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busn – :
Was wondering if anyone can help me with an old sample of the vintage vanilla perfume
Oil.??
ywj580Negeltzex – :
Hi I’m new to this
manjaknew – :
This review is for the original Body Shop Vanilla Oil. So vanilla-y, so simple and not too sweet. I wore this through most of college and periodically for a few years afterward, and people would always ask, “is someone baking cookies?”
This was a true, pure, warm vanilla without any other notes mixed in. If you want a scent that’s almost identical to this, I recommend Maison Chabaud’s “Lait de Vanille”. At $105.00 per bottle, you’ll pay much more for it than the original Vanilla Oil cost, but if this scent is the one that haunts you, that’s where you’ll find it.
chebotkevich – :
When I wore this in college in the 90s people were always sniffing and saying “Why do I smell custard? Why do I smell chocolate cake?” and stuff like that. It was embarrassing.
musae – :
My mum owned several perfume oils by the body shop.
Back when I was 12 I remember clearly how much I adored the vintage vanilla oil , the one with the black lid & darker juice. She let me have it, and I kept it till I was about 16-17.
I have a love story with this, my first high school crush always told me how good I smelt. I even remember his mum cooking breakfast, and as I was about to ring the door bell , she immediately screamed out ” I can smell something so beautiful is that you selena ” :/
I blushed and said “how’d you know” mind you I was standing outside the security door.
This smelt gorgeous. And I fell so quick in LOVE with it.
If only they still had the vintages around, oh how good that would be ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Longevity / projection: (vintage) MONSTROUS!!!
Matrona44 – :
I worked at The Body Shop in the late 90’s and loved the Vanilla oil. I owned a half ounce bottle and as much as I used it, I barely scratched the surface of it. But since then I don’t remember whatever happened to my old bottle. However, I recently purchased a full ounce bottle (rare) off of eBay and was a bit disappointed. It’s in the old bottle (not the one pictured above) and is the thick dark version, but it seems to have faded. I actually still have a half ounce of the TBS White Musk scent and it’s not faded at all, so I’m not sure why this has. It’s a ghost of its former self. That said, I HAVE discovered a vanilla oil that IS just as good if not better than how I remember TBS’s version: The Fragrance Shop’s “Vanilla 5th.” It is warm and Mexican vanilla bean-like, and becomes almost cocoa on my skin after dry down. I should have saved my money on trying to reclaim the past with my eBay purchase and stuck with TFS (they have tons of vanillas available to try on their website, btw, so if you are a vanilla addict it’s worth it to check it out. I may do this soon). Another great vanilla oil is the Nemat oil version (this brand is usually sold at Whole Foods and other “natural” grocery stores…tiny bottles with green labels). It also smells like vanilla you would bake with, so yummy. I’d say it’s almost a smoky vanilla. But back to TBS! It was a shame that this wonderful oil from the 90s went away, as it was a vanilla that always drew compliments (and bees!). Sadly, it’s time to move on to something else.
erbol0191 – :
Ahhh, those heady school days, where the classrooms smelled of white musk, fuzzy peach, dewberry and this, vanilla. Going into TBS, and trying out all the little glass dabbers, it was a magical perfume shrine, which for a lot of us, was our first introduction into all things perfume…. such happy carefree times ^_^
The original vanilla oil was delicious, warm, thick, kind of foody play dough that wafted around for days. I wonder if there is a fragrance out there today that is similar, because this has since been reformulated and is unrecognisable, a completely different vanilla scent from its 90s glory. What a shame 🙁
Sashkinn – :
My bottle is now about 35 years old. The oil is a deep caramel colour. (Wow, just writing that made me feel ancient and a little bit scared that I still have something this old in my wardrobe.)
BUT – It still smells utterly glorious and very very strong. I like to mix a drop of this vanilla, with a drop of White Musk Body Shop oil (purchased the same time) in my hands to blend and warm it, then through the ends of my hair. Then I get to smell it all day. I do have to be careful though to only rub it into the hair at the back, or it would be way too powerful even for me.
