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Vanille Leather bdk Parfums 2023

7.8 / 10 362 Ratings

A popular perfume by bdk Parfums for women and men, released in 2023. The scent is sweet-leathery. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Leathery

Creamy

Floral

Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Violet

Pink pepper

Heart Notes

Indian tuberose absolute

Egyptian jasmine absolute

Orange blossom absolute

Base Notes

Bourbon vanilla Benzoin

Benzoin

Iris

Indonesian patchouli Leather

Leather

Oak wood

Perfumer

Dominique Ropion

Ratings

Scent

7.8362 Ratings

Longevity

7.8319 Ratings

Sillage

7.5315 Ratings

Bottle

8.2321 Ratings

Value for money

7.0262 Ratings

Submitted by Spl3xx, last update on 11/01/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Collection Exclusive collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Un bois vanille

Mercurial Cashmere Extrait de Parfum

Love Tuberose

Babycat

Mallow

Orchidée Vanille

Reviews

23 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/23/2023

KiikiKiiki
14 Reviews

KiikiKiiki

3

Buttery floral vanilla

Wow. Just wow! This is a beautiful buttery floral vanilla. For those expecting leather, sadly this doesn’t appear in the fragrance which makes me wonder why it’s called Vanille Leather. But my goodness! This is one that had me dancing for joy. Beautiful, floral vanilla that leans feminine. That’s how I can best describe this. And I see Vanille Leather as one to wear all year round especially in the evenings or for date nights.

06/20/2023

6.5Scent 6Longevity 5Sillage

NicheOnly
115 Reviews

NicheOnly

2

When you bring in a designer perfumer to create for a niche house

I'm a huge fan of David Benedek's work and also a fan of BDK as a house. Currently own 3 bottles and I suspect I'll add a couple more eventually. My expectations for Vanille Leather were already skewed due to watching the only review that we have for it in the mainstream fragcom (that of Demi). I was expecting a feminine product regardless of that review, but something that was more in the realm of a gourmand fragrance that David's fans have been patiently waiting on for years now. This is not that.

Accords: floral-woody-vanilla-smoky-leathery-powdery

The opening: I get a hefty dose of white florals right off the bat. The sweetness is not the most prominent and there are zero darker tones flanking the floral-vanilla mix in the air. Just based off of this, I am guessing the leather is not a prominent part of this profile.

When smelling the scent up-close, the primary vibe is of a dark woodiness with the most mild smokiness to flank it. Main notes that I can separate are the oak wood, the vanilla, and the floral heart. The oak wood is done in darker fashion, much like the dark woody tones in well-recognized niche vanillas like Royal Crown's "Sultan" and the extrait version of Atelier des Ors "Lune Feline". The powdery iris is moderate in the base, blending with the white floral heart. The leather eventually starts to separate itself from the oak wood, but remains a non-prominent accord. Deep drydown, in a heated environment, is mainly a dark woody vanilla with moderate sillage. It objectively doesn't compete well with any of the top niche vanillas for performance.

As a product, Vanille Leather does not smell too distant from BDK's house DNA. The base in Vanille Leather has some of the same poor blend qualities that I noticed with Ambre Safrano (which I ranked as the 4th worst niche release of 2022). This is not that bad, but you can get that quality if you go looking for it.

More than anything, Vanille Leather feels like designer product. Ropion's lack of experience within niche, basically only having created scents for Frederic Malle, is evident with Vanille Leather having a simple, linear profile that changes minimally.

Assessment: I find the scent non-impressive and don't think it brings anything new to the scene. The components smell of good quality. The sillage is moderate after the first ~1.5-2 hours, and longevity really starts to die down at around 6 hours, might make 8 hours in the end. Price-wise BDK as a house is good value, but this is priced on their upper end and I don't find the scent special enough to warrant more than an okay value. Use cases are going to be spring-fall evening and fall-winter daily. Feminine-leaning. Can't help with the comparables, because this type of a profile isn't my specialty. But my main conclusion is that this is not your typical niche vanilla, and it's not a gourmand.

08/11/2025

5Scent 7Longevity 3Sillage

CallMeTee
48 Reviews

CallMeTee

2

LEATHER and non-edible vanilla

The vanilla in the name is just there for vibes because let's be honest, this is NOT a vanilla forward fragrance. It's a buttery suede sprinkled with something vanilla tinged. Note: vanilla tinged, meaning slight/little/for vibes but not really existing. There's a custardy texture but nothing about this perfume is sweet. You really need to enjoy leathery textures for this to work. Don't let the name lead you into a temptation that will only end in disappointment (only if sweets are your thing and you are blind-buying this based on the vanilla in the name). Don't do it.

Is this my style? NO! Is it well-done and elegant? Absolutely! Would I ever wear it? Probably not! Leathery textures are just not my thing. Unisex leaning male. Formal occasions and all season appropriate (actually, maybe not in Summer). Price is diabolical, also, isn't word on the street that we don't support this house?

7/10 but not for me.

10/19/2024

5.5Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

PerfumeUser2
42 Reviews

PerfumeUser2

1

Still can't quite write poetry for reviews, but rather opinons and experiences

To my nose, the powdery vanilla, mixed with leather kicks in and stays there. Drydown is tea like (vapors of freshly brewed tea) , medicinal even. Sharp to my nose.
Lasts around 1 hour on my skin (typical) , then stays with the final notes- 6 hours of no washing or heavy sweating, still there.
I had a sample, I liked it, saw it was the concoction of Dominique Ropion (said 'aha, that's why' ) , I hunted down an unopened bottle, bought it.
Projection, moderate. Not loud, but noticeable when close enough.
I bought it at around 60% of the MSRP, and still think it's not really worth the price. I think the real price is 50% worth of what they ask (most BDK are overpriced in my opinion) .
Leans more feminine- very docile- that's why even with the grade I gave it, I like it (meaning it doesn't have 'loud' negatives) .
Quality blend, but it's nothing out of the ordinary. Still, I like it.

04/18/2025

Alexlinhcao
120 Reviews

Alexlinhcao

1

Vanille Leather

This has grown on me, and I like the cozy vanilla with leathery depth. But I really, really can’t shake the violet. And no one’s really speaking to it either in the reviews, so it must be just me. I don’t know if it’s the violet alone or in combination with the leather, but there are times where it reminds me of a …. dry…old… hard candy. The sort of texture like a Smarties in the US, that crumbles to dust if you bit it. It can even be a bit nauseating if I overspray.
Luckily, the creaminess of the vanilla and the “new shoe” scent of the leather all offer an overall pleasant wear. I come back to sample it every so often, but then I’m reminded why it’s not really for me. Rouge Smoking is much more my speed.

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