Nothing sweet about it at all, except the natural sweetness of an orchid: it's as far from a gourmand vanilla scent as you can envision. Vanilia opens all at once, like a flower: you get an orchidaceous note (fittingly enough, because vanilla is the seed-pod of a species of orchid), a cloud of smoked vanilla, and a potent whiff of spices. It's simplicity itself, but such a dark, nuanced simplicity it is! The best vanilla scent I have ever smelled and will probably ever smell is Vanilia by L'Artisan Parfumeur. ![]() ![]() It's a gorgeously complicated scent which adds a lustrous, burnished depth to anything it touches no wonder it's in practically every scent that's been launched in the last ten years. Real vanilla-good vanilla-is anything but. It's funny how "vanilla" has come to mean "boring, safe, predictable". If the name weren't a clue that a package of cigarettes was being positioned as if it were perfume, the pack is a dead giveaway: the box, despite its colouration, is plainly intended to recall the classic Chanel No. And almost certainly will.Ĭamel, the cigarette brand, has launched a line, Camel No. I didn't buy a bottle of Amorito ("They wouldn't discontinue that-it's the best seller!" said the salesman), but I'm happy to know that I still can. "You can have it if you want it," he said as peeled off the red "Try Me" label. The nice gentleman said they had a few of the discontinued bottles left, and opened a drawer: there were a few bottles of Minteva, Beleaf, and Citrella in there ($6 each until they're gone, he said), but all that was left of Altaro was the tester, half-full. ![]() I was a little disappointed, because I would have liked to have had a bottle of Altaro. Five of the scents (Altaro, Minteva, Zinzibar, Beleaf, and Citrella) have been discontinued, and in their place are two new scents, Rougeberry (a fruity floral-imagine that) and Zestini, which replaces Citrella with something even more citrusy. Today I popped into The Body Shop ( click here to see what else I did at the mall) and discovered that the Invent Your Scent line has been completely made over. There are two left, both very good: I'll get to those next week. I'm taking a breather from the La Maison line.
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