Black201050 – :
I have the very very latest version, i got it in 2011 I think. I bought it after hearing great things about the older versions. It’s not a gourmand vanilla, it’s much more sophisticated. I think the three main notes being vanilla, amber and sandalwood sound right to me.
epj1868 – :
I use this oil the most recent version discontinued I think in 2010 and layer with my perfumes which sweeten and prolong the fragrance. Today I have applied a small slick and sprayed no 5 over it….Hmmmm divine! Without the oil the perfumes last half the time.
DramFloameses – :
Fantastic, an absolutely beautiful scent. I bought this years ago and just last year bought another bottle (not long before they stopped selling them!). A simple but deep vanilla, not childlike, and not overly pungent, just a really nice, sexy vanilla, with an eclectic mix of ingredients. I have been told that the Body Shop has replaced this with their Madagascan Vanilla scent, with what I believe is Frangipani, but it is not as special as the original vanilla scent. I have been using the vanilla oil sparingly since it’s no longer on sale, but the spray perfume is still the original scent. This is a lovely warm, sexy, but coy sort of scent.
smiller20 – :
Anyone interested in buying some of this original perfume is welcome to message me
ilnarg23 – :
This stuff is lovely, yummy warm vanilla, the kind that makes you smell good enough to eat. Only problem is, it strips the nail polish off your nails if it comes into contact.
Pointedshoes – :
The original oil was my favourite. To me it smelt slightly bitter with tones of marzipan, to a friend it smelt like ice cream & cake but it wasn’t sweet or cloying. I loved it.
I was disappointed when the new oil was released, its not the same, too flowery and sweet as is the rest of the vanilla range. A generic smell, more like a body spray than a perfume.
I too miss the Apricot lip balm in the glass jar, I keep the elderflower eye gel on my dressing table just to smile at & remember the 80’s!
Nikas382009 – :
EVERY Vanilla perfume I try, I am chasing the memory of the most beloved original- from the 90’s. A boy at work once followed me down the hall, just so he could smell me. Now THAT’S a fragrance you keep!
Not sweet, not sugary- just pure, warm, true vanilla. It lingered & seduced, it was intoxicating… I was in love.
Now I’m heartbroken.
akshapada – :
Are there any fragrances out there that come close to this?
byzilo – :
So many vanilla versions to review in one
The latest vanilla smells synthetic and chemical
The 2004-2010 very floral warm, perfect winter scent, spicy and complex
The pre 2004 version was pure sweet milk bottle vanilla, delectable like you could eat it, i remember smelling on my wrists in the 90s thinking it smells so good i could eat it!
On this note i remember back in 1992 smelling this gem in the round oil bar, also the glass jarred apricot lip balm was my other old fave….
resis – :
a favourite all rounder. wear this any day of the year and it suits. warming in the winter, but manages to stay light for the summer. in winter i often layer this with BS’s vanilla EDT and it lasts all day and more. sad that this has been changed. i’m glad i stocked up
topfail23 – :
Evolution and moving with the times, just like fashion, perfumes follow the trends. I am a lover of the original Vanilla Oil. I wish I had not taken the fact that it would always be available for granted. Why wouldn’t it be? It was perfection. “Purity” has given way to demand and there will always be “demand”. I hope, as they have done with other classic fragrances, they will bring “her” back one day, my untainted, unspoilt goddess (perfume)!!
PIgorKucher – :
This oil was one of my Staples for a period when I was… mmm…yes, 16 years old.
I went to UK, TBS was something very new then and we all girls spent time there.
I really loved the oils but most of them were not nice at all. I bought a small bottle of vanilla and happily used it. I only dabbed 2-3 drops on neck and the bomb came out!
Everyone commented about. It filled the air in a bakery way.
It lasted for ages on skin and around.
Thinking about it now it was not such a big deal, maybe childish, a very simple scent that reeked of fake vanilla, but it was so much better than other vanillas!
It was intriguing but nothing great back then and it’s a disaster now.
I smell a vague hint of this in Hypnotic Poison which I loath!
XUWayneqs – :
The new version is ok, but it cannot compare with original one.
The original is the best.
