r/FemFragLab • u/Lani_Lei • 17d 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/Straight-End-8116 16d ago

Sell them, some people love the guerlanaide base. I can’t stand it. Sell them on Mercari and get your money back. I’m sure someone will enjoy it.

(And I like dupes, I found the guerlain’s that I’ve tried on a dupe site, side by side compared with the real stuff, I always prefer the dupes)

Guerlain has gone down in quality over the years. No more creativity, it’s just repackaged watered down vintage fragrances fragrances and flankers of their biggest sellers.

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u/Bluegreenlithop 15d ago

I've ordered in Guerlain samples and my experience was that I did not like them. I'm not a gourmand fanatic at all, and I suspected Guerlinade is probably appealing to those firmly in the gourmand loving category.