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02/28/2025
Tanelv
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Tanelv
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Five o’clock tea in a posh London cafe
I really didn’t expect this to become my fave from Nicolai. Sounded too simple and descriptive. I had a great time in their cute London store where I really got into Nikolai world. Most of the scents fell flat for me but this is the want kept growing on me.
It really serves honestly vanilla and tonka, with hints of cinnamon and incense on the backdrop. I don’t get citric notes at all … Reading other reflections on Vanille Tonka that speak about overwhelming lemon - where are my lemons ;? But that might be the reason I really enjoy it now too, it falls beautifully into lower accord.
It has modest old money touch, regal sweetness without becoming sticky or kitschy. And it’s soapy in a very old school way.
And yes, there is a carnation. Note that isn’t easy to digest. But it’s very well blended into the lower notes.
It’s hard to imagine the occasion though for wearing it. Five o’clock tea in a posh London hotel lobby or cafe?
It really serves honestly vanilla and tonka, with hints of cinnamon and incense on the backdrop. I don’t get citric notes at all … Reading other reflections on Vanille Tonka that speak about overwhelming lemon - where are my lemons ;? But that might be the reason I really enjoy it now too, it falls beautifully into lower accord.
It has modest old money touch, regal sweetness without becoming sticky or kitschy. And it’s soapy in a very old school way.
And yes, there is a carnation. Note that isn’t easy to digest. But it’s very well blended into the lower notes.
It’s hard to imagine the occasion though for wearing it. Five o’clock tea in a posh London hotel lobby or cafe?
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