Les Absolus d'Annick Goutal - Vanille Charnelle Goutal 2015

Les Absolus d'Annick Goutal - Vanille Charnelle by Goutal

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Sylvie de France

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7.6 / 10 129 Ratings

A popular perfume by Goutal for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is sweet-gourmand. It was last marketed by Amore Pacific / 아모레퍼시픽.
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Main accords

Sweet

Gourmand

Spicy

Powdery

Creamy

Fragrance Notes

Vanilla absolute

Tonka bean

Ylang-ylang Pepper

Pepper

Perfumers

Camille Goutal, Isabelle Doyen

Ratings

Scent

7.6129 Ratings

Longevity

7.5117 Ratings

Sillage

6.8117 Ratings

Bottle

8.0125 Ratings

Value for money

6.622 Ratings

Submitted by WiB, last update on 04/22/2025.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/21/2016

1
Sillage 1
Longevity 9
Scent

ScentedSalon
96 Reviews

ScentedSalon

2

Carnal You Are Not

I love both Vanille Charnelle and Vanille Exquise by Annick Goutal. While the latter is lighter and more almondy, Charnelle is more on the caramel/spice side. The fluffy vanilla notes wear off pretty quickly and the scent becomes rich and deep.

At first I was wondering why this house would make two similar vanillas, or why I would buy both of them, but now I see why. Charnelle is much denser and chewier while Exquise is light as air. Is Charnelle really carnal? I don't think so. It would have to be woodier and more peppery for that. But an admirable effort nonetheless.

The projection could use some work but the quality is there: it is expensive for what you get but it is fairly worth it if you love vanilla and spice.

05/02/2020

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Iseabail
25 Reviews

Iseabail

1

Not a cake

A gorgeous vanilla pod type of vanilla with just the right touch of incense and a tiny bit of oud. It is sweet but not gourmand. Very much of a sexy grown up vanilla fragrance.
It is an absolute concentration. It feels very luxurious!

12/25/2018

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Serenissima
718 Reviews

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Serenissima

Top Review 22

Vanilla croissant à la Française

It's no secret that I'm happy with the scents from Haus Goutal. I like the pronounced femininity of these compositions again and again.
There aren't too many that I tested and didn't like.

After years of abstinence I have now come to the taste and love vanilla; not only in the kitchen, but surprisingly also as a fragrance.
So of course I couldn't get past this "Vanilla Charnelle" - and wasn't disappointed.

It fits a little into the season: the delicate but rich vanilla, which is present from the first moment, reminds me of vanilla croissant; this fine, porous pastry, which never lasts long with me, as often as I put a tin of it in the oven!
Probably sit somewhere with me "Kipferl thieves": but, who knows!

This time not Viennese, but Parisian delicacy gets its sweetness from the Tonka bean: both fit perfectly together - here they are a pretty couple!
Sometimes they dance like fine snowflakes!
In my opinion, the whole airy fragrance dream would be just a little foam if the generous dose of pepper were not added.
This "pepping up" in the truest sense of the word this sweet vanilla dream waltz: it gets body and a slightly erotic charisma.
Now most of the women's fragrances by Camille Goutal and Isabel Doyen are not creations with which it is rumsting: they are feminine and with me also very physical and sensual!
Since this "Vanilla Charnelle" comes with the shimmering golden Ylang-Ylangs at the end - practically as a sugar cap to stay with Kipferl - in addition, this vanilla fragrance is simply magical.

The sillage of this fragrance comes close to the physicality of a petite woman who is truly not thin.
The shelf life is just as good as that of many Goutals; this magic of vanilla and spices will last me a few hours after all.
It's as if I'm dressed in a light cashmere jacket that gives warmth without crushing.
And of course invites you to cuddle!

For me again a very successful fragrance from the house Annick Goutal: a little sweet, created for tender dreams - and guaranteed without calories!
Therefore suitable for these holidays!

