My boyfriend at the time, a rather butch Irish fellow with a near-impenetrable accent, complained that he couldn't go out in public after showering at my place: "Jaysus, woman, I smell like a fekkin dessert shop! At the time, I thought that his complaints came from sheer machismo, and that he was afraid of the crap he would catch when he went for his pints at the Shannon Arms. Now that my vanilla fetish is two decades in the past, I kind of see his point.
But I do enjoy vanilla as a thing in itself. It's a scent that's both comforting and sophisticated. It moves in the world's of both children and adults. And there are social situations where I probably shouldn't show up smelling like dirty knickers or burnt offerings to the goddess Isis. So I'm glad I have this, even if I never would have chosen it for myself: it smells warm and approachable but not too mumsy or clinical.
It's a very nice vanilla scent with no off notes or weirdness to interrupt it or distract you. As for the details--I don't know what's up with the "black orchid" thing on the top Amour Liquide's note pyramid. I know it's a popular fantasy note, but--unlike, say, amber--I have no idea what it's supposed to smell like.
Perhaps that's the black orchid note? Afterwards, an accord of meringue-like vanilla with a touch of toast emerges--nothing not to like there. No weird musks, no nasty cotton candy. This vanilla never gets airborne like Tihota which can be smelled in the next zip code ; it hangs fairly close to the body, which makes it suitable for closer quarters. But Amour Liquide does share some of Tihota's buttery facets. Its vanilla smells reasonably rich, but not too heavy or claggy. It also never turns full-on toasted marshmallow like Tihota does--whether that appeals or not is up to you, but I'm okay with that, since Tihota has been known to cause ice cream binges in my house.
As the perfume dries down, it turns darker and drier, but it doesn't flatten out. I think the incense claimed in the note pyramid may be responsible for this drying effect. I never get a straight-up incense from this, even at the end; it's more like those vanilla-scented incense sticks that you can buy from the local street vendor, fading to a whisper of straight-up Nag Champa with a vanilla chaser maybe the "black orchid" is Nag Champa.
In the late drydown, I get whiffs of something like vanilla tobacco--maybe from the darker facets of tonka bean. This perfume's presence is unmistakable, but its sillage is fairly modest: you know you're wearing it, and you'll send out little wafts of vanilla around you; but this perfume is more about your personal space, a nice thing in a scent that's really all about comforting the wearer.
It lasts a respectable 8 ish hours in my skin, or maybe a little longer, becoming a skin scent after the first couple of hours. Amour Liquide is absolutely suitable for anyone of any gender, although the more macho fellas have to get over the pinkish girly packaging that looks like something you'd find at Anthropologie in the early s. You won't get any curveballs during Amor Liquide's life on your skin, but its predictability is part of its charm--this is vanilla, people; it's not supposed to rock the boat.
Its smooth transitions and generally cheerful-but-not-ditzy demeanor make this a perfume that I'm now loathe to part with, even if it's not my official bag. And all this for under 30 bucks from the discounters is enough to melt my hardened heart, a little. Maybe that nice swapper knew me better than I know myself.
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