Kaitlyn_fromAF – :
* See SorceressOfTheDArk’s review. Perfect!
deneag – :
My review is for the original Body Shop Vanilla Oil with the black cap. It was a dark oil that was strongly scented. I went through many bottles of it back in the 1990’s and still have one left. Now on Ebay they are asking exorbitant dollar amounts for this original delectable scent and there is a reason why. If you were privy to it and remember it, there is nothing comparable to the original. I have searched since then for another vanilla and have not found anything anywhere near it yet.
The Vanilla Oil was a deep, scintillating gourmand that heightened people’s awareness of what a true vanilla was without other notes mixed in. It didn’t have any cloying sweetness to it. Nor did it have any florals that would interfere and mix with the scent. Its drydown would come and you would simply smell a warm, delicious slightly burnt vanilla that hinted of caramel, maybe of buttercream, but nevertheless, the amber kept the sweetness creamy and mellow. It was pure vanilla extract. It was a sexy vanilla, not a youngster’s vanilla. It was almost a dangerous perfume to some men when applied. The sillage was strong and it lasted just about until you showered it off. It was a perfume that seemed to meld into your own skin.
One time, I was walking into my Doctor’s office. He was holding the door for me, and as I walked past him, he sniffed the air and said, “Ahhh…there’s the scent I crave so much.” I turned and looked at him with surprise(and some horror, I might add). I think he surprised himself when he said that, and stuttered, “I meant…is somebody baking cupcakes?” And then kind of laughed. That’s when I knew the scent had some type of power. And so did my husband who was behind me. Needless to say, I never wore it again to that Doctor’s office. It was that type of perfume tho. It made people sit up and take notice and comment. They would inhale and make some type of remark. It’s one of the few perfumes I own that always garnered remarks. Some that were decent and some that were not so decent.
Such a shame times have changed and they had to reformulate it. It was a beauty and I treasure the miniscule amount I have left of the original. The 2nd and 3rd versions are nothing like the original Body Shop Vanilla.
odm592Diobtetty – :
I wore this THE ORIGINAL BODY SHOP VANILLA OIL and the “fuzzy peach oil” in the 1990s. I think both have been discontinued as they are $45 and up per ounce on amazon and ebay with stock quickly dwindling. They have been replaced with new products THAT ARE NOT THE SAME. THE NEW PRODUCTS ARE HORRIBLE QUALITY COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL BODY SHOP OILS!
tuzpika – :
I just bought this today, i want to smell yummy and i like this vanilla scent.
Artur4ik – :
In my early-mid twenties I alayered fuzzy peach oil – my favourite! – with the vanilla oil. The fuzzy peach had a herbal spiciness to it, reminded me of marijuana sometimes, which I loved, since I’ve always found the scent of marijuana appealing as long as it’s from a distance! I miss fuzzy peach so much. It was a sexy combination, at least that’s what some men led me to believe!
имран – :
I used to wear it back in the early ’90s! At that time, it was 100%, pure vanilla! It was unbelievably sensual and exotic! It would last many hours (well, I dare to say 2-3 days!) and everybody would notice it. Definitely a head-turner! The truest vanilla perfume ever! None of nowdays vanilla fragrances smells like that…Even the most expensive ones. Why, on earth, do they discontinue such fragrances and perfume oils?
serkoff77 – :
I love this Vanilla perfume oil! Very warm, cozy and cheap, I love pairing it with different perfumers.
chermac – :
I absolutely ADORE(D) this perfume, I used to get loads of compliments for wearing it & most guys went MAD for it! But The Body Shop in the UK have discontinued it & replaced it with a Vanilla Flower perfume that smells so unbelievably overdone (many other cheap perfumes smell the same), it’s nothing like this Vanilla perfume. It is so hard to find a true Vanilla perfume in the UK now this has gone.
BRING BACK THIS ORIGINAL VANILLA OIL PERFUME BODY SHOP UK!!!
skor3.14on – :
I love the smell of Vanilla oooh my how do I get this one, I am in Kenya?
KJLIM – :
I really in LOVE with Vanilla and this perfume. Feels like to eat it every time I spray. And my friends love to hug me! 😀
WE16st – :
I had this year’s ago and I hope it smells as good now as it did then.