12/21/2019

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Parfümlein
119 Reviews

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Parfümlein

Top Review 17

Challenge in Advent: On the way to "my" vanilla scent - December 19, 2019

It is the one vanilla fragrance that is completely out of line. Regardless of what has already been written about the fragrance, it must be said clearly: It is an absolute maverick that can not be compared with anything. Most likely with "Métallique", if you think away the floral and hairspray notes (are those the famous aldehydes?) at Tom Ford. For Vanille Charnelle starts with an intensely unvanilla aroma. My beginner's nose basically thinks metal, but it must be the pepper, because ylang-ylang and tonka bean show up hours later. The pepper note, as I call it, takes away any sweetness from the vanilla that starts right after and instead gives it something metallic and woody, nothing reminiscent of spices. I would guess black pepper, which, at least in my spice rack, behaves completely differently, much harsher than white or colored pepper, and has little spice character, that is, little multi-perspectival depth - I can't put it any other way. Vanille Charnelle remains unsweet and dry despite the vanilla, yet very elegant and very, very individual. The fragrance is so exceptional that I feel immediately at ease when I wear it; the reason is the unique recognition value that immediately distinguishes the fragrance as "mine". So I practically meet and am at home with me - not every fragrance can do that. Vanille Charnelle is incredibly comforting and stabilizing for exactly that reason. If you've lost your inner balance for a moment, this fragrance can help you find it again, as it strengthens your self, your identity through a sense of familiarity. That the exclusivity of the fragrance has such an effect may be self-deception, psychologically speaking. But the fragrance just does incredible good. I can recognize many fragrances and was able to do so as a teenager, it just wasn't niche fragrances then. But Vanille Charnelle is a fragrance I can't compare to any other, which is why I find it so exceptional, even though it may not be in terms of fragrance quality. I'll stick with it: it's one of my favorites after 19 fragrance tests Vanille. And I recommend it to anyone looking for a non-sweet vanilla. By the way, the bottle is very pretty, as is the packaging. I find especially the atomizer great, because he atomizes very, very fine.
I still have to catch up on two comments, from yesterday and today. Tonight after the Christmas stroll I report back with "Vanille de la Réunion"!

07/28/2019

Flaconesse
63 Reviews

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Flaconesse

Top Review 10

In search of cinnamon

After a restful weekend at the lake, despite camping, overnight stay in a wooden barrel and family appendage with four children under 5, I now sit on my sofa on Sunday afternoon in the sultry big city. The rain has brought the expected cooling down after this Sahara heat week and it is now cool enough for a perfume test.

I'll sneak into the bedroom. On the chest of drawers there is a tray with the last, untested yields of various barter and purchase transactions. Blindly I reach out and hold Vanilla Charnelle in my hands. Yeah, it can actually be cool enough for a vanilla fragrance today.
Tensely I make myself comfortable again in the living room and hear a distant thunder rolling through the wide open window. These rainy Sundays, on which you can cuddle up at home, have something so homey.

I hardly sniff anything out of the spray head. Maybe comparable to a three day old spray spot of Shalimar. Let me think, vanilla should be included and I think I remember that "Charnelle" is French for "cinnamon". Two timid sprays on my left wrist and I'm smarter: Boo, a musty biscuit dough is hitting me, it smells a little like wet pebbles, which should actually go quite well with the smell of rain from outside and still displease me.

So far I haven't gotten really warm with any of the Goutal fragrances, although I have tested and own some. The fragrance pyramids all sound quite wonderful, yet most of them smell musty and somehow old-fashioned. If this is now stored in the same muff drawer?

I spy out the scent pyramid and immediately blame the pepper for the pebble smell. Well dosed he can give a fragrance the necessary twist, here he first strikes me too violently in the nose. A second sniffer lets me hope, because my nose hears a delicate, mild, natural vanilla, which slowly makes its way over the peppercorns followed by tonka beans, which spray their coumarin diligently
Even after several hours I don't smell much of the given ylang. The scent remains vanilla-tame, now that the pepper is soothed, but also relatively flat and doesn't seem to me to be as voluptuous and full-bodied as vanilla exquisite. Durability and Sillage are moderate on my skin.

It could please all those who prefer a delicate and discreet vanilla fragrance without sugary sweetness and who are not frightened by the cheeky pepper.
He won't be my darling. Maybe I'll give him another chance in the fall

PS. "Charnelle" means "sensual", "Cannelle" means "cinnamon". Again something learned