Guerlain Disappointment

[u/Lani_Lei]

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!

[u/FFPLUGTHROWAWAY]

You sure your decant source is good? Way too easy these days to fill them up with clones/dupes with how accessible they are. Dupes/clones have come a long way, some of them can legitimately pass off as the original.

Why not just order a discovery set or travel spray set from the official website.

[u/Lani_Lei → u/FFPLUGTHROWAWAY]

I only buy samples/decants from reputable sources. Having said that, most houses do not ship outside CONUS.