Allende Xerjoff 2018

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6.6 / 10 228 Ratings

A perfume by Xerjoff for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is sweet-gourmand. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Gourmand

Creamy

Floral

Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bourbon vanilla

Magnolia

Heart Notes

Bourbon vanilla Cocoa

Cocoa

Base Notes

Bourbon vanilla

Perfumer

Christian Carbonnel a.k.a. Chris Maurice

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Ratings

Scent

6.6228 Ratings

Longevity

8.1209 Ratings

Sillage

7.8210 Ratings

Bottle

8.8215 Ratings

Value for money

5.7141 Ratings

Submitted by Amourage, last update on 09/15/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Shooting Stars collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Mornings in Milano

Vanille Absolu

Vanille

Afrodisiaco

Vanille West Indies

Vanilla Marble

Reviews

12 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/09/2025

1
Pricing 4
Bottle 5
Sillage 7
Longevity 0.5
Scent

Ganii
124 Reviews

Ganii

3

Not a good vanilla (at all)

Seriously the worst perfume I’ve ever smelled in my life… I don’t even know how it’s possible to make a perfume that bad tbh.

Although perfumes are subjectives, and very unfortunately, the bad reviews match more the scent profile of that perfume in my opinion (wax, playdoh, can smell like coconut lotion while having no coconut in the notes).

So, please do not blind buy this, buy a sample first like I did, because it’s way too tricky and uncertain.

02/22/2020

10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 6.5
Scent

DalilaB
26 Reviews

DalilaB

1

Vanilla overdose?

Confused at first by the name, as the only Allende I know of is the Chilean president overthrown by Pinochet... and I am sure he wasn’t the inspiration for this fragrance. I spent most of perfume wearing years avoiding Vanilla until I discovered and enjoyed the likes of Lune Feline and Angelique noire as well as the various Vanilla based fragrances by Sylvaine de la court. Then I thought it’s quite nice to have some vanilla rich fragrance to layer with my usual fragrances. I came across reviews of Allende and and decided to blind buy it, solely on reviews. Now, that’s a bad idea for any fragrance and more so for Allende.
This perfume is so strong that I feel like I am not smelling it properly, I am not able to pick the various notes. I cannot pick out the cocoa not the magnolia and all I get is ultra sharp vanilla. I like gourmands but I am not able to associate this with custard or cream, it’s all Vanilla to me!
I would agree with other reviewers in that it’s better suited for colder weather, and maybe more of an evening fragrance where you want to be noticed. I wouldn’t wear this to the office.

09/20/2023

6
Pricing 8
Bottle 9
Sillage 8
Longevity 6.5
Scent

Kevin5
8 Reviews

Kevin5

1

Unvergleichliche Vanille

Das Parfum geht in seinen Vanille Noten auf, ein sehr süßer Duft, welcher an Milchreis erinnert.
Eine unfassbare Haltbarkeit und Sillage in einem edlen Flakon.
Der Duft ist sehr außergewöhnlich und man wird definitiv mit ihm auffallen ist vielleicht für einige zu süß, aber sehr angenehm in der Nase und nicht zu penetrant und aufdringlich. Passend zu einer winter Nacht, vor dem warmen Kamin.

01/19/2020

7
Sillage 7
Scent

Stanze
101 Reviews

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Stanze

Top Review 27

What's in the flowerbed?

It was a cold February night in the rural town of Allende (Mexico) in 1969 when the largest amount of coconut vanillite (not to be confused with Pokemon vanillite) that ever fell on the earth plunged into a flowerbed right next to the post office building. Parts of the vanilla meteorite were found in an area of 8 kilometers and the original total mass was about 2 tons and had the size of an ice car.

In the morning all hell broke loose in Allende. The local post office official declared a state of emergency: "What's in the flowerbed? Now I have to repaint." Through the Apollo program, the whole world was interested in space right now, and professionals were everywhere. At first there was a bit of confusion whether the magnolia belonged to the vanillite and had grown on the meteor or whether it had only gotten into the meteorite through the fall. However, the results of the investigation remained secret for the next decades. Somehow Xerjoff got hold of the results of the investigation in 2018 and they succeeded in distilling the meteorite.

Salvador Allende (1908-1973) was then just one politician among many in the Chilean Unidad Popular (UP), i.e. between two offices. That's why he didn't notice the vanillite meteor at all.

You have to be strong to carry two tons of vanilla scent. It probably helps if you are an astronaut or an astronomer, ice cream vendor or postal worker (high on the yellow wagon). One should wear this fragrance in the colder half of the year. For example, at night in February. Or to commemorate the spirit of optimism that prevailed in the Apollo program at the time. Or if you're in the mood for custard and no one's around.

Generally speaking, however, you have to ask yourself whether you would like to spend so much money on a generic vanilla scent with an unlisted coconut note. There is something similar in the Comptoir Sud Pacifique (Vanilla Coco layered with Vanilla Tiaré?) or Les Senteurs Gourmandes (Vanilla Monoï?). That's just a guess, of course. Perhaps there is only this one unmistakable meteor of coconut vanillite.

06/23/2021

6
Pricing 10
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Cococeline
6 Reviews

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Cococeline

Very helpful Review 10

Vanilla not for everyone

First I have to say, I think Allende has not deserved the many negative reviews ;-) Or rather, the taste seems to drift with this Xerjoff clearly apart.
I'm a big vanilla & admittedly also Xerjoff/Casamorati fangirl, may be that I am therefore not entirely objective.
I smell: vanilla, magnolia & musk and find the vanilla in Allende special, not like the conventional vanilla scents too heavy and very warm, rather a light floral vanilla. The synthetics that are mentioned here by some, I can understand, I guess the musk is "guilty" of it. However, that is what makes Allende special in my opinion and I don't know of any perfume that comes close to it. The drydown is very soft vanilla/floral, slightly creamy, but just by the white flowers and the musk no gourmand!
Compliments: rather few, masculine.
As a conclusion, I can say vanilla lovers come here fully at their expense, and also who likes Casamorati Lira / or Bouquet Ideale & Italica, will come here at his expense, all others find the fragrance probably rather difficult.
A plus point is definitely the packaging and the bottle, there are small meteorite pieces and a Zertifkat supplied, yes the marketing has probably struck, but what can I say?! With me it works :-)

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