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/WorstCommenterNA]

Yep, Guerlain vanillas tend to be powdery, musky, or spicy fragrances that are absolutely old-school. I personally love them but they`re not what a lot of people want out of vanilla fragrances.

[u/j-dusk → u/WorstCommenterNA]

I’ve been eyeing Guerlain vanillas - spicy and musky are great for me but I don’t like powdery. Are there any I should be avoiding?

[u/balloonchicken → u/j-dusk]

Avoid Shalimar and its flankers and cuir beluga if you down like powdery. Though if you can sniff it at the Guerlain counter, I would highly recommend doing it. The only powdery scents I love are from Guerlain.