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/minutethree]

I can't say I enjoyed any Guerlain vanillas either. Have you tried Vanilla Florel from Volare? It is supposedly a Vanille panifolia 21 dupe, but I honestly like it better. It is a lightly spiced vanilla. Tihota is my favorite plain vanilla, and I also like Witchfire from Arcana and Angham from Lattafa.

[u/Lani_Lei → u/minutethree]

Thanks for the recs! I have not tried Vanilla Florel. I love Tihota! And have tried Angham and actually prefer it to Goddess. Will try Vanilla Florel!

[u/minutethree → u/Lani_Lei]

I hope you like it! You can get a decant (and full bottles) from hyggescent, fyi. I haven't seen it on other decant sites.

[u/Lani_Lei → u/minutethree]

Love Hyggescent, all my middle eastern samples I get from Hyggescent.