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Vanilla Perfumes

Warm, soft, never simple

Vanilla perfumes range from smoky and boozy to creamy and floral, built on Madagascar and Tahitian vanilla, absolutes, and tinctures, usually paired with woods, resins, or spice so the vanilla doesn't read as flat or one-note. Good vanilla perfumery is deceptively hard to do well; the material can tip into simple sweetness fast, which is exactly what separates the niche houses in this collection from mass-market vanilla fragrances.

Maison Mataha's Escapade Gourmande puts vanilla at the center of a genuinely addictive, concentrated composition. Xerjoff's Naxos pairs it with honey and tobacco for a deeper, less sugary take.


246 products

246 products