Vanille Bourbon (2004)
by Il Profumo

A vanilla based scent that possesses in its body something  arcane that is a reminiscence of the candid and powdery  cleanliness of the childwood. Some talc and aromatic dust tickle your nose and just an hint of rosey wind fluctuates in the air. I love the note of eliotrope that is present in the blend and that produces that edible and tasty sort of touch that reminds me the Christmass of my youth. The fragrance is clear, soft, dry and evocative. The base is ambery vanilla and powder. I smell something neutral as in some white bath foams and the smell is too linear to turn out enough sophisticated and complex. Not bad and romantic anyway.  Because of its candid whiteness it reminds me a bit the confortable Ambre et Vanille by E. Coudray.

2nd January, 2012.

Gently boozy vanilla that is somehow tolerably over the top sweet for me. I love it layered over Donna Karan's Wenge. The woody scent anchors and tempers the sugar and gives the entire thing endurance and a touch of complexity. I am strongly drawn to vanillas in general, but usually end up getting tired of them - happened to me with Luten's Bois Vanille. But this one suits me better somehow. Probably because I love scotch.

27th March, 2010.

It is simply wonderful. Too bad it does not last.

1st March, 2009.

A boisterous vanilla that comes across very woody and resinous. Very fleeting but potent. So potent that in the begining some of the vapors got into my sinus cavities and caused some terrible irritation and left a literal bad taste in my mouth. Lovely scent, unenjoyable experience.

4th January, 2009.

This is a very lovely, stright up, vanilla. Very linear to my relatively inexperienced nose, and I think you would do better purchasing a less expensive but similar vanilla, like Laurence Dumont Bourbon Vanilla or Molinard Les Senteurs Vanille. At any rate, it's still a great scent, and a must try for any vanilla freak like myself. The only problem for me is that it does not last. After one hour or so on my skin poof! it's gone!

18th June, 2008.