Smells a tad bit like an air spray in the best way possible. You will smell like something to eat.
Nom nom
Nick0304 – :
I was a fan of the original more so than this one. When I wore the original to work, people often commented. One workmate said I made her crave milkos, a sweet much like a redskin only vanilla.
Since the recipe change, the new one no longer smells sweet on my skin. I can still smell vanilla but my nose keeps wanting to compare to the old one. It is a very long lasting scent though; a little goes a very long way.
dima.zaharov – :
Love love love this perfume, I have 3 of them so I don’t run out. It lasts all day on me where as most expensive perfumes last 2 hours. Powdery vanilla is what I smell and I hope it never changes.
ledbel – :
i have 3 back-up perfume oil bottles just incase this gets discontinued! need i say more on how much i adore this? i’m still going to collect more back-up bottles actually.hahahaha! it’s a warm and cozy scent.first application,you get the fruity notes but the dry down is wonderful! it’s not too sweet, at sometimes it can turn soapy on me. i love wearing this when i’m wearing a sweater and a scarf, my friends would hug me nonstop just to smell this fume. it works very well with my body chemistry!i love it!!!
pde245speagoessenda – :
Had this in early 2000. Wore it at work & everyone thought I was wearing Vanilla extract/essence. Used it to fragrance my wardrobe after that.
oper007 – :
An OK warm vanilla scent. I wear this in the summer because it doesn’t contain alcohol (which makes your skin uneaven when exposed to the sun). Guys tend to fall for this scent, but my current boyfriend told me it smelled like scented candle.
Povosteasceta – :
I loved the original product, I found it more pure than this one, so…I’m disappointed to the new version.
rvd981speagoessenda – :
This (the reformulated version) is THE CLASSIEST vanilla scent I have ever tried. I only like vanilla in some scents, since I find it very cloying in most perfumes. This one however is perfect. Classy, sensual, and comforting, all in one! It’s very versatile, from a comforting winter scent while curling up with a good book, or a sensual scent for the bedroom (;
djoker77777 – :
This review is for the reformulated vanilla oil (2005). I would love to have tried the original. The one i have is fabulous to layer with other fragrances as it lasts all day on me.
I just wear the vanilla oil on its own and the sillage is incredible. As it settles i dont get much of florals but a warm foody (but not overly) and ambery vanilla. This is one fragrance i can actually wear when my allergies flare up.
If anyone has the original and current version please could somebody compare the dry down of both.
androsin – :
I have just recently discovered the pleasures of this little bottle because there are no The Body Shop stores in my country. I adore vanilla and I just needed to have a bottle of its sweetness in my collection.
The scent itself is very warm and cozy. This is rich vanilla and it reminds me of scented candles. The lasting power is quite good too; it lasts 6-8 hours on my skin.
The best thing for me is the possibility of layering this one with other scents of my small collection. It blends very nice with many of them and elongates their staying power (which is fantastic if you have dry skin like me).
VerenaMuerres – :
Revisited this after forgetting I had this in my collection!! I do have the newer version… I really enjoy it… I like to layer it with Guess by Marciano.. blends well together.. and makes the guess stay longer on my skin… comforting and warm 😉
Dubbi – :
This is a great addition to my collection, and also pairs well with many of my perfumes.
I particularly love pairing this with CK Obsession & Jean Paul Gaultier Classique.
Hmmmm I should try this with Dior Hypnotic Poison… I will get back to you on that one.
PS. holy hell with the drama in this review thread…
maskal – :
Synthétique, please learn to read because you are talking nonsense : just open a dictionary and read the meaning of “insult” because I have far too much respect and education ot insult ANYBODY !!
I have never pull you to do ANYTHING : you decided to answer so assume.
Blaming the others and then saying them to grow up is such a absurd thing.
Wishing you the REAL sense of respect for 2012 and the upcoming years : we are here to talk about fragrances, not to blame people who don’t have the same opinion as ours so stop polluting this place !!
rusWAMPIRrus – :
Adding an addendum because ANGELICA07 decided to pull me into this stupid conversation: grow up and stop insulting other members. If it’s such a big deal, grow up and message them privately. We came here to read frag reviews, not to hear you freak out because you’re so oversensitive to a perceived lack of “respect.”
