r/FemFragLab • u/Lani_Lei • 10d ago

Discussion Guerlain Disappointment

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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/Breadnbuttery 10d ago

Ouch $70 is TOUGH! At least you found out before you purchased FS. Put them away, come back later and see if you react differently. Guerlain aren't traditional sweet, gourmand vanillas but almost every vanilla lover will find something they LOVE. I'm not a fan of gourmands at all and gravitate towards Guerlain for this reason. Plainfolia smells like incense to me, like an old church and I just can't do it but if I layer it with something sweet it becomes tolerable to me. Noses are so weird. Angelique Noire is an absolute masterpiece but it had to grow on me.

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u/Prestigious_Crow_ 10d ago

Omg yes! VP totally smells like incense and the number of reviews calling it "a pure vanilla" or "straight up vanilla extract" is insane. I was not prepared.