Thank you, thank you, dear parfuma, for placing it in the souk and for me to get it. It's truly a hit, so cozy and so beautifully creamy and powdery. This could become my vanilla grail.
Doesn't anyone smell lemon in the opening? For me, it's an essential component, just as I'm quite sure that Ylang-Ylang is included, perfectly accentuated, in the right measure.
The image of my vanilla ice cream sundae: a beautiful vanilla pod, freshly sliced open, wrapped in the finest threads of cotton candy, adorned with freshly sliced lemons, yellow Ylang flowers, and a few naturally tossed lily of the valley flowers.
You think it's sweet from the cotton candy, but before it becomes too much, lemon and lily of the valley dance in and bring a wonderful freshness to the otherwise creamy-sweet scent.
One should apply it sparingly, otherwise, you might get used to it too much, which is why I deduct half a point. The sillage is quite substantial and it lasts forever. Later, a subtly smoky note even joins in for me, but not too much; you can hardly tell if it's smoky or powdery.
I, for one, am floating on vanilla clouds in seventh heaven.
how time flies
and delicious vanilla stays ☺️