Now, if we can get back to the perfumes! Geez.
Spispserb – :
This is a review of the Vanilla Perfume oil of the Body Shop Circa 2003 (as written in the bottles I own) The one with the black cap, and dark yellow juice.
I’ve heard a lot of raves on the “original” Vanilla, and how the formulation has changed in the new one (white cap, clear juice), I have no idea if the type I own is the “original” Vanilla that fans have been raving about, all I know that it smells a lot better and is longer lasting than the one TBS sells today.
The Vanilla range has been discontinued in the Philippines last 2007. At that time Ive been using the Vanilla Oil everyday for four years already. I’ve used 2 30ml bottles of this fragrance, and halfway through the third bottle (and I still have 1 unused 30ml bottle of this precious oil) since I have other Vanillas and gourmands in my collection. I use this sparingly now that it has been discontinued.
I love this, this fragrance has sparked my obsession with everything gourmand, as I only came across the other gourmand scents in my hopes of finding a substitute should my stash of TBS Vanilla oil run out.
Sweet, foody, warm and spicy, a little goes a long way. 2 dabs on my wrists and in between my breasts and I’m good to go, the fragrance would stay with me til I take a bath. It is also good for layering as it warms any other fragrance that I wear with it. The old TBS perfume oils are incredibly well formulated. The one I had since 2003 hasn’t turned rancid, smells the same today as the day I bought it. Actually I would like to believe that like wine, it improves with time. (considering that the wand used to dab on pulse points comes in contact with the skin and its contaminants).
This fragrance is delicious, it is easy to be carried away and overapply. One has to be careful. Done right, this can become an aphrodisiac. Over applied, however, it can be migraine inducing.
kamran-310 – :
i have used this since i started working in the body shop over 20 years ago, i was there when it was launched, & im still wearing it…the smell HAS NOT changed that much, anyone would think from reading many reviews on body shop vanilla, that it originally smelt of “apples” & now it smells of “oranges” (using an example)sure, its now abit “fruitier” but thats it..it still smells of vanilla….silage is ok, it blends in well with many other perfumes to give a more “individual smell”…try it, still rate it as one of the top vanilla perfumes x
chechen52 – :
Synthétique, I wonder if you have read my post …. LOL !!
I just can’t bear non-respect : sorry if it doesn’t please you but I always say what I think.
Adri41892 – :
This is a simple but unusual (as far as vanillas go) perfume with fruity notes of plum and peach. I was expecting this to be more gourmand than it is, so I was surprised by the number of fruit and floral notes that make up the top notes of this fragrance. Oddly enough, even with the amber I view this to be a “cool vanilla” rather than a warm fragrance, and when I catch whiffs of the oil throughout the day, I think of plum and almond before I think of vanilla. Not my favorite perfume, but it’s pleasant enough.
(By the way, ANGELICA07 you need to calm the heck down. It’s just perfume…let’s keep the subject on perfumes, people, okay?)
светлый – :
To luxatron, from one of those “silly” and “ignorant” reviewers :
First of all, this is a place where people come to give their piece of advice about fragrances, not to have arguments.
Meanwhile, I thank you so much 😀 for all the respect you demonstrate in your message telling other people which don’t agree with you blaming them : that’s really what I call …. non-education !!
Then, I wanna once again thank you 😀 because, right in the middle of your messy review, I now know why the reformulated version is and keeps being, whatever you will say, a bad tamed-down version of the Original one.
But, the truth is that, whatever the IFRA decided, other fragrances seem to have kept their “sugary-sweet” note, so TBS’choice in the reformulation of this one was to mute it into a mass-market (yes, mass-market) one instead of studying how to keep it similar to the original one.
Coming to the point of mass-marketing, only if you did not enter in a perfumery store since 2000, you can’t denie that fragrances tend nowadays to be more “general”, more “common”, less “decided” that they were before, in order to please the greatest number of people and consequently to make money.
