SUMMARY
01. Vanilla
02. What does vanilla smell like in perfumery?
03. Why does vanilla smell good?
04. The best vanilla flavors
05. Bon Parfumeur vanilla fragrances
Vanilla
Vanilla, native primarily to Madagascar, Tahiti, and Mexico, is a versatile ingredient used in various industries, including baking, cooking, perfumery, and beauty. Its cultivation requires great care and precision. Its rich, intense, and warm aroma makes it a note used in many perfumes and has marked the history of fragrance from its earliest use to the present day.
What does vanilla smell like in perfumery?
In perfumery, vanilla can reveal different facets, making it gourmand, smoky, spicy, syrupy, powdery, or even woody. Vanilla can be extracted in different ways to be used in perfumes, but the most common extraction remains volatile solvent extraction. This produces a vanilla absolute with balsamic, round, and deep notes. This absolute is used as a base note in perfumes because it has a low volatility that reveals it after a few moments and allows for significant longevity. This ingredient is widely used for the facets and effects it brings to perfumes. Vanilla brings depth, comfort, a trail, and a gourmand effect to a composition.
Why does vanilla smell good?
Vanilla owes its delicious aroma to the various odorant molecules it contains. Vanillin is one of the main odorant molecules in vanilla. This molecule, which is also found as an ingredient in many perfumes, has facets of vanilla sugar, white chocolate, and a smoky, almost spicy side.
Vanilla is also composed of spicy and other molecules, which gives it its diverse facets. When combined with other notes, vanilla can reveal different effects, allowing for distinct fragrances.
The best vanilla flavors
There are many fragrances with vanilla notes, and this is true for most perfumes on the market. However, not all of these fragrances contain natural vanilla, which is a rare and expensive ingredient. Vanilla is interpreted in different ways across various olfactory families, with fragrances for women, men, and unisex. Discover a selection of must-have vanilla fragrances to wear for different occasions:
• Tobacco Vanille , Tom Ford : This eau de parfum is a bold fusion of vanilla and tobacco, offering vanilla diverse woody facets including cedarwood and a smoky, original note. The accords of tobacco, vanilla and cocoa combine to create a warm fragrance, ideal for winter evenings.
• Vanille Antique , Byredo : Vanille Antique by Byredo offers vanilla enveloped in woody and fruity notes, creating an intense and gourmand composition. This perfume extract highlights Madagascar vanilla and interprets it with notes of plum bringing a candied and liqueur-like effect, and woody and amber notes like cistus and cashmere wood.
• Vanilla Vibes , Juliette has a Gun : Juliette has a Gun offers a bold interpretation of vanilla with Vanilla Vibes Eau de Parfum, a fragrance inspired by sunny beaches. Vanilla is combined with salty and sunny notes, such as fleur de sel and vanilla flower, as well as woody, amber and gourmand notes. This fragrance gives a mineral dimension to vanilla and uses it in an innovative universe.
• Spiritueuse Double Vanille , Guerlain : Inspired by the timeless elegance of vanilla, Spiritueuse Double Vanille Eau de Parfum offers a fragrance in which vanilla is enhanced by accents of rum and precious woods, creating a rich and warm fragrance. This fragrance celebrates the heritage of the house of Guerlain thanks to its iconic raw materials and its own unique scent.
• Vanilla Diorama , Dior : Dior's Vanilla Diorama Eau de Parfum features a vanilla note combined with floral and fruity notes. This intense vanilla offers an enveloping, intense, amber trail marked by patchouli and sweet rum.
• Vanilla Powder , Matière Première : Vanilla Powder by Matière Première offers an intense and woody vanilla. In this fragrance, the notes that dress the vanilla give it a powdery texture. This interpretation of vanilla is very woody and dry, bringing an intense and contrasting trail between vanilla and palo santo.
• Vanille Leather , BDK Parfums : BDK presents a leathery vanilla with its Vanille Leather eau de parfum, an eau de parfum with striking contrasts. A vanilla supported by notes of leather and white flowers rounding out the intense base notes. The top notes of pink berry bring freshness and create a duality with the solar floral heart.
• La Vie est Belle , Lancôme : La Vie est Belle by Lancôme is also an example of a must-have vanilla fragrance. Combined with fruity notes, vanilla gives a very powdery effect. This fragrance, available as eau de parfum and eau de toilette, celebrated its 10th anniversary and remains an iconic fragrance from the beginning of the century to the present day, worn by several generations. Its many flankers take up the vanilla theme and twist it.
• Vanilla Sex , Tom Ford : Launched very recently, this eau de parfum is built around a vanilla note created on a duo between vanilla tincture and vanilla absolute. Accompanied by notes of almond, sandalwood and white flowers, this vanilla accord is a very creamy skin fragrance that heralds a new success for Tom Ford.
• Black Opium , Yves Saint Laurent : Black Opium is not a perfume in which vanilla plays the main role. However, it is a very good example of a perfume in which we find vanilla combined with a gourmand and floral note. This note here is coffee, which combines with vanilla and orange blossom to create a gourmand and mellow trail.
• Jicky , Guerlain : The Jicky perfume is an iconic creation from the house of Guerlain, which was launched in 1889. It is considered one of the first modern perfumes in the history of perfumery. Created by Aimé Guerlain, it is often described as an innovative perfume for its time, as it introduced unusual notes and new accords. The vanilla that makes up its base is combined with notes of sandalwood, tonka bean and musk. In the heart, an aromatic floral accord signs the perfume. Jicky occupies an important place at Bon Parfumeur because it is the first perfume worn by our founder, Ludovic Bonneton.
Bon Parfumeur vanilla fragrances
Bon Parfumeur offers many perfumes made in France containing vanilla. The vanilla notes are emphasized differently depending on the fragrance. Their descriptions can help you choose a fragrance.
• 203 : A syrupy and suave top note with red fruits and pear. In the heart, a strong rose and jasmine. A snow effect with the vanilla powder that covers the composition.
• 401 : A multifaceted top note with raw, cold elemi, peppery, resinous, and lemony. Cypress adds a slightly woody note to the fragrance. Incense and candied plum soften the spices. Vanilla and cinnamon reconcile the contrasts.
• 103 : The top note is minimalist with the freshness of bergamot and the green note of neroli. The blooming of the Tiare flower in the heart accompanied by the fruity touch of Sambac jasmine. Vanilla broods over these powerful flowers and White Sand warms them.
• 106 : This floral fragrance offers a comforting vanilla base. At the top, like candied fruits with the sweet davana. Two roses in the heart. One floral and fruity. The other, more honeyed. In the base, Peruvian balsam, sandalwood and vanilla like a large bed that would hug the contours of the fragrance.
Vanilla fragrances offer a diverse range of olfactory experiences, from sweet and comforting to intense and characterful. Whether you're looking for a sweet and indulgent vanilla or a more woody, spicy, or other interpretation, there's a vanilla fragrance for every preference and occasion.
