Vanille de Tahiti Perris Monte Carlo 2020 Eau de Parfum

I must break here times a lance for Vanille de Tahiti. Never would I have dreamed that this fragrance so polarizes, as he seems to do it yes apparently...

But first things first. I received Vanille de Tahiti in the form of a 2 ml sample from an online store and, after briefly studying the notes, passed it straight to my girlfriend untested. Sounds quite floral, kind of feminine I thought, and she loves vanilla. At this point I had not even looked in the Parfumo reviews.

A few days later, she had it on. I was there from the beginning, and practically just hung my nose on her neck from then on.

Vanille de Tahiti opens very floral. Not really powdery,more floral-creamy and a hint of sweet-tart. This is the ylang-ylang and champaka, the latter I had not consciously noticed in a fragrance until now. It's probably a magnolia plant with highly fragrant flowers, the oil of which is a popular and rather expensive fragrance ingredient (thanks Wikipedia). Yum!

This floral top note is already carried by the underlying vanilla. The extract here is probably extracted from the pods by flushing with CO2, which is supposed to be particularly gentle on the aroma, and let me tell you, it works fabulously. What a wonderfully authentic vanilla!

As the weighting now gradually shifts from the head to the heart, the gourmand vanilla slowly dries down, but still ylang-ylang purrs seductively along and sharpens my attention, making me feel brightly awake, in fact it does so throughout its life. This combination is incredibly sexy, and I keep wanting to smell it, ever so slightly closer and more intense. It's just to die for.

And then, creeping up quietly on soft paws, it's suddenly there: the animal! The animal, wonderfully wicked, softly panting, darkly beckoning.... and the vanilla billows... and the florals tremble...

And I run, run, run, and suddenly I find myself in the souk!

And as I waited there like that for my bottle, the sample, snatched from my girlfriend, steadily leeching in my hand.... there I read the reviews. And I now also tried to give the animal a name. But no one wanted to fit.

The base is warm, soft and strong at the same time, me not directly cedar wood would have come to mind, but together with the amber and musk it makes the already persistent vanilla to the long-distance runner.

And if you've lasted this far and find yourself in the midsummer horse stables even with Vanille de Tahiti, the air drenched with the sweat of unwashed saddle pads, I have a tip for you: don't spray it on clothes! That's exactly what brings back a memory of urinal notes for me - the shirt with VdT still clinging to it from the day before. This component develops after about 10-12 hours, and that's also exactly when the scent is completely gone from my skin. That's right, it lasts a really long time, even though I often just soak up scents skin-wise. Do I heed this rule, there is no question of feces at any time.

Another word about the sillage, which is just right for me. I pull the first 4-5 hours a clear scent trail behind me, then I have for another 3 hours a wonderfully gentle vanilla cloud oscillating in the nose. This works especially well if you also consider the crooks of the arms with a spritz each.

Well, my girlfriend it is too heavy on her, but now I wear it, often, even in high summer, even outside, even during the day, even on official occasions, and I love it. Because you have to hand it to Vanille de Tahiti. It can be sexy, it can be wicked, but it can also be elegant and understated, depending entirely on the setting. For me, it's like wearing a second skin that heightens my senses while giving me peace and security. So far, just on a side note, those around me also perceived it very positively. A true chameleon. If I had a single signature scent, which I have for the love of the rest of my collection but not, then this would have a good chance to become it.

Thankfully, I don't have to share the bottle. Meiiin Schatzzz!

Vanille de Tahiti is the most beautiful vanilla scent I've had the pleasure of having under my nose. Period. And should it ever be discontinued, it will be bunkered down for all it's worth, that's for sure.