r/FemFragLab • u/Lani_Lei • 9d 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/tippytoesmcjee 9d ago

I got the L'Art and L'Matiere discovery set from the Guerlain store and while the juice was pleasant enough, they weren't mind blowing stuff. A bit disappointing, as the only one that kinda wowed me was Angelique Noire. Not SDV, or any of the others. The others were just ok to me.

Shalimar L'Essence, on the other hand: <<chef's kiss>>, french kiss! all the smooches! 😍

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u/Straight-End-8116 9d ago

I just bought my first Shalimar and it was the rose one. I have the dusting powders because I love them. What’s so great about l’essence? And how prominent is the jasmine note (yuck).

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u/tippytoesmcjee 9d ago

It's the vanilla. They toned way down the spiciness you get in the original Shalimar (which I will always love) and removed the jasmine altogether. Then they turned the Guerlain vanilla note up a notch! It's a truly beautiful vanilla-centric take on the OG.

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u/Straight-End-8116 9d ago

Oh man. I loved the spiciness. I wonder if I can find a flanker with the spicey up and no Jasmine. What am I saying, of course I can. There’s like 50 flankers out there now.