Vanille Fatale Tom Ford 2017

Vanille Fatale is for my nose a mixture of floral alcoholic vanilla, relatively unsweet, at least in direct comparison with Tobacco Vanilla. Sometimes VF has hints of a floral vanilla body lotion or shower gel from the drugstore, but then it also likes to spill over again into a very luxurious vanilla. I barely detect any alleged coffee-wheat notes. The general scent impression is quite wet, rich, liqueur-like, somehow moist, not at all dry or super sweet like other vanilla fragrances.

With other vanilla scents I have the image of candy in my head, or vanilla sugar...which can also have its charm, with Vanille Fatale on the other hand I think of homemade vanilla extract, vanilla beans pickled in vodka, stored in the dark for several months, shaken vigorously on a regular basis, the clear vodka slowly transforms into a dark brown-black nectar full of precious vanilla flavors.
Sillage and durability, however, unfortunately leave much to be desired, with perhaps 5-6 hours of longevity and weak sillage