Vanilla Powder Matière Première 2023 Eau de Parfum

I truly wanted to love Vanilla Powder. With all the hype around it being a "perfect creamy vanilla," I was expecting something soft, comforting, and deliciously gourmand. Instead, what I got was... well, not very vanilla at all.

To my nose, this leans heavily masculine, more like a lightly sweetened cologne than a vanilla fragrance. The opening is powdery and clean, with a woody or musky undertone that dominates everything else. The vanilla? It’s barely there. I really had to focus to pick it out, and even then, it felt more like a background suggestion than the star of the show.

What makes this even more frustrating is the projection. The scent feels intense up close, there's a richness to it, but the sillage is surprisingly weak. It stays close to the skin and fades faster than I expected, which makes the lack of vanilla even more noticeable.

If you're looking for a strong, creamy, gourmand vanilla, this isn’t it. For me, it was more of a masculine-leaning skin scent with the tiniest hint of vanilla buried underneath. Hugely disappointing.