Vanilla 01 Swiss Arabian 2025

Forget the name. If you love a sweet, creamy jasmine (think CH Jasmine Absolute) but with an added milk coffee note, then you’ll love this. You get hit with the white florals first but the scent develops into a creamy latte with bourbon vanilla in the dry down. Think Nest’s Bourbon Vanilla mixed with Kylie’s Cosmic with coffee milk. Hope that helps ;) I personally love it.

So many influencers said this might be Swiss Arabian's best creation to date and I got really excited to try it, I am a fan of Swiss Arabian AND I am a fan of vanilla. I finally got my hands on a tester from my local drugstore and um, why you lying? Everything about this thing is misleading - the name, the notes, the hype, everything.
First off, this is veeeeeery floral and musk heavy, the vanilla is barely noticeable, and I am not getting the cappuccino note at all. It's definitely not a gourmand, which is not a bad thing because we already have enough of those, but it has some vintage old timey vibe to it that I am not quite sure I like. I'm glad I didn't blind-buy.

Why are so many fragrances compared to Bianco Latte lately?
This one has absolutely nothing in common with Bianco Latte.
In my opinion, it is an independent creation from Swiss Arabian, which, however, smells completely different than the notes suggest.
I expected a sweet, vanilla scent with cappuccino, but what I got was something completely different.

The opening is quite floral.
I immediately perceive a synthetic orange blossom.
The start is very feminine, not sweet at all, and has a touch of pepper that remains more in the background.
I don't notice any of the listed coconut at all.

In the drydown, the character remains floral.
Jasmine joins in, accompanied by a decent dose of musk.
Overall, I find the scent to be floral and quite clean.
There is unfortunately no trace of cappuccino, or the note is so weak that it is not perceivable to me.
The caramel does provide a slight sweetness later on (definitely sweeter than at the start), but it still does not become a true gourmand.

At the very end, a hint of vanilla flashes, but this note also nearly disappears.
Musk, orange blossom, and jasmine clearly dominate.
The sweet accents remain so much in the background that at its core, it is a floral musk scent.

The performance is rather moderate.
I find the projection to be quite soft, which I don't usually associate with Swiss Arabian.
The longevity on my skin is about 7 hours.

Conclusion: In my opinion, a fragrance that is not needed.
The DNA has been smelled similarly many times before, it offers nothing new and performs only moderately.
Nothing really excites me here.

You can't escape it on social media, so I had to get a sample.

I have to agree with some of the reviews here. Once again, too much hype.

The scent starts floral and has, in the first few minutes, a muted Orange Flamingo fabric softener orange blossom, which is actually surpassed by jasmine and musk.
Either this sample will significantly improve in the maturation process over the next few months, or the name does not match the content at all.

Barely any vanilla, no sweetness, no coconut, and after about 1 hour, for me, just a whiff of cappuccino. More like the milk from a cappuccino; the strong spicy, perhaps even aromatically bitter notes from an espresso are completely missing.

When I think of a vanilla + orange blossom opening, Althaïr comes to mind. But these two couldn't be more different.

A softened, white floral scent, for me more feminine than unisex. Later, a slightly spicy woody sandalwood, but no warm vanilla drydown that I had hoped for. Just no depth. In the drydown after 1 hour, I even get a mix of floral vibe + something spicy, but slightly fruity sweet lychee? So everything, but not what it claims to be.

Longevity for a supposed extrait is underground. I’d rather skip it.

The scent is described here as creamy-sweet, which I cannot understand at all.
It starts fresh with orange blossom and is rather somewhat sour.
I smell musk and jasmine but no sweetness at all,
I don't understand why the scent is called Vanilla 01. I hardly perceive any vanilla until the end. Only very subtly and "dry" in the base.
It's a nice scent, but nothing more, and definitely not comparable to Bianco Latte.
Swiss Arabian definitely has better offerings!