Description
Vanille Orient by M. Micallef is a Oriental Vanilla fragrance for women. This is a new fragrance. Vanille Orient was launched in 2012.
The Art Collection Vanille, described as by Micallef as a “four-movement symphony on the theme of Vanilla” combines sweet vanilla with notes of the leather, oriental, floral and aquatic fragrance families. Fragrances in the Vanille collection feature high-quality natural oil of Bourbon vanilla from Madagascar.
Vanille Orient is the oriental fragrance of the collection, filled with subtle, mysterious classic oriental aromas. The fragrance features spices, vanilla, sandalwood, amber and musk. The nose behind this fragrance is Jean-Claude Astier.
oleg250 – :
Guess I’m nuts because I thought there was a dose of patchouli in here but no one else is really mentioning that (there is something that I interpret as a rough/fuzzy earthy note). Really nice deep bourbon type vanilla with a fruity/juicy/round type of sweetness to it. I agree with the reviewer below that got sort of a peach vibe – I don’t specifically smell peach but I get what she means about the type of sweetness. I really enjoy this fragrance and I don’t have anything else that smells just like it. I have had a decant of Cologne of the Missions Le Couvent des Minimes (I have never smelled Guerlain’s Spiritueuse Double Vanille) and I don’t find them to be dups, but I mean they are both a uni-sex vanillas in the same general scent genre. I’m really happy to have a bottle of this one.
This is a good quality and lasts 6-8 hrs and I mostly wear for night time or on the weekend days in cooler/cold weather.
kuprinalex – :
Once again, do NOT misjudge sweetness with powderyness.
Nothing powdery here. Smells like Guerlain’s Spiriteuse Double Vanille.
roma samal – :
I agree with the reviews that say maybe this is not special. Maybe it’s not “high art”. But sometimes in the realm of perfume, it is about what speaks to you personally. I obsessed about my small sample of this from Luckyscent in LA for years. Literally years. It still held its allure for me and I kept trying to find something like it but more affordable. I kept sniffing other things. Black Flower Mexican Vanilla, Un Bois Vanille, etc.
In the end I bought it online.
It’s a sandalwood vanilla of the purest kind. Vanille Orient is a little incense-y as well. It smells “natural”, like it could be from an essential oils shop. But it lasts and it is more complex than that. It wears beautifully, starting out like temple incense from Japan and ending up a warm wash of vanilla. It has sweetness but never devolves into WHERE IS THAT CAKE vanilla.
Vanille Orient has its own charm and gravitational pull. Explore if you are a sandalwood person, or like natural type vanillas.
antonio81 – :
Isabella221 you said it all.perfect
Alex-kpot – :
This can never be compared to larence dumont.i have vanilla noir.it is linier and goes nowhere.good for layering.if you want your head blown of,deep and dark .SDV yes it can be compared in that the ingredients are of the highest quality and that gergeous vanilla note is so similar but there is a difference. sdv is clearer lighter and deeper .it has a calming affect on me ..vo is a special complex vanille using the best of the best.i love it.its strong and pure. i knew id love it as i love micaleff note vanille but vo has longer staying power.one cannot compare vo to any other perfume .to me it is perfect.there are so many lovely perfumes out there.im glad i finally found this beauty.
nazar198383 – :
The distinctive quality of this vanilla-series perfume by Micallef, to my nose, is the mesh-like ambergris note. Otherwise I find the composition to be a middle-of-the road vanilla in terms of sweetness. It’s not very complex or exciting, but it’s certainly likeable enough. I am reminded by Vanille Orient of the style of the perfumes of Maison des Rêves, but this is less sweet.
This will not be the vanilla perfume of choice for anyone on a budget, as the price is rather high for this genre, especially considering the availability of quite decent alternatives such as the Laurence Dumont line. Another reviewer compared Vanille Orient to the vanilla perfume from Le Couvent des Minimes, which I also recommend.
SIGARETA – :
This would be an excellent sweet and spicy vanilla, except for one thing…unfortunately, the leather note smells like burnt rubber to me. I don’t always smell it (little whiffs) but it when I do, I can’t stand it. Otherwise it’s a very nice bourbon vanilla!
BBC_ICE – :
The BEST perfume ever made. I have been on the search for a perfect vanilla and peach perfume (even though there are no peach notes listed)for about 8 years now…and please dont suggest Comptoir Sud Pacifique, I own a few, they act as a place holder, but certainly not worthy of comparison to this anamoly. It’s everything I wanted Abricot Vanille to be, minus the burnt sugar and plastic notes.
Vanille Orient is an evening walk through a mystical desert, stumbling onto to an enchanted palace residing in a magical oasis. My skin is warm and fragrant, the scent of peaches, vanilla and other exotic spices saturating it, making me one with this enchanted place. The kind of scent that dreams are made of. Thats really the best way for me to properly convey the otherwordly beauty of this creation…DREAMY.
It’s expensive, yes. But you know what? A fragrance like this comes around once in a blue moon, truely a bottle of pure-fection, so perfect, that I literally wouldn’t change one thing about it. Not even the price. Because sometimes a perfume really is worth it weight in gold. The feelings it gives me, the dreams it evokes, is, well, priceless.
Skat93 – :
Umm.. vanilla and antibacterial mouthwash (corsodyl original to be precise). Takes me back to when I was pregnant and my gums bled. Strange.
insekt – :
It smells like frosting to me. Really good frosting.
evlaw – :
This is not as gourmand as the Notes imply. The musk is very prominent and lends a certain freshness to an otherwise simple vanilla with a teeny pinch of some nondescript spice. I don’t get much else. I feel it’s ridiculously overpriced for its lack of originality. SL Un Bois Vanille or Diptyque Eau Duelle are original, masterfully blended vanilla fragrances and Memoire Liquide Amour is the sweetest cupcake vanilla with amazing longevity. This is nice, but definitely not worth the exorbitant price tag, IMHO.
hunter454 – :
I love gourmands and I am a fan of this brand. I bought this without trying it and got samples for the rest of the new vanille line. After sampling them all, I am really glad this is the one I bought. It is very sweet, simple, rich and wearable. I do not find it to be the sweetest scent by any measure, especially after testing side to side with the discontinued note vanille and vanilla oud from the same brand. The note vanille has lots of honey, the vanilla oud has caramel and this has sweet sandalwood. The musc is very pronounced for me as well. The amber is subtle and quiet, while the vanilla is buttery and creamy. The vanilla note is the most defined and prominent scent in this fragrance. When they say vanilla in the title, they mean it. I am very happy with my purchase and I’m glad they have 2 sizes. I find the price decent for this high end, top knotch quality. The others from this vanilla line were not nearly as distinct or lovable as this one for me. If you love the listed notes and this sounds like something you would enjoy, it was everything I was hoping for and then some. Well worth sampling, I love it!
игорек татарин – :
Most caramelized and sugared vanilla fragrance ever made. Amazingly sweet, and dark in the same time. I sprayed on my arm tree different sugar based fragrances – Sucre d’Ebene, Blue Sugar and Vanille Orient. Believe me first two are very, very dry compared to VO. VO is a killer of sweetness diving in the swimming pool filed with vanilla pudding. Only for people who are able to resist hours in such cloying environment.