka 3 years ago
Go from the forest through the tiger cage to the leather chair!
Germaine Cellier created a chypre classic with Bandit in 1944. In 2012, the fragrance was brought onto the market in a reformulated version. Now, the Robert Piguet brand and its in-house perfumer Aurelien...
Translated