Tip!
Layering with lotion
To get even more from your gourmand fragrance, try a vanilla body lotion. Well-hydrated skin makes an ideal base for perfume, allowing the scent to last longer and reveal itself more fully.
PARFUMS
A dessert to wear
Vanilla is not only a much-loved ingredient in desserts, it is also an icon of perfumery, placing a fragrance within the gourmand family. Its scent stirs the senses, and with its creamy softness, warm sweetness and sensual depth it brings an irresistibly comforting feeling.
What is a gourmand fragrance?
A gourmand fragrance is a perfume category that recalls sweet, edible treats such as vanilla, chocolate, coffee, caramel or cake. It is warm, sweet, creamy and even a little delicious. On the skin, a gourmand fragrance feels comforting and at times sensual.
Vanilla caviar
Vanilla comes from the pods of the vanilla orchid, Vanilla planifolia. Vanille Caviar by BDK Parfums is built around this remarkable sweet spice. The long, glossy vanilla pods hold thousands of tiny black seeds that glisten like rare pearls, the precious material from which this sensual scent is composed.
Fragrance notes:
Top notes: Blackcurrant, cardamom, calamus, a marsh plant with aromatic rhizomes.
Heart notes: Osmanthus, vanilla caviar and cocoa.
Base notes: Cistus labdanum, vanilla, rum and Peru balsam.
A candyfloss accord
Vanilla Park by Maison Tahité calls to mind a visit to the funfair. Its lively, warm scent carries you to a fairy-tale world of timeless joy and sweetness. A woody, floral opening tumbles into a soft, sensual heart of vanilla. Exotic notes of coconut milk usher in the base, where a candyfloss accord adds a nostalgic touch.
The warm scent of your dessert
Crème Brûlante by Fascent exudes a blissful vanilla dessert. Nothing has been served yet, but the temperature is climbing and the cake batter is beginning to rise. Crème Brûlante is the moment of serving, when the oven opens, your spoon meets the golden-brown surface and, just before the first bite, when the lingering heat becomes scent.
Surrounded by spices
Vanhera by Laboratorio Olfattivo is not only about sweet vanilla, but rather about the contrasting ingredients around it. Spicy pepper, cardamom and cinnamon seem intent on subduing the dominant vanilla. Surrounded by various woods and ambers, she makes her presence known and wins the heart and soul of everyone who smells her.
