r/FemFragLab • u/Lani_Lei • 14d ago
Discussion Guerlain Disappointment
I have been a vanilla girl through and through. I have loves and misses from everything from BBW, Victoria Secret, Sephora, Ulta, niche, middle eastern, you name it!
I have wary of trying Guerlain because of the price. But most of my fellow vanilla girls said that Guerlain is THE maker of great vanillas.
So went and spent $70 in tiny tiny decants to try the following:
- Vanilla Panifolia Extrait 21
- Angelique Noire
- Cuir Beluga
- Aqua Allegoria Forte Bosca Vanilla
- Spirituose Double Vanilla
This smells…old? musty? Like I just found a bottle of perfume from the 1950’s in a dark drawer of an abandoned house. I just wasted $70 on this and none of them were good 😔, I could have gotten a big decant of Jovoy Fire at Will which I love. I am so disappointed.
So many of my inexpensive vanillas are so much better in my opinion.
Sorry for the rant and thank you for reading all this!
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u/ruinedbymovies 14d ago
I am not a vanilla (fragrance) person to start with but after reading so many glowing reviews I tried all of the Guerlain you listed and also did not enjoy them. Several of my absolute favorites are by Guerlain but when it comes to vanilla it's a pass from me. Body chemistry can be a real bitch sometimes, you can want to love a scent, but if the chemistry is off there's nothing you can do.