And that’s precisely why this reformulation ended to be what it is : a “diluted”, tamed-down version of the strong and true vanilla it was, missing its original “sugar-cookie” note just because this was a note that could prevent some people from buying it. This vanilla is right in the line of the mass-marketed perfumes, formulated in a way not to offend anybody : it has lost all of its originality to become a perfume that smells just like tons of other ones that you can smell in the perfumery stores.
And this is the precise reason why all the silly reviewers below, including myself, blame it.
To conclude, wishing to be clear : the problem is not whether to love or not to love a fragrance, the problem is about talking about the fragrance and not, as you did, luxatron, to attack people who don’t agree with you.
It’s a nice thing that the present reformulation can please some people : if they have found in it their Vanilla, good for them. What about the others, like myself, their Vanilla HG search carry on.
Last but absolutely not least : the next time you disagree with other reviewers’ message, I strongly recommend you to use the “down” finger below the reviews to mark their messages instead of polluting the topic with silly attacks.
I’m not gonna answer anymore to you : it is not the purpose of this topic and, whatever, I have said all what I have to say.
Angelica07, “silly” and “ignorant” reviewer and proud to be !!
😀 😀
loveskiss – :
First of all: Yes, this oil doesn’t smell as foody and cakey as it used to, BUT it’s not because The Body Shop is just trying to “mass-market” this perfume, no matter what the reviewers below say. TBS Vanilla Perfume Oil, along with just about every perfume with vanilla in it, was reformulated because of IFRA guidelines which state that perfumers are only allowed to use a certain amount of vanillin anymore. That means that TBS had to lower the amount of vanilla in the oil in order to comply with guidelines. And anyway, the whole “mass-market” trend right now IS for cakey foody smells, so if anything this is a move *away* from mass-market trends, not toward them! *shakes head*
As for the scent: It does still smell pretty cakey, but yes, it’s not as cakey as it used to be. There is a strong almondy component to it, and it smells a lot like a vanilla almond cake.
I still think this perfume is worth trying, at the very least, no matter what the other reviews say. Yes, if you haven’t tried the old version, you don’t know what you’re missing, but I wouldn’t write it off entirely if you haven’t tried the original. Personally, I wouldn’t buy a bottle of this because I can’t get over how different it is from the original, but for people who haven’t tried the original I wouldn’t write it off entirely.
Mebhi151JeomiWogkig – :
First of all, let me tell you that I loved the ORIGINAL one : that reformulation is just mass-market targeted and completely uninteresting because it just fails as much to be a true vanilla as much to be something relevant.
This is a very good exemple of how industry can adulter some true gems : such a shame !!
Being nowadays in search of my (new) HG pure vanilla (the sweetest, the most sugary, the most confectionery, the “cookiest” one), I am aiming to find the one which comes closer to the original TBS Vanilla.
Could people who knew the original one please tell me which fragrance(s) come the closest ^^ to it please ?
Thank you.
P.s. : You can answer here (as I don’t seem to be the only one in search for an original-like version ^^) or PM me if you prefer.
Oct
30
2011
Dickyoptiop – :
I really really love it!!! As im a vanilla scent lover, this one it just a really the right one for me! LOve love LOVE it! ;D
deligenov – :
I love vanilla and this perfume oil is the best I’ve ever tried. It is a cheery sweet scent without being overwhelming to me. Long-lasting from morning till night, even taking a shower I still smell it and receiving a lot of complimments is great, specially from kids that most of the time say that I’m a walking milkshake haha
hgf633Negeltzex – :
I loved it! it was cheap but still felt like it was going to last long, until i lost it 🙁 And now i can’t get it again because they closed down the body shop, but i recommend this to all vanilla lovers. It brings back memoriiies
beregov1949 – :
Very long lasting, pleasant smell. As a lover of the original vanilla fragrance from The Body Shop, I was a little hesitant to buy this but I’m glad I did. Use sparingly and be careful not to get any on your clothes as being an oil, it can stain them. It should be able to be washed out but until you get your clothes in the wash, removing the stain by other means is near impossible (from my experience, anyway).
