Vanithé
by Nez à Nez

I can't understand all the opprobium heaped on this scent. Admittedly, it's a fairly simple premise of tea and vanilla, but it is very well blended. It lasts for ages on me also and leaves a lovely sillage in it's wake. Imo, totally unisex. I have received amazingly positive comments from the fairer sex when wearing this, so can't be all bad.

6th September, 2011.

Cheap smelling is right! The verbena opening is too sweet. The tea that comes in isnt dark enough to balance the whole thing out. Yes, it does settle down in about 20 minutes and luises the sweet lemon tea vibe, but the sweet-woody-vanilla base still isnt something I would want to wear.

7th July, 2010.

Not quite sure what to make of this. VANITHE opens with a little verbena that dissipates all too quickly with the arrival of smoky tea leaves. At this point I was reminded somewhat of Russian Caravan Tea by CB I Hate Perfume except that the sillage is subdued and flat, with a lingering note of woodsmoke over a mildly sweet base. Nothing fruity about it at all. It may be a little rough around the edges but after 20 minutes it settles down to a pleasant, close-wearing scent I'd probably enjoy smelling on a woman.

2nd May, 2010.

One of the better releases from this house, this actually smells reasonably lovely, although its also unbelievably cheap smelling. It smells exactly like one of those cheap girly candy scents that can be found from trendy clothing stores.

Vanithe smells a bit like Gaultier2, but its more synthetic smelling and not quite that warm. Fruity bubblegum fragrance.

Nez a Nez is officially a niche house, but it certainly doesn`t behave like one. Not at all.
The only way I can see this house surviving in the future is a quick change to their house perfumer, preferably to someone who already has some sort of credibility.

14th November, 2008.