Collection Originale - Vanille Gourmande

Sweet Vanilla

Unic Eau de Parfum

Wonderful! A warm, high-quality vanilla note. Brilliantly simple and simply brilliant. No frills, pure vanilla, but indeed good vanilla.

And this vanilla warms. Especially the heart and the spirit. Perhaps too heavy for hot summer days. But in the cold or when feeling down or on gray rainy days, it is a lovely comfort and mood lifter.

After already owning the "nature is vanilla" from this brand, I had to add this one to my collection out of principle. Anyway, I’m attracted to almost everything that has vanilla on it. Now seriously, what the heck is this amazing stuff? When I sniff the cap, I get a slightly smoky sweetness. I swear that with a deeper inhale, I smell a squeaky sweet raspberry like shisha tobacco. Either that or lipsticks from Yves Rocher, in that direction. In my opinion, it’s not a typical vanilla scent in that sense. It’s sweet, has something smoky, and possesses a squeaky fruity quality. This fragrance is cheerful, playful, young, and a bit quirky. It stands out and has a slightly heavy undertone, which might come from the patchouli in the background. I’m not a fan of patchouli, but I like it here.
I personally find it particularly suitable for leisure, but for work, I think it’s too playful. I also see it as a date scent for young girls :)
The longevity is very good, on me at least 8 hours. I can’t get enough of it and would love to bite my own neck right now ;)

...is Collection Originale - Vanille Gourmande / Sweet Vanilla.

I became aware of this fragrance through Collection Originale - Fleur de Coton / Cotton Flower, which I was able to test thanks to our dear Parfuma "hunter" and declare as my third signature scent.

2.99€, 20ML at Rossmann.

Vanilla and gourmand, for 3€ I simply don’t think twice, I just buy it, and when I spray the scent on my table lamp to scent my living room.

The first spray thrusts you into the alcohol lab.
Pure alcohol, that’s all that can be perceived in the first 5 minutes.

Was it a bad purchase? I thought I should wait, and I would be rewarded.

I recommend everyone to keep their nose away from the sprayed area in the first 5 minutes; it’s simply not worth it. Even later on, only fans of pure, clear, slightly piercing musk (I believe there is "real" musk in this) will enjoy sniffing at the sprayed area.

After 5 minutes, something totally unexpected happens!
Vanilla, full, clear, smoky, spicy, dark, not feminine, not masculine, but clearly unisex comes to your nose, and not sparingly.

It is a true splendor; I have never smelled such a multifaceted vanilla before.

I cannot perceive patchouli in this fragrance; it has been very harmoniously integrated into the scent, but it could very well be responsible for the vanilla coming across as so dark and deep.

Now we come to a phenomenon that I somehow cannot explain.

The sillage is not enveloping, not close to the body, not far-reaching, at least that’s my perception.

However, if someone stands 3 steps away from you, others get a vanilla cloud that drives some away, while others start sniffing euphorically and inhale so deeply that one must reckon with the fact that they forget to breathe out and in again.

I can only describe it as a vanilla scent crystal ball.

Also, what I attribute to the musk, when I approach the sprayed area with my nose in small steps, I smell NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING, but when I am 2 centimeters away with my nose, I smell clear, slightly piercing, somewhat urine-like musk and an incredibly smoky, deep, dark, and spicy vanilla.

In my eyes, the scent is simply so highly concentrated that the wearer becomes incredibly quickly nose-blind, and the wearer must get very close to the sprayed area to smell it themselves.

Our fellow humans, however, definitely get hit by the vanilla cloud; I have been repeatedly told that I simply smell fabulous of dark vanilla.

The longevity is truly impressive; 10 hours are quite possible.
Moreover, the scent can easily outshine some designer and niche fragrances in terms of quality, and all of this for 2.99€.

For all vanilla fans who want a different kind of vanilla, I can recommend this fragrance without reservation.