Laetitia Rancé 1795 2008

A soft, smudgy swirl of cocoa (patch) and vanilla, with a velvety drydown that recalls the ambery, floral powderiness of Shalimar but not its sharper, smokier facets. Though I find Laetitia to be incredibly pleasant, the spot for a vanilla-patch in my collection has already been filled by Le Couvent's Nubica, which does pretty much the same thing as Laetitia for about one third the price.