Escapade Gourmande

Sexy, Delicious, Cozy. Wow - My husband ADORES this scent and when tiktok said it would get you bent over like a lawn chair NO LIES WERE TOLD 🙈 It's the most sophisticated and seductive grown up Vanilla I have ever smelled 🥰 No perfume has ever gotten me so many compliments and it is so intoxicating. My clothes hold it for 12+ hours and it leaves the most delicious sillage. Coworkers have said it lingers long after I have left an office 😊 I also have Bianco Latte and know they are both expensive but I recommend this more - just a touch more mature and luxurious. ZERO REGRETS it is such a GOAT. Run, Don't walk.

The listed notes are there, and yes, it’s just like crème brûlée. I appreciate that is sutil, I think some gourmands are extremely sweet, this is not the case. I get the comparisons some are making in the reviews, but the good quality of this one makes the difference. I do see myself wearing it often, layering with others and making the most of it. Because of its price I’d give others the advice that I wish I followed more often: try before you buy.

This review is for the Dapper Fragrances dupe. I've not yet smelled the original but if the dupe is anything to go by then the original must be fantastic! As everyone has mentioned, it is creme brulee-like with a hint of warm spice (in a good way), must be the tonka giving it depth. Look forward to layering this with Vanilla Woods in the winter.

There's a slight smokey quality from the sugar layer combined with the vanilla pod. It leans heavily towards a play-doh note, more so than the Hypnotic Poison did back in the days (before they added water and "reformulated"). Honestly don't get a lot of the other notes that are listed. Theres not enough musk to lean "cosy" and theres not enough benzoin to really "push" it past that opening and give it some depth and layers. I'm still on the fence of buying a FB, I do enjoy it, but theres this lack of having a true identity on my skin that makes it worth the price tag. Especially because this becomes a skin scent after two hours of wear (this is where the play-doh vibe dwindles away) and theres little scent to be detected when I'm not pressing my nose to the spot. Guess I'll have to keep testing in various weather conditions to see where it vibes the best at, or maybe just keep looking for something more prominent in character.

I got a decant of this to try out as I’ve been loving hyper realistic vanilla scents recently. I layered it with a vanilla body lotion and it smells beautiful. I could immediately smell crème brûlée, it has that warm, burnt sugary scent. I can see the comparisons to warm vanilla sugar by BBW and I honestly think it would smell great layered with it. It is much richer and deeper smelling than warm vanilla sugar though. I’m wearing it in spring and I do think it would lean more to a cold weather fragrance, but today is drizzly and cold so it works well in this weather. I don’t think I’d purchase a full bottle purely because of the price but I will be bringing this out for special occasions.