Vanille Divine des Tropiques

I wore this almost every day in high school. can definitely see the complaints about it being too sweet, but it was a godsend for teen me and the amount of cigarette smoke, weed smoke, and pollution I was around all the time. I don't know if they've reformulated it, but back then I never worried about reapplying-- my morning sprays would last well into the evening after a full day of school.

tra le vaniglie de la maison (tra cui la noir du mexique rimane al top per me) questa mi sembra la meno riuscita. diversa dai soliti profumi esotico/tropicali a base di vaniglia e tiarè, questa fragranza ha effettivamente note miste floreali/aromatiche ma con la preponderanza di osmanto e giacinto, piuttosto che i soliti fiori bianchi (gardenia, tuberosa, tiarè appunto, etc etc). l'effetto complessivo non è sgradevole, anzi ne fa qualcosa di non troppo canonico, però conferisce all'insieme un che di plastico, assai simile all'odore delle bambole. per fortuna la persistenza non è infinita e la scia neppure troppo forte. si assesta infatti in breve tempo su una vaniglia che più che aromatica sembra sintetica, che rimane vicino alla pelle. questa evanescenza ne fa un accordo più adatto al caldo che altro. non malissimo, ma se ne può fare a meno.

I adore Tuberose fragrances but whenever it is paired up with Gardenia i just lose interest and Of the 5 La Maison de la Vanille fragrances that I have this one would have to be my least favorite. More so due to the fact that whenever Gardenia hits my skin it just turns into piss and it smells horrible which always sucks for me because I really do quite like this fragrance, more so due to the fact that I love tuberose and the way it combines with the vanilla is just flawless....until the gardenia comes in! This scent is very floral, it sort of has a beachy sun-tan lotion sort of vibe going on which I dig because it reminds me of summer time and the way everything just smells so bright and lovely in the summer. I just wish that damn Gardenia wasn't in the composition.

The dry down is Tihota esque. This was $21....... on fragnet. I bought 4 lol. The beginning is definitely floral but NOWHERE NEAR as much as people were saying it was. It like all the fragrances in this line are vanillas with slightly different facets but still. This and the Tahitian vanilla one are the best of the line.

I somehow assumed that Vanille Divine de Tropiques was bound to be some variant of monoi. Wrong! There is no coconut whatsoever and the flowers present are more varied (not predominantly "tropical gardenia" or tiare). Plus they are counterbalanced by a not-too-sweet vanilla pretty close to L'artisan parfumeur Vanilia. Not being the world's biggest vanilla perfume connoisseur, I will say that this one falls into the positive camp, as it smells very natural. It's nice to know that vanilla lovers have some reasonably priced high-quality options.