I still do prefer the original vanilla which was more gourmand than floral, as this one does contain floral notes which are more noticeable than the actual vanilla sometimes. 🙁
buk – :
wow do i have some sweaty memories with this one :ppp
Robingood – :
mmmm good for a warm day ill be buying to layer and just a dab here and there mmmm nice i almost bought jessica simpson fancy because of the vanilla but it turned into a cloying, too sweet because it has a caramel note as well bad together! too much food at once i cant wait to layer this with versace baby rose jeans (pink bottle) i think it will be perfect together
nicolette716 – :
I went to the mall today specifically looking for a plain vanilla, one I could layer with other scents or wear alone. I tested this and the first thing that came to mind was
plastic. I turned my nose up at it and immediately went and bought Lavanilla Pure Vanilla instead.
Vacheslav – :
I love this perfume and always have, although I loved it a lot more when it was in the old bottle for some reason it seems a lot different to me. I have been wearing it since high school, and i haven’t had many perfumes i have carried through for years but i have with this, plus it’s easy to mix. Keep it away from the neck if you plan on being kissed there, APPARENTLY it doesn’t taste so nice.
mlser – :
This is my go-to fragrance anytime of the year! I specially love the touch of toasty creamy Vanilla on a cold winter day to warm myself up. It is not a monotonous Vanilla perfume oil, it has a character to it. I can appreciate the citrus, blended with some delicious fruity notes. The florals really compliment the Vanilla without making it too sweet. I just love the dry down, warm, comforting delicious Vanilla which lasts all day long.
I love the perfume oil form of it as it is more intense and long lasting than the EDT which has no lasting power on me whatsoever.
I love to layer this oil on some fragrances that smell too sweet and too floral, just to balance them off with the warmth of vanilla.
Башка))) – :
i love this oil!! all the time they ask me “oh! what perfume do you wear its very sensual!” its worth the money because it last and stay all day!
kotiarka – :
guest_ : Many people react allergicly on essential oils blends. On me for example it causes a burning feeling & eczema. There’s much much more polluting stuff than perfume. Better to for example don’t own a car than to use perfumes..
(above is my answer to what a guest wrote just under: Quote “…all those perfume oils and adt are pollution for your body and the envieromment. Use essential oils blends with carrier oil…a healthy choice”)
camel6666 – :
A very enjoyable fragrance, one that can be worn universally.
It’s not too sweet, just on the edge. The citrus fruits are rather obvious but fade after ten or fifteen minutes to reveal a softer scent that lasts for a longer period of time.
This perfume oil is fun to mix with others, such as the cassis rose from the body shop, and the small bottle last a vary long time.
arthur 01 – :
I have hoarded many bottles (and spent alot of money) of the original Vanilla Oil from the 80’s or early 90’s, this is the one everyone loves (well maybe not everyone) but it is in my opinion the most perfect sweet beautiful pure vanilla. It is a real shame that they changed the formula and for anyone who never had the pleasure of smelling the original version, i truly feel for you. it was and still is divine. This version is crap.
Бай Андрей Иванович – :
I wasn’t really interested in perfumes when the original formula was on the shelves, so I’m doing a review based on the reformulated version.
This is a rather complex fragrance for something that should only be vanilla and not much else. The Body Shop would learn a lot if they observed the ways in which Demeter compose their scents. Simplicity is often more.
I do happen to like the warmth and creaminess of the vanilla in this fragrance. Wearing this is quite comforting and cozy. However, there is a slight fruitiness that comes and goes at random intervals which puts me right off. Although the citrus notes are quite faint, they still have a strong presence next to the vanilla.
I would describe and class this scent as a gourmand seeming that it’s rather foody and sweet. It reminds me a little of vanilla icecream, but in my opinion this is not appealing to my nose.
Perhaps if you layer this scent with a nice and delicate floral fragrance, it could smell passable, however I won’t be buying this perfume oil, even at its inexpensive price, to try this.
sv13 – :
I used to have it. Too sweet & strong that a friend told me I smell like pudding.
Never ever again.
Julianna_Shine – :
Bought it in an impulsive moment, and it was a mistake. Ple