Intense Patchouli La Maison de la Vanille 2012

Despite the name INTENSE Patchouli, my concern with this fragrance was that it would be a much too strong vanilla with a hint of patchouli.
Fortunately, that is not the case. The scent starts off rather herbaceous, a bit too masculine for me. However, the development follows after a few minutes and my wrist smells wonderfully warm. It’s not the fragrance notes that I smell, it’s a warmth. Can you smell warmth? With this scent, I have that feeling.
After an hour, I detect a soft patchouli in a vanilla-sandalwood-lavender bed. And along with it, the surprising little hints of fruits. In my imagination, lemon doesn’t fit at all with the warm fragrance notes, but here it’s a beautiful, subtly perceptible interplay.