Of course. It smells like a scented trash bag.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It's clear you never smelled a high end fragrance with a note of vanilla in it. Vanilla in its best form isn't "sickly" sweet

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I have, in fact. It still is disgustingly sweet to me. I just hate the smell.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

But maybe I haven't smelled a GOOD high end fragrance. Any recs? I am willing to do a sniff test to be proven wrong

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Vanilla is not 'vanilla' as in the adjective meaning plain. It is the seed pod of an orchid that grows in a few, very warm places. If you've never smell a freshly split vanilla pod, fork over about $7-8 bucks for a single pod, and you'll smell something so good, you won't miss the $7-8 bucks (even better to put it into a good vanilla ice cream recipe). Vanilla extract/essence doesn't hold a light to the real deal. Vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon then citrus would be how I rank the 'exoticnes' of these scents IMO.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I have not smelled the fresh stuff, but I might just try it. But a lot of the "perfume" you find in "high end" makeup shops hsve the ooey-gooey smelling vanilla as some of the scent tones, and I just haven't been able to trust it. Do you have any recs of a good vanilla toned fragrance?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I assure you, the vanilla flower smells very nice. Not as sugary as those vanilla perfumes obviously. I myself find the perfumes repulsive.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Don't a good amount of cinnamon scents have a hint of vanilla?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I was villainized the other night for ordering a vanilla milkshake. Chocolate is far more ubiquitous in our society. Why is vanilla seen as pedestrian?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I get what you mean. My brother hates the smell of Cinnamon.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Recommend a fragrance, please?! 😍

by Anonymous